Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
POLICE,
GAMBLER IS SLAIN
Rosenthal Had Said Force Was
Guilty Of Practising
Oppression.
tcontinusd from, Eirst Paee.)

and that Becker's share amounted to
25 per cent. Of the profits.
Rosentha1's charges were SO nsa
tional that the explosion of a bomb
at headquarters could not have
caused any more consterpation In 20
lice circles. Police Commissioner
Waldo and District Attorney Whit.
man, both Of whom were out of town
cut their vacations short to start thu
INQUIRY. Commissioner Waldo, afte,
making himself acquainted with tbs
situation, yesterday wrote a forum
letter to the district attorney demand.
ing an investigation by that Official
rather than through his W depart.
ment. He said that Rosenthal,s &C.
~cusation was not SO much a cha re
of bad discipline In the depart.
ment as n Of out-and-out crime
which. II worthy Of serious considern
ton al all. would be worthy Of nd
~Judication before the regularly ron.
stituted criminal tribunal.
District Attorney Whitman ,orth
with announced that he would bepin
a formal investigation today.
Summoned to Hi Death,
The murder of Rosenthal before
daybreak today brought the situation
to a sensational climax.
The gambler left his home late Ia 81
night. telling his wife that he had an
appointment to meet Police Lieuten-
ant Becker at the Hotel Metropolis. al
Broadway and Forty-third street.
Rosenthal reached the hotel where
he MO uyaJI Epoutp uop,a 49,. 80
midnight and sat down alone in the
lobby. smoking and whistling as he
watched the usual midnight crowd in
Times Square. .
Just before 2 o'clock a slate-colored
automobile drew up in front. One of
its passengers got out and walked
into the hotel, reckoning to Rosen-
thai.
Herman" he called, come out
here. Someone wants to see you"
Rosenthal, without hesitation.
walked out.
He had reached a point not more
than a dozen feet from the door when
a volley of shots rang put from the
slate-colored car. Four of them
found their target and Rosenthal fell
dead instantly with a bullet in his
brain.
Almost before the crowd on the
sidewalk and in the lobby realized
that shots had been fired the touring
car was under way and disappearing
in the direction of Fifth avenue.
Police Lieutenant File, of the Cen
trail Office staff, was. dining III the
Metropole with a party of friends
when he heard the shots and ran out.
Without waiting for details he
ju~mped~into a taxicab and started in
pursuit of the big slate-colored racer.
He gave chase. for. a mile. across town
before his slower machine dropped
hopelessly behind.
Seemed to Have Sudden Fear.
The five shots that were fired at
Rosenthal attracted a large crowd,
and a few minutes after the accident
the street about the hotel was filled
with hundreds of persons. Reserves
from several of the nearby stations
were turned out to keep them in
order.
James Consjdine, one of the own
ers of the hotel, witnessed the shoot
ing from the rear of the lobby.
Il saw Rosenthal come from the
hotel" he said. He started as
though he we're going to Broadway,
and then stopped suddenly. l don't
know whether he saw the man in the
machine or not, but the sudden way
in which he stopped convinced me
that he was afraid something was to
happen to him. l know hat one of
the men in the car was a policeman"
This Is the Police Again."
Mrs. Rosenthal, wife of the gam
bier, was driven almost frantic when
a messenger went to the Rosenthal
home to tell her that her husband
had been slain.
This is the police again!" she ex-
claimed. 1T is just what I expect
ed, 1 stayed up, fearing that Her
nan would not get back safe"
District Attorney whitman was no.
titled of the murder within a few
minutes and a half hour later had
opened his Offices and was proceeding
with a staff of s-tenographers and as
sistants to the West Forty-seventh
street police station. He began his
investigation of the murder at $3.50
o'clock.
Several witnesses were ready to
talk to the district attorney, but
none of them appeared to have n
very definite information to give.
Their descriptions of the gamblers
assailants were meagre and did not
agree in details.
Three persons had noticed the num-
Der of the car, but each remembered
it differently. Moreover, for an oc-
aston such as this there is little
doubt but that the mprderers would
substitute a wrong number for the
n usually borne by their machine.
Deputy Police Commissioner Dough-
erty said today:
THE ear used was No. 41313-N. Y.
1t was bought by Louis Libby last
October. He promised to pay $500
fer it, had paid 5000 and was still
paying on 1t.
"Regretable,' Says Becker.
ut has been positively identified
as the a used by the assassins, and
Libby has been positively identified
as the chauffeur and as one of the
men who fired at Rosenthal. The car
was found in the garage in Wash
ington square south.
THE charge against the prisoner
is homicide. The garage is the one
in which>was found the taxi used by
Mcrtani and the $25, 900 taxi robbers.
Al this time this is all 1 can afford
to say"
Police Lieutenant Becker joined
District Attorney Whitman at once
when he heard Of the murder.
1T is very regrettable,' said he. II
know of no motive. l haven't seer