Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-08-14
Whitman Locates S58,845 in
-Four Banks and Has Moi Sc
cured Data from -Four Others
Where Deposits Were Made,
SAVED $200,OOO ON
A S2,250 SALARY
F uII Confessions Made to Grand
Jury by Jack Rose, Bridgie
Webber and Others of Mur-
der Car Fame.

ny Morning journal Special Lcased wire. !
New York, Aug. 13.--Poverful
banking interests. acting through the
New York clearing house committee.
came TO the aid of District Attorney
Whitman today in his efforts to lay
bare the alleged corrupt alliance be-
tween the police and the gambling
| fraternity. command was given
to every bank In the clearing house
to furnish The dlstrict attorney with
record Of deposits they may have
received from any OF the high police
officials, whom tho district attorney
suspects of having been collectors of
blackmail from dsoraerly elements.
As "A result records showing that
within the last eight months, Police
Lieutenant Becker, charged with the
murder Of Hetman Rosen;hal and
accused OF gambling graft, has made
deposits in four banks of S5S,Si6 in
his own name and that of his wife.
were placed In the hands OF the
prosecutors These deposits. the rec
ords show. first were made in no
vember, 1911, shortly after Becker
became hcad Of the strong arm
squad' Of gambling raiders and con
tinued all during the time that Jack
Rose says he was collecting graft for
Becker.
The district attorney has been
promised records of Becker's deposits
IN four other banks, which did not
have time TO 90 over their accounts
today, and he discovered that Becker
has an amount Of stocks bonds and
otter securities locked up in separate
safety deposit vaults. That the tota
! value Of the police lieutenants hold
! insS Will be found to approximate
100000 would be no surprise to the
district attorney.
Becker's salary as police lieuten-
ant was S2,25o Il year.
The district attorney has recciS cd
information that Bccker may have
put money in several banks outside
the city and II these are located,
New Workers have promised to use
their influence to secure the records
for Mr. Whitman
The district attorney is holding for
presentation to the slund lniy eyi-
dcnre hY which he expects to con-
Wet -four police inspectors ON the
charge of Collecting blackmail from
gambling houses ana disorderly re-
sorts. Thus far the states investi-
gators h aye uncovered bank accounts
Of two OF them torilling s75.0Oo The
prosecutor expects to unearth bank
accounts Of all four Of them, which
are expected to disclose some surprls-
insly large fortunes. in one case an
accumulation Of nearly $1,000, 600.
The expected murder indictments
by ne grand jury were not handed
down today owing to the time taken
up by testimony Of various witnesses
who appeared before that body one
Of these was Jack Rose, who repeat
cd the confession OF his part in the
murder plot, ana his alleged graft re-
ations with Lieutenant Becker.
Rose told the jury Becker, in ef-
feet, was paNnlaster of the murder
crew. He also told Of the part which
he charges that Jack sullivan, the
former KING Of the newsboys,
played in the murder plot. He said
thai ON the night of the murder sui
Ivan, after riding around town with
Hccker went TO Bridgie Ncbber's
gambling house. where the crew
gathcrcd, and then to the Hotel Met
rupole with directions to find out
whether Roscnthal WAS dining at the
hotel, This sullivan did, Rose said.
and reported to the men where their
intended victim could be found.
Webber, who was "A witness testi-
fled that this was his understanding
uf Sulliyan's duty but said that he
could not swear that the former
newsboy performed ii. Both Rose
and Wcbbcr told OF the assurances
which theN said Becker gave them of
protection after the murder