Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-23
HAS
CIVILIAN NOW
His Deposits Follow With
drawaI sef Police inspectors

New York, Aug. 23.-District Attor-
ney Whitman Issued a statement show
ing that Lieutenant Becker had on de-
post in nine banks from November,
1011, to August, 1912, $49,e29.75 and
that Mrs. Becker withdrew $20,O0s.75
from eight savings banks on July 81
for murder.
1t Is now estimated that the bank
deposits. together with cash, known to
have been put In safe deposit boxes
will approximate $125,OO0. In add
ton Becker put " heavy margins for
Wall street speculation.
The district attorney has established
n graft connection between a civilian
employee Of the police department and
an inspector who owed his promotion
to this employee. 1t has been learned
that the uniformed official had two
safe deposit boxes and a bank nc-
count and that the inspector had three
bank accounts and a safe deposit box.
The withdra walls from tho inspectors
bank accounts and the visits Of the
official to his safe deposit boxes tally
precisely AS to dates. These men and
a second uptown inspector will be In
dtcted, 1t Is said.
Two Detectives Indicted.
The grand Jury took an adjournment
for ten days after returning indict-
ments for oppression and perjury
against Detectives James G. White
and John G. Steinert, formerly of the
STRONG arm" squad commanded by
Lieutenant Becker. The grand jury
met solely for the purpose Of hearing
testimony that these detectives had
at Becker's request %conspired to make
1t appear that big Jack" Zehg, the
gang leader, was guilty Of carrying a
concealed weapon and that they had
sworn before the grand jury that IN
dicted Zelig that they found a loaded
pistol in his pocket.
Zelig himself was one Of seven wit
nesses who testified. His testimony
was practically a repetition of what
has already been published.
The pistol which 1t Is alleged De-
tectives White and S~teinert placed In
his pocket on the occasion was brought
from police headquarters. 1t was a
88 caliber Hotchkiss. Zelig made the
point In his testimony that he could
not have concealed 30 large a weapon
In any of his coat pockets. The grand
Jurors experimental for themselves
with the coat that Zelig wore on that
occasion and declared that Zelig was
right. When they put the revolver In
the biggest Of the pockets part Of 1t
was In plain sight.
other witnesses corroborated Zelig's
story, and the result was a unanimous
vote for the indictment Of the two de.
tectives. Steinert was arrested and
put In a cell in the Tombs. Detec-
tives were sent to Rockaway Beach to
look for White, who has been Ill and is
now convalescing. The indicted men
will DO arraigne- before Judge Grain
In Part l In general sessions. The
district attorney will ask that each
be held in 5000 bail.
Zsiis Grows Boastful.
After leaving the grand jury room
Zeig, IN the presence Of his lawyer.
former Magistrate Wahle, made this
statement:
Il know nothing about the murder Of
Rosenthal. II I wasn't in such a pre-
dicament 1 would try myself to md
out who did the killing and break his
leg for him. I know that Jack Rose
framed me up. II I had been sent to
prison for fourteen years, ~ 1t looked
at n time that / would b., Rose
well knew that my friends would kill
him. That was why he had me- bailed
out.
HE, Webber, Schepps and vallou put
up 10000 to secure my bail. That
was on July 2. I left the criminal
courts building with Achspps, and l
went out Of town alone. I returned to
the city on the morning Of July 10 and
went away again and did not come
back until Aug. 70"