Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
Murder "~Paymaster'
Prepared to Bare
Details of Killing
to Inquisition.
BANK OFFICIALS TO TELL
OF BECKER'S ACCOUNTS
District Attorney Whitman
Confident that Seven lndict-
ments VII Be Returned Be-
fore NightfaIl.

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Sam schepp9
was again the central figure in the
Rosenthal murder case today. when
he appeared before the grand jury
prepared to repeat the story he told
District Attorney Whitman. in which
he corroborated in many essential de-
tails the confession Of Bald Jacx
Rose, duplicating Police Lieutenant
Becker in the killing of the East sfds
gambler.
1t was this story of schepps thai
Mr.. Whitman desired the grand jury
to hear before returning further in
dictments In the Rosenthal case
The district attorney was clearly
confident that before nightfall indiot-
ments would be returned against
seven persons Those to be Indicted
are said TO be: R~osenzwefg tIefty
Louiel. Horowitz tGyp the Blood,
Cirohci tDago Frank and Muller
tWhitey Lewis), the four alleged
murderers; Jack Sullivan and Will
lam Shapiro and Lieutenant Becker
on a superceding Indictment.
schepps Smiles.
Schepps went smilingiy into the
grand jury room and waved his hand
cheerily at the newspaper men.
An unexpected witness before th4
grand jury this afternoon was big
Jack" Zelig. who is now out on hail
awaiting trial for carrying concealed
weapons. 1t has been previously re-
ported hat Zelig was told that the
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quashed if he furnished the gnnmer /.
to make away with Rosenthal. II was
to learn OF these reports thar ze1ix
was brought before the grand Jury.
A motion was made before Judge
Mulqueen today to inspect the grand
jury minutes on the day that Lieu-
tenant Becker was indicted. The ND
ticn was dismissed.
The citizens committee an the
Cooper Union mass-meeting an
nounced today its counsel in the IN
v~estigation that 1t purposes to
dertske in police conditions is Jo-
seph F. Cotton. Mr.. Coteon will CO.
operate with the district attorney
and the aldermanic committed.
Schepps has told the district attor~
ney that he talked with Lieutenant
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s.4 aass4 s- -.
Gilbert. the divorced wife of Rosen-
thai. Schepps then told of the ride
uptown the night of the killing. OF
the gathering of the gunner and how
he and Rose waited for the news Of
Rosenthals death.
1t was after the murder was conn
mitted that Schepps played his most
important part in the Rosenthal ar
fair; that was as a go-between for
Lieutenant Becker and the panic
stricken Rose. who was hiding In
an uptown apartment house. schepps
said he made several visits to Becker
10 consult with him as to what course
Rose should pursue. Becker. he said,
! advised Rose 10 remain in hiding.
but Rose was thoroughly frightened
| and wanted to give himself up.
Several bank of -iaIs who have in
formation regarding Lieutenant
Reeker's bank accounts were under
suhnoena to appear before the grand
Jury today.
Schepps's counsel. Bernard Sander.
declared. while his client was n the
grand jury room, that Schepr would
make a clean breast OF everytning.
Testimony Complete.
Other uitnessas examined toaav
u,sre the clerk az ! hotel az PAR Rock-
awav where the enn men celebrataa
after the shooting and a photoeraph-
a. who made : grorn nsct,ra 81 th.r
a.