The Washington herald., 1912-08-11
"SAM" SCHEPPS
TAKEN In TOW
In HOT SPRINGS

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ought to. in keeping with my means.
would still have been playing in the
friendly penny ante poker game ur
in Connecticut.
Soon / began borrowing right and
left. One day when / was completely
broke in New York. ! wrote TO my
partners and friends in Connecticut
making a clean breast of everything.
That ended by career in that State. ]
remained in New York and gave my
self to a life of gambling"
Rose tells of how he became a prey
to the gaming spirit, of how two the
atrical friends attempted to help him.
but of how he slipped back into the
gambling houses again. Then he became
the friend OF Herman RosenthaI. They
were chums for years. but four years
ago they had a serious quarrel. which
they afterward made up taking a drink
n Tom Sharkey's cafe. From this very
cafe" says Rose, in closing. about four
years later, started the gray automobile
which ended its ride in the murder or
Herman Rosenthal, and all through
gambling"
Hear of schepps' Being Located.
1t was learned to-day that Sam
Schepps, the man alleged to have paid
1000 to the murderers for the death of
Rosenthal. is in hiding in a Western city,
broken in pocketbook, health. and spirit.
and willing to give himself up IL assured
that he will not fall into the hands OF
the New York police. Detectives from
the district attorneys office have been
sent to this town, followed by a guard
of men from Burns detective force, TO
see that no harm befalls the prisoner or
his guards. Schepps will be brought into
New York secretly and taken at once
under the protection Of District Attorney
Whitman.
committee will have the benefit OF all
the information and evidence collected
by the district attorneys Office in The
graft probe. Mayor Gaynor will be sub
jected to grueling examination. only
one man Is responsible for the present
decentralization of the Police Depart
ment," said Alderman Curran to-day,
"and that man is Mayor william ]. Gay
nor. Wen ask him a few questions
about his stewardship"
Tell of Defense Plan.
IT am reliably Informed" he continued.
that for every twenty felonies commit
ted in Greater New York. only one Is
solved by the police to the extent of
arresting anybody. In other words the
chances are twenty to one that a burglar
pickpocket, or other GRIM
inal will go scot free after his crime.
I make this charge: Every vice center
in New York was organized with the
vN ne shn
Whitley Jack Lewis and "Dago
Frank Cirofici. two men now under ar
rest here and alleged to have been the
men who did the actual killing of Gam
bier, Rosenthal, will base their defense
on the claim that Rose. Vallon. and
who confessed. framed up" a
ca Sc to save themselves.
1t is probable that Lieut.. Charles Beck
er. indicted as the instigator Of the mur-
der. will make use of a similar defense
Robert NJ. Moore. attorney for Whitley"
Lewis, announced to-day that this was
the intention of the accused men. Lewis
was nowhere near the scene OF the mur-
Ter when Rosenthal was killed. and we
shall have no difficulty in establishing
an alibi. We shall also prove that the
whole story is a frame-up' by Bald
lack Rose, 'Bridgey' Webber, and Harry
yallon.''
Collected Tor Becker.
A suspect. held in connection with the
murder, but whose name will not be
given out by the District Attorney, this
Afternoon confessed to having acted as
/ collector for Becker in the gambling
graft. Becker and the men associated
With him." said the prisoner, got $3.50 900
hat / know of, and this Is prob
IDLY only part of what he got alto
yether. I collected all kinds of money
or Becker. but he never let me keep
rery much of it. He took nearly ALL"
One Of the rich inspectors of police |
according to evidence secured to-day, has |
'een collecting tribute from seventy-five |
lisorderly houses and sixty-five gambling |
louses in his district. The total graft
rom these two sources netted this man
lone about So, 500 monthly. Two in
pectors who figured in the case bank |
d 5000 each in one year, on annual /
alaries OF $500.
Police Give Details.
Honest policemen, enraged by the shad-
w cast on the department, are coming
onward in numbers to tell ali they
now TO the aldermaniG investigating
ommittee. They claim the grating was
one entirely by men higher up In the
ervice and that the rank and file of the
Sew York police got the blame for it.
hey want to clear their own names if
ossible.
lack sullivan whose real name is
acob Reich, this afternoon admitted
e had seen Becker, Rose, and webber
/ conference shortly after Rosenthars Il
iurder. This corroborates statements
the movements of Becker al
eady made known by Rose and Web
er, and is considered valuable link
! the chain which, binds the police |
eutenant to the crime.
Sums aggregating S21,No. deposited by
ecker under various names were found
seven banks to-day. During the ,
sarch for Becker's money the detectives
.umbled on trails which led to large
eposits made by the two inspectors
no have been under suspicion. The
tate cannot touch this money, but a
nowiedge of when and where and by /,
hom 1t was deposited Is considered of
Importance by the District Attorney.