New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21
Theories That Assassins Com.
prised Party Originally in
Libby Shapiro Car and
That Rosenthal Was
Called from Hotel
Are Discarded.
WOMEN AT HEADQUARTERS
One of Them "Bridgey" Webber's
Sister-in-Law-Tipster Makes At
fdavit That Slain Man Threat
ened to Break Becker if
He Didn't Reach"
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The possible connection Of the police
with the murder of Herman Rosenthal,
the gambler, in front of the Hotel Met
ropole early Tuesday morning, Is Civ
ing the Police Department anxious
the evergrowing desire Of the police
authorities to apprehend the men who
actually fired the bullets. Deputy Com
missioner Dougherty intimated yester-
day that the statements of Lieutenant
Charles Becker, who has been tempora
rily relieved Of his outside duties with
the strong arm squad" in regard to his
movements on the night of the shoot
ing, were not entirely satisfactory TO
those working on the case.
while there is nothing tangible now
against Becker to associate him with
the case" said Dougherty, there are
many peculiar condolences, as we'll as
the remarkable activities Of Becker and
his friends that night, which might
bear further explanation"
The Commissioner said he was out
TO capture any scalp, no matter whose
head it might be on. and was not cling
ing to any idea that gamblers, or East
Side gangsters, were entirely response
bic for the murder of the once talkative
Rosenthal.
Though no arrests were made, both
Dougherty and his aid. Inspector
Hughes, said there had been important
developments during the day, and that
they were near to getting the men
right who shot the gambler dead.
Denouement Promised To-day.
"You want to be around tomorrow.
sure" said the Deputy Commissioner,
for something is going to come of"
Are you trying to get any evidence
that other gamblers besides Rosenthol
had ever suggested they had had deal
ings with Becker" Dougherty was
asked.
Wherever an opportunity offers it
self I am looking for such evidence
was the reply.
Dougherty was asked If he had sent
Becker out to get Jack Rose, who
walked into Headquarters on THURSDAY
and gave himself up.
why. Of course not, said the Com
missioner "I wouldn't have asked
Becker to look for Jack Rose. Becker
is a factor in the case. I might as well
ask Rose to go out and get these other
fellows"
The police were inclined to think
yesterday that the real progress made
In the case had been obscured by the
publicity given the police end OF the
affair. High police officials said that
il the public had not at once jumped
at the police motive" I'm the shooting
the department ould come in for gen
eral praise in the progress made up to
the present time. Dougherty said that
the assistance of Burns detectives
would not help matters at the point
already reached by the police.
What Police Have Done.
Look at the thing squarcly and see
If YOU don't think we have made pretty
good progress and done reasonably
quick work. without considering any
further arrests" he said. You mustn't
overlook the fact that We have the car
which took the murderers away from
the scene of the crime. That is most
important point, first of all. Second.
the man who drove the carve have
him: third, the man who hired the car
and was driven to within block and
a half of the scene of the murder
few minutes before it was committed
we have him: and besides that we
have all the movements OF the car
traced from the time it was hired to
the time Il returned to the garage.
I'VE have the man who hired the
car. according to his own story, getting
out of it within block and a half OF
the Metropole. and the information
that he neither paid for II nor dis
missed It, Shapiro, the chauffeur, says
he saw Jack Rose and another man
at sixth avenue and 43d street fol-
lowing the shooting.
MY belief is that with the posses
sion of this information. and with these
three men In prison, We are getting
pretty near to the origin Of the crime
The Commissioner exploded the
theory that the men who did the
shooting had gone TO the scene of the
crime In the Libby Shapiro automo-
bile. He said that Shapiro told him he
went half asleep waiting for his pas.
sengers in 43d street. where he had
evidently been told to take a stand