The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-21
Becker to Keep
Place, Says Waldo

FLQCE, Gays 0l0C
New York. July 2o-Lieus. Becker. O.
the strong arm" squad. whose enmit,
for Rosenthal was well known. has no
Iyet been suspended. despite the accuse
lions OF grating made against him b,
Rosenthal and his well-known intimac,
with Jack Rose. who hired the automobile
in which the man selected to kill Rosen
thai went to the Metropole and ther
made their escape.
Police Commissioner Waldo said to-day
that Becker would not be suspended unit
some real evidence should be brought
against him. Deputy Commissioner
Dougherty, however. intimated that he
was investigating Becker's connection
with the affair.
Are you working on the theory that
this killing was purely a gamblers job
or that other influences might be mixed
up in it?' Dougherty was asked.
| IT am getting facts TO support the
proposition that others were in 1t, too"
"Will you be more specihc?" he was
asked
WELL" he replied. here you have
the man Rose. a gambler. working for
the man Becker. Rose Is engaged open
1
from Dora Gilbert, a former wife of
Herman Rosenthal, which will injure the
character Of Rosenthal, who is Becker's
enemy"
AT the same time You have the man
Rose engage an auto and gathering to-
gether a gang OF men. This same auto ia
used in the killing Of Rosenthal. Rose is
doing two jobs.
Don't you think that an old farmer
with straw In his mouth lying out un-
der an apple tree would be able to draw
some conclusions from these circum-
stances?"
Zelig Is Eliminated.
Dougherty practically eliminated Big
jack Zellg from suspicion of being i'm
plicated in the murder Of Rosenthal. He
was asked:
Didn't Rose hire the killers from
among Zeligs gang?"
He might have done that: but I don't
think Zelig himself was connected with
the job. We have learned that he went
cut of town as soon as he was released
on bail after the last shooting scrape he
was In near the Criminal Courts Build
will be back on Monday. ready to stand
trial for that II his case comes up"
Dougherty admitted that several points
in the story told by Jack Rose We're
found to be weak. "Bridgey'' Weber,
supposedly a friend OF Rose, visited police
headquarters to-day with several stylish
ly dressed young women, and talked with
Dougherty. Weber made admissions
that broke down at least part OF Roses
alibi.
81 have learned" said Dougherty after
webber's departure. that Roses story
about where he went last Monday night
Is not altogether true. He said that
after he drove up town In the gray auto
mobile he went into his friend .'Bridgey's"
and played poker for time. Then he
walked out toward Forty-second Street
and Broadway and was on that corner
when he was informed that Rosenthal
and been killed.
Weber Refutes Story.
"Bridgey" webber to-day declares that
Jack Rose did not go into his house that
night"
Dougherty said he had not discovered
exactly where Rose was at the time he
said he was in Webber's, but he might
have been much nearer to the scene of
the shooting.
shapiro, the chauffeur OF the gray
car tells me-" said the deputy. that he
saw Rose and somebody else walking
along Sixth Avenue toward Forty-third
Street. a block above webber's place,
Just as he was starting to take the car
around in front Of the Metropole."
Dougherty also said that Rose had not
satisfactorily explained how he learned
Of Rosenthars death. Another point
against Rose is that Shapiro. the chauf-
feur Of the slate-colored automobile, told
Dougherty that instead OF being dis
missed by Rose at Webber's, he was
told by Rose to drive around to a point
in front OF the Metropole, and that while
he was preparing to drive around there
he saw Rose and somebody else walking
in the same general direction.
It became known tonight that score
or more of witnesses have been sub
poenaed by District Attorney Whitman
to appear before the grand jury Mon
day morning. It Is expected that much
will be obtained from them
The police, 1t is said, do not know who
they are.
witness to Tell story.
Accusing the police Of deliberately al
lowing the men who shot Gambler Rosen- |
thai to death FIVE nights ago to escape:
declaring that the uniformed officers re-
fused his testimony and ignored other
who saw the shooting. an eye
witness OF the killing in front Of the Ho-
tel Metropole Will tell his story on Mon
day to District Attorney Whitman.
This man who had spoken Of what he
saw to friends has been threatened by
the loss Of his position, which is a re-
sponsible one, and even with bodily in
Jury II he told what he knew.
He said: when the murderers fed
from Rosenthars fallen body the last
man Of the four was not more than
sixty feet from a uniformed policemai,
yet this officer made no attempt to over
take the slayers, who fed to their auto. |
The last man of the murder party was |!
calling to the others to wait for him. |
and the policeman, who could have
caught this man. or who could have shot
all four, merely shouted for a taxicab, |
of attempting to fire on the as
sassins.
To Subpoena Singer.
when offered my story to an officer. |
and gave my opinion Of the actions Of
the police, was told that I did not
need to come to the Forty-seventh |
Street station, or to give any further
evidence.
"A little newsboy who tried to sell |
Rosenthal a paper at the very moment |
IN which the latter was shot was ordered |
to shut his trap by another and larger |
boy The small boy is well known on |
this corner; the police could have had |
hfs Testimony but they made no effort |