The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-22
Men Under Arrest Said to Have
Revealed important Facts
I'm THE ROSENTHAL MURDER
But Commissioner Dcugherty Declares
That Not One Of the Six Men Under
Arrest Killed the Gambler-More
Arrests Are Expected.

New York, July 22.-The Rosenthal
case is nearing solution. That is the
opinion of Deputy Police Commissioner
Dougherty, who expects to arrest two
or three men who We're hired to kill
Herman Rosenthal before the gambler
could disclose more secrets of the -ela-
tions between gamblers and the police.
After fierce third degree, Jack Sui
livan and Sam Paul made statements,
from which the police commissioner
pieced together important and heretofore
missing evidence. Six men are now in
custody in the case, but Commissioner
Dougherty says that not one OF the
men who killed the gambler is under
arrest District Attorney Whitman re-
turned to-day to take up with the grand
jury the investigation of the case.
Police Commissioner Waldo announced
to-day that Lieut.. Becker had been re-
lieved of charge of the "strong arm"
squad of the city police and is trans
ferred to desk duty in the 65th police
precinct Of the Bronx. This is the first
official move made by the commissioner
in connection with Lieut.. Becker since
the killing Of Rosenthal. District At
torney Whitman makes no effort to hide
his belief that the shadow of Becker
rests upon the case.
Tracing the Various Men.
Paul and Sullivan were arrested last
night, as was Louis Webber, keeper OF
an uptown resort. When piled with
questions concerning the arrests, Com
missioner Dougherty was reticent, but
this much he said definitely
"Webber and Paul are ont charged with
being in the murder car at the time
the fatal shots we're fired, nor are the
men who actually did the shooting in
the arrests do not clear up the
case by jugfuP although the police
have made material progress in solving
the problem which has busted the police
department and the district attorneys
office for a week"
Whether TIN evidence secured yester-
day leads toward Lieut.. Charles Becker,
charged by Rosenthal with exaeting tri-
butte from New York gamblers, Com
missioner Dougherty declined fatty to
discuss. Mr.. Dougherty admitted that
Becker was not at police headquarters
yesterday but declared that the lieuten
ant had not been arrested.
Becker is not involved more now than |
he was "a hours ago" said the commits
sioner and with that dismissed the cub
ject.
jack Sullivan is regarded as the
man who can throw the most light on
Becker's participation in the case.
Whether he has done this already is
a matter of conjecture but Commissioner
Dougherty admitted that Sullivan
had told him that he left Lieutenant |
Becker's automobile in the vicinity of
Broadway and 42nd street one hour and
ia half before the assassination on Tues !
day morning. Sullivan was also in
l"Bridgie" Webber's place between Ills
and o'clock.
Whether the rest of the men who are
Implicated We're in Webbers at the time,
THE commissioner refused to say
Sullivan is said to have admitted that |
he was with BALD Jack" Rose on Mon |
day evening in Sam Paul's place. Rose
is now locked up in the tombs, charged |
with completely in the murder. After
leaving Rose, Sullivan went to the fight |
lin Madison Square garden and at the |
conclusion of the bout joined Lieutenant
Becker and was driven away from the
garden in the latter's machine. II is
claimed that Sullivan was in the inn |
mediate vicinity of the murder at the |
time it was committed but whether his |
arrest was due to this fact Commission
er Dougherty refused to say.
Commissioner Dougherty says that |
Sullivan has told him that his mission !
after leaving Beckers car was to see
Sam Paul in "Bridgie" Webber's place |
but that he did not find Paul. Sulli-
van has further explained what his bus
iness with Paul at that time was and |
has also explained his interest in do
ing some work for Lieutenant Becker
the night before the murder.