Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-20
BURNS BUSY
ON MURDER
Think RosenthaI Killed With
Police Approval.

men who murdered Herman Rosenthal
The Burns men then had a talk with
District Attorney Whitman. They then
declared that Rosenthal had been slain
by a gang that was procured by BALD
Jack" Rose with the knowledge or the
approval of a policeman.
From shapiro, who is trying to saw
himself, they secured the most aston
ishing information yet obtained. Sha-
piro says now that the assassination
was a lelsurely affair, that the killers
did not leap desperately at their work
at all and hat they lounged in front Of
the Metropole before and after they
pistoled Rosenthal, with no apparent
fear Of arrest.
The gray cars owner cursed his pas
sengers for dragging him into the MUIR
der and sat down and told In detail all
that he processes to know about the
murder. He was pressed hard to clear
up certain points that have been only
vaguely referred to-. But Shapiro, re-
Numbering the threats made by Rosen-
thal's murdsrers hat they would kill
him, threw himself altogether upon the
protection of the district attorney and
swore that he was walking the straight
line OF truth.
Protests His innocence.
Il am innocent, SO help me God" be
said, with his face working with emo
ton. 81 had no more idea that my car
was going to be used for murder than
/ thought 1 was going to Jump into the
East river. Rose has beer an old Gus
toner Of ours. But he hasn't paid for
Monday nights ride, and we would
like to have the 500"
He repeated what has already been
told OF the call for the car, told Of
picking up Rose and a couple of 9th
ers In front Of Sharkey's and said:
when we started uptown Rose said
nothing about trouble ahead. 1t wasn't
until after RoSenthal was killed that |
vas told that nobody need be afraid
about getting into trouble. We went
on uptown, and the boys stopped In
places to get a drink. The trip
took US finally to a house In West
street, where Rose wanted
to see somebody. We started back
pretty late, and 1t wasn't until nearly
!, O'Clock In the morning that we got
n the neighborhood of Sixth avenue
md Forty-third street"
Shapiro at this point was sharply
as to whether Rose left the
hnrn or Uhnthnr hn ctovn1 IN fnr
he Metropole killing. His answer
withheld other important Information.
1t Is also known that he put the dis
trict attorney and the Burns men on
he right track, and he told them Of a
change In the makeup Of the party.
passengers, who seemed to
% waiting by appointment. were TAX
On into the car, and at least man
out Shapiro went on.
* was then ordered to drive down
70 the Metropole slowly. I picked out
a position Just east of the Cohan the
alter, whirled the car round and came
to a stop. l saw several policemen
not far from the Metropole. Three Of
my passengers got out OF the a slow
ly and walked over to the Metropole."
Shapiro was not left alone in the
gray automobile. Who remained be-
hind to watch him and to see to 1t
that the gray car would not disappear
before the need Of Its passengers can
not be revealed because that would
hamper the investigation. But 1t was
evident that the car was guarded cool
ly and that 1t was a part Of a DELHI
erately worked out plot
Murderers Took Their limo.
Three stopped in front Of the Metro
pole." Shapiro continued. They spoke
TO somebody who appeared to have
come out OF the restaurant just about
the time they got there. Pretty soon
the man they were talking to went
back into the restaurant and was gone
two or three minutes. Then another
man came out and looked around.
And just as he glanced from side to
side the shooting began. l was scared
then and would have given anything
to get out of the mess, but the man In
the car with me pressed a revolver to
my head and asked me II l wanted
to die. l didn't, and | sat still with
my hand on the wheel.
1.-The men that shot Rosenthal walked
away with their revolvers in their
hands. They put the guns in their
pockets without any rush, and they
stood In the middle Of the street half g
minute before they started back to
ward me-. They strolled back, walking
slowly, and they got in the car as easy
and quiet as you could imagine.
Delayed Starting Car.
by that time we had been In the
street twenty minutes or more. l wal
over q minute getting the car started
l thought sure that policemen would
appear and grab us all, and I hoped
they would. So l stalled with the mo
tor. pretending I couldn't get 1t start
ed. but that didn't make any hit with
the passengers. One Of them stood uI
and pointed a gun at me and told me
70 qui. m~onkeying and roll along. Ibid
the best l could then, but l got a wal
lop alongside the head that made me
see stars. I was sick for twenty-foul
hours because Of that lick"
Shapiro then went on to tell Of th'
getaway. His story on this point die
not differ materially from what has al
ready been published.