The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-15
SCHLEPP SAYS
He KNOWS MUCH
SUSPECT, ARRESTED IN WEST,
WILL TALK IF EVERYTHING
IS ALL RIGHT"
SAYS HE PAID sLAYERs
All Those Connected With RosenthaI
Probe Elated Over Lat
est Develop
ment.

Hot Springs. Ark, Aug. 13.-"I am
ready to go back to New York without
any reQuisition or without fighting the
case" said Samuel Scheppe, under ar
rest here for alleged completely in the
murder Of Herman Rosenthal in New
York, "but I want to know that every
thing is all right.
Il am the keynote to the situation
In New York and II they want me to
treat the district attorneys office
right, they will have to treat me right"
Schepps said that he has not decided
whether he will join with Rose. vallon
and Weber in a confession.
The alleged go-betweenr added that
he would make mp his mind to that
question while on the way East. Z"
He will refuse to talk further, he de-
clared, here or on the way to New
York. !
Before he talks" he said he wants
to go over the situation with Rose,
Weber. WALTON and District Attorney
Whitman. Then, If he has a statement
to make he added, it will be given first
hand to the district attorney.
Schepps Is held in Hot Springs under
uncertain circumstances as to when he
shall be delivered.
His arrest Saturday night came
about through confidential information
from the Office of the district attorney
in New York.
Gives New Impetus to Case.
New York.-The arrest of Sam
Schepps in Hot Springs, has given q
new impetus to the Rosenthal case. Il
Is considered the most important de-
velopment since the confessions Jack
Rose and "Bridgie' Weber led to the
indictment of Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker as the alleged instigat.
or of the murder. Schepps has been
wanted badly by the district attorney
to complete the evidence of the plot.
One of the most interesting features
In connection with Schepp's arrest is
that police here appear to have had no
hand in the matter. Nearly "a hours
after the arrest, Deputy Commissioners
Dougherty was in ignorance of the cap.
ture, except for newspaper dispatches.
Il can't understand it," MI. Dough.
erty said. "On July q I wrote a let.
ter to the chief Of police at Hot Springs
asking him to be on the lookout for
Schepps. I had no particular tin that
Schepps was In Hot Springs, but l was
aware of the fugitive's physical condi-
ton and thought he might go there. I
can't understand why the New York
police have not been notified II
Schepps has really been arrested, I
telegraphed the Hot Springs police for
information and for the circumstances
under which the arrest was made but
have received no reply"
The explanation as indicated in the
newspaper dispatches appears to be
that the arrest was made by private!
detectives. The commissioner said IL
could not have been detectives at.
tached to District Attorney Whitman's.
once as none of these had gone to Hot
Springs, and could not go without au!!
thorization of the detective bureau.
Schepps, it is charged, was in the
conspiracy to murder Rosenthal, rode
In the automobile with the slayers to
and from the scene and paid off the
gangsters after they had completed
their work.
Jack Sullivan has agreed to go be.
fore Mr.. Whitman to tell all he knows
about the alleged connection of Lieu.
tenant Becker with the murder.
Schepp's assertion at Hot Springs
that he is the keynote to the situa.
ton here did not appear to Mr.,
Dougherty to be an exaggeration.