The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-26
SUSPECTS ARE HELD
ACTIVITIES OF N. Y. POLICE BEAR
SOME FRUIT IN UNRAvEl- ;
ING CRIME.
AT LARGE.
No New Evidence Against Officer
Becker Who Is Not in Custody.
Search is Made in
Chicago.

New York, n. Y. - Louis (Bridgie)
Weber, keeper of an uptown resort
and Sam Paul, head of the Sam Paul
Association at the outing of which
last Sunday threats were made to
get Herman ROsenthal, the gambler.
were arrested OF the charge Of sus-
p1cion OF homicide in connection with
the killing OF Rosenthal last Tuesday
night. Jack Sullivan, alleged "gobe-
tween" between Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker and Bald Jack" Rose.
the latter already under arrest, was
taken In custody as a material wit
ness.
The arrests were the result of the
activities OF Deputy Police Commits
sioner, Dougherty who has assumed
active charge of the police hunt for
the murderers of Rosenthal.
More arrests are expected at n
moment, the commissioner asserted.
but as to the nature of these arrests
he would say nothing. When piled
with questions as to the real signin-
canoe of last nights work, the com
missioner vas reticent.
So much he said definitely:
Weber and Paul are 10 charged
with being in the murder car at the
time the fatal shots were fired. nor
are the men who actually did the
shooting in custody; the arrests do
not clear up the case, by a j%ugfull,'
although the police have made ma
fnrinl rnorAcc L., D1xy;~ .h~ O,.Il~-.
which has busted the police depart
ment and the district attorneys Office
for a week"
Whether the evidence obtained leads
toward Lieutenant Charles Becker,
charged by Rosenthal with exacting
tribute from New York gamblers, Com
missioner Doueherty fatty refused TO
discuss. Mr.. Dougherty admitted that
Becker was not at police h~eadQuar-
ters but declared that the lieutenant
had not been arrested.
Becker is not involved more now
than he was "a hours ago" said the
commissioner. and with that he dis
missed the subject. Jack Sullivan is
regarded as the man who can throw
the most light on Becker's participa-
ton in the case. Whether he has
done this already. is a matter of con-
lecture but Commissioner Dougherty
admitted that Sullivan had told him
he left Lieut.. Becker's automobile in
the vicinity OF Broadway and Forty
second street one hour and a half be-
fore the assassination on Tuesday
morning. Sullivan was also in "Bridg-
ie" Webber's place. Whether the
other men who are implicated were in
Webber's the commissioner refused to
say. Sullivan is said to have admit
ted that he was with Bald Jack"
Rose on Monday evening in Sam
Paul's place. Rose is now locked up
In the Tombs charged with completely
In the murder.
While Commissioner Dougherty has
been busy with his end of the investi-
CATION, District Attorney Whitman has
been working on Independent lines.
Mr.. Whitman has been out of town
for two days and it has been gener-
ally believed that he was in secret
conference with the head of the pri-
vate detective force hired to work on
the case.
Chicago.-Acting on advices receiv-
ed from the New York police, detec-
tives searched Chicago for two men
believed to have been implicated in
the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the
New York gambler alleged informer.
Whitley" Lewis and Lefty" Levy
are the men being sought by detec-
tives here. They are believed to have
come to Chicago from New York sew
eral days ago, although no trace of
them has been found, il is said.