Evening star., 1912-07-20
Alleged Rate for Murders
Committed by Gunmen.
DISCLOSURES IN NEW YORK
District Attorney Collecting Evi
dence in the Rosenthal CaAe.
GAMBLER KILLED BY THUGS
Belief That Assassins Were Hired
Under Pressure of the Po-
lice System"

NEW YORK, July 10 The gang of
gunmen and blackjackers that riddled
Herman .Rosenthal the gambler, with
bullets is believed by detectives today to
have been procured by Bald Jack
Rose, under pressure of the police sys-
tem,' which was seeking to effectually
close the mouth of Rosenthal against
further charges that the gamblers had
to divide their gains with the police.
Rose is close friend of Police Lieut..
Becker, who was yesterday removed as
the head of the strong arm" squad,
which handles the gambling situation in
the city. District Attorney Whitman has
CLEANED enough information to convince
him that Rose. at the suggestion of or
with the knowledge of the police. hired
some of Jack Zelig's gang Of gun fighters
to make away with Rosenthal. The mar
ket rate for killing men by some of the
East Side gunmen is said to be $1,000.
District Attorney Gathers Evidence.
From William Shapiro, driver OF the
murder car" District Attorney Whit
man and private detectives employed by
him, because he believed that the police
have shown no inclination to unearth the
crime have learned that after the shoot
ing the murderers loafed around the
scene of the crime with no apparent fear
Of arrest.s& Shapiro has told enough de-
tails. to cause the public prosecutor to De
lieve that the private detectives will soon
round up the gang of gun fighters. Whom
the police have daily promised to arrest
but have failed to do So That the gam
bling plot and murder plot will dead tar
deeper into the police department Is now
generally believed.
Shapiro told the prosecutor and the de-
tectives that he picked up Rose ana two
other. men, Itzky and Schaaps, by ap-
lpointment on 18th street, and on the way
uptown there We're several changes maoe
in the party.
information regarding these changes of
the passengers in the murder car is pe-
Ing withheld
Walk Leisurely Away.
/ { .3a,apire, sa;jksss that after the men shot
e 6} RI put their guns in their
1ockeyS WffK0df any rush and stood around
for time. After while, Shapiro says,
they walked leisurely over to the car
and got aboard The chauffeur said that
he stalled with the motor. hoping the
police would come, but that one OF the
murderers pointed q gun at him and said:
.sOuit nionkeying and roll along.
Shapiro said that the car made only
fifteen miles an hour and he didn't see
any chase being made to capture them.
Going up 5th avenue, Shapiro said. one
of the passengers said to him that he
was fool to get scared, as nobody was
going to get. into trouble, because the
Job had been fixed, and that the police
weren't doing anything.
Rose Afraid Of Becker.
Police Commissioner Dougherty secured
from Rose the information that he was
working for Lieut.. Becker early Monday
night. Rose told the deputy commissioner
that he was afraid of Becker and had
gone to the house Of Dora Gilbert, Rosen-
thaps divorced wife, Monday night. be-
cause he knew she was going to make
an affidavit that Becker wanted. an affi-
davit against Rosenthal
Rose told the commissioner that he
wasn't surprised when he was told that
Rosenthal had been killed, as he thought
he would get it. because he talked too
much.
District Attorney Whitman, who went
out of town last night on an important
mission did not return to his Office
today. and 1t was said there that HE
would not be back until Monday. The
utmost reticence as to his whereab bouts
was observed by his assistants, and re-
ports that he had gone to have a secret
conference with the head of the private