Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-23
Morgan to Aid in Chase of Men Who Killed Rosenthal
AT TIER F" H|GHER-UP" POLICE
CANISTER Implicated by Gossip
surrenders Himself voIun-
tariIy to Police.


Lowing tribute upon lawbreakers, was
shot TO death in front of the Metropole
hotel but his actual slayers are still at
large though a number of policemen
were only a short distance away at the
time. The belief is generally growing
chat the actual assassins will never be
cantured unless run down by private
endeavor.
That private help will be given Dis
riot Attorney Whitman became known
TODAY. ]. P Morgan and other mill
iioueires have pledged aid in running
down the siayers to preserve law.
There was another arrest in the case
today but 1t was made only when a
man whom the police had confessed
themselves unable to find surrendered
himself. The latest prisoner is Harry
WALTON who has been frequently men
toned as a member Of the gambling
coterie that Rosenthal had embittered
nv his revelations.
He drove up to police headquarters
at / o'clock this morning and gave
his name to the lieutenant and was
escorted to the Mulberry street police
station. There he was booked as "Har-
~ WALTON. 35 years old, clerk-suspi-
cious person.
Whitman Hot After Police.
District Attorney Whitman today said
when asked If he would permit any of
thA Rosenthal murder conspirators to
escape by testifying before the grand
Jury:
81 will protect as far as my power
goes every man in this case II l can
get the evidence I want against police
men. evidence I know exists. I will let
Shapiro and Libby and Bridge Weber
and Sam Paul and Jack Rose himself
4urn states witnesses II can get the
police conspirators.
There are bigger men than Becker
in this case, and I want them. What
has the police department, except
Dougherty, done? Nothing. They are
not doing anything now. Dougherty is
honest and on the level, but can he
swing this thing alone?
"The murder smells of police CONN.,
vance For an hour before Rosenthal
was shot preparations were being made
in Forty third street for the murder.
There were fifteen or sixteen men in 1t
at the very least. The street was kept
clear of taxicabs.
"Rosenthal was watched. The de-
tails we're worked out in plain sight.
But the police were blind. After the
killing there was plenty of time to get
the murderers. 1t was leisurely job.
But the police did not hurry any. What
did they do about getting evidence
then? Nothing. The only man they
held was young Gallagher, who gave
the correct automobile number after
half dozen policemen had reported
incorrect numbers And they locked
Gallagher up. In any other murder they
would have scurried around and ar
rested everybody in sight.
"Dougherty knows the police are
back of 1t, and that 1t was to the ad-
vantage Of certain policemen that no
senthal be murdered"
Widow Before Grand Jury.
Shaking with sobs but nevertheless
declaring she would get revenge Tor the
death of her husband. the assassinated
gambler, Mrs. Lillian Rosenthal was
taken before the grand jury today. She
was the con1dante of her husband ana
through her testimony District Attor-
ney Whitman expects to obtain cor
roboration of the charges that the po-
lice levied tribute on gambling.
Along this line he sought information
on the following:
The various dinner parties which she
attended together with Rosenthal, Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Becker and others.
Whether Jack Rose was placed in
Rosenthals gambling house by Becker
to tally the receipts and see that he
received his full share of the profits.
The conversations she overheard and
those in which she participated between
Rosenthal and Becker and between
Rosenthal and others which had direct
bearing on the case.
The various warnings received from
Rose and others that unless Rosenthal
left town he would be killed.
Telephone messages received from
Rose Immediately before the tragedy in
which he intimated that Rosenthal was
marked for death.
ne raids on RosenthaTS gambling
houses and the insistence by Becker,
on one Of these occasions, to look up
Rosenthal's nephew. who was found in
the house but who was in no way con-
heeted with the gambling operations,
The debt owed by Rosenthal to Beck
CT and the agreement which caused it's
cancellation.
Habeas Corpuc Hearing Goes Over.
The hearing before Judge Leonard
a. Giegerich, of the supreme court, on
u'r application for writ of habeas
corpus for Sam Paul and Louis Web
DER for the murder of Rosenthal was
continued today until 1920 tomorrow
morning. Application for the continue
an'e was made by Assistant District
Attorney Robert tombstone, who ex-
Walned that the stenographic notes on
me application had not been trans
0eroed Attorney Hartford T. Marshall,
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