Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-08-13
.PAYMASTER OF
GUNMEN HELD
IN HOT SPRINGS

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Have Paid Off Rosenthal
Slayers, Will Make Clean
Breast, He Says.
Hot Springs, Ark, Aug. 12.-"Jack
Rose has told things unnecessary IN
his confession to the New York prose
cutor and has tried to get me IN pad,
\ hut / Will not stand for it. When get
hack to New York mean to tell WHIT
man the entire truth. He can't give
me- the worst OF it," Thus declared
sam Schepps today, arrested here LOT
alleged completely in the Rosenthal
murder. He denied vigorously tna9 ne
made confession.
Whether Sam Schepps, arrested mere
and held in custody In hotel. mas
made any definite statement concern
ing the Rosenthal murder conspiracy
whether he will reveal possible KNOW
ledge OF the missing slayers' hldlng
place before leavinglthe metropolis or
whether he will make his statement di-
rect to District Attorney Whiteman-
these are questions undetermined
here today. Pending the receipt OF
instructions from the New York dis
trict attorneys office little IS 70 De
had direct from Schepps, although II
is understood he will make no enort
to resist his return to New York.
District Attorney Whitman wired
acting Mayor Petit OF Hot Springs
today that a detective authorized 10
get Schepps' extradition papers from
Governor Donaghey was due IN Llttle
Rock today. He will go Immediately
to Hot Springs If he gets the neces-
sary papers.
..What's the use of going to all that
trouble?" asked Schepps. Il Will re-
turn to New York without extradition
papers"
Schepps seems to have lost all fear
Of returning to New York but he ap-
pears anxious to discredit the COMES
sion Of "Bald Jack" Rose Schepps
says he. is indignant at Rose for I'M
plicatfng nfm-insthes esfes enthal murder.
What he has to tell District Attorney
Whitman, schepps declares, viii cause
rigid investigations to continue IN New
York we'll into next year.
..I am the keystone arch," Schepps
said. "and when they get me back tc
New York the entire arch will fall.
There was one important thing we
overlooked, and that was to change the
number Of the automobile"
One statement he made has con-
fused the local officers. "You can
mark the date, on the twenty-fifth OF
Febr,,ary-all this Investigation Will
STOP he declared, but refused to
oyn Nifty tho assertion
Confession May Clear Case.
New York, Aug. 12.-This week
promises to unravel much If not all
Of the mystery that still surrounds
the killing OF the gambler Herman
Rosenthal who was shot down in
front OF the Hotel Metropole nearly
month ago. With the coming of Sam
Schepps from Hot Springs, Ark, and
possible confession from Jack 'Sulli-
van the district attorneys Office pre-
pared itself for new and important
evidence that would corroborate the
confession of "Bald Jack" Rose that
Police Lieutenant Becker inst1gated
the murder.
SchepLs at Hot Springs already has
indicated that he may confess every
thirg that he knows OF the murder
Schepps, according to Rose, rode IN
the murder car up town and later paid
the gunmen for their work. The pub
lie prosecutor has sent an ofhcer 70
bring Schepps to this city and has also
requested the Hot Springs official not
to turn their man over to any one WIN
out instructions from the district at
torney's Office. District Attorney
Whitman wants his own men to see
schepps before the New York police
get to him.
The aldermanic Investigation COM
ynittee was scheduled to meet this
afternoon to select its counsel. The
public prosecutors Office is said to
have secured confirmation that Beck
ar had accounts in no fewer than eight
hanks in this city and there are indi-
cations It was reported that since the
murder of Rosenthal several thousand
dollars have been withdrawn.
Deputy Police Commissioner Dough
ertv said he proposed to investigate
the story Of Schepps that the police
found him in the Catskills and failed to
arrest him. Dougherty said he would
.break" the detectives If they were
found guilty. Schepps in his story OF
his fight from the Catskills, where the
New York detectives were searching
for the gunner, is quoted as saying:
"In Sullivan county was asleep in
a gymnasium when five of the New
York detectives that knew came and
lifted the cover from me. One asked
me who was and grinned. l said my
name was Smith and l grinned right
back They went away after kindly
replacing the cover. Half an hour
later / was on my way to Buffalo"
From Buffalo Schepps said he went
to Hot Springs.
May d steur went early today to
the west side coutr prison where.
"Bridgie" Webber, his client and one
Of those charged with the murder of
Herman Rosenthal, is locked up. the
lawyer admitted he had received an
urgent telegram from Weber. Short
ly afterwards Hartford T. Marshall,
counsel for "Jack" Sullivan, arrived.
He refused to talk and hurried inside.