Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
NEW YORK GANG
KILLS ANOTHER
SQUEALER
Revelations of Appalling Police
Corruption Come Thick
and Fast.

NEW YORK July Sl-Whiie Jack
Rose who claims to have heen the col
lecfor ~ bIackmail from New York
underworld for Lieutenant Charles \.
Rocker. today was writing fun con
fession Of the graft system which he
charges has netted the police s. 100
zoe a wear. draguei was out for the
assassins who shot down James Nareila
the betreyer Of "Dago Frank Cirocci.
the only one Of the men charged with
the actual killing of Herman Rosenthal
now in custody
Varela who ran the cafe Dante at
1853 West Thirty fourth street, favor
lie haunt Of gamblers and gun men
was "Dago Franks" intimate and con
idant and to him the underworld
charged the arrest Of the accused Stay
or Varena was killed in his cafe yes
ierday. but it vas not until early to-
dav that the police learned that his
death was directly due to the arrest Of ,
Cirocci
Four men are said to have done the
shooting. Two are under arrest Frank
Cohner noted gun man. and Albert
Contino. a young Italian, who was
wounded and is now in Bellevue hos
pital The police are looking up Coll
ner's record and meantime are on the
trail Of two other men who they say
were In on the killing and both Of whom
are noted in the underworld as gun
fighters who can he had for any Kind
of Job.
Rose Writing Confession.
The completion Of Roses confession.
containing. as it win a complete tabu
lation Of blackmail collected by Rose
for Becker for distribution among the
men higher up. as Rose charges is
confidently looked to by District At
torney Whitman to give him the last
Weapon he needs to force an exposure
Of police alliance with crime that viii
dwarf anything else of it's kind ever
known.
Becker. according to the district at
torney. stands in the shadow of the
death chair as the case now stands and
his only hope to escape the extreme
penalty is TO confess all that he knows
In order to get the men at the top Of
the graft system Whitman is willing to
grant cemency to Becker. and he be
leves that the latter viii sooner or
later break down and tell the fun story
Becker's nerve has held fairly Well
50 far but so did the nerve of Rose
Louis Weber and Harry WALTON until
reflection in their cells for a few DAYS
~, he
district attorney had them helpiesslN
enmeshed in his net Then they told
all. Becker. the district attorney be
reves. viii follow the same course
Becker's defense will be that Rose
Weber and WALTON are framing ny
job on him TO save themselves His
friends today declare that he is man
OF iron nerve and win fight to the last
and then go to the death chair if nee
essary without utterine a word to inn
plicate any OF his supetiors or assoc
ciates.
A Frame Up, Becker's Defense
A close friend Of the lieutenant said
today that Beckers counsel had the
declaration of Ave witnesses to prove
that the whole thing is ftame-up."
Rose. according to this man, was Beck
er's stool pigeon in getting infomua
ton on which to raid gambling houses
and when he Weber and WALTON found
themselves in fix that promised either
he chair or long prison terms they
Matched the scheme to get clear 10y
throwing the burden Of the Rosenthal
murder on Becker
Becker never had anything TO do
With the killing OF Rosenthal directly or
indirectly, this man declared
Becker is undeg constant guard i'm his
cell in the Federal wing Of the Tombs
The removal Of Weber WALTON and
Rose to the East Side prison because
Of their fear of assasSina tion has len
Al the Rosenthai murder prisoners u
the Tombs Becker "Dago Frank" ard
Jacob a Reich Jack sullivan as
he is known, King OF the new sboys ana
close friend Of Becker
i. District Attorney Whitman today
planned TO send Witness after Witness
before the grand jury with added de-