The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
ANOTHER FOLLOWS
AFTER ROSEN 1HAl
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man who fred the shot met IA rush
ss.s man from the car 81. lie Gowed them
with his gun, and then turning sud
denly began 10 run through Four
teenth street. eastward
He still carried the weapon in Ms
# hand. Policeman haAal> SE,btti9L had
! fararg, the shot white Ire WAS heading
q parade OF Jewish citizens marching
up Second avenue. He had started
in pursuit If the man he saw run
ming. He overlook him. seized him
from behind. took the gun away from
him, and took him TO the East Tween
ty-second street police station
Death Almost instant.
zeng had died within two minutes
after the shot When they had taken
him to Bellevue and Identified him
by cards and letters on his person. the
entire official life of the city was sud
denly and seriously stirred
While Inspector Faarot was order
ting the immediate transference Of the
prisoner TO headquarters. District At
4orney Whitman. summoned from his
home. was speeding there to receive
the earliest statement OF the man.
Zsiig had been regarded as one OF
the principal Witnesses for the State,
according to the district attorneys
testify that Jack" Ros.. came to him
= few days before the murder 10 ask
him To pick the four gunner who
were TO do the shooting --.-=.5.--4
In this light. letters that were found
on the dead body of ZeIg in the
Bellevue morEue tonight became
grtmiy significant
Not that the letters carried threat
or menace They were even fulsome
In their expressions Of loyalty and
friendship. They were written by
Lefty Louis Rosenberg. 'Gyp the
Blood" Horowit2 "Dago Frank Giro
fci. and Whitley" Lewis These are
the men indicted as the actual slay
eFs of Rosenthal
The letters were all written on Oe-
fober Sd They were received by De
Zig on October 4th Zelig WAS shot
u death on The evening or october
9Th.
The slayer gave his name as Philip /
Davidson. He said he lived at mum |
Der u East Seventh street. The ad- I
dress WAS not his. so probably the !
name is not his either He told the /
police he WAS a fruit dealer. and that (
early this afternoon, Zeig confronted (
him al Broone and Eldrldge streets. I
thrust a revolver u his chest and !
only s2.34 on the body of ZeIig when I
1t reached the morgue tonight. He /
was not armed \ pen knife and at
nail cutter were all that ne carried /
The prisoners eyes was black and I.
hiae. He said ZelAg had struck him /
II knew him. said the seif-styied !
Davidson 4 knew ne would be /
likely to visit places In Fourteenth /
street went mp there and found /
him with some friends AT Thirteenth I
street. When he jumped on the car
] ran after It, and-and Killed him. |
He had taken my money There was /
no other reason"
In spite Of this. statement. the po- +
lice and tbs district attorney are not !
convinced that there was no other !
reason. They dtrnand proof
q They learned. however, that David |
son had spent the summer at Peeks- |
Kill with his wife. and that. so far as
the records showed. he had never !
been affiliated with any gang # New
,.td as
The police learned that Zelig had /
been IN Slegeis restaurant. at num- /
Der 76 Second avenue TIVE hourn be- |
fore the shooting, and that he had |
had "a fight there with a man whose /
name they did not learn Zelig IL I
said to have struck the man In thp /
face. A little while later Zeug got /
= telephone message asking him - /
30 to Second avenue and Fourteenth /
street. Whether this message was
the lure to his death. the police do I
Not pretend To judge. /
When policemen went 10 Davidson /
home at number II East Seventh ,
street. they found there his wife ana /
family But what they regarded az
thr most significant fact CONCERNING !
the 1lsas Mas thai v.niIGnhat ii Last 4
Aeyfnth street is lusj q half mock (
from number Fast seventh street.
the headquarters Of the notorious Sam /
Paul association. Zelg and most OF |
his associates were members Of the
Gam Paul band
Mrs. Davidson said tonight that her
husband had attended q BAH last /
nfght, and that he came home early
thss morning intoxicated and appar- !
entity druggedn
III He got u az 3 o'clock. she sal
AnA seemed tt,-s AysieFiaat HE
iAff the house ard that was the last
'sI ~ IN hsn4 slHsNi- + heart ~ 4Aasi
pbpctinx trnfxht-