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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08

Mrs. W. T. McWhor'er ana three
children left this morning for cineIn.
mil, where they VIII visit friends fol
three weeks.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08
EXCHANGE.

The Royal Neighbors will hold an
exchange Saturday morning ., Halls
saddlery store.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08
lNIAN SHOOTERS
TO ENTER MEET
CRACK MARksMEN 10 BE At
WHEELING LATTER PART OF
MONTH.

WHEELING. Aug, Z. Arrange.
ments for the big state registered
shooting tournamenttt TO be held nndeI
the auspices Of the Big Game Rifle,
Rod and Gun Club. on the range near
the i"sr bridge, on August 18th, are
rapidly being completed and indfea-
tons point to the event being the big,
gest OF Its kind ever held In this sec.
ton. Herman Friedrich, the local
sporting goods man, who Is the secre,
tary of the organization. Is receiving
encouraging letters each day from
various state organizations which are
planning to be well represented at
the tournament.
Secretary Friedrich has Just receiv-
ed notice from the Peters Cartridge
Company, that Mr.. Day, one Of the
best cracks in the country, would rep.
resent them, while E. H Taylor, OF
Fairmont, who is welt known here.
will look after the interest OF the Du.
Pont Powder Company. Another
good marksman who has been defeat
ing everything in PENNSYLVANIA of
late, who will be here, is C. F. Moore.
o! Brownsville, Pa. Mr.. Moore comes
Lere with a record that any shooter
should feel proud to possess.
Just before the meet here big one
will be held at Bradford, Pa, and
several Of the shooters who will taSe
| part in the latter event will come
here. AS the rules OF the national
organization require a maFksaas to
shoot a certain number OF shells dur.
Ing the season before taking part in
the postseason meet at Cincinnati
quite n number wifi be here from DIFF.
ferent parts of Pennsylvania Just on
this account. The merchandise prize
list will be announced within the next
few days.
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WHITMAN NOT SURPRISED.
In 50. Losis- says lie Believes po,,c.
Knew II All the Time.

ST. Louis, Sept. 15.-District Attorney
Charles s. Whitman OF New York, accom-
panied by his wife and Assistant District
Attorney Rubin, arrived here to-day o.,
their way to Hot Springs. Ark, where
they will investigate statement which
Sam Schepps is said to have made In
three prominent citizens that Lieut.
Becker was not implicated in the murder
OF Rose nthal.
When he learned Of the capture of
Lefty Louie and Gyp the Blood Distric,
Attorney Whitman said:
Il am not surprised at the capture of
the last two suspects in the case. have
maintained all along that these men
were in New York and the police could
get them when they wanted to. have
never taken stock in the story that thev
had gone to Europe which the police
seemed to hold. I am of the opinion
that the police have known for some
time that they we're in Brooklyn.
Whitman was indignant when he
learned the men had been taken to Police
Headquarters and turned over TO Second
Deputy Police Commissioner George :
Dougherty by Lieut.. Dominick Riley
who captured them. He wired District
Attorney Frank Moss 10 go Immediately
to Police Headquarters and take charge
Of the prisoners. as they are under in
dictment and the police have no right
to questiop them.
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was neatly dressed, Mrs. Becker recall

, was neatly dressed, Mrs. Becker recall
ing that she wore a white shirt waist.
a gray skirt and a pair OF satin slip
pers. She also looked as IL she had
stepped out of bandbox every time she
bought the family supplies.
The woman had been away from
Rldgewood Heights and the tall man had
in the meantime explained to the Beck
ers that his wife" was visiting friends
at Brighton Beach.
1t is believed that the blond woman
was the go-bctween of Gyp tho Blood
and Leftie Louie in the exile, and car
ried messages to their friends and the
city and brought back the necessary
funds with which to ltay for their
board and keep.
Comparatively little IL known about
the movements of the much sought
pair while they were in Ridgcwood
Heights Several men went TO their
apartments and the pair themselves
didn't stir out much. There were no
unusual sounds heard in the rooms at
any time, but the can was noticed on
several occasions making trips to the
nearest beer saloon in the hands Of the
tall man or the blond woman.
Folks who visited the second floor
last night saw what was believed to
be signs Of a struggle in n broken new
post a knob of which had but recently
been knocked off. They figured 1t out
that somebody resisted on the way
down stairs and something had
happened
The rooms were in charge OF the
police las, night and nobody was al
lowed to go inside.
The arrest caused a most profound
sensation in the neighborhood, and for
hours last night big crowd stood in
the street and gaped at the building.
Every l. train brought in new crowd
OF morbidly curious ones from out of
town who wanted a peep at the place
where Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie
had managed to hide themselves for
at least a month.
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MEN HAD FEW VISITORS.
Neighbors Noticed Blond Woman
Who Waited on Patr.

