Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-24
ROSENTHAL HUNT
LEADS DETECTIVE
INTO PATERSON
Meantime 1t Is Said
$25O,OOO Defense
Is Under Way.

NEW YORK. July 24-According
to reports at police headquarters to-
day a detective has been sent to Pat
erson, n. j., in connection with the
Shaving of Herman Rosenthal.t the
gambler. 1t is said that the man
wanted is Frank Murrato, known as
"Dago" Frank. "Dago" Frank when
ever in trouble had always made
Paterson his haven. Because of a
similarity in names and in appear
anc it was thought that '.Dago"
Frank might be a prisoner in the
Tombs. Emanuel Morotto is locked
up there charged with carrying on
ceaied weapons, and a keeper thought
he might be the man wanted in the
murder. The detectives soon con-
WINGED themselves, however, that the
Tombs prisoner was not the man
they were after.
One story told in -nnection with
the case today was that q fund of
$500 coo was being raised for the de-
Tense of the men under arrest or
likely to be arrested. This story
went so far as to say that a we'll
- " eoAAotct a 1DtfCttlD& IA
fund and hat a lawyer with strong
political associations was the treas
urer. According to the report, Sam
Paul. now under arrest. subscribed
$4,000 to the fund and every gambler
or hanger-on of the game has been
assessed.
Justice Giegerich, in Supreme
Court, today. dismissed the writ of
habeas corpus sued put by Bridge"
Weber, n of those in the murder
car" The hearing Of the writ Of
Sam Paul was adjourned until to-
morrow.
There were reports at the district
attorneys Office that the public
prosecutor had information that indi-
Gated that the gray automobile which
figured so prominently in the Rosen-
thai case was used merely as a
blind" and hat the actual slayers
of the gambler were concealed in the
shadows of the hotel, and after the
killing mixed in the crowd.
The police department today sent
out TO every city in the country pho
tographs and descriptions of the men
for the killing of Rosenthai.
Aaron ]. Levy. counsel for Shapiro
and Libby. said today that his home
was entered last night and that he
believed someone wanted to do him
bodily injury. as there was no evil
dence that anything had been stolen.
Mr.. Levy was at his club until early
this morning. and upon his return
home found the door Of his apartment
had been broken open.
Weber Agrees to "squeaI."
Unless fear Of the vengeance of the
men he plans to betrsy causes him to
change his mind at the last moment.
"Bidgey" Weber, the gambler at
whose resort the assassins of Herman
Rosenthal are said to have assembled
before going out in search of their
victim, viii today tell District Attor-
ney Whitman all he knows of the
crime.
Promises to Bare Plot.
He has promised TO tell how the
plot to murder the man who had ac-
cused Police Lieutenant Charles A.
Becker of collecting tribute from gam
blers was begun and how it was car
ried out.
About the time Weber made up
his mind to give information to the
district attorney, 1t was learned that
Mr.. Whitman expects that the grand
Jury will indict at least n police
District Attorney Whitman, when
asked If n policemen would appear
the grand jury. replied that
had been issued for several, /
out added significantly that there
we're others who would not be called
o testify
From Harry WALTON. gambler. and
OF the occupants of the murder
the public prosecutor has learned
t~centizued on Second fsne)