Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-11
POLICE LIEUTENANT
BEFORE BAR OF justice
VIII Face Charge Of Murder.
ing The Noted Gambler
Herman RoSenthdl
His Trial Expected 10 Unravel
Sensational Tales Of
The Underworld

| Special TO. The Tribune. =,
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Ten O'Clock
! tomorrow morning. before Justice
.ohn W. Golf presiding over an ex.
traordinary term OF the criminal
branch of the supreme court, is the
time fixed for Police Lieutenant
Charles A. Becker to face the bar on
a charge of numbering Gambler Her
man Rosenthal. The general belief
is that the trial will proceed without
further delay. though it is a certainty
that Becker's counsel win fight to the
limit for a pOstponement. Failing in
i an attempt 10 delay the trial, counsel
for the accused will ask for a change
Of venue.
The trial OF Becker, which is ex-
| pected 10 unfold tales of the New
York underworld hitherto undreamed
Of by the general public, though ia
miliar enough, perhaps, to the Tender
loin habitues, has put every resident
| of the metropolis on the tiptoe OF ex-
pectation. The Molineaux case, the
| Nan Patterson case. even the ThaW
case might be recalled in vain to find
anything approaching a parallel to
the amount and depth OF the public
interest that now centers in the case
of the accused police lieutenant.
The cause for this extraordinary
display of public interest is not diff
ncult to find. Back Of the murder
are believed to lie crimes Of al even
more serious character, crimes that
affect directly or indirectly every citi-
zen of New York. 1t is in this phase
Of the case that public interest cen.
ters-the possibility, or probability.
that the trial of Rosenthal's alleged
murderers will reveal the secrets OF
police extortion and lead to a more
complete exposure of the so-called
system" than ever could have been
brought about by the testimony that
| Rosenthal threatened to lay before
the grand jury.
Herman Rosenthal. one Of the best
Events have mo"ed swiftly since
known of New York gamblers, was
riddled with bullets and left TO die on
the sidewalk in front OF the Metropole
hotel in the early m-c---ee hours OF
July 16. Within five hours after the
murder the grand jury began an In.
vestigation of charges that Police
Lieutenant Becker was a partner OF
Rosenthal in the gambling business.
Two days after the killing Of Rose1-
thai, Becker was relieved from active
duty and on July 20 he was arrested
on a charge of murder. Meanwhile
the detectives from the district attor.
ney's office had been busy unearthins
the details Of the murder conspiracy.
With little difficulty they succeeded
in finding the murder car the big
gray automobile in which the gun
men" had gone to the Metropole and
in which they fed after the murder.
One of the first men to be taken
into custody in connection with the
crime was Bald Jack" Rose, a noted
New York gambler and a former part
ner Of Rosenthal. Rose. in the lang
uage of the Tenderloin, lost no time
in getting from under" He was
promptly taken before the grand jury
and is said to have made a colfes.
sion duplicating Becker in the MUIR
der plot and also revealing details
that indicated appalling corruption in
the police department. According to
is reported ~utterances, Rose acted as
a collector for Becker, whom he ac-
cused of being one of a small ring
of high police officials who divided
among themselves the enormous sum
of $ 1000, 900 as annual tribute for the
Protection of gambling and disor-
DERBY resorts.
With the information supplied by
Rose the district attorney was en-
aDled to lay hands on nearly all OF
the gunner" accused of the murder
of Rosenthal. Several were found in