Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-15
BOY MEETS DEATH. AT
ROOSEVELT AS RESULT
OF HANDLING PISTOL
CUNMEN TELL
GREAT STORY
Ran to Times Square Immed-
lately After Shooting.
Special bu United Press Wire.

Special BY United Press Wire.
New York. Nov. 15:-''Dago
Frank" the last of the four gunmen
accused of the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, took the stand In his own
defense today and denied every state
meut made by Jack Rose. He said
he was with the other three gunmen
up until O'Clock on the morning of
the shooting, but did not go near the
Hotel Metropole. Tho story was
much the same in detail as that of
the other three gunmen.
They declare the night the murder
was. done was peaceful, as far as they
were concerned, except for tho
moment OF terror when the three
witnesses say they saw in front OF
the Metropole hotel a strange man,
who later they read was Rosenthal,
shot to death by Bridgie Webber,
Harry Vallon and another man un-
known to them.
They hau turned ana ned then, the3
swore. because their one thought was
that Webber. Vallon and tho unknown
man whom they saw shooting and jack
Rose and Sam Schepps, who were With
Webber. Vallon and the unknown mur.
derer. had opened tre. not to kill Kos-
enthal az he came from the Metropole
restaurant. but to kill the gangsters
who were telling the story.
And once safely In the subway at
| Tiraes square. they said. they had gone
| to the Harlem dat Of "Dago Frank
who had gone home Just before the
murder. They slept there that night
| while the girl that lived with "Dag0
| Frank" aud brought money into the
| fiat was S'A,ing messages from pU
| lice statiUio use to Frank that she had
! been arles.ed after midnight for streel
| walking and asking that Frank bring Il
bondsman to her
Four Stayed Ia Flat
! The night before all four OF them had
/ stayed in the iiaf Also While the girl
| walked the streets. and when they had
! got up, "about II O'Clock" Ia the fore
noon. they had gone out to get shaved
I their hail cut. their shoes sbined ana
their hats cleaned. But on the morning
, following the murder of Rosenthal the.
had arisen about $3.50 o'clock" anu
had learned from "Dago Frank" just
returned from his quest for bonds
man for the girl Of the tiat. that ii was
Iiosenthal. the squealer." whom they
| had seen shot the night before and thar
members OF the Zelig gang. to which
| the four belonged. were wanted for the
murder.
| Therefore they fed. knowing that al
| though they knew and could identity
| the murderers. they themselves. as
Zeiig's gangsters, would be charged
| with the crime. Weeks later Whitley
| tains" and was about to take Il train to
| New York to tell the coroner the real
| truth" when he WIS arrested.
| Sull later ''Gyp the Blood" and Lefty
! Louie" came down to Manhattan from
sullivan county ito tell the real truth
10 the police. but had decided ut the
| last minute that the police wouldn't be
lieye them. So ''Gyp the Blood and
| Lefty Louis" said that when they ar
| rived IN front of police headquarters
here the day they cai.s back TO town
! tney 'walked rlsht past headquarters
| ana didn't slop until they had reached
! the house III " oodward avenue. Queens.
| where about month later they were
| arrested by Deputy Commissioner
| Duugnerty and his detectives.
"Gyp tho Blood" on Stand.
| 1t WAS .'Gyp the piood" VINO took the
| stand first.
Why" Gyp was asked by Mr. Moss
| in the calm. almost solicitous mannei
| IN which the assistant district attOr
| uey cross examined all three through
out the day. did you tell nue. ut police
| headquarters the night you We're ar
| rested by Commissioner Dougherty.
! knowing then SO you swear now, that
Rose, WebDer and Vallon were in Gus
| toe. then and knowing that you could
! identify them as the real murderers.
why did you deny all knowledge of the
Kosentbal murder to ME then Instead
of letting me know that Rose and Web
Der were guilty."
"Beca Use | knew you didn't want to
hear they were guilty" snarled Gyp
know that"
When ne was asked how he had sup
ported himself previous to the murder
he said he had been 'geueral thief
around town for the past hye years or
so" He would not admit that he had
ever owned pistol. When he or
Whitley" or Lefty" were asked II
they had lived on the earnings of dis.
tfyierly women. the vebemence of their
denial VAS second only TO their denial
ihat they had killed Rosentbal
Whitley Lewis. like "Gyp lne
Hood" SAID he never owned a revolv
ct or stuck up" any one with u re-
voIyer. He il thief. too. he said. and
for years he hadn't used hls real name.
Jacob Seidenschneur. because ~
didn't want to tiagrsns It"