Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-23
KNOW men WHO
SHOT GAMBLER
Police Give Out Names of
RosenthaI's Assassins.

New York, July 23.- he men who
are wanted fCT the actual murder of
Herman Rosenthal are known to Dis
trict Attorney Whitman and Deputy
Police Commissioner Dougherty. Eff
forts to secure the release on bail of
Shapiro, Libby, Rose, Weber and
Paul were abortive. Dougherty prid-
ed himself on the fact that, while he
hadn't the real murderers in custody,
he knew their names.
These men are "Dago' Frank. one
of the most desperate gangsters the
east side eve produced, a mar who
has boosted of killings and who has
lived by blackjack and pistol; Harry
WALTON. a gambler; Lefty Louie" and
"Yhitey" Lewis and Harry Horowitz,
notorious under his gang name of
Glib the Hood" These are the men
who fed town on Tuesday and who,
some of them at least, are believed to
have sought refuge in the gang holes
of Chicago. They are the men that
Dougherty is after. 1t was their names
that no amount Of grilling on the law
yer's part could drag from him before
the coroner
Dousherty Expects a f~Squeal."
AS for the others now under arrest
William Shapiro, part owner and driv-
or Of the gray car used by the muir
derers; Louis Libby, his partner; Jack
Rose, who collected the gangsters aft
er affidavit work for Lieutenant Beck
er; San Paul, the gambler who went
to the Weber poker room where the
murderers rendezvoused, and Bridge
| Weber himself Dougherty stands
pat. He said that he will have the
truth out of them before he is done,
and, naming one of them as a likely
"squealer,' added: I'D be a fine dam
fool, wouldn't l, to blab all the infor-
nation.
And Whitman and Dougherty, ami
ably agreed in intent, Joined in the
statement that when the story Is told
1t will be found that fifteen or sixteen
men at the lowest count had a hand
in the taking off of Rosenthal.
"Oh, it was a clever job" said Whit
a "Bit by bit, and piece by piece
the plot shows the shrewdest Of plan
ming. 1t was piece work to a nicely
so many men to give the hint that Ro-
senthal must be killed; so many men to
round up the killers; so many men to
do the killing. Gaps were made pur
posely between these parties so that
only a few w, - sdfow at each stage
of the crime. The intent was to make
it impossible to connect any one set of
men with n other. 1t will be found
in the end that bigger men than a
mere policeman had to do with the
job"
1t Is for the big men he has In mind
that Whitman and Dougherty are lay
ing snares, If they can get the evil
dence against policemen, big and little,
that they want.
Dougherty Moves Cautiously.
Dougherty, strong in the belief that
policemen connived at the killing of
Rosenthal, did not throw all of his
cards on the table when he went be-
fore Coroner Feinberg and testified for
the benefit Of lawyers retained by the
five men now held for murder that
there was no evidence connecting any
of them with the actual murder. The
little cards Of coincidence and c~onjec-
ture and suspicious circumstance were
exposed freely, but D~ougherty palmed
his face cards-the evidence as to who
the murderers were and where they
are.
And SO there was disappointment
over the result of the ~coroner's hear
ing, so much so, indeed, that within ten
minutes District Attorney Whitman
was gratefully accepting the offer of
William ]. Schieffelin, E. H. Outer
bridge, Robert Fulton Cutting, James
Speyer and other citizens Of large
means and public spirit TO provide all
the money necessary to pay William J.
Burns for getting at the blame of the
police-gambler scandal and finding out
what policemen had most at stake in
silencing Rosenthal.
Mr.. Whitman's attitude, plainly put,
Is a lack Of confidence in the police sin
certify, Dougherty and Commissioner
Waldo excepted, and the feeling that
nobody but Burns can dig up the
truth, for the police, say Whitman,
have Jagged In the hunt, and all save
| Douyherty are confusing the trail.
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