Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-19

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greatest difficulty in finding Witness
Reese Names Anefher in ca.
The report that another ante w.
Used to impede the police taxi ch,rS
OF Inc neeing machine is being fuvrn
ugated today Two reputable h,.-i-
ness men have declared that they sar
Z machi block the corner near to.
nolei Metropoie just as the tsxI
chase started.
An . gamblers known as snpc:.1'
friends or especial enemies Of Pnzc~-'
tnai declare that the murder ~ar 49,
the air. More evidence - hs,c~
brought forward that two ne, -
tnelr appearance east side rorrds.-
broke through the crov6 .1,.-<
hosenthafs body ana. affer 49,
ascerfalned that the cas1hlrr ~
lect." ~ tok-
At h same time ii is alle~.s g.
foiiceman William J. File. VIII, -
dining in the -restaurap NJ .&-
nesuAehai sat just before his .1erfk
nerVonsiy smoking cigars. teIsphou>@
80 Trend just before the shooff.
ulst tnere were several ba6-1oo1rf<
Characters about and that "a
tnousnt something was going t. IL.
pen File is now under ~z11sns~~1c-
from the department.
Wnlie i've Investigations - -,
murder are going on at leaxf tw
the hired assassins are boldf,r 80 4,
ing up and down Second ana Trt~
avenues. They have bae, n-;---N
there. e4e1rn'a4
Bald Jack" Rose, gambia -,
Trend OF Police Lieutenant rber1s-
A Becker. and who -surrsrs~--
himself to the police. has rs,,s~ 80
name OF a gambler and a gun-dgbfe~
VINO was IN the a the night Roren-
tnai was shot down in front az -
aotei Metropole- His name =
ochaaps, and detectives are scourf.-
the town for him.
What Rose told Deputy po1;c. 49,
missioner Dougherty makes ne
lice official quite anxious to tno~s
more about Bridge" Webber $780,
room keeper and friend of Roae,-
tnai- o said that when he j.f<
the car uptown he dropped 4, 4,
Weber, but later it appears fhs<
weber turned up at the Hotel Met
ropoie just before Rcsenthal was .hot
and there shook hands with the ram.
pier. Weber also was seen AT me
hotel after the shooting.
Roses Appearance Surprises BerLe~
Police Lieutenant Becker has bean
told TO remain at police HEADQUARTERS
n no n was o surprised at the
unexpected appearance of Rose At
headquarters yesterday than Becker
mead OF h so-called ''strong-arms
squad which has been ia
looking after gambling houses.
II is learned that Lieutenant Becker
alleged BY Rosenthal to get mora
man $500 a month corruption monay
pays $50 a month rem for his home
at Edgecombe venue and 165th street
while his wife teaches school To exc
out the family income. The Beckerz
have just bought a house near their
present residence. The woman CIV
ing the last information assertsd|
about $4,000 had been paid for the
property, but that this represented The
savings of many years.
Lieutenant Becker has not been
suspended pending the Investigation
of his alleged financial dealings with
Rosenthal The grand jury, it is an
nounced today. win go to the very
bottom of the charges Rosenshal|
made to District ATTORNEY Whitman
concerning Becker's supposed opera
tons in Wall street and his reported
association with the gambling fra
ternity.
Widow to BE Witness.
In this connection the many sam-
bling raids made by the "strong-arm
squad viii be looked into. Tns
widow OF Rosenthal viii be one Of thX,
persons to appear before the grand
jury.
Shapiro is willing to tell more IL
the circumstances that led up to the
shooting of Rosenthal. but he viii not
tell them t' the police. Through bio
counsel he admits he is in a bad sif-
~uation. and hopes he will be dealt
with ~leniently If he tells all he knows.
Of the murderers and the killing. He
is willing to take his chances with
the district attorney, but will not isf<
to the police.
For the first time the name OF "Bfe|
Jack" zelig. East Side gang
leader and gambler. who recently
was shot by a Chick" Tri4e1|