Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-29
Makes Public a List of Prominent
People Owning Property
Used for Resorts.
LORILLARD FAMILY NAMED
Trial Of Becker September II
if Possible--More of His
Wealth Uncovered-Sus-
poets Not Gunner.

poets Not Gunner.
New York, Aug. 27-Poice Commits
sioner Waldo made public tonight list
Of places raded by the police as gambling
resorts during the last year and the
names of the owners of the property on
which the resorts were conducted. Among
the names mentioned are those Of many
prominent in the financial, religious and
social life of the city.
The commissioner turned the list over
to the district attorney who will use 1T
as basis of the proposed John Doe
proceedings before Justice Golf next
month by which It is expected to expose
police corruption. Another list containing
the names Of owners of disorderly houses
raided during the same period, June !,
1911, to August /, 1872 is being prepared
by Commissioner Waldo for the same
purpose.
Nearly four hundred places are
mentioned in the gambling list which,
with the statistics as to the raids
made upon them, covers 100 typewrit-
ton pages. The subpoenaing of many
of these owners as witnesses at the
John Doe proceedings is understood
to be part of the plan of the district
attorney in order to determine the res
possibility of the owners in allowing
their property to be rented for gamb-
ling purposes which is a misdemeanor
under the law.
SOME NAMES OF OWNERS.
Among the names of the owners is
that of Sailors Snug Ilarbor, a wealthy
charitable institution on Staten Island,
the Lorillard estate that of the Loril-
lard family of millionaire tobacco
manufacturers and j. Edgar Leaycroft
and Edgar G. Leaycraft of the real
estate firm of J. Edgar Lcaycraft e
Co. both prominent in Methodist church
and missionary work
\ notable feature of the list is the COM
parativelN few numbero of convictions which
followed the arrests made at the raids,
a very large majority of the prisoners
having been discharged by the court or
the grand jury. In view of testimony
brought out before the grand jury invcsti-
eating the graft feature of the Roscnthal
case. to the effect that the police often
weakened their evidence against gam
bcrs who had come across" after they
had been radcd, it is expected that the
district attorney will Investigate the rea-
son for the few convictions in the pro-
ceedings before Justice Golf.
! The trial Of Police Lieut. Charles
Eeckcr on the charge of instigating the
murder of Rosentha will he begun on
September II, if the plans of District
Attorney Whitman do not 20 astray.
While John T. Mcintyre, Beckers attor-
ney. obtained for his client to-day the
lpostponement of the date for pleading to
the Indictment against him until Septcm-
Der 3. the prosecutor said tonight that
the delay would not interfere with his
original plans for bringing Becker to trial
as the first of the seven accused of the
murder.
PLANS TO BLOCK FURTHER DELAY.
! The prosecutor plans to have Becker
enter his plea before Justice Golf and will
then move that the trial he set for
September II, the week following. Mr..
Whitman, who will visit the justice at
his country home tomorrow night to
map out the program of the John Doe
proceedings which will begin the same
day that Becker will be arraigned for
pleading, expects to he able to block any
further moves by the police lieutenant $
counsel looking to delay.
! Four new bank accounts of Becker
were turned up by the investigators of
the district attorney to-day and the Of
fcnls Of the banks have been sub
poenaed to bring the records of Becker's
deposits in the institutions to the dis
| ri atf nff 70.
In connection with the statement of
james March, a lawyer, that Becker
had made most Of his money in stock
speculation, the district attorney has
obtained evidence Indicating that the
most Becker ever made In this manner
was $500.
ASTOR ESTATE on LIST.
Tho William Astor estate appears in
Commissioner Waldo'a list as the owner
of two alleged gambling houses on West
43rd street, which were raided in August
and September of last year
The name Of Congressman Jefferson
n. Levy of New York Is recorded as
the owner of a gambling resort known
as the New England Dramatic and
Pleasure club. four times raded. Mr..
that as soon as he received notice of
the character of his tenants he lmme-
dlately began dispossess proceedings but
was unable to get rid of them.
The matter became such an annoyance
to me that in April last | sold the prop
crty for less than It's value to Felix
lsman, who immedia tely conveyed 1t tc
VIM. G. Funk of Philadelphia" Mr. Levy
said.
Other owners named are l.. Napoleon
Levy. who is brother of Congressman
Levy, the Clarence Pell estate, the United
States Trust company. the Waldorf
Realty company. a dozen other prominent
real estate concerns and "A score OF
women
SUSPECTS NOT THE MURDERERs
Fonda, N. Y. Aug. 27.-Detectives
William H. Dorsey and sullivan OF the
Burns agency stated late tonight than
they We're perfectly satisfied that the
two suspects arrested here are nelther
"Gyp the Blood nor Lefty Louie
Additional information from mead
quarters in New York has shown where
there is sufficient difference In the
resemblance to warrant their discharge
on any charge connecting them with
the murder of Herman Rosenthal. The
men are, however, held on the teen
meal charge of peddling without
license.
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