The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-01

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taken with many grains of salt at
by District Attorney whitrn.n
whom he appealed. "Rosy" had -
to be known as a squealer. ma 81
type OF witness Is not Of much u.a b
. prosecuting official. But Rosenths5
Irlven desperate by his financial ~
a..ion. and by the fact that on the IL
ss.M On nus place his nephew had bss
nared ~ ana neid as a felon. was pr
He told Mr.. whitman thin1. ~,
maae 1t imperative for that ofaciai.
inquire into their truth. ana he me-,
ised to produce corroborationMtH
esumony Of men that would adm
sney had paid. and paid heavily. IN
Rro.ection to the police for the gam
pIne houses they had u and wer
swore. had gone to Police Lieutsnar
Charles Becker. head of the so.caiIa
strong Arm Squad" to which Com
missioner Waldo had Entrusted mr..
OF the police supervision of vice.
swore. further. ina
seeker had been his partner in th7
gambling house Rosenthal ran. an
snnat the greed Of Becker. and the duJ
t.!e'iy Q! JACK Rose. Becker's collecy
able to Rosenthai. Then cama
break. he said. and Becker. seek,nS
70 make good" with the powers
aooVe him. who had often recaivad
complaints about the Rosenthal house
aIiaae the pretended raid on the MA ~
Wnlch resulted solely in the CLOSING 81
nephew. 3''set''naIs
District Attorney Whitman decided
jury. and he arranged that iRe sraM
snoula bring to Mr.. Whitman's home
one or TWO gamblers who, Rosenthai
saio. would surely corroborate him.
ihat arrangement was made the aft
ernoon Of July Is.
Rosenthal Ia Murdered. 4
a rev hours later Herman Rosenj
,aaa was shot dead by a party Of foul
Men VINO nae driven up to the Hotel
w IN West Forty-third street.
e gflnk before going to his home. q
snort block away. Tho murderers de-
camped in a swift gray TOURING cal
ma mad brought them there. and
Mnen MI. Whitman got to the wes7
fo~rty.seventh street station, at {
1ciock IN the morning. rushing from
s eoS ned 20 the scene of the crime, Id
auund nat the one man, a citizenl
VINO nao surely observed the licens1
the Car. had been locked up as a dis
orderly person. Whitman ordered III
release. nj within an hour the "a
had been found. Coz
From that moment Mr. whitmaS
experienced nothing but oppoxtios
from every official quarter. Infor2
nation that had reached him private1
" convinced the district attorney thai
Lieutenant Becker was at the bottom
OF the murder, but twelve days eIans1
ed before he was able to present
enough evidence to warrant an indictj
ment against Becker. Men susnecteH
OF the crime. Jack Rose, Harry VAT
ION, Brtdgie Weber and the rest turn
ca up dutiiully at headquarters, but
the fnur gu..men. Dago Frank, Gyp
the Blood. Lefty Louie and Whitley
ns whose names reached Mr..
whitman myste,.ously long before
they were apprehended, were no.
where to be found.
1t was a long. uphill fight. First
the gunmen were located, then other
missing persons were found, and fin.
ally the Jack Rose-Sam Schepps
