The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
c ANG THREATENS
TO TAKE LEWIS
FROM POLICE
East Side Thugs Appear at Wee
hawken Station
SCARED BY DETECTIVE
Gunman Charged With Rosenthal
Murder Claims He Has Been
Visiting Relatives.
SCARED BY DETECTIVES

New York, Aug. 3.-With Whitley"
Lewis and "Dago" Frank locked in
the Tombs as two of the four gun
men who murdered Herman Rosen-
thai, the gambler, on July 10, police
headquarters last night apparently
expected at any moment the capture
of "Gyp the Blod" and Lefty Louie,
the two alleged assassins still at
large. Lewis, who was arrested on
Thursday night at resort near King
ston, n. Y, and brought to New York
yesterday. refused TO admit that he
had any knowledge of the shooting,
and said that on the day before the
murder he went out of town to visit
relatives. His statement was very
vague. however, as to where these
relatives" lived. He was held for
further examination on Tuesday.
That the two gunner still missing
are hiding in the same region where
Lewis was captured was the belief
expressed at headquarters last night,
and it was reported that a squad of
detectives are hot on their trail. AS
sistant District Attorney Moss said,
however, that he had received word
from Auburn that the men were hid
ing in or near that city, and IL is I'M
derstood that detectives from the dis
trict attorneys office have been try
ing TO run them down there for sew
eral days.
Mr.. Moss took charge of the case
Yesterday in the absence OF District
Attorney Whitman, who left for Bos-
ton early in the day. expecting to go
to Manchester, Vt. to remain over
Sunday with his family.
Lewis, whose real name is Frank
Seidenshue, was picked up Thursday
on the station platform at Fleisch-
mans, n Y, just as he was about TO
take atrain for the West. The trip
to New York city was without Incl
dent until the train drew into the
Weehawken terminal. There a band
of six or seven East Side gangsters
leaped over she gate separating the
platform from the tracks and started
toward the train. Suddenly their
eyes fell upon several headquarters
detectives who had been sent across
and the gangsters skunk back into the
station.
No move was made to rescue the
prisoner, who was quickly taken to
headquarters There he was locked
up to await the arrival of Police Com
missioners Waldo and Dougherty.
Lewis said that he was on the point
of giving himself up as he had heard
the police wanted him. He would not
say where he had been in hiding.
He declared that he could and would
prove an alibi. He asserted that he
was out of the city at the time Ro-
seminal was shot to death, but he
did not tell where he was. He would
not say what he was doing at Fleisch-
mans, but reiterated that he was
stopping at a reputable place" and
with respectable people.
The real name of Lewis, according
to the circular which was sent out
from police headquarters about a
week ago, requesting his arrest and
that of the other murderers, wherev-
er they might be found, was Frank
Miller. alias Whitley" Lewis, alias
white Jack" alias Jacob Siegel. He
is a bartender and tailor and is q
years old. He also used the name of
Jacob Goldberg, and under this name
was arrested on December 3, 1904. for
attempted grand larceny. He was
sentenced to Elmira. AS Frank Mil
Ter he was arrested May 3, 1907, for
grand larceny and sent to the New
York city reformatory Under the
same name he was arrested on Sep
TENDER 9, 1907, for grand larceny and
sentenced to Sing Sing for four
years. He was transferred to Dame
mora on October l of the same year
and discharged on September %,
1910.
From then until last June Whitley"
Lewis did not attract the attention of
the police On the night of June 4.
however. he was arrested. together
with big Jack Zelig and Lefty
Louie" as the three were running to
escape the vengence of the big
Jack Sirocco gang in Dovers street.
Whitley Lewis gave the name of
Jacob Seigel in court and Magistrate
Kernochan discharged him for lack
Of evidence. That was the last time
he was in the hands OF the police I'M
til Thursday night. Lewis told the
detectives that he was almost broke,
but that he had planned to get a
west bound train and get away from
New York. He seemed depressed by
his arrest and admitted that he was
surprised to have fallen in
to the hands Of the New York police.
He talked freely on every subject but