Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-09
Declares He Has Nothing to
Confess.
MAKES BRIEF STATEMENT
Said to Have Made Money in Last
Few Months.
MORE INDICTMENTS EXPECTED
Third Circular Asking Arrest of
Schepps, 'Lefty" Louie and
"Gyp the Blood"

NEW YORK. August 9-Lieut. Becker.
who is under Indictment in the Rosenthal
! murder case, made a brief statement in
! his cell this morning. denying the truth of
reports that he contemplated making a
confession.
Il would like it to be understood once
and for ALL said Becker. that have no
| confession to make. for the simple reason
| that / have nothing to confess. That will
be proven very clearly when I have my
day in court. 1 never felt better in my
life and any one who has the privilege Of
seeing me will appreciate that"
District Attorney Whitman conferred
with John F. McIntire, counsel for the
| accused police lieutenant. but said that no
| terms for a confession were discussed.
Mr.. Whitman said:
II have hope that Becker who is a
| shrewd man. may decide that his best
interests will require him to tell the
whole truth. If he should do that I
would have to think over pretty care
| fully what my attitude should be.
while murder is a graver crime than
blackmaii 1T might be that I would de-
eide in the event of confession to ask
some clemency for Becker. One Of the
| of the community would be to find out
who are the big blackmailers in the po-
| lice department and to abolish forever
| that treacherous and wicked system"
Going Out of Town.
Mr.. Mcintyre expects to be out Of town
until next Wednesday. when. he said,
| he would return and talk over matters
| with his client.
| The grand jury is said to have learned
many things to show that Lieut.. Becker
| has made money very rapidly within the
last few months. In one savings bank
Becker. it is said. was found to have
$1,000 on deposit, while the prosecutor
| has been told Of other savings bank ac-
counts which will be investigated. BALD
jack Rose, in his confession, says that
| Becker told him he had cleaned up $4,000
in four months.
Within few days the grand jury will
hand down about six additional indict-
ments. The indictments will be drawn
is. Harry HOrowitz, Frank Cirodci and
probably Jack Sullivan and Sam Schepps.
Indictments against certain police officials
for grating will be drawn later.
Henry Curran. chairman of the special
committee of the board of aldermen
which was appointed to investigate police
conditions. said today that offers have
been received from a. number Of gamblers
who claim to have paid for protection to
appear before the committee and tell
what they know about the situation.
These men say that 1.-The screws have
been put down too hard' upon them, and
while they have done the work and taken
the risk others have been reaping a
large proportion of their profit.
Another Circular Issued.
The New York police department is
sending out to all parts of the country
third Rosenthal circular calling for the
arrest for murder of Sam Schepps,
Lefty" Louie and "Gyp the Blood" The
circular contains new picture of
Schepps, taken later than the others.
In the other circulars Schepps is slim
and nattily dressed. In this new picture
he appears stouter, not so we'll dressed
| and with more lines in his face.