The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-27
ROSENTHAL' WIFE
T0SUE BECKERFOR
s100,000DAMAGEs
Will Charge That Police
Lieutenant Is Responsible
for His Death
BRIDGY WEBBER'S
PLACE Is CLOSED
More Bank Accounts Are
Found and Additional
Graft in Department
Comes to Light

NEW YORK, August @6.-ACtlon
for 100000 damages is to be begun
shortly against Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker by the widow of Her
man Rosenthal for the loss of her
husbands services" Attorney NJ.
Harold Hochdorf. Of So Park Row,
has been retained by Mrs. Lillian
Rosenthal for this purpose.
Il shall prepare the papers in this
suit against Becker said the law
Yer. ION the theory that the actual
murderers were acting as his directly
hired employees. and on the further
ground that the death of Fl srman
Rosenthal was Intentionally caused at
Becker's ipstigation: and that Beck
err must therefore respond In deTnages
for his wiltul act"
The gambling house OF "Brtdgy'
Webber. who has confessed that he
paid $1,000 to the murderers Of Her
man kosenthal, was rajded tonight.
The manager, kirke Brown, Was ar
rested, and a wagon full Of tables.
.eards and chips taken to the police
station. Other gambling houses have
closed since the Rosenthai inyestiga
ton began, but Webber's place has
been in fun blast every night. despite
the fact that its owner IS in the West
Side prison. The police. led by In
spector Dwyer. were admitted when
they Knocked and no attempt WIS
made to conceal the games going on.
except that no money was in sight on
any of the tables.
The aldermanic investigation com
mittee, organized by Alderman Henry
an ia r,sss hers
preba bly, will discontinue it's work
Magistrate Corrigan has given the
opinion that the probe Of the alder
manic committee will interfere with
the work OF the district attorney,
which is considered the most irnpor-
tant OF the four Investigations now
being carried on.
Supreme Court Justice Gof and
District Attorney Whitman, together
with the special grand jury VIII TIavs
power to compel attendance and tes-
timony OF needed witnesses. Other
committees VIII not have the power
10 do this. and Il is feared that the
guilty men may escape by merely ap-
pearing before one Of the committees.
and giving valueless testimony.
Girl Gives Evidence.
Miss 1nez Ford added to the infor-
nation in the hand OF the district
attorney today by admitting that she
vas in he white light section with
four men on the night that Rosenthsl
was killed. These fo.r rnen talked OF
the amber. and predicted that he
would be murdered within q few
hours. and the girl gave their names
10 the district attorney though she
refused to admit that she had seen
the actual shooting.
An uncle and al aunt OF Lefty
Louis Rosenzweig called on the dis
trict attorney today, and il is under
stood that they attempted TO make
arrangements for the gunman's sur
render Sam Schepps was arraigned
today and his hearing adjourned until
September End, at his own request.
schepps Is in mortal fear that the po-
lice ur the gangsters will get him "
II he Is released.
James r. March. Republican lea
der In the Third assembly district.
announced today that Police Lieu
tenant Becker. accused of instigatinR
the murder OF Rosenthal, had made
s12s. 600 In the past year honestly In
stock speculation. and not in graft.
March declared he would give testi-
fnony naming the deals by hitch this
money had been made when Becker
comes 10 trial.
Captain Ia Reduced.
ACtlHE HinuT U. 'TttShtI
Was removed from the Fourth inspec-
ticn district today. and reduced to desk
duty In one OF the station houses.
Charges also were filed against In
spector Cornelius q. Hayes and his
hearing VII he rushed
More Bank Accounts Found,
More Becker bank accounts were
found. and additional graft fund of
100000 n year from a gam of wire
tappers came to light. This gang,
which was given a monopoly OF the
wire tapping fake in New York. I'm
consideration of large payment
yearly. cleared many times this
amount from wealthy out-of-town WIS.,
itors who were too chagrined to report
their losses.
1t was learned today that John p.
kirwan. real estate dealer. is part
owner in the Ltncoln hotel. q well
known Red Light resort Notwith-
standing this. Kirwan Is a member OF
the grand jury drawn by Justice Nc
Call to investigate sraft between the
disorderly and gambling houses and
the police The information was laid
before District Attorney Whitman, and
1t is probable that Kirwsn will be pre-
vented from serving on the grand