Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-08-16
SCHLEPP SAYS
He KNOWS MUCH.
SUSPECT, ARRESTED IN WEST.
WILL TALK IF "EVERYThINo
Is ALL RIGHT"
SAYS HE PAID sLAYERs
Al Those Connected With Rosenthal
Probe EIated Over Lat.
est Develop.
ment.

ready TO go DaCk 10 new 1OTk WltHOul
any requisition or without fighting the
case,' said Samuel Scheppe, under ar
rest here for alleged completely in the
murder of Herman Rosenthal In New
York, "but want to know that every.
thing is all right.
In New York and if they want me to
treat the district attorneys Office
right, they will have to treat me right.
Schepps said that he has not decided
whether he will join with Rose, WALTON
and Weber in a confession.
The alleged go-between added that
he would make up his mind to that
question while on the way East.
He will refuse to talk further, he de-
clared, here or on the way to New
York.
Before he talks" he said he wants
to go over the situation with Rose
Weber, WALTON and District Attorney
Whitman. Then, if he has statement
to make he added, it will be given first
hand to the district attorney.
Schepps is held in Hot Springs under
uncertain circumstances az to when he
shall be delivered.
His arrest Saturday night came
about through confidential information
from the office of the district attorney
in New York.
Gives New Impetus to Case.
New York.-The arrest of Sam
schepps in Hot Springs, has given Q
new impetus to the Rosenthal case. 1t
is considered the. most important de-
velopment since the confessions Jack
Rose and Bridge" Weber led to the
indictment of Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker as the alleged instigat-
Or of the murder. Schepps has been
wanted badly by the district attorney
to complete the evidence of the plot.
One of the most interesting features
in connection with Schepp's arrest is
that police here appear to have had no
hand in the matter. Nearly "a hours
after the arrest, Deputy Commissioners
Dougherty was in ignorance of the cap
ture. except for newspaper dispatches.
81 can't understand it," Mr.. Dough.
erty said. "On July 81 wrote let.
:er to the chief of police at Hot Springs
asking him to be on the lookout for
Schepps. had no particular tip that
Schepps was in Hot Springs. but was
aware of the fugitive's physical condi-
ton and thought he might go there. I
can't understand why the New York
police have not been notified IL
oh ho
telegraphed the Hot Springs police for
Information and for the circumstances
under which the arrest was made but
have received no reply"
The explanation as indicated in the
newspaper dispatches appears to be
that the arrest was made by private
detectives. The commissioner said IL
could not have been detectives at.
tached to District Attorney Whitman's
office as none of these had gone to Hot
Springs. and could not go without au.
thorization of the detective bureau.
Schepps, it is charged, was in the
conspiracy to murder Rosenthal, rode
In the automobile with the slayers to
and from the scene and paid off the
gangsters after they had completed
their work.
Jack Sullivan has agreed to go be.
fore Mr.. Whitman to tell all he knows
about the alleged connection of Lieu.
tenant Becker with the murder.
Schepp's assertion at Hot Springs
that he is the keynote to the situa.
ton" here did not appear to Mr..
Dougherty to be an exaggeration.