New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-25

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tlan the night before last. corner
-. which is not more than six blocks from
the scene Of the murder. The man who
+ Gays he saw them is one of the gam
-blers interested In the case and is
:, friendly 10 Weber. He was present IN
~ the courtroom Yesterday when
,y ,"Bridgio" vas arraigned before Cor
7'2oner Feinberg
-. From the pcstmark on letter which
81 was received from Horowitz yesterday
-. il seemed that he had chosen Harlem
for his retreat. The man who received
ia the letter is one whose name has been
mentioned in the case as q close friend
= !, OF Police Lieutenant Charles Becker.
- According 10 this letter from Horo-
:. WITT, he is likely at any time to follow
D. the example of others now in custody
~ in the case and roll up to Police Head
N, Quarters in a taxicab-after he has
FI built up a careful alibi for the night OF
!, the murder.
~ One passage from his letter. which
the recipient showed to a Tribune re-
= porter Yesterday. read as follows:
=, You know they can't get anything
~. on me. All I'm afraid Of is some of
these hop-heads will blow on me be-
=, fore I've got things squared. Are they
staIling on 'Bridgie'?'
Horowitzs letter confirms the sent-
ment among the men so far implicated
in the case that they are all afraid
that Bridge" Weber may break
u down. He is considered to be the
weakest link in the chain Of alibis
and statements of innocence that have
- been built up for them, and as his
place was the last gathering place OF
rs many Of Rosenthars enemies just pre-
, eeding the murder. the gang men impli-
~ Gated OF in danger Of being implicated
Sail feel that anything In the way OF
confession from him would clinch the
case against them.
H., The Sam Paul Association meeting TO
" which Horowitz said he was coming is
frscheduled for tonight The members
OF that crowd include a lot Of repu-
: table East Side business men besides
the gambling element OF which so
much has been published since the
murder. These men feel resentful over
coctcd on their recent annual out
ing, and they propose either to
get sam" Paul To tell all he
knows. or to take the stand that
Paul is being bounded by the po-
lice solely because OF his association
4,
peculiarly active in and around the
nelghborhood Of the Metropolc OH the
night Rosenthal was murdered, but
who 90 strangely disappeared. accord
ing to their complete alibis, just before
the man was killed.
Some Of the alibis were partly shat
tered yesterday. however, notably
that Of Harry Valinsky. alias WALTON,
H-ho so jauntily gave himself up TO The
police two days ago. Valinsky had
freely admitted having been in the go
s=called murder car on its trip uptown
IRON sharkey's to Bridge" Weber's
Just previous TO the murder. He con-
s--ssended, however, that he left the car
- and went into Weber's rooms, near 42d
street and Sixth avenue, and that after
remaining there for a short time he
walked 10 the subway station, took a
train to 18th street and spent the
night at the fiat of his omploye, Harry
Signal. No. 226 East 14th street. Va
linsky and Signal both swore that the
former arrived at the Signal home at
.i5 a. nj. Tuesday, which would make
il n few minutes before the murder Of
Rosenthal in front Of the Metropole.
Seen About tho Mstropoie.
Jack Beebe who said he knew Val
Jon well, told the District Attorney
yesterday that he saw Yallon near the
Metropole some time after / o'clock on
the Tuesday morning He believes it
5siwas not more than ten minutes before
Rosenthal was shot when he noticed
WALTON on the sidewalk in front of the
hotel