The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-31
EXactionsAmOuntto $2,
400, 900 During Past
Year.
"MEN HIGHER UP"
NOW ARE SOUGHT
Lieutenant Becker Charged
With Instigating Murder OF
Rosentllai, Handled 100000.
District Attorney Said to
Have Names OF Others
Implicated in System.

Sew York imy ao.-sworn state
ments tending to- snow that me annual
srnf' collected by nigh police omolals
In Sew YORK CITY from gambling
houses and other Illegal resorts has
amounted within ln- last year to
i-.ipH.pno are ~ the hands OK Dfs-
Nict-A fforney Whitman io-nignt rn@
statements were MADE to ,ne District
ATTORNEY to-day b., Bald jack Rose.
seI!-aceisci graft collector for Police
Lieutenant nales Becker. head OF
ihe stions aim squad who Tonight
began mas second day ~ Incarceration
iD the TomDs prison as an ailes 81
'ustieator Of tho murder O., Herman
/ Ros-uthal. the gambler
This brought % yield Of 22i0o0D0
protection money which was equally
di-ld.d. according to the story rolI
hs Rose. among four high officials
CT ia. police department.. one Of them
( icing Becker and from other evidence
mo District Attorney has collected ne
has reason 70 suspect that each
$500 900 vas further distributed. In
other words ;here were four separate
systems or bureaus OF police graft
/ Zach headed hy high police official
Whitman Has Their Names
Mr. whitman. II was learned. has the
names u tho other roiice officials
whom Rose has named and MS further
+ efforts lu TINS now most sensational
'poiic. Exposure" that Sew York has
ever seen. ~i.l be directed toward
s,renzthening the evidence which
point against them one OF tho OH
cials named il was learned. holds a
position AZ headquarters and is "a
q strict sense a civilian enployo
The name ~ = former city Official
has Seen brought 70 the attention Of
tine District Attorney as having been
I closely connected with tho graft sys-
TEN hut it was learned that the evil
denco thus far obtained against ham Is
not OF tangible nature. The ev4-
aenca however. is being closely fol
lowed by the detectives In the cmplry
Of the District ATTORNEY.
! II also became known tonight mat
| II Leieutenen, Becker viii tel an he
knows. not only in respect 10 lis own
alleged completely IN the murder. nn'
/ WIN unfold the inner workings OF the
graft system in so iag as II may involve
tho men higher up. no effort VIII %
made to enforce the extreme penalty foI
the crime ot which ne now stands as
/ cused-tae murder Of RoseatnAl-out
NJ Will be granted lenlency on that con
dltion only
The alleged fac, Of the s9+oo.ooo graft
fund was told 10 him by Becker. kosj
said in sworn statement to-day
/ Becker. he said told him tAat no
amounts were handled BY three other
/ officials This. he said. came IN col
ieci!oms from gambling houses. pool
rooms. houses OF III repute and he like.
Rose said he had collected gambling
graft for Becker for months. and nc
( promised the district Gttorney that ne
would obtain for him the rates paid on
gambling houses. make ;abu!ation OF
what these receipts amounted TO
monthly and yearly and how the money
/ was handled That there were other
collectors besides Rose is the assump
tion OF the district attorney. who hopes
10 identify them.
Gambled All Away
Becker told me that ne was the
prince OF the police department. Rose
said. He paid ne literally out Of my
collections, but l never was able to
Keep what I got. was a fool gambler
and gamhled 1t all away
! Part OF the business between the
gamblers and the police. the distric ;
attorney was told was boldly done
through checks. although his efforts to
secure evidence in this form ave.
proved frutless.
Bridge wehber the gambling
house Keeper who has also confessed
ana whose story largely resulted IN.
( the arrest OF Becker. promised Alr
Whitman. 1t was learned to corrobo-
rate Roses statement in regard to the
collections Incidentally. Wehber to-
day admitted to the district attorney!
that $4,000 was the sum which he re.
receibed TO pay tho men who actually
/ nred the shots which killed RosenthaI.
Relied on Bccker.
In regard TO the murder itself Rose
stated To Mr.. Whitman that the rea-
! son why it done so openly ana
tina, no effort was made to cover the
number OF the big gray murder car
as it drove IN to tho Hotel Metropole
to get" Roscnthal was that Becker
was relied upon for protection"
/ Despite the fnrorc caused by the 20
lice scandal Mayor Gaynor to-day
voiced his complete confidence In Com
missioner waldo. head of the depart
mcnt. Asked TO comment on the SIT
uation. the Mayor said
II can only repeat as heretofore
that hope everything win proceed
! In order. and that ali OF those CON
corned in tho murdeL Will be con-
/ victcd"
Tho details of how Rosenthai was
shot down were related Officially to-
day for the mrs, time By two of mis-
companions. who were eye-witnesscs
of the murder in the trial OF Patrol
man William File before Deputy Com
missioner Dillon. The patroiman has
! been under suspension since tho
| shooting charged WITH future TO
take prompt and efficient measures
to effect the arrest" of the murder
ers. File, who was of duty. was in
the Hotel Metropolc AZ the time of tho
shooting and led In the pursuit of the
sray automobile In which the slayers