The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-07
ROSE WRITES STORY Of
DEALINGS WITH BECKER
Gives whitman Document In
His Own Hand, Telling Of
Graft and Murder.
BURNS vERIFIES STORY
Finds That Bccker's Telephone
Was Rung at Time Rose
Says He Called.


handwriting prepared in the West Side
court prison yesterday.
The statement contains list OF gam
blers from whom Rose collected money
for Lieut.. Becker, the rates paid by
gambling houses and an estimate OF
the total amount Of cash that Rose
turned over to Becker
MIR. Burns. who Is now in personal
charge of the investigation to md out
who we're the members OF the police
ring that divided the money collected
by Becker. Will use the statement OBJ
tanned yesterday as basis for his
work.
1t is known that Mr.. Burns regards
the statement as of the utmost impor-
tance II supplies him with the names
OF many men who. Rose says. can tell
the truth about the crooked men In and
out of the Police Department.
Rose included In his thirty-eight page
statement not only a detailed account
of his dealings with Becker az the col
octor Of blackmail. but also his rela-
tions with Becker that had To do with
the killing of Rosenthal and the STRAIT
eey that Becker employed after the
murder.
William j. Burns turned over TO the
District Attorney CONFEDERATION OF one
OF the main points Of Roses confession
duplicating Lieut.. Becker in the mur-
der. Mr. Burns found record of
telephone call that was made from the
Times Building To Beckcr'3 house with
in a few minutes after Rosenthai was
oh nf l,nl In ~.
pole.
Rose had said IN his confession that
he called up Lieut.. Becker Immediately
after the murder and told Becker that
the job had been completed.
Still another important success OF the
District Attorney was in obtaining from
William shapiro, the cha uffeur OF Ro-
senthars murderers. an admission that
ne had lied when he said he dropped
the murdsrers at Third avenue and
Forty ninth street, after his gray car
had dstanced the police taxicab.
shapiro swears now that he took the
pistol men to Harlem and left them at
the corner of I.enox avenue and 12Sth
street.
one week ago last Monday night
when Rose. in confession that amazed
the city. said that he had been Beck
'r's collector for a year before Becker
ordered him to have Rosenthal killed.
! he promised L. supply the District AT
torney with tabulation Of gambling
houses which had been blackmailed by
| Becker. with the names OF gamblers
who knew that Becker had been get
ting the money, with the rates at which
| these gamblers had been assessed and
with as close an approximation az pos
sible of the amount OF cash he himself
had put into Becker's hands.
Yesterday. in the West Side court
prison, where District Attorney whit
man had long talk with him, Rose
made good his promise.
When MIR. Whitman called Rose had
ready n statement which he had been
preparing for week. 1t covered
thirty-eight closely written pages.
Rose writes "A fair hand. easily read
But his peculiarity II an entire lack
of punctuation. Rose has no use what
ever for periods or commas. His sen.
tcnces melt into each other in rather
"A curious way. For the most part
his English is pretty good. although
now and then he slips into the yer.
nacular of gamblers. or introduces g
picturesque phrase of slang. He seemed
rather proud of the product Of hi
experience and brain and appeared Il
he pleased when he had put the state
mcnt into the District Attorneys hands
Going back to the start of things
Rose tells the story OF how he frs
met Lieut.. Becker and agreed to act Al
collector for Becker. Somewhat mor'
than year ago Roses gambling hous'
was raided by Beckers men. The rait
was a particularly brisk and business
like affair. Roses effects were consid
erably mussed up and his men wer'
, roughly treated. Some of them wer'
taken to the Essex Market court Hav
ing had some experience with policemen
previously. when he had been Herman
Rosenthars partner and when he ha'
been spinning roulette wheels on hi
own account. the amiable Rose pro
tested to Becker az sharply as he knew
how. Meeting Becker that day In cour
he asked why he had got the wors
Of II. Becker smiled, Rose says. an
replied that he had only acted unde
orders and that he had to do his duty
> "They tell me you know a lot abou
gamblers" said Becker.
Rose told tho lieutenant that after
good many years OF ueaIlHB with IN
fraternity he ought to know "A lot q
4. them. Becker. according to Rose. aske,
him then to be a stool pigeon and +
> sneak In and out OF gambling house
collecting evidence. Rose says he de
clincd stool pigeons job. and tina
Becker then asked him II there WASH
, some way they could work together
, Rose thought over the situation an,
finally told Becker that he saw no rea
, son why they could not make a dea
2 and the upshot Of their agreement wa
that Becker got Rose to make tn
, rounds of gambling houses collcctin
4 monthly graft
, The rates, says Rose, varied accordin
to the size Of the game and the standin
, Of the gamesters with the police. Fror
, this man Utose supplied the name) h
collected $3.50 II month. From that ma
,Rose gave the name) h" took 5000
month. And on down the list Of gam
bl-rs with whom Becker had dealt RIOS
+, supplied the monthly rates Of payment
They ran from s.Oo month mp to $50,
At the time of his greatest actlyit