Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01

Confession Of Rose and Weber.
The confession of Rose and Webber,
reputed to cover the whole plot to kill
Rosenthal, is as follows:
.sThe Garden Restaurant, Fiftieth
street and Seventh avenue. was to be
the scene of the killing in the first
orders received from Becker to u
der Rosenthal. The time was be-
tween II and IL o'clock, ten days be-
fore R~osenthal was actually muir
dered.
Harry Horowitz, known as 'Gyp the
Blood who figures as the arch-mur-
derer in the killing of Rosenthal, was
in charge. On this night Rosenthal.
his wife and Jack Sullivan were
dining in the Garden restaurant.
1.-THE price placed upon Rosenthafs
head by Becker was $1,000 and at 2
o'clock of July II, the day after Ros-
enthal was killed. this sum was paid
to 'Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie
by Sam Schepps. acting for
'Bridgey' Weber. who in turn acted
for Becker.
"A day before the first plot Becker
came to US and said that Rosenthal
had been to see the district attorney.
Becker's information came from
Jack Sullivan, to. whom Rosenthal
had told everything. His confidence
in Sullivan cost Rosenthal his life.
Becker knew that, in the language of
the underworld, Rosenthal had it on
him and was afraid of the gambler.
Becker said to us: You have to get
that man out of the way. If he gives
up to Whitman we are all ruined. If
we put him out of the way things
will go along just the same, and all
this talk about graft and gambling
will be hushed soon.'
THE demands made by Becker
were so insistent thai we passed the
word along to Big Jack Zelig's' gang
and it was planned to kill Rosenthal
Immediately. On the night designated
we me- at 'Bridgey' Webber's place
and runners were sent out, who re-
turned to report that Rosenthal was
dining.
First Ii Abandoned.
THE men hired to do the killing
were 'Gyp the Blood Lefty Louie
and two others who do not figure in
the murder in front of the Metropole.
The remainder of the party included
the men now involved. At II o'clock
we left Webber's place, at Sixth ave-
nue. and Forty-second street, and
went slowly toward the restaurant.
"'Gyp the Blood became possessed
of the idea thai we were being
Swallowed. We had no automobile
that time and were walking when the
word of fear was passed and we scat
tered. Everything had been planned
to call Rosenthal out and shoot him,
but Zelig's men, fearing Burns de-
tectives, who were reported to be
busy in town, refused to go on with
Called towards by Becker.
when Becker heard of the failure
he was the maddest man you ever
saw. He said: You are a lot of cow
ardsy This man has got to be killed,
if it is necessary for me to kill him
myself. And if it does fall to me to
do the dirty work / will frame, up
every one Of you fellows
This conversation with Becker
took place in Webber's gambling
house shortly after midnight of the
first night set for the killing. Becker
was waiting for us when he returned
from the Garden Restaurant. From
that time on we lived in fear that
Becker would carry out his threat
to DE- the killing himself and make US
bear serious consequences by arrest
ing us for some other offense.
From that time Becker bounded US
constantly. 1t was always his threat,
If you don't do it. l Will Becker is
a coward and he certainly was afraid
of Rosenthal,"
sent for Lieutenant.
To his affidavit Weber added the
details of the payment of the money
for the murder as finally accom-
plished.
after Rose had telephoned to
Becker that Rosenthal had been
killed at the Metropole," said Weber,
Becker came down to meet us. say
ing: We have got to get these fellows
out of town. referring to the men
who had don't the shooting. Turning
to me, he said: 'Bridgey. YOU let Rose
have a thousand dollars to pay these
fellows and get them away from here.
/ will make good the amount to you
we vent over the details of how
Rosenthal had been shot and the get
away was made before Becker left us
that night. AS Rose has said, Becker
promised that he would fix every
thing so that nobody would get into
trouble. We were badly frightened.
and asked him how he was going to
fix it. He replied:
Paid Over the Murder Price.
Haven't | always made good ?
Have o ever had any trouble with
the police since I have been running
things in this district? The one way
you a keep out of trouble is to obey
my orders
the 81, 900 with which to pay the men.
1t was his part of the work to get
them out. of the way"
Jack" Rose picks UP the thread of
the narrative here again by swearing
to the. following:
After receiving the money from
Weber l met Sam Schepps. I
handed the money to Schepps and
saw him give 1t to 'Gyp the Blood
and Lefty Louie on the Seventh ave-
nue. side of the Times building.
THE final order to kill Rosenthal
was delivered in a telephone message
from Becker to me at the Lafayette
Baths early in the afternoon of
July 16.
Hyde Makes Denial.
Several persons in the police de-
partment have made denial that they