The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-01

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bling houses and other illegal resorts
has amounted within the last year to
$4,000 are in the hands of District
Attorney Whitman tonight. The
statements were made to the district
attorney today by Bald Jack Rose,
self accused graft collector for Po-
lice Lieutenant Charles Becker, head
of the "strong-arm' squad. Becker to-
night began his second day of incar-
ceration in the Tombs prison as an
alleged instgator of the murder of
Herman Rosenthal, the gambler.
This annual yield of 81 100000 pro-
tectlon money was equally divided,
according to the story told by Rose,
among four high officials OF the po-
lice department, one of them being
Becker and from other evidence the
district kttorney has Elected Ih'
has reason to suspect that each 5000
900 was further distributed. in Other
words, there were four separate sys-
TENS or bureaus Of graft collection,
each headed by high police official
"iligherUps" Are Known.
Mr.. Whitman, it was learned, has
the names of the three other police
officials whom Rose has named and
his further efforts in this now most
sensational police exposure that
New York ever has seen will be di-
reCted toward strengthening the eyi-
dence which points TO them. One of
the officials named. it was learned
nods a position at headquarters and
is. in strict sense, civilian EN-
ploye.
The name of a former prominent
city official mas been brought to the
attention of the district attorney as
having been closely connected with
the graft system" but it was learn
ed that the evidence thus far obtain
ed against him is not of tangible
nature. The evidence, however is
being closely followed by detectives
in the employ of the district attor
ney
Ii also became known tonight that
if Lieutenant Becker will tell all ne
knows, not only III respect to his own
alleged completely in the murder, but
will unfold the inner workings Of the
vo!ve the "men higher up" no effort
Will be made to enforce the extreme
penalty for the crime which he now
stands accused-the murder of Ro-
seuthal-but he will be granted le-
niency on that condition only.
Graft Fund Collection.
The alleged fact of the $2,400,0O0
graft fund was told to him by Becker,
Rose said in sworn statement to-
day. Becker, he said. told him that
he handled 100000 year and that
equal amounts were handled by three
other officials This, he said came
in collections from gambling houses,
pool rooms, houses of i'll repute and
the like. Rose said he had collected
gambling graft for Becker for months
and he promised the district attoT-
ney he would obtain for him the rates
paid by gambling houses, make a tao-
ulation of what these receipts amount
ed to monthly and yearly and how
the money was handled. That there
We're other collectors besides Rose is
the assumption of the district attol-
ney, who hopes to identify them
Becker told me that he was the
prince of the police department"
Rose said. "He paid me literally out
of my collections but l never was
able to keep what | got. was fool
gambler and gambled it all away"
Part of the business between the
gamblers and the police the district
attorney was told, was boldly done
'lIOuSl CHcthS, dItuOuSI Ills ttlOllS
to secure evidence in this form have
proved fruitless
Assassination Cost $4,000.
Bridgie Weber. the gambling house
keeper, who also has confessed and
whose story largely resulted in the
arrest of Becker, promised Mr.. Whit
man, it was learned, to corroborate
Roses statement in regard to the COL
lections. Incidentally Weber today |
admitted to the district attorney thai
$4,000 was the sum which he receiv- /
ed to pay the men who actually fired !,
The shots that killed Rosenthal.
In regard to the murder itself, Rose |
stated to Mr.. Whitman that the reas
on why 1t was done so openly and !