The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-07
LEWIS, ALLEGED SLAYER OF
ROSENTH Al. CAPTURED.
Poiicc Detectives Expect To Bag
Two More Alleged Murdcrcrs oi
Gambler In short Order~-District
Attorney will Attempt to Convict
Lewis. ct al. Before Proceeding
with Graft Investigation of Metro
Po,iian Police Department.


tains this afternoon and was late to-
night being taken to Kingston. y. u.
To be lodged in the county Jail. This
was announced at police headquarters
here by Inspector hughes. who said
three of his detectives had found
Lewis at Fleishmann's. y. Y. a sum-
for neary two weeks the detectives
found Lewis working on a farm. In
spector Hughes said. and today ar
rested him just as he was to board
train at Fleishmann's to make his es-
cape. The prisoner will be brought
To New York on an early train tomor-
row.
IL was reported at police headquar-
ters that Lefty" Louie and "Gyp. the
Blood" two OF the alleged murderers
still at large. had been tracked to the
same vicinity and their arrest would
come soon. The news that at least one
of the fugitives had been trapped was
received with great elation at police
headquarters. becaus of the criticism
that has been directed towards the
department for its failure to arrest
fugitives charged with the actual kill
ing. With the arrest of Lewis the po-
lice now have In custody two of the
four alleged assassins. the other being
"Dago" Frank. who now Is in the
Tombs. and a fellow prisoner Of Po-
lice Lieut. Chas Becker. who is charg-
ed with instigating the gunmen to kill
Rosenthal..
While District Attorney Whitman is
confident he has obtained evidence
pointing strongly to existence Of a
well organized system of police graft,
he announced tonight that this fea-
ture would be subordinated until he
had convicted the murderers OF
Rosenthai and all involved in the plot
To kill him.
Murder" said Mr.. Whitman to-
night. is graver crime than the levy
OF blackmail by the police. decline
to be diverted by any demand from
a general investigation of the police
department. and police grating until
these murderers have been brought to
justice. l am endeavoring to prose-
cute to conviction all the murderers.
IL Is the duty Of the 10.400 policemen
of this city to find them. They should
have been arrested at the scene Of
the crime. The fact that they are still
at large Is very serious reflection
upon conditions i'm the police depart
ment."
The prosecutor took pains To add.
however. that the investigation into
the graft system was in his view a
secondary consideration only for the
time being and said ne had delegat-
ed Assistant Attorney Moss to carry
IL on.
Mr.. Moss expects To see In his cell
tomorrow Jack" Rose. self-accused
graft collector for Becker, and will go
over with him again his sworn state
ment that Becker had told him the
annual blackmail money levied by po-
lice upon gambling houses and other
Illegal resorts amounted to $4,000. 900.
These figures the district attorney be-
leves To- he no exaggeration. MIR.
Moss expects To get from Rose and
also from Bridge" webber a list of
gamblers who paid tribute. and also
a list Of graft collectors. These will
all BE- summoned before the grand
jury and from chem il is hoped To
gain clues indicating how "high-up"
the graft went and how il was distrib-
uted.
Following this policy Of a two-fold
prosecution Mr.. Whitman today bent
his efforts To weaving closer around
Becker the web OF evidence by which
ne hopes To convict him Of being the
man who instigated ROscnthaTs muir
der. He called before the grand jury
"'"" W. mart he'h"f attorney, ana
through him established the fact. he
said. tnat while Rose was fugitive
from justice. Becker sent Hart To him
To- get an affidavit to absolve the police
official from the charge that ne was "a
partner in Rosenthals gambling es-
tablishmcnt. This was on the night
after the murder and according To
Roses story Hart came To him at his
hiding place ON Riverside Drive after
he had telcphoned Becker To know
IL he was going To- be protected for his
part In the murder pact. Rose ad-
mitted to the district attorney hc was
almost hystcriCal that day ON account