The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-22
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admits he did hire the car that night;
that he did ride about in 1t. but de-
clares that he had dismissed 1t, and
finished with it entirely when it left
him at 1880 4. NJ. or Il little earlier.
The subsequent history Of the gray
cars travels in those morning hours
Rose swears he does not know. Who
ever succeeded him and his companions
as the passengers, and what part they
played in the murder of Norman
kosenthal Rose says he hasn't the
faintest idea.
But Rose Is locked up in a eel, in
the Tombs under a charge of homl-
cide. for Deputy Commissioner Dough
erty does not believe for one moment
mat hose's departure from the car was
IN any sense a dismissal. He does not
believe for one moment that the move
men,s OF that car IN the three hours
preceding the shooting were no, part
ana parcel OF one general destination.
one general plan And that plan was
the killing OF Herman Rosenthal be-
cause he talked too much
With the car in their possession and
these three men locked safely in tho
Ioinos the police believe that yreat
strides have been MADE. that grant
good luck has attended the unraveitn.-
OF tho mystery.
Tho police say they know prco,
dea! about the persons who wer. In
the car when Rose was In it. and abou,
the men who 'rcd and who made
sood their escape good SO far Some
~ tn!s informal on was dropped ~
Rose In the hrst few moments ,hat
tHat smooth individual talked with Tho
eeputy commissioned Som. o.. IL vas
GFa"n out IN the FORM OF descriptions
from the frightened shapiro. and .besn
descriptions. pieced together win III.
innate u reluctant knowledge OF sam
fall furnished Deputy Police Com
A1oner W u what 10 considers the hes.
OF notions TO VINO thoge mon war.
The question is to find them some
az t"em nave gone TO other parts. help
co on their way ~ the money that
Vas paid Tor the killing Ana inter
finding them. there must De evidence
that they we're on hand at the time.
INis VIII not bo easy to get unloss
somebody besides Shapiro orers IA.
eF'ernce 70 the prosecution Tho DO
lice are looking to use one OF ,het-
own terms. .or "sqreelcrsr
rhe shadow Cnst Before.
OF course. there aye threads IN tho
tosenthal mystery tina, reach back
months ana years into his Ike old
e"m.ties That might have PLAYED a
coHi5!ol;ins part But as the police
.ee ~ ap" tne actual story 81 the
murder began aboard the steamer sea-
gate that went 10 Northport On sun6a,.
.oT 'Ae outing ot tae sam Paul A.
Almost everybody On board baa r.s,
me aMtavi' in the World o. ina, ds..
ln which Rosenihal wno had b.o,
e"ail"s moro and more under ,hc pros
e"oe ~ q policeman stationed I'm MIS-
Ho4se ~ West Foriy-aith street. swor.
u a etatemoni ;nat Beckc- was his
silent partnos ~ the gambling s.s-
iness. Eyery one was talklnr abo.,,
J < ana talk OF getting Roscuthal was
H'aEi aboard the ship Several OF tho
men who were at that OUTING hava
"teH questioned by the police Two
OF them. Jack Rose and Rr!dey Web.
Der nave been ARRESTED. Both Of ,hos,.
t"'es were not FAR from tho Metro.
pole When the killing was done.
DNt " SIM remains great quos-
t!on wheiHe. ia. Killing was dern!tel,,
planned on that day 1t Is probabis
'nAt me iaea OF putting the ioud-talk
Ing uE;orgiva BILE gambler OUT ~ rre
way vas suggested there and app-oved
IN some other quarters but nrobsbly
the time was not aXcd nor the de,afi,
oi the plan. At that time the gam
Dier mad gone only so far as 10 accuse
one policeman. and tina, TO a news
paper.
On Monday afternoon the news Was
flashed over scores OF telephone wiz
ana rom one resort on the East Sldo
ana ~ ine uptown gambling sectlo,
20 another that the gambler had
gone 70 the district attorney with ,
story that Involved more than ono
pollceinan and that drew in the nanios
& -
mat afternoon 1t was reported that
the district attorney had found Interior
evidences OF senuincness IN Ros,n-
thals story. and that ne was going
TO the bottom OF It, six hours after
that Idea had gone abroad RosenthaI
was shot down in front Of the Me-
ropole
But before that earlier in the evcn-
Ing Inspector Cahalanc had descended
on sam Paul's gaming rooms in Third
Avenue and cartcd away some prison
ers The East side saw connection
between Roscuthal's outburst and that
raid. and there was connection. if
police headquarters is to be believed.
The hands that were willing to pun
the triggers We're found. the police be-
love. In the outer fringe OF the sam
Paul circle. where cordial hatred OF
Herman Rosenthal ha. lots been
breeding.
R"i inc lHrOt J winch inspires Dis
trict Attorney Whtman's separate in
vcstigation is that that old enemy. If it
had any effect at all. was merely used
by the men or the man who really
wanted Herman Rosonthal in his
grave.
Gunncrs of the Sam Paul Crowd.
\ strong arm OF the Sam Paul crowd
is Big lack zelig. who is the re-
puted chief of little company OF
Reckless gunner. Some OF Zeligs fol-
lowers are suspected OF having had
hand in the shooting. although tho
police have no evidence that ZeliS
himself was in town on Monday night.
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