Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-01

" A4CAuS, AS Icdl1Zcu IAoC Ac WoS Oc
ing made to bear the weight Of thu
crime. His counsel advised him t
confess. Rose became completed.
terrified. To his counsel, Jas. Sullivan
he said: If you see to 1t that my wife
and children are protected I'll come
across and tell the truth about this.
am afraid 1t will be the end of me. Nc
cell on earth will be strong enough tt
keep the life in a man who gives uI
about this killing"
Intimations were made to Rose thai
an indictment might be expected
against him, and then he confessed
Counsel for Weber and Vallon
catching the drift Of things, also ad
vised their clients to tell the truth and
become immune.
Becker Orders Gamblers Death.
Rose told District Attorney Whitman
that for long time he had been Beck.
|er's gambling house collector; that
Becker, as head Of the gambling house
squad, smelled out profitable places,
and that each month collections were
made. Becker did not get all the
money Rose says, but some Of 1t was
distributed to others Rosenthal was
a thorn In Becker's side. Becker had
pressed Rosenthal to the wall, &C.
cording to Rose, and Rosenthal threat
ened to make things public. Six
weeks before the killing, Rose says,
Becker sent for him and said Rosen-
thai must be made away with Rose
says he went out and saw "Big Jack"
Zelig to make deal for his gunner.
Zelig was under Indictment for carry
ing concealed weapons, and the pos
sibility Of stay in Sing Sing prison
did not appeal Consequently, Rose
says. when he promised to see that
nothing happened when Zelig came to
trial there was no trouble getting the
gunner.
All the gunner were informed to be
ready to kill Rosenthal who, in the
meantime, had been Swallowed day
and night. A few days before the kill
ing Rose says. he met Weber and
Becker and while the three were talk
ing 1t over Becker said to Weber:
"This job has got to be done and
Rose says they went to do it for him.
Now Bridge you can get it done
They all know you. You have got the
money and have got the power. I'll
protect everybody"
Rose and Weber say they believed
Becker would send them away and
had the power to do it. Then the muir
der plot unfolded itself quickly. Mon
day night came and with it the word
for the gunner to get together. Rose
told how he got the assassins to-
gether and how after the killing he
went over to the hotel Metrople to see
how the job had been done.
Rose Unnerved BY Crime.
Rosenthal lay dead upon the side.
walk with tablecloth spread over
him. Rose says he went to a tele.
phone booth and called up Lieut.. Beck
Or, but he was so unnerved by the
shock he could only gasp: "My God,
his is terrible Becker Rose says in |
lis confession replied over the wire
n steady voice:
ooh, don't worry. I'll protect you"
OF the real murderers Rose says:
These poor devils did not know
What they we're doing. They were full |
If booze. They had been told to kill, |
Ind they went out and did what they
we're told"
Weber and vallon in their confess |
'ions supplied many missing links in |
he confession OF Rose.
Speaking Of Becker and his alleged !
connection with gambling, Rose said:
"Why, Of course was Becker's col
ector. Everybody knew It," Weber
ays that his protection payments for
lis gambling house to Becker, through |
Rose, were $125 a month. |
Becker Protests Innocence.
Lieut.. Becker who has been sus-
'ended, spent a quiet night in the
Tombs. This is an awful plight for
n innocent man to find himself in"
aid Becker this morning The three
prisoners. Rose, Weber and Vallon,
we're still in state Of terror today,
hough locked in room in the dis
riot attorneys Office and guarded by
quad of detectives. Weber was
ysterical and frequently wept.
The confession Of Rose and the ar
est and Indictment OF Becker created
sensation in the police department
nd officials and patrolmen alike won
cred who would be the next to be in
olved in the disclosures That an
Investigation will be undertaken by the
ity into the police department ap-
cared to be foregone conclusion.
district Attorney Whitman said:
Il am we'll pleased with the progress
re have made. am not in position
, talk about the grand jury proceed. !
lgs, but the statements made to me
'ere startling in the extreme and I
m bound to say that each Of them
eemed amply corroborated. I hope
) clean up the whole affair"
Herford Marshall, counsel for Jack
ullivan." (Jacob Reich.) the go-be-
ween Lieut. Becker and Jack Rose,
ow held in the Tombs in connection
18th the case, announced this morning !,
lat Sulliven was ready to. tell all he
new on the witness stand and that his
tory would prove more astounding
ian any vet told. Sullivan, he said.
ould not talk to either the police or
le district attorney.
Deputy Commissioner Defends Self. Il
Geo. S. Dougherty. second deputy po- !
al to reach headquarters this morn (
IL to reach headquarters this morn {
e. IL