The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

ant District Attorney Moss, who Is in
charge of the Rosenthal case in the alb
sence of Mr.. Whitman.
At a late hour tonight the officials
were closeted with the prisoners seek
ing such information as might throw
further light on the events that led
up to the killing of Rosenthal.
1t was announced that "Gyp the
Blood" and Lefty Louie" would be
locked up In the headquarters Jail at
the conclusion of the examination un-
til Monday, when they will be arraign-
ed on the murder indictments before a
justice of the Supreme Court and COM
mitted to the Tombs.
Commissioner Dougherty was unde-
cided what to do with the two women
snd said they would probably be held
as material witnesses.
Here is Deputy Commissioner Dough-
erty's own story of how the arrests
were made:
Dougherty's Story.
81 have been hot on the trail Of these
men since July-,4. when I learned that
they had returned from the Catskills.
My men who tracel them back to New
York found they had left their suit
cases at the Forty-second Street bag
gage Office OF the West Shore road. BY
some means they got hold of this bag
gage and got away from us.
II had already sent men out to watch
the wives of the two men and their
families. This was a big task, as It
meant relays that would round out each
twenty-four hours of a day. We picked
up the women from time to time, but
did not get much information.
Finally. We learned that bill OF fur
niture, amounting to s112 had been pur-
chased by Maurice Goldstein from the
Park Row establishment Of Coperwaith
& Sons.
This purchase was made about July
c6. Later We found that another bill of
goods had been purchased for s217 from
Thomas Meagher in Park Row. All of
the purchases were to De paid for on the
installment plan.
while We were tracing this furniture
We were also watching the wives Of the
men. They would show up In town
every few days, but 1t was impossible
to hold thsm. as detectives say. But we
managed to oyerhear some of the con-
versation held by the girls with their
friends.
Wives Talk Freely.
''They talked freely about their hus-
bands being in a place where they did
not have to worry about amusement on
account of the moving picture show that
could be seen from the rear of the house
in which they lived. They also referred
to the fact that there was a laundry in
the house. But never were any Of these
statements made with the additional vol
untary Information that II took them
two hours by train to get to the hiding
place.
This threw us off the track. because
every time we located the girls in the
city I Immediately had every railroad
covered and every departing train
searched, hoping to pick up the correct
trail.
"All the time my men were endeavor-
ing to learn more about the moving pic
ture show and the laundry. Finally It
was ascertained that the name of the
was either The New Brighton
on the Bright or the Brighton
Hand Laundry
IT sent inquiries all over the country
and found that there were Brighton
faundries in Philadelphia, Pittsburg, and
any number Of them in New York City.
But in every case the moving picture
was lacking.
FINALLY picked up what we call a
live connection. learned that Michael
Polechuck had met one of the girls
at moving picture show in New
IolcShuSh 10 q piShpoShSk ahu
comes from New Haven. The clew
looked still better when I learned there
was a Brighton Laundry in New Ha-
ven in a house in the rear of which
was a moving picture show.
Il picked my own squad of men yes
terday and went to New Haven. We
the premises but failed to
find the men wanted or any evidence
that they had ever lived there.
l..
the men at work on the clew given by
the furniture and continued to canvas
the laundries.
Locate Picture show.
Late this afternoon Detective Cas-
assa informed me he had located the
furniture. Detective Michael Meyers
about the same time that he
had found a Brighton Laundry located
at the woodward avenue address, and
that there was moving picture show
in the rear.
"A watch was put on the place. and a.
little later one of the women were seen
to come out and go across the street to
buy groceries. There was nothing left
to do then but go over and get 'Gyp
and Lefty
II took the officers to Brooklyn In myl
but as soon as we stopped
they rushed in while was shutting of
the engine of my car. / was only q
minute or two behind the detectives, butt
the prisoners had been taken by thcI
time entered the fat.
'Gyp' and Lefty displayed very lit
tie concern over their own plight. Their
wives, however. were greatly excited.
nnaily quieted by q command to getl
ready IN m IN headoua rfers