New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
Accused Lieutenant Will Be Urged to Tell
All He Knows Of Alliance Between
Police and Gamblers.
100000 A YEAR COLLECTED
Men Higher Up in Department Got Bulk Of Huge
Amount According to Revelations, but All Acted
as Clearing Houses After Retaining
Generous Percentages.

Charles Becker the police lieutenant accused the murder
Rosentha will be urged tell the District Attorney every
thing This believed offers the only avenue
of escape penalty Of the crime with which he
charged.
told Jack Rose the latter that his
Bcker of the police system graft S6oOooo year. and
equal three other Rose has named
his statements the as ne declares Becker
named them to him.
All three named by Rose associated with the
Police Department. of them the highest rank to which man
uniform thoroughly understood by those who
Of what Becker had told him that the snare
of $500 900 that each of got stop with him.
The S2oOooo annual graft levy of the police system under
department according to the way Roses
story understood divided into four which went to
Becker each of the three whom Becker named to
Rose.
including Becker understood to be acting
simply clearing houses looping off percentage tor
then passing along distributing to the men and
places will accomplish the object for which graft Pa
This account of graft given by Rose the statement or
Becker him. subantiated by remark dropped by Herman
Rosenhal Tribune reporter few days before his murder
said then that Becker had told him that ne becke haa
made ST. 1000 in the last six months
Further the truth of these tremendous graft
charges Forthcoming few days it is believed when Rose
completes which he for himself yesterday he said that
he could and give details of his collections tor Becker
monthly and yearly.
Rose will also give the authorities complete of how
and when he made collections where and when he turned them
over to Becker information he to where the
money from Becker's hands.
"Bdgie" Weber promised corroborae Roses statements
much as possible Weber will also furnish corroboraton OF
Roses story made the assertion that there were tour
splits of the SYSTEMS graft income of almost S2ooooo year
Information yesterday the District Attorney that re-
this close corporation had become bazen in its power that
checks had been used
More specific than that story which reached inc
yesterday several checks had been made OUT
70 Becks order by the best known of the odtne gamblers
Of New York. who supposed have sold out all his inter
here some wears ago. Of these checks sad would
he IN the hands of the Attorney within few days and would
have on its back and the Endorsement OF an
official of the Police Department much higher rank than the ac
cused lieutenant
Becker can furnish District Attorney with full and detailed
information as to police graft Of New York City he can make
his lot much easier but story include real account OF the
raicaons of that graft and must be such an account as Will
give the Attorney information enough to destroy absolutely
the alliance between gambling and vice of the underworld and
the oe and point surely to the men above Becker who
ar. more responsible for the present graft status
I'll large contract Becker for one man, to Ill., but
g .,tv we'll understood the District Attorneys Office
that if Becker can pay price he will not lose by the effort