The sun., 1912-08-01

there WIS no use to attempt anythins
against Rosenthal with that fellow
hanging around. inside the Garden
Rosenthal was sitting at IL table with
his wife and Jack Sullivan"
At that time the District Attorney has
learned Jack Sullivan was going back
ward and forward between Rosenthal
and Becker There was some talk that
Sullivan was trying to bring the two
together again.
Didnt Dare Try Ia XIII First Time.
well" Rose continued, I'VE watched
| Roscnthal a while and decided that the
only thing to do was to put Off the job
till another day. Hut had to report to
Becker. who was waiting for news. and
Brldgic had to go along with me.
I'VE didn't feel very much like facing
Becker. because We knew he would be
sure and ready to say anything nasty
he could think Of He was waiting
for us at Sixth avenue and Forty
second street, near Bridgic's place.
| I'VE told him that Il Burns man
was up at the Garden ana that there
was no chance to do up Rosenthal.
| Becker was crazy mad. IL yelled
| uN uS uuu SIOON IllS IISt IIt Sulu.
"'You're a lot Of damned towards.
A lot of sneaklng towards. I'll have
to do It myself"
, Every day thereafter. Rose and Web
Der say. Becker kept AT them. He had
information that Rosenthal was getting
| up n list Of gamblers for the District
Attorney. lie had men watching Ro-
senthal to report everything the man
he hated was doing.
Becker. according to the informers.
met Rose and Webber and Nallon nearly
every day or talked with them over
the telephone Rose says that he acted
like a wild man and that he couldn't
talk Of Roscnhtal without calling the
gambler everything he could lay his
| tongue to.
Day after day Becker kept asking
what the delay was. lie taunted them
with cowardcc. lie promised prutcc-
tion. he ordered Webbcr To supply the
money and hc threatened to frame
them up" by putting pistols in their
pockets and getting them sent to prison
for seven years for carrying concealed
weapons.
"Gct Him or I'll Get You"
On the Monday afternoon before the
murder Becker called Rose up at the
Lafayette Baths. That morning Her
man Rosenthal had gone TO District
Attorney Whitman with information as
to Becker's operations.
The news. as usual. flashed around
town. IT got to Becker before the
middle of tho afternoon.
Rose vas called from his bed at the
Lafayette Baths 10 answer the tcle-
phone. Becker said To him:
That - has been down TO see
Whitman to-day. This thing has gone
far enough. II YOU don't get him to-
day I'll get you. Now you go out and
do something, you rat"
Rose here repeated his sworn state
ments as to how the gang of mur-
dercrs we're collected that evening. He
says that most Of the work was done
over the telephone and he consistently
denies that he used the gray auto
mobile in picking up the four here and
there.
lie says that Harry liorowitz came
down town on the subway and showed
mp at Webb,r's place. and that the
three others drif'cd in to Wcbhors ono
by ono. Rose insists that he didn't go
up town after any of them. Eut Mr..
Whitman has informal ion that he took
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