The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-20
BY Associated Press.

New York, July 19.-Private detec-
lives were brought into the Rosenthal
murder case today by District Attor-
ney Whitman. They were engaged by
q committee Of citizens who shared
the prosecutors evident dissatisfaction
at the lack of results achieved by the
police in tracing the slayers Of the
gambler, who was shot after charging
that the police were in partnership
with the gambling fraternity. 1t was
commented upon in connection with
the case that six policemen nearby did
not fire a shot or blow a whistle to
stop the murder party after the shoot
ing.
There were few important develop
ments on the surface today. There
was some talk in some quarters. usually
we'll informed in underworld" affairs.
that the price paid for killing Rosen-
thai had been learned by the police
The figure named was twenty thousand
dollars. The identity of two of the
FIVE men who were in the murder par
~ is known in these quarters and it
was added that they said the men
have been seen on East Side streets
several times since Monday night.
District Attorney Whitman again
scored the police today for failure to
get any further than they have in
rounding up the murderers.
THE police are criticising my de-
partment," said Mr.. Whitman, yet in
the four days elapsing since this mur-
der, the only evidence they have col
lected is that the murderers escaped
and that a gray touring car was used"
DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS SOON
Dramatic developments are promised
soon in the Investigation Of the murder
plot and as the skeip Of conspiracy is
slowly unwound, a denouement with
the police system" in the foreground
seems near.
witness Of the execution OF the policy
that dead men tell no tales is giving
the public prosecutor q BIT Of infor-
nation here and letting drop clues
there that strengthen the belief that
the slayer of Gambler Rosenthal was
not directed by the gambling frater-
nifty. Then, Shapiro asserts that when
the murder car" Of which he was part
owner, was engaged, it was understood
that policemen had knowledge of what
was 70 be done and that nobody was
to pay toll for the killing.
bald Jack" Rose. gambler, friend of
Police Lieutenant Becker and who sur
rendered himself to the police, has
given the name of a gambler and
gun fighter who was in the car the
night that Rosenthal was shot down
in front of the Hotel Metropole His
name is Schapps, and detectives are
securing the town for him.
What Rose told Deputy Commis-
sioner Dougherty makes the police Of
fetal quite anxious TO know more about
Bridge Webber. pool room keeper and
friend Of Rosenthal. Rose said when
he left the car uptown he dropped in
L E..A 50 ha
Weber turned up at the Hotel Metro
pole Just before Rosenthai was shot
and there shook hands with the gam =
bier. Webber also was seen at the
hotel after the shooting.
Police Lieutenant Becker has been
told to remain at headquarters and no
one was more surprised at the unex-
quarters yesterday than Becker the
head Of the so-caned strong arm"
SQUAD. which has been engaged in
looking after gambling houses.
WON'T TELL THE POLICE.
Shapiro is willing 10 tell more of the
circumstances that led UP to the shoot
ing of Rosenthal, but he won't tell them
to the police. Shapiro, through his
counsel. admits that he is in bad
situation and hopes that he will be
dealt with leniently If he tells all he
knows OF the murderers ana the XIII
ing. He is willing TO take his chances
with the district attorney but he won't
talk to the police.
For the first time the name Of Bis
Jack" Zelig the East Side gang leader
and gambler, who recently was shot by
"Chick" Triggs gangster, was
brought into the case today. Detec-
tives hear that Zelig, who is known. as
the right-hand man of Samuel Paul
another East side gambler, who was
seen talking to Rose the night Of the
murder. According to the story, Rose
was trying to get Zelig to do some
thing for him and Zelig was promised
as a reward immunity from the charge
Of carving a concealed weapon now