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cation signed "a woman who knows"
giving the name of the gunman who
fired the first shot at Rosenthal This
man, the writer said, came originally
from Cincinnati and may have returned
there.
Two Arrests Made Yesterday.
Louis (Bridgie) Weber, keeper of an
uptown resort, and Sam Paul, head Of
the Sam Paul association" at the out
ing of which threats were made to
get Herman Rosenthal, the gambler,
of suspicion of homicide in connection
with the killing Of Rosenthal Jack
Sullivan, alleged go-between for police
lieutenant Charles Becker, and Bald
Jack" Rose, the latter already under
arrest. was taken in custody as ma
terial witness.
The arrests were the result of the
activities of deputy police commissioner
Dougherty, who has assumed active
charge of the police hunt for the muir
derers of Herman Rosenthal Other
arrests are expected at any moment,
the commissioner asserted, but as to
say nothing. When piled with ques-
lions as to the significance Of last
nights work the commissioner said:
Case Not Cleared.
weber and Paul are not charged
with being in the murder car at the
time the fatal shots were fired, nor is
the man who actually did the shooting
in custody. The arrests do not clear
up the case, although the police have
made material progress in solving the
problem"
Whether the evidence obtained leads
towards lieutenant Charles Becker,
charged by Rosenthal with exacting
tribute from New York gamblers, COM
missioner Dougherty refuses to discuss
Mr. DOugherty admitted that Becker
was not at police headquarters today
but said that the lieutenant had not
been arrested
Becker Not Yet Involved.
Becker is not involved any more
than he was "A hours ago" said the
commissioner, and with that dismissed
the subject.
Jack" Sullivan is regarded as the
man who can throw more light on
Becker's participation in the case.
he has gone is a matter Of |
conjecture, but commissioner Dough- 4
erty admitted that Sullivan had told
him that he left lieutenant Becker's
automobile in the vicinity Of Broadway
and Forty second street an hour and
a half before the assassination on !
Tuesday morning. Sullivan was also in /
Bridge" Webber's place. Whether the ]
other men who are implicated were in !
Webber's, the commissioner refused to !
Sullivan is said to have admitted that /
he was with Bald Jack" Rose on Mon |
day in Sam PauPs place. Rose is now
locked up in the Tombs charged with /
completely in the murder. After leav- !
ing Rose, Sullivan went to the fight in I
Square Garden, and at the /
conclusion Of the bout Joined lieuten- |
ant Becker and was driven away from /
the garden in the latter's machine. It /
is claimed that Sullivan was in the 4
Immediate vicinity Of the murder at the I
time it was committed
Wen ArraiSned.
William Shapiro, Louis Libby. chauf- /
teurs and owners of the murder car; 4
Louis C'Bridgie") Weber, Jack Rose |
and Sam Paul, all charged with homi- /
eide in being implicated in the murder /
Of Rosenthal, were arraigned before |
coroner Feinberg this afternoon for 1
examination.
When coroner Feinberg called the |
Rosenthal hearing to order, district !
attorney Whitman asked adjournments
IN the cases involving Shapiro and
Libby. Mr.. Whitman declared that /
public interest and the interest of
Justice demanded adjournment. Ad-
tournaments in the cases were then or
Tered until Thursday.
Counsel for Jack" Rose objected to
Oostponement in his clients case
AIr. Whitman thereupon asked that
deputy police commissioner Dougherty
De called as the first witness.