Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-23
New York Underworld Gossip Sets
This Figure-Police
Know Men.
HEAR IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES
District Attorney Hires Private De-
tectives to Take Charge
Of Case.

New York, July 2O.-It was talk
in quarters usually we'll informed
regarding underworld" affairs yes
terday that the price paid for xii.
I, ling Rosenthal had been learned by
the police. The figure named was
$4,000. The identity Of at least two
of the FIVE men who were lin the
murder party is known in these
quarters, it was added, and they are
said to have been seen on the east
side streets by acquaintance several
times since Monday night.
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker,
the man accused by Rosenthal in his
first revelations of alleged partner
ship between gamblers and police,
had the greater part of the "strong
arm" squad which he has command
ed taken away from him yesterday.
Commissioner Waldo gave out or
ders which transferred eight of
these detectives to another lieuten-
ant. Four detectives weree left in
Becker's Office to clean up some
pending clerical work, it was said.
Private detectives were brought
into the Rosenthal murder case yes
terday by District Attorney Whit
man. They were engaged by COM
mittee of citizens who shared the
prosecutors evident dissatisfaction
with the lack of results achieved by
the police in tracing the slayer of
the gambler who was shot after
making charges of police partner
ship with the gambling fraternity.
In connection with the bringing
In of these outside agencies of in
vestigation, attention was called to
what were declared to be lamentable
omissions by the police in guarding
against the escape of Rosenthals
slayers Monday night and lack of
properly directed activities since. 1t
is declared that the story that Ros-
enthal was to be killed was in wide
circulation in east side resorts Mon
day evening, but that If any report
of it reached headquarters no meas
ures were taken to protect the
gambler. 1t also was commented on
that six policemen nearby did not
fire a shot or blow a whistle to stop
the murder party after the shoot
ing; that the number Of the "mur-
der car was reported four different
ways-all erroneous-by as many
policemen, while citizen got it
right; that it was left to the dis
trict attorney to uncover most OF
the evidence of Importance so far
available; that men known to have
talked over the prospective assassi-
nation of Rosenthal the day before
1t occurred, while on an outing,
either have not been arrested, or
were taken and let go on small
charges, or, in the case of one, held
only because the district attorney
insisted upon 1t.
The independent course of the dis
trict attorney was indicated yester-
day when he summoned Louis Lib
by and William Shapiro, owners OF
the automobile used by the murder
ers and heard them make what may
be important disclosures in support
of the theory of the connection be-
tween the murder and the police
system" Neither Mr.. Whitman
nor Assemblyman Aaron Levy, coun-
sci for the two men, would discuss
what Libby and Shapiro had reveal
ed. Mr.. Levy said he and Mr.. Whit
man had agreed to give out no fur
Their information. Not long before,
however, the lawyer had had two
hour talk with his clients and made
a brief statement regarding 1t.
s"They have told me things that
/ did not know of before" he said.
tTf Mr.. Whitman desires to hear my
clients he will learn of disclosures
which will make the public gasp
when they are published"
do the disclosures lead UP to the
police department." was asked.
''That is very dangerous point"
said the attorney, and cannot dis
cuss it."
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