The house in which the famous fusi-
tivcs had been hiding Is situated at 1856
Woodward street. Ridgewood Heights,
Borough OF Queens. Ridgewood Is a
continuation OF Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The building Is three story brick
structure and stands alone. To the
north Of 1t and directly on level in the
rear OF the house runs the Ridgewood
elevated road, which takes TO the sur
face after II leaves Wyckofr avenue.
The prisoners lived in apartments on
the second floor with a woman as a
housekeeper. Their neighbors on the
floor above were Bernard Schwartz, a
tnsmith. and his wife and Ave children.
The FIRST floor was occupied BY the
Brighton Hand Laundry. which employs
several women.
The fugitives moved in between 3
and o'clock on the afternoon Of
August 10. just month ago to-day.
and their furniture was all new, the
neighbors observed, Just as neighbors
do when a new family arrives. II was
delivered at the house by a furniture
van which came from Park row, Man
haitian.
Among the pieces Of furniture that
attracted tho most attention were three
brass bedsteads and a small white
enamelled bedstead, which looked As II
II was going to do service AZ a baby's
crib. None OF the inquisitive neigh
bors. however. saw anything Of a
stranger small enough to At the crib.
Mira Scwartz said last night that she
never saw anybody 60 to the house. ex-
cepting a tall man with sunken checks
and a blond woman.
She said there had been an arrange
ment whereby the tenants were sup
posed to sweep and clean their respec-
tive halls. but she noticed that her
neighbors on the second floor never
took tho trouble to use the broom and
mop. The fugitives made q practice of
getting their table supplies at Ernest
Beckers delicatessen and grocery store
across the street at 757 Woodward
avenue.
The tall man with the sunken cheeks
frequently called to make purchases, and
the blond woman frequently dropped In.
They invariably paid for their pur-
| chases as they made them until two or
three days ago when the tall man apol-
ogized for not having any money. and
hung Becker up. He was such a good
customer that Becker told him lie didn't
mind. and in the afternoon Of the Same
day he came back with a roll of bills.
lie unfolded the roll with a flourish
and said two friends had called to see
him and he had got the money from
them.
Becker said that TIM tall man was
always apparently laboring under some
undue mental excitement when he called
at the store and spent his time wander
ing up and down In front Of the counter
while waiting for his purchases to be
done up. He would occasionally walk
to the door and look across the street
as II he expected to see somebody. AS
| soon as he got what he wanted he in
| varlably made a bee line to the house
and disappeared without lingering In
the street.
one day he confded to Mrs. Becker
! that he had a good deal Of company
and added that he had to have some-
body around, as he hated to be alone.
The woman called at tho store yester-
day afternoon for the last time. She
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-. A., ,, -.,, -. -, nv,
CO.. i. ono tha, so,no,im,s. is h;rod o,t
"('asassa very early today snotted the
Woodward avenue building and kent a
watch on II. EvervthInu looked so good
that I tumped into n police automobile
and took De,octives Vaughn and Nc.
Manus vitn mo Word mad boon cont
IN MANY NJ tho other mon also so that
in ~ short time a good aized crowd ~
them were in the Woodward avenue
ne,ghborhood. surrounding tho block.
Casassa staved right ON tho iob"
Mr.. Douxhertv saws that he reached
the neiobborbood about 10 o.c,ocl,
Yesterday morning He did not On
into details OF his n,,n of action from
that time on. further than to saw that
ne was there from 10 o'clock until the
Riley, Meyers and other detectives who
have been foremost in the search for
the fugitives Stationed themselves in
neighboring stores and on upper floors
of buildings where they could see with
out being seen, while Mr.. Dougherty
established headquarters near a tele-
phone not far away.
Just before 8 o'clock, he says. he got
word from Detectiye Riley that "I ,eftv,.
Lille" had Just come out OF the build
ing, had gone to a grocery store near
by and had then returned to the house.
Mr.. Dougherty jumped into his machine
and picked up Riley. Casassa and
Meyers, the men who got Dago Frank
and Whitley Lewis. and drove 10 tho
house.
Riley, Casassa and Meyers iumped ont
of the machine as DouCherty slackoned
speed. and ran into tho house with
drawn revolvers. Mr.. Dougherty. as
soon as he had brought the auto to a
stop. jumped out and clattered up the
steps after his men. He hadn't reached
the top of the first flight when Casassa
ran out and met him with the informa-
ton, We've got EN-: It's all right"
cs'on NO iroooie'
I'VE did not have any trouble in
recognising them" said Mr. Doupher,v
"I know them. and so did tho men with
me. Lefty knew especiallv we'll be-
cause since I cam. here bn walked into
Headouarters one day with an order
To have his picture removed from the
rorues' gallery. Tho order had to be
obeyed and his picture was taken out
for him"
the detective. tumned ont of the ma
chine. After they had given the three
pr,soners chance to dress and had
found an automobile can for Cyp. who
couldn't fnd his hat. the detectives led
the men down to the machine.
"And I never saw so many children"
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TO SUE AZ CORPORATIONS.
Brooklyn Federal Oncials Charss
Failure 20 File Reports.

Legal proceedings have been started IN
the United states court in Brooklyn by the
corporations to recover penalties Narinv
from 81 900 toSl0,Otp for failure 10 file
reports OF their business before March I.
tax law.
Last year there were 1853 similar suit.
and the penalties in judgments and com
promises amounted TO $50, 600.
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liminary talk with the prisoners the in
formation went around Headquarters
mat IN" two mon were standing by their
general denial that they had part in
the murder. Headquarters believed that
the pair had been left with the Assistant
District Attorney in the hope that Mr..
Moss would have better results than
had been obtained so far. About the time
Nir' Moss was beginning to talk to them
wife, went TO Headquarters IN much ex-
cltemcnt. Her daugater and Horowitz's
VIII" We're taken down to the ground
floor 40 that Mrs Levine could talk to
them. When the mother had been as
sured many times that her daughter was
not going 20 he locked UP right away. if at
all. she departed for home much relieved
Ilrs Levine insisted to the reporters
that sh" knew nothing Of Lefty Iouie's
business
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Thought lie Was .niesmaa.

My daughter married him seven
months ago" said Mrs Levine My
son -ili-law always said Re vas Il saleman
and that = what thought he was That S
all know about him
James t2mil "A -tenographer in the
homicide bureau Of the District Attosney :
Office. went to headquarters on a hurry
! call so fast that at Fifth avenue and Sixty
second street the automobile in which he
was racing dow town to meet Mr.. Moss
was stopped hy a traffic roliceman. Hamil
slowed down long enough to assume the
d policeman that the hurry call TO Head
quarters was the reason for the speed
An argument followed in which the police
man said that hamil would have To 20
TO the police station and prove the truth
OF his story. Hdmil finally persuaded
the policeman Ia let hiri 20 after the
number OF the dut Omohiie had been taken
There was a glow on the faces Of tho
police from Deputy Commissioner Dough-
"rty down to the elevator man at Head
quarters from the time Mr.. Dougherty' =
car with the prisoners aboard stopped
al the rear door of Headquarters until
the last Of the tired detectives left the
building long after midnight.
The arrest by the police of these two
gunmen and III" nprevious arrest by
Doughsrty's men of Dago Frank and
Whitley Lewis puts all OF the men ac-
cused of tn. actual killing of Rosentha |
in custody. and the detectives. while not
talkative, made no efforts to conceal
their delight.
Deputy Commissioner Dou sherty found
time right after the first excitement
around his Office had died down somewhat
TO give further details Of tie long quest
and capture of the two men
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strangely Ill at ease Several times he
had made as II to withdraw from the
scene. but there was too much detective
In the doors and halls for him To Sue
coed. one of the detectives gave more
than quick glance at him and sud
denly said:
Hello, Mike"
The visitor. tho detectives said AZ
first. was Michael Iolechuk. pick
pocket whose home IL believed To Lee In
New Haven. He has been often in New
York and once ht some time at FL
mira following one of his visits lie
was told that he might as well continue
as one Of the party.
Lefty and Gyp and Mike were special
guests Of the Commissioner in the big
red car on the way back to Manhattan.
They were looked ufinr with much care
and were very safely handcuffcd he
sides They did not seem To- mind this
any more than they mladed tho ar
rest. In fact all during The time the
two young men who were thought To
hc the others of the quartet with
Dago Frank and Whitley Lewis were
az cool and composed as II they were
JUS. on an ordinary auto ride.
II did not take very long for the car
to get to Police Headquarters. which
Was lighted up Ike "a clty fcte. The
men went at once into the arraicn-
mcnt room to be booked.
Lefty said he was Louis Rosenberg.
90 years old, n salesman, married. and
laughed when he said his residence
was 7Ss Woodward avenue. Brooklyn.
Gyp the Blood described himself as
Harry fiOrowitz. - years old. born In
New York. "A clerk 10y occupation, and
married. He also smiled when he said
that he lived at I56 Woodward avenue,
BruDNlVn
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W,,cs Brought over Too.

led into the building. Doughcrty talked
tu them for some time. he would not
say what about. but II liz believed he
asked them something about their wan
dcrings since the night of July IL, but
he got no answer In any event. They
smiled, loked on general topics. CON
s"nted to sit for their photographs to
the newspaper photographers and de-
clined to talk about anything. Just
about that time some one remembered
that tn" District Attorneys Office might
b" Interested and Commissioner Dough-
erty got into communication with At
torney Moss.
Mr. Moss got down in very fast tmo
and he tried TO have an interview with
tho prisoners. He talked to them. and
talked TO tho wives, but 80 far as could
be learned he did not extract very much
Information. The two Young men were
not talking just then. They gave no in.
dication that they are going to talk at
all. They were taking what was coming
TO them smilingly and calmly.
They even sat back interested when
Commissioner Dougherty took time to
tell the reporters something of the Job
II had been to run the men down.
Later. however, when the time came
to take the supposed Mr.. Polechuk's
finger prints II was discovered that he
really was Samuel Kramer, a pick
pocket. who has seen the inside OF
great many prisons. The record gives
his aliases as Liebman and Max Shin
sky, His picture In the Rogues' gall
lery is "B. 15.i34.' Under the name Of
Mike Prince he got a years imprlson-
ment in New Haven on January IL,
1910, for picking pockets.
Raphael Socks Of SO Hamburg ave-
nue., the landlord of the Woodward
avenue apartment house. was taken TO
Police Headquarters late last night. He
| identified Kramer and Gyp the Blood's
wife as the pair who rented the apart
ments on August H. They paid s16
rent in advance and took possession
the same afternoon.
Kramer and the two women were
held, the women being detained as ma
terial witnesses. The two women were
finger printed at late hour for the
purpose of identification. There were
no records showing that either ever
had trouble with the police.
Mrs. Roscnbcrg's sister, Bcckic, hung
around until late with the expectation
OF taking her sister home. She wept
when told that hcr sister would have to
| remain I'm custody for "A time.
Moss Alone with Prisoners.
On some sort of signal which only
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty and
Assistant District Attorney Moss under
stood, Mr.. Dougherty about 1880 O'Clock
gathered his detectives together with
glauc" and they all withdrew from the
private Office. leaving Mr., Moss and the
two prisoners with the office all to them
: sevc,
! aS the police were coming out Of the
room nashlight photographer set OH
u binding flash in an effort TO snap the
wiV"s OF tn" two gunner, Every body
started
Makes man think" Mr. Moss could
be heard to say with laugh, that's he
out in front Of the Metropole."
= when the volice came from their pre-
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fearful Party Broken Up.

The detectives were not hard hearted.
but they had 10 interrupt the scene
The two young women were dressed and
they have the reputation for being very
"wise." Nobody wanted a couple Of
guns passed while tears were being shed
over the situation.
The two men are too we'll known as
adopts with such weapons. with an in
cllnation to use them, to permit many
chances 10 be taken. Reilly said:
Hey nothin' doin'," and Casassa
took Mrs. HoroWitz gently but firmly
By the arm.
We'll, you got u.s." said Lefty Louie
as soon az matters had been Strengthened
out and the two wives were crying
safely over in corner. Coin to take
US over, I suppose"
Dougherty, who had come forward
at this time, opined that the two men
were going over, by which was meant
Police Headquarters. Manhattan, and
again he smiled,
Better leave lis put on some
clothes said Gyp, looking at his
scanty attire.
The policemen said they would he
allowed that privilege and he attended
With a few Wallets apiece. one detec-
tive got Lefty's clothes out OF bed
room, and another got Gyp's, Before
they were handed over to the owners
thereof they were subjected to a care
full scrutiny. In the pockets ~ Gyp
the Blood We're found SO, several pack
ages Of cigarettes and an open faced
watch--nothing else, not even pen
knife He was permitted 81 put these
clothes on In the presence Of tho police
men.
In I,cftys pockets wero found SIS,
an open faced watch, gold lockct'
which contained the photograph OF his
wife. and nothing else.
Tho men dressed quickly, ana SAYING
thai they guessed there would b" moth
Inc doing I'm the dinner line for then
said they would go.
MiLc !, Recognized.
About this time some one turned hi
attention on the visitor, who seene'
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Bits of Evidence Gathered.

The two gun men finally were located
only after Mr. Dougherrv had pieccd to-
gether. night after night. the bits and
patches Of things seen. and especially
conversations overheard by his detec =
tives each day AZ they followed the vari-
Gus members OF the families of the pair .
the friends Of the families ard the friends
Of the friends
Not until forty eight hours before the
arrest of lasi evening had Mr.. Dougherty
been supplied with enough bits of in o
formation To show him that the two men
were in some house in which there was
laundry. that a great many Germans and
Swedes lived in the neighborhood. that
the word bright" occurred in the name
OF the laundry in some fashion. and that
from fire escape seat at the back OF the
house one could sit and watch an open
air moving picture show.
The fact that there was a laundry In
the building where Gyp and Lefty were
hiding came to the police only last Thurs
day when one Of the Headquarters detec-
tives overheard connect ion"--as the
police call one who Is being followed be-
cause Of belief that the person knows
where a fugitive il hiding mention the
item about the laundry TO another "con-
ncction"
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Dousherty Tells Ills story.

"Gyp and Lefty" said Mr.. Doughsrty
living in New York az least since July 20
| mention this particular date because
] found in their quarters bill for furni-
ture bought in the name of Morris Gold
stein from an instalment house in Park
row. Manhattan. on that date. They
had paid S. down on n bill Of goods which
included two beds. two bed springs and
mattresses. a sideboard. "a table n dresser
and four chairs.
-On August 4. according to another
hill, they added another bed with springs
and mattresses and paid 81 on account
On August l3, according to the owner
of the building in Woodward avenue,
or two days before they moved into the
house. they bought from another in
.talment house at POI Park row another
bill of goods. paying SIS on the day of the
purchase and $40 on August 20.
"1he arrests to-day followed work
in which every working day was twenty
four hours long. Altogether there were
about sixty detectives on the case CON
stantly. some following connections
all the time, some watching plants,
others going out of town to look over
| suspects picked up, or to follow clues OF
various kinds that looked worth while
1'ihe work was begun a bout July 2s
and has been kept up by relays Of de-
tectives night and day ever since, From
what I've learned about the movements
of Gyp and Lefty the two, after first
| leaving town, went to a boarding house
at Pottsvlle in the Catskills and stayed
there about a week. They dressed well
going in for crash and duck trousers
and we'll fitting clothes such as they are
wearing here tonight and apybody would