Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-02
NABBED LEWIS
AT THE TRAIN
Rosenthal Murder Suspect
Was Bound for West.

Rose as the men hired at Lieutenant
Becke.'s orders to kill Rosenthal, was
arrested at Fleischmans, a little sum.
mer resort in the Cstskills forty six
miles from Kingston.
He was well supplied with money
and had been living at an expensive
hotel. Three central office men caught
him at the railroad station. He was
about to board a train. Lewis stood
still long enough for the detectives to
compare him with their circulars. He
brought here.
Lieutenant Becker's lawyer, John W.
Hart, conferred with Jack Rose less
than twenty-four hours after Herman
Rosenthal was murdered and demand
ed from Rose an affidavit that the
81, 500 Rosenthal had received on mort.
gage came from Rose and not Becker.
Rose says that In the midnight con-
versation with Mr.. Hart at Harry Pol
locks house on Riverside drive, Hart
told him that he wouldn't be protected
by Becker unless he made that af1-
davit
Rose complied because he did not
want Becker to desert him. But the
affidavit was q lie. Rose says, because
the $500 hat Rosenthal received
was Becker's money. The admissions
forced from Mr.. Hart before the grand
jury were regarded by District Attor-
ney Whitman as strong corroboration
Of Roses confession generally lmpli-
eating Lieutenant Becker in the muir
der of Rosenthal.
Mr.. Hart. while denying positively
that he discussed the murder with
Rose or that be knew at the time that
Rose was a fugitive from Justice, ad-
mltted that Becker had sent him on
an affidavit errand. Mr.. Hart said
also that he had consulted with an
other lawyer about Becker's case and
that he had asked this lawyer to In
form Police Commissioner Waldo
where Rose was In hiding. It was
William T. Jerome who went to the
commissioner OF the Thursday follow
ing Harris talk with Rose, but in the
meantime Rose had surrendered.
Rose Sends For Becker.
There is a very wide difference be-
tween the story told by Hart as to
his business with Rose shortly after
the murder and the story told by Rose.
The man who says he was ordered by
Becker to have Rosenthal killed swears
that he had sent word on Tuesday to
Becker saying hat he had to have
some further assurance of protection,
some promise that be wouldn't be left
to shift for himself.
And Becker told him, Rose adds,
that he would send Mr.. Hart that
night to fix things up.
After lengthy arguments Judge Null
queen ordered that Hart must answer
the question as propounded by the dis
trict attorney.
tween him and Becker's counsel IL that
on the night after the murder of Rosen-
thai Lieutenant Becker called up Harry
Pollok's house. Mrs. Pollok went to
the phone. The man at the other end
Of the wire insisted peremptorily on
speaking to Rose. Mrs. Pollok said
that she would deliver any message,
but the man declined to talk to her
and demanded Rose. So Mrs. Pollok
told Rose, who was, he says, sick In
bed at the time.
Becker" said Rose, twas mad be-
u he hadn't been able to get me to
the phone before. What did they want
me to do-give them my pedigree?'
Becker said. He told me there would
have to be a better way Of talking.
Answered Everything Was All Right.
Il asked Becker how things were be-
cause I was pretty well scared. Becker
said that everything is all right and
don't worry Then he told me he was
going to send his lawyer, John w.
Hart, up to see me that night because
he wanted TO get an atfida Wit from me.
The first thing l thought Of was that
Becker was going to make me stand
for all the Rosenthal trouble. l said /
didn't like the idea of making an afh,
davit at that time Of night. but he said
that it would be all right and hung up.
"a little before midnight a man who
said he was Becker's lawyer, John W.
Hart, came to the Pollok house. | had
never seen him before. He had me
draw up several af1da Wits before be
got n that satisfied him. This was a
general contradiction of RosenthaTs
accusations. There was no mention of
murder. But Hart told me that Becker
had told him to tell me that l would be
taken care of If made the afadav Wit he
wanted and that If l didn't make II
wouldn't be protected. OF course l was
In no position to refuse. l thought
Becker would stand by me. 1t was
true that the 81 800 that RosenthaI rot
when he was hard up was paid over by
me. But l got the money from Becker
himself.
The lawyer wouldn't have been to
see me at all II l hadn't insisted that
Becker must come to see me himself or
send somebody. After l had finished
my talk with Becker and Bridge Web
Der In front Of the Murray Hill baths
just after the murder l told Becker
that 1 was going to the Lafayette
baths. The next day early I talked to
him owe the phone from the baths and
told him I was going to Pollok's house.
1t vas 2 p. m. that Tuesday when
Becker called me up at Pollok's house"
1t was the morning Of Thursday. July
Is, that Rose went to headquarters and