Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-17
WHITMAN PUTS
Staying UP TO
THE SYSTEM
Directly or Indirectly
Responsible, He
Declares.
OFFICIALS ARE ACCUSED
in ROSENTHAL TRAGEDY
Wives Of Chauffeurs Were Sent
to New Jersey Before the
Shooting.

rests In the murder case of Herman
Rosenthal. the gambler who vas shot
down and killed early yesterday. a
few hours before he was to make
additional charges that the police and
gamblers were in collision, were ex-
pected today. to disclose whether the
police or gamblers directly instigated
the plot to kill Rosenthal.
District Attorney Whitman believes
that the police system" as 1t is
Familiarity known. was largely, If not
directly responsible for the staying
of Rosenthal, who had protested his
intention to make further charges
that certain of the police were graft
ing on gamblers.
81 accuse the police department of
New York." said Mr.. Whitman
through certain members Of it, with
having murdered Herman Rosenthal.
Either directly or indirectly, 1t was
because of them that he was slain
in cold blood, with never a chance
for his life.
Time and Place Carefully Chosen.
And the time and place selected
we're such as to inspire terror in the
hearts of those the system had most
to fear. It was intended to be a les
son to any who might have thought
of exposing the alliance between the
police and crime"
In support of his accusation, and
as a motive for the murder, Mr..
Whitman says that If Rosenthal had
lived less than six hours longer he
would have furnished the district at
torney's office with the names Of ten
men, all gamblers. who had agreed
to prove that they had paid protec-
ton money to the police.
"Other men who had intended to
aid the execution of the laws have
been slain in the past. The police
sometimes went through q most per-
functory effort to md the slayers, on
theory that the community was
better off without the men who had
been killed, and now they apply this
method to their own enemies.
Gamblers Did 1t. Police Say
District Attorney whitman, how
ever, said be would proceed with tho
grand jury investigation into the
charges made by Rosentnal- 1t was
reported that Rosenthal gave he
| public prosecutor the names of three
men who had to be seen by the
gamblers before they could do BUSH
ness. One is said to be a former city
| official, and another a police depart
ment official, while a third holds a
| clerical position In h police depart
ment.
On the other hand. the police are
| exerting every effort to prove that
the shooting was one in which tho
gamblers themselves had a grudge
against Rosenthal and sought to sat
isfy it, or that it was an outgrowth
| of a gang fight. Working pon this
theory, early today, Detective James
| Shevlin locked UP In the Mulberry
t~street station the fourth prisoner ar
rested since the police started, active
work on the case, in the person of
Louis Weber, better known as
"Bridgie'' Weber. He was held only
as a suspicious person, while Louis
Libby, owner of the slate-colored car,
is being held on a charge Of murder.
William Shapiro, Libby's partner,
and a mar named Clark, are held as
material witnesses.
Waldo Wants to BE Shown.
Weber, according to the police, ran
a gambling house In opposition to
| Rosenthal about three years ago and
had incurred the slain gamblers en-
nifty. While the feud was on, Web
ber's home was dynamited, the police
said, and his jaw broken by a mar
known as Tough Tony" incidents
-.LtL khexr not1 x,a~o tolI hy Wah-
ber's friends, at the door of Rosen-
thai.
Weber was put through a severe
grilling at police headquarters, the
result of which was not disclosed.
He then was taken to the coroner's
| office.
Police Commissioners waldo sent a
letter to District Attorney Whitman
| today in which he urged that =
| complete investigation be made by
YOU without any further delay, of
the allegation made in the press that
members of the police force have
been in partnership with gamblers,
and the statement that you are al
legged to have made publicly that
| members of the department We're
guilty of the murder of the gambler.
Immediate action is necessary"
| continues the letter, Sin the interests
of good order, and that the good
reputation of 10, 400 men who are hon
| estly doing their duty should not be
besmirched by individuals who may
be rascals. 1t would appear to be
| unjust that the reputation of the en-
tire force should be attacked on &C.