The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-14
Police Turn Him Over
to Postmaster
Johnson.
HIS WHEREABOUTS
NOW KEPT SECRET
Move Made to Prevent Him
Failing Into Hands of New
York Police, Whose Repre-
sentativcs Are Said to
Have Gone Secretly to
Hot Springs.

Eot Springs. Ark. August is.-sam
Schepps. held here as 4 material Wit
ness in the Rosenthal murder case. has
been mid by Federal officers. to whom
he was given into custody tais eve
ming After holding him three days,
the time limit OF the law. the police
turned him over to Fred johnson. post
master ana deputy United states mar
shall. and johnson declines 70 say
where schepps mas been taken
Officers here are anxious to turn
schepps over to representatives, OF the
New York district attorneys office. but.
owing to the peculiar status OF the
case, they fear possession OF aim may
be obtained through court techaicaM-
ties By other officers.
local newspaper to-day published
an article stating that representatives
OF the New York police department had
secretly come here. but this could not
De confirmed. schepps has said sew
eral times he was willing 10 so back
to Ne" York with representatives. OF
the district attorneys office. but that
ne did not want TO be taken BY the
police department.
personalities of District Attorney
Whitman failed TO arrive here to-
niSht II agents OF the New York
police department arrived during the
day, they are keeping under cover.
X Rubin. assistant district attorney.
! te!eGTapned the Hot Springs police from
rerre Haute. Ind. that he would arr
! rive tomorrow. Rubin. with Detec-
i've stewart, was expected to-day. De-
tective Thomas. of New York. also is
en- route TO Hot Springs. coming by
another route than Rubin and Stewart.
| sehepps declined to-day TO comment
upon the dispatch from New York
stating that Bernard Standler. mis- at
iorney' had started for Hot Springs
ana had telegraphed schepps not to
start for New York until Sanders
aTTi|al He would neither confirm nor
deny the statement that Standler is
en- route and had telegraphed.
schepps's Statement
Il want 10 say that every sensa-
tionai story that has been sent out
from Hot springs. no matter BY whom.
which quotes NE either directly or in
directly as having made any confes-
sion OF any connection a regards po-
lice graft. white slave traffic and so
one, brand as malic!ously false. made
out OF whole cloth and manufactured
from garbled reports gotten by know
not whom.
4 want the newspapers to know
for a certain fact that this interview,
which l am willing 10 sign and sweas
TO. is the nrst and only statement
made by me to the representative OF
any newspaper press association what
ever AS regards the killing of Her
man Rosenthal, l have made no con-
fession. / have nothing TO confess
I Mr. Whitman knows this. The news
paper men who have asked ME for
some statement know it. but think
some OF them have wanted TO make a
little money out OF misstatements
Letters Were Kept.
when | was taken in custody by
Postmaster Johnson he took from ME
q letter I received from Jack Rose
and a reply l had written TO him He
promised 10 seal them in an envelope
and hold them subject to District AT
tcrney Whtman's disposition.
II. fearing some sentence in those
letters nigh; be misconstrued by
! those not knowing everything con-
nected with the aosenthal case. re-
quested that they be returned TO me or
siven in the care of Police Captain
| GEORGE Powell or Police Chief Leonard.
his was not done. l was powerless.
not knowing whether any charges had
heen made against me.
Il understand these letters have
been used want to say that their
use was, IN my opinion, llcSal and
libelouS My attorney will examine
this feature when 1 return to New
York.
Il fear no person or agent in New
York, but since it seems 10 be legal
that Mr.. Whitman has a right to de-
mand that | be given into MS custody
as witness. 1 have demanded my
right as detained witness against
whom no charge of crime has or can
be made to be given into the custody
OF none except Mr.. Whitman's author
lied representatives.
Il want TO repeat that this is the
only authorized statement have made
for the representative of any news
| paper or press association.
SAM sCHEPPS"
Description Differs.
The description of Schepps furnished
by the New York police received by
the Hot Springs authorities is. accord
ing TO Chief Leonard. a most remark
able document. because it describes
Schepps as being al least four inches
taller than the man under arrest
But this man is Schepps. no mis-
take about that 1 guess. He got a
letter from Jack Rose. asking him to
confess and was about to mail reply
when Fred POSTMASTER and deputy
marshall Johnson nailed him
No warrant was issued for Schepps.
No complaint hns been made against
MIN in any Arkansas court He elm
ply was captured boldly. and is being
held solely on the assertion of District
Attorney Whitman that he is wanted
as Il material witness In the Rosenthal
4 case. Not only that hut he seems to
fear that the police agents Will arrive
nrst and find some means to get him.
at liberty or take him In custody. He