Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23
MORE EVIDENCE
 OF POLICE GRAFT Irregularities Extend to Other Departments of
 City Government.
N EW IN DICT MEN TS
GraEd Jury Holds Two Detectives For Oppression and Periury-Becker
 and Others Arraigned.

New York, Aug. 22.-Police Lieu tenant Charles Becker, Jacob Reich, alias Jack Sullivan, 'sDago Frank" Cirofici, William Shapiro, owner of , the gray murder car and Whitey Lewis were afraigned before Judge Mulqueen in part five of General ! ed with the murder of Herman Ros- enthal. With the exception of Beck ! CT the men pleaded not guilty, with i permission to withdraw or change their pleas before next Tuesday. Beck CT, through his attorney, John F. Me- | lntyre, secured an adjournment to plead Tuesday. The arraignment fol- ]. lowed the return of the following yer dict from the coroners jury: We, the jury, find that Herman Rosenthal, deceased, met his death about 2 o'clock in the morning of July 16, 1912, in front of the MetropOle in West Forty-third street between Sixth avenue and Broadway from bullet wound in the brain and bullet wound in the jaw from a revolver or person or persons to this jury un known.'
 Daniel Frohman was foreman of the coroner's jury Immediately follow ing the return of this verdict, Louis Libby, part owner with William Sha- piro, in the murder automobile, was discharged from custody.
 The grand jury this afternoon in- dicted Detective James White and Charles Steinert, formerly members of Lieutenant Becker's strong arm" squad, for oppression and perjury. The indictments were found without dis senting vote after .the jury had heard Big Jack Zelig's story of how re- volver was planted in his pocket by these two men, so that Becker might get Zelig under arrest.
 Zelg's story to the grand jury was dramatic as he produced the coat which he wore on the night in ques- ton while the revolver alleged to have been found on him was brought into court from the. police depart ment The revolver was found to be so large that it could not have been carried in either pocket of the coat without projecting in plain view. Then George w. Greenberg, who was with Zelig on the night of his arrest, testi- fled that Zelig asked to be searched when he saw the detectives enter the cafe.
 'I want you to search me before those fellows plant me-" he said te Greenberg. Greenberg searched Zelis :, and found no gun, an obviously I'm possible result if the revolver pro duced by the police had been il Zeligs coat. Zelig testified tha Becker could have sent him up fo Il IA years for carrying the revolver q With this threat hanging over him h s was compelled by Becker to secur ' the gun men who killed Rosenthal. d New evidence of graft in the polio . department came to light today thl
 time with relation to the illegal re sorts of Coney Island. Such resort
 are alleged to be flourishing unde
 the protection of high police official
 A member of the police departmen
 who holds subordinate position
 the "boiler squad (which inspect
 factories and other plants using steal
 for power, has confessed to the gra
 in this branch of the service. TIT
 graft came about through paymen
 made hy stationery engineers and
 manufacturing plants permits to ol
 crate and establish boilers and el o4 zines in five boroughs.
 The graft is estimated to amount
 many thousand dollars monthly.
 As a result of this confession p ., j lice Commissioner Waldo this afte ' noon suspended Patrolmen John He
 nermen and Owen Kelly. Grand ju p subpoenaes were served by Distrl s' Attorney Whitmanss agents on fo
 engineers who Are alleged to ha
 paid graft to the sboiler squad. ''s
 pr. M s Stewart has return
 from brief visit to Little Rock.