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"WHITEY" LEWIS ROUNDED UP
IN cATsKILLs-TWo MORE
STILL WANTED.
WHITMAN TRYS A
Tries all His Powers on Prosecution
of Observation-Disclosures Graft
Inquiry to Assistant for
Present.

ANCN IOlh, ~. NultCg LS"
Is, one of the four gunner wanted by
the police as the actual m%urderers OF
Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, was
arrested in the Catskill mountains and
was taken to Kingston, n. Y, to be
lodged in the county Jail. This was
announced at police headquarters here
by Inspector Hughes, who said three
of his detectives had located Lewis at
Flieshmann's New York, a summer re-
sort, 46 miles from Kingston.
After searching the region for near
ly two weeks, the detectives found
Lewis working on a farm. Inspector
Hughes said, and arrested him Just
as he was to board a train at Flesh
mann's to make his escape. The pri-
soner will be brought to New York
ON IN early train.
1t was reported at police headquar.
tiers that Lefty Louis and "Gyp,"
the Blood" two of the alleged u
derers still at large, had been track
ed to the same vicinity and that their
arrests would come soon. The news
SA"h ~ ASoob IL vi ~ luSIllNCo udu
been trapped was received with great
citation at police headquarters last
night because af the criticism that has
been directed toward the department
for its failure to arrest the fugitives
charged with the actual killing.
With the arrest of Lewis the police
now have in custody two of the four
alleged assassins, the other being "Da-
go" Frank, who is now in the Tombs,
a fellow prisoner of Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker, who is charged with
instigating the gunner to kill Rosen-
thai in order to stop his exposures of
alleged blackmail levied by the police
upon gamblers.
While District Attorney Whitman
has confidence hat as a result of his
investigation into the murder of Her.
man Rosenthal he has obtained evi.
dence pointing strongly to the exist.
ence of a well organized system of
graft he announced that this phase of
the investigation would be subordi
mated until he had convicted the muir.
derers of the gambler, and all involved
in the plot to kill him.
Murder" said Mr.. Whitman, "is
a graver crime than the levy of black.
mail by the police. / decline to be
diverted by any demand for a gener.
al investigation of the police depart.
ment and police grating, until these
murders have been brought to JUS
tice. / am endeavoring to prosecute
to conviction all the murderers. 1t is
the duty of the 10,400 policemen OF
this city to find them. They should
have been arrested at the scene OF the
crime. The fact that they are at large
is a very serious reflection upon con.
ditions in the police department"
The prosecutor took pains to add,
however, that the investigation into
the graft system was in his view a
secondary consideration only for the
time being and said that he had dele
gated Assistant District Attorney Moss
to carry it on.
Following out this policy of a two
fold prosecution, Mr.. Whitman bent
his efforts to weaving closer around
Becker the web of evidence by which
he hopes to convict him of being the
mar who instigated Rosenthars MUIR
der.
He called before the grand jury
John w. Hart. Becker's attorney. and
through him established the fact, he
said, that while Rose was a fugitive
from justice Becker SEN Hart to him
to get an affidavit clearing the police
officer from the charge that he was a
partner in the gambling affair and
that Of Herman Rosenthal.
This was on the night after the muir
der. and. according to Roses story,
Hart came to him at his hiding place
on Riverside drive. after he had tele-
phoned Becker to know il he was go
ing to be protected for his part in the
murder plot. Rose admitted to the
district attorney that he was almost
hysterical that day OF account of his
fear of arrest, and had telephoned
Becker no less than four times.
Hart, 1t was learned. testified that
he had advised Rose to give himself
up after consulting with another law
yer.