The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-08
GAMBLER TELLS
STORY OF GRAFT
Picks Up Broken Threads OF
Herman RoSenthals
Narrative.
STARTLING REVELATION
He Names New York Officers
Who Have Profted
Through Vice.

New York. February 5.-Herman
RosenthaPs one-time partner In gamb-
ling picked up the broken threads Of
Rosenthars story to-day and told the
alderrnanic committee investigating
graft. a tale of money paid for police
protection eclipSfng that of Jack Rose.
former Police lieutenant Charles Beck
cr-s collector. For seventeen years
James ruscefi snsd he had paid Tor
the privilege Of rnnning gambling
house, making a hand book or conduct
Ing n pooIroor,. In all. he gave the
police more than S50,oOe. he declared,
during this period
. Former Sheriff Harvey. of Queens
County; Police Inspector McLaugh-
lin, half dozen police cap
tains including a brother-tn- law of
Charles F. Murphy. the Tammany lead
er. and scores OF ward heelers and po-
licemen. some now on the force, some
of were among the men who got the
money, he said once, he said. orders
came Indirectly from Murphy him
self 20 close up He moved at once.
Charles Becker, now in the death
house at Sing Sing for the murder OF
RoseBthal.. got $3.50 from him for FIX
ing the evidence against him and five
others taken in raid Becker made on
his gambling house. Purcell declared.
Becker was then head of the strong
arm" squad for the suppression of
gambling.
All Dishonest save One
Il have paid money 10 every squad
that was ever detailed by headquarters
to suppress gambling. except one
Purcell testified. They all took il,
except Costigan's. Costigan was on
the level"
Cos.gan was referred to during the
first investigation of the Rosenthal
for his protection money. Purcell said,
the police generally let him alone
When they had 90 act on complaints
from the outside they tipped them
on he declared. He always moved to
another house when thus informed
For while he moved every day
Once he detied the police. For nine
months, when he had Jack McAuiifre
former lightweight champion, for a
partner. they ran a gambling mousse
on the upper East Side without max
ing the weekly payments to coiIec-
tors. The police stationed two men at
the door Of his establishment. ne de-
clared, to warn all customers that IL
was a gambling house.
But Jack beat that scheme he
said. IF the two policemen forgot to
talk or talked nice he gave them s.
apiece a day. II they didn't they got
no money. They generally talked
nice"
Levied Heavy Tribute.
Police commissioners. inspectors and
captains came and went during the
time Purcell was operating in the Ten
derlosn. he said. but il made no DIFF
ference. Collectors for the system"
came around regularly every week or
every month. When he was making
30 Thg~- a
week: when he was running a pool
room or gambling house. he paid from
$50 to see a week. When NJ was
doing nothing he paid nothing
There were one or two captains and
one Inspector who did not do bust
r.ess~ with the gamblers. Purcell as
serted. but they didn't come along
together in his precinct. Thus. when
The captain was ION the level TIE
inspectors men came Ground. and vice
versa One inspector he thought IN
corruptibie. h said. was Eichari
Walsh. dubbed Smiling Dick
What became OF the money atf~r u
reached the hands 81 the csDtsins o.
inspectors. Purcell did not knpw re
had an idea. gained from talk an 'ns
his fellows In the Tenderioin. TIA;
some Of u went higher ID. Sat ne
could MT saw as 20 that. ~ test he'd
Purcell said he opcratfd foT tNeite
Years in one police preci1ct--tnc .
twsnty-arst-and probably I'D ousi-
ness darins that period AZ hair hun
bred places.
Acted Tor Cspfsfns-
Naming the men who collected Pro-
lection money from him each week ne
said they acted for Police captains
Mcclintcct. cannon. Delaney, Noi,nd.
Cochran. Burns ard Cray. TIE las,
nansd is a hrother-iu-ieW % CHARLES
r. Murphy
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