Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-21
Whitman Will Start
John Doe Inquiry
Of System
ZELIG'S ACCUSATION
MAY INDICT DETECTIVES
schepps Given Full Immunity
for Story corroborating
Roses Confession.

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-A John Doe
police graft inquiry is to be under
taken several weeks before the call
ing of the trials of those indicted
for the murder of the gambler Her
mar Rosenthal.
These preliminary proceedings be-
fore Supreme Court Justice Gof are
expected to strengthen the cases
against Police Lieutenant Becker and
the six others indicted yesterday for
the Rosenthal killing by unearthing
new evidence of police corruption.
The John Doe inquiry will a dur
ing the murder trials, but will be
resumed after they are concluded.
Police Lieutenant Becker and those
indicted yesterday will be called to
plead In court tomorrow. The grand
jury also will have q brief session
on Thursday, after which 1t will ad-
journ for ten days.
Sam Schepps has been promised
full immunity In the Rosenthai muir
der case. Before testifying before
the grand jury, where he furnished
confederation to the confession of
Bald Jack" Rose, duplicating Police
Lieutenant Becker in the killing Ut
Rosenthal, Schepps obtained a writ
ten agreement from the district at
torney's Office that he was not to be
indicted.
This agreement was signed by Ber-
nard Sander, counsel for Schepps.
and an assistan. district attorney. -
When Schepps appeared before the
grand jury he did not waive his i'm
munity rights. as was done in the
cases of Rose, WALTON and Weber.
Schepps can only be held a short
time on the vagrancy charge. but. as
his counsel says, Schepps feels 1T is
safe to remain in the custody of the
district attorney until he has given
his testimony In the trials Schepps,
however. demands that he be taken
care of in a first-class hotel. and his
demand will be granted. District At
torney whitman conferred today
with Detective William ]. Burns, go
ing over plans for the graft investi-
cation which Is to be started by the
grand jury. The word has gone out
that Burns has supplied Whitman
with startling information and this
report has beer verified by a man
in touch with the district attorney.
Detectives Face Indictment.
The grand jury will be asked to
consider the testimony Of big jack
Zelig, who told of his arrest by two
members of Lieutenant Becker's
strong arm squad. These two de-
tectives swore that they found a
revolver on Zelig. Five witnesses
testified before the grand jury that
Zelig did not have a revolver when
arrested. The grand jury may in
dict the two detectives for oppres-
sion and perjury. These men Will
be accused of placing a weapon in
Zelig's pocket so as to make 1t ap-
pear ne was carrying concealed
weapons.
BALD jack Rose had previously
told the grand jury that Zelig had
been Framed" that Becker might
get Zelig under his power. Becker,
Rose said, sem word to Zelig that
he would either have to furnish the
men to kill Rosenthal or go to prison
for a long term for carrying a re-
volver. Zelig says he furnished the
men and that was all he had to do
with the Rosenthal shooting.
Grand Jurors Applaud.
While the grand jury Is taking a
recess evidence against certain police
inspectors and those higher up
will be sought. The grand jury was
SO pleased yesterday when they found
that the vote to indict the seven mel
for the Rosenthal murder was unani-
nous that they applauded.
District-Attorney Whitman said TO-
day he was not certain whether
Becker or Frank Muller CWhitey
Lewis would be placed on trial hrst
for the Rosenthal murder.
An investigation has been COM
menced by Commissioner OF Ac-
counts Fosdick into the charges thai
aldermen accepted graft for licenses
to newsdealers. Testimony was
given that $500 is the regular price
for the more prosperous stands n
an election district captain sWore
that he had taken $500 for a news
stand license.
Prisoners Indicted.
Besides Lieutenant Becker those
indicted by the grand jury yesterday
are: William Shapiro. driver OF the
gray a In which the %gangsters went
to the Hotel Metropole and killed
'Rosenthal; Jacob Reich. better
known as Jack Sullivan" accused OF
having given the signal for the MUIR
der. Frank Cirofici. also known as
"Dago Frank" Frank Muller. known
as "whitey Lewis" Harry Horowitz,
known as -Gyp the Blood" and Louis
Rosenzweig. known as Lefty Louie"
gangmen alleged to have been in the
automobile.
The four last named are the men
alleged to have done the actual
shooting. All four are known as gun
men. Rosenzweig and Horowitz are
still at large, and although they have
been reported at various places
throughout the country IT has been
strongly intimated that they are still