The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-27
TWO ARE ARRESTED
AS OCCUPANTS of
GRAY MURDER GAR
"Bridgey" Weber Pointed
Out BY Waiter at Cor
oner's Hearing
SULLIVAN is HELD
ON HIS TESTIMONY
Witness Declares Street Was
Cleared and That Fully
Forty Are Implicated
in Killing

NEW YORK, July 2s.--Positively
identifying "Bridgey' Weber and
Jack Sullivan as two of the men who
ran to the automobile in front Of the
Metropole hotel Immediately after the
shooting of the gambler, Herman
Rosenthal, on the night of July 18th.
Louis krese, a waiter, today present
ed the most damaging testimony Yet
addueed against the alleged siayeFs of
the men who had threatened TO ex-
pose police graft,
krese told his story before Coroner
Tetnberg at the latter's examination
OF Wehbsr and az a result Weber
was committed TO the Tombs without
bail until August 18th. Charged with
being an accessory To the murder,
Jack Sullivan was also arTeSteu.
charges against him being based on
Krese's story. Krese declared that
the street was cleared in preparation
for the assassination by a band OF Tor
II men; he told how he was ordered 10
move on by one Of the gangsters, when
he stopped to see what group OF
four or five men was doing IN the
middle Of the street These men. he
said went to the entrance OF the
Metropolis at q signal from man n
the doorway. Immediately Thereafter
the shots which killed Rosenthal were
fred. and the same four or 1--WE mnn
hurried 20 the waiting automobile ana
disappeared.
Did you see any one standing IN
z-ru-,T1 ~ rr7r-r -
courtroom - asked District Attorney
whitman, of the witness.
yves: there he is and kreses long
Torelinger pointed straight NJ the iace
xlf.ahhaY
The scene was dramatic In It's M
tensity, and. for a moment. not even
tine court officials spoke, Then sen
sa,,on followed sensation, when krese
identified Jack sullivan, and coroner
Feinhurg ordered his arrest.
Admits Case is Weak.
r,cspjsn the arrest of Frank GIRO
sci alias "Daga Frank. and Ms az
ravnnent today. District ATTORNEY
whitman this afternoon admitted ti'as
;ha case against the murdeFers ~
Rosenthai is weak. He attaches NJ
RE Importance TO *ae arrest 81 Clrol'Ni'
'The statement that ] have eTiaehso
enouph To convict four or i've men IN
a.. Raa4n,tal case is false" said the
district attorney II have enough EVIL
denee. believe. To convict two men,
mn, the one man / would IKE 70 get
hoi6 ~ Is Sam Schepp. With him IN
,ha Tombs. we would have the Key
10 the situation. ,,.
n developed today that the poi'oe
~ New Haven. Conn, had Schepp W
der arrest two days after the fnuraeF.
hut released him because the ~"
York poliee said he was not wanted
wi,iiam shapiro, who made com
,Iete statement to the district Steot
nnw has established the ident1y OF we
men who used the gray muroer car
on the night Of the tragedy ms "Nl-
denca is strong against JACK Eose'
VARY WALTON, and "BridEey Wenoer,
ryau as against the missing
Schepp,
yaIIon Also seen.
Three other witnesses. whose names
Saxa NOT been made public, declare
me-, saw WALTON AT the Metropoe pc
Tore the murder. This skaters Na'
Ions alihi "a
Navor Gaynor today wrote 70
pot.~a commissioner " aide TWO
tho,,$and word letter in "hlch
r. orders TIE commissioner f,o1 1" - =
,,ard Tteutenaut Becker. alleged 70 oe
~ man who received the ganoiihs
rras, except on evidence stfons
snnuyb tn convict In this letter the
mayor says "a. hunted
gamblers and ather criminals 10 piea"
down the police adruinistrahoh IA "a
side of two years. tnroasn ma hen
press agents Do not suspend
tenant Becker and put him on trlat
u.,thout evidence to Justify MS con
y,rtion. and dismissal BY you, 10 nov
bend single hit TO caafnor anu
necially to clamor chiefly created ~
the hired press agents OF .he s'a'''>
lers. with whom you are al Wat
I'VE have in this city the larges,
foreign population of any city, ano
a large number of them are degeh-
crates and criminals. The eamplns
OF the city Is almost all In their nahds;
not to mention other vices ahT
everyone connected with Rosentnai
and his murder shows them to be OF
this same class of lawless foreigners
to which he belonged. When the
police arrest them. one after another
and close their places. they open
others, And so the endless struggle
OF the police commissioner and his
eorce goes on against them
Advises Wr.cking Dens.
Regarding the writs of replerin, by
which. in the past year., gamblers
have secured the return of more tHan
$4,000 worth OF paraphernalia con-
fscated by the police, the mayor
says:
Treat the gamblers instruments
hereafter as absolutely contrahand.
and upon seizing the gambling places
where they are knock them into
splinters with an axe The mayor
adds that the courts might as weh
restore dynamite bombs To an assas
Gin as gambling machinery to
gambler.
Alderman Curran this afternoon
called on Mayor Gaynor to tell him
OF proposed aldermanic investiga>
ton OF the "olice departments con-
rection with the tragedy. and was
met with a sharp rebuff
Commissioner OF Accounts Fosdich
today learned tina; al letter sent by
sim 10 Police Commissioner Waldo.
living information Of gan,hs4Sg hons :
In the district controlled by ax-Sherin
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