Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-07-16
Victim Of Assasin's Bullets
in New York was on His
Way to Tell District Attoru
ney About Alleged Graft. /
TRAGEDY OCCURS IN
CROWDED BROADWAY
Wife of Victim Declares Rcns
devious With Police Lien.
tenant Sealed Doom Of Hus-
band; Suspect Arrested.


(Dy mvonlng nernia A. =. asnesea WlseD
New xorks July 1s.--Vfofman Ros-
enthaL proprietor Of gnmbllnG
houpo haRo} whose sensational charges
that tho police wers guilty OF Rraft-
Ing ana oppression we're 20 ho invests
Entud today by the arand Jury. VISA
shot and killed In front Of tho Hotel
Mstropole this nornlng BY. iape sann
who escaped IN large gray touring
car.
HoHonthai was murdered only few
hours before he was so appear Ia
tho homo 0f District Attorney Whit
man and give fuslhof statements in
an effort 20 suhatanllate the ppllce
grating charges.
WithIn three hours after tho mar-
der detectives visited garaRu on
washington square. known 10 tina po-
lice as the headquarters Of thR tRxi-
cab robbers. who FepnntlY robbed
bank messengers OF $40 GOO, and cap.
tured a man describing Alzupelf ~
Louis Llbbey, who they made a plln-
onner ON a charge az homicide. The
police also recovered an enlomobila
that they aaid was tina nAe THAI us.
ured In sho murder.
Deputy Commissioned Douaknrty
asserted that eye Witnesses 10 the
murder of Ropenthai identified Llbbey
an one Of the qulnt@t,o who drove ~
IN front ot the hotel and. calling ina
gambler from tho dlnlna room 60 lna
sidewalk. shot him down with uinii-
ladf 0f builels and thea Eiha N the
mOloF car
IosenshaI was shot i've times In
tho head
Mrs sadie Rosunihal. widow oe the
gambler. Ia a statement 20 District
Attorney Whitman. put the asuanslna-
tlon of her husband nquaroly up -
the police. She warned her husband
that 10 no kept AN apgcintmeut he
would come 10 a violent end. Slts
Haic she had a premonltlon that the
tragedy would follow such confer
enco and She named a police officer
as ono of the men who was L. be
present.
AZ least two Witnesses agreed that
ono or more of tho men IN the autu-
mobile were policemen.
Roaenthal HpranK suddenly lnto
public notice only last Friday when
he hurled a bomb inf9 police circles
by filing affidavlts chaFglne that u,e
police vert In league with the aaIn-
blcrs throughout New York and that
every gambling house WAS being eg-
acssed fixed sum for police protec-
tlon.
Rosanthal had bean for aomo time.
he oKplainod, the proprietor 0f a
gambling establishment in West
Forty-fifth street which WAS closed
April 10. after raid by Police Lleu-
tenant Becker. head of the Ho-cailsd
strong arm squad Thv raid. RoAen-
thai declared. foilowad a Iniaundor-
standing between himself and Becker.
Tho latter ROnenthas alleged WAS his
partnor la the profits Of the estab-
llshment.
Police COmmlsai0ner Waldo and
District Attorney Whitman. both of
whom were out ok town. cut short
their vacations 70 start the lnaulfs
going,
Tho murder of Roaonthal before
dnybrenk today brought the situation
20 sensational cIlInax.
Tho gambler lefs hln home late last
night. telling his villa that he had an
appointment 10 meet Police LiotIten-
ant Becker al the Hotel MehOpole.
shortly hegnrn : o'clock . slate-
cOlOred automobile drew up IA front
Ono Of Ia six passengers got oat and
walked Into the hosei. beokonlng ~
kosenthul.
I,osenthsl, without hesilation.
walked out
iio hHd reached q pplnt not more
than "a G0zen feet from tha door whsn
yoliey OF shots rang out from the
alato-c0iOrod ear. Four Of them
found their targot and Rvaopthai iesi
dead instantly with bullet N hls
DFain.
The touring ear dlaappeared IN lhe
direction OF Flfth avenae.
James C9naldinr, one of the owners
OF the hotel. Witnessed thN nh0ctiHN
from tho rear of The lobby. We said
II saw Rosenthai come from tha
hotel. He started a. lhbuKla he we're
going 10 broadway ana then nloFpsa
suddenly.
~ don't know whgsnaf ~ saw lhp
men IN the nlachlpa Qf uot out eAe
sudden way ~ which ~ tlouNfd toH'
vlnced mo that 10 M48 afraid tnAl
something was q hapuau a. n|ln
know that ono Of lhe Hah So th~ enr
was 4 policeman"