The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-07-22
JACK SULLIVAN HELD
Went From Becker to Murder
Rendezvous; Material
Witness.
MANY MORE IMPLICATED
shapiro Tells Of Gordon Of As
si>ting Thugs Strung in
Front Of MctrOpOle.

t'lIuGle W NtpiPl. IN WUpSe POKER EOnTnH
at Forty-second street and Sixth ave-
nue. the final polish was put on the plot
to murder Herman Rosenthal and Sam
Paul. gambler and head of the Sam Paul
helped Bald Jack Rose. Lieut.. Beckcrs
confldant, to collect the gunmen. were
last night for murder.
Jack Sullivan. the former newsboy.
who went from Lieut.. Becker's auto
mobile to the murder headquarters In
Bridgle Webber's room. was arrested az
a material witness.
Brldgie. we'll dressed and smiling, was
taken at his home at Second avenue and
Twelfth stree, a few minutes after 8
his wife and then rode In a taxi to To-
lice Headquarters. where he sat down
before Deputy Commissioner Dougherty
and talked for two hours.
Sam Paul. short. squat and black
browed, was taken about 10 o'clock and
put through an inquisition that made
his hair stand on end. Dougherty
hammered away at the gambler and
padrone OF gang fighters until Paul sui
lenly let fy statements that materially
advanced the investigation.
AZ for Jack sullivan. go-between for
Rose and Becker. short work was made
OF him. He turned and twisted. but
Dougherty drew from him an admission
that the Second Deputy was after
that when Lieut.. Charles Becker left
4 ~A
street about 1880 A. NJ. or twenty
seven minutes before Rosenthal was
shot down. he went to Brldgie's poker
parlors looking for Sam Paul. He
didn't find Paul there. That Gangster
had been around earlier. also travelling
by fast automobile. but he did find some
OF the men who killed Rosenthal.
For the first time in six days George
$. DouRherty treated himself to res
ular smile. Pressed hard as to what
developments had caused the arrest
Of Webber and Paul and Sullivan. the
Deputy Commissioner said:
Il will not talk about the details
Material progress has been made. We
are not Yet willing to say that any OF
the men under arrest fired shot, but
they know lot and they have told
lot. There will be arrests tomorrow
important arrests.
Have you had Lieut.. Becker at
Headquarters tO-night?'
NO" said Dousherty, after pause.
But do not ask me any questions about
Becker because | will not answer them.
You must draw Your own conclusions.
Were these arrests made tonight
because of pressure from outside the
Police Department" The story had
been that Dougherty had talk with
Mayor Gavnor in the afternoon.
Arrcstch solely on Evidence.
mo" said the Deputy Commissioner
sharply. we collared these men be-
cause we have evidence. Nobody IL
pressing me"
Dougherty had his case so far along
that he was ready at any moment to
give the word to detectives to go out
and get Webber and Paul and Sullivan.
He found ont that when Rose and the
Sam Paul crowd were on the steamer
Sea Gate a week ago on the Sam Paul
outing to Northport the tentative plans
for killing Herman Rosenthal II he made
any more trouble were arranged.
There was that much for q starter
Dougherty had some names and he
had reports OF what the plotters talked
about. Rose and Bridgie and Paul were
at one table with some men pretty
handy at gun and blackjack work.
The next day. Monday, word went
around that the job had to he done
quickly. Rosenthal had done worse than
the gang ever thought he would. He not
only gave the District Attorney his
individual "squeal." but he brought In
the names of other gamblers That
afternoon also the news got out that
the District Attorney had found the
mortgage transaction. Of which Rosen-
thai spoke In his affidavit accusing
Becker.
So Rose. the brains Of the crowd.
became very busy. He swept around
town picking up the men for the job.
He saw Sam Paul that afternoon.
Later on he talked with Jack Sulli-
van and took Sullivan to the fight at
Madison Square Garden, which Lieut..
Becker was attending. Sullivan met
Becker and stayed with the lieutenant
until almost 1880 A. NJ. when Becker
started for home. leaving Sullivan near
Cohan's Theatre.
Asse nbled at webber's Place.
Meanwhile Roses activities had
brought results. The gunmen were as
sembling Mt Brldgie Webber's poker
rooms on the second floor OF the north
west corner Of Sixth avenue and Forty
second street. Rose dropped ono or two
at time as he finished his various ex-
cursions In Shapiros automobile. hut
the gang was on hand and ready for
business a few minutes before 2 o'clock.
Jack Sullivan told Dougherty that he
went TO BridGie's expecting to me eet
Sam Paul. He wanted to see Sam be-
cause Sam was good friend. Hut Mr..
Paul had left although he was seen
later in the neighborhood OF the Metro
pole and sullivan found only the boy 8
Rose had rounded up.
Bridgic made 1t a point 10 be seen In
the MetrOpole about 1850 4. NJ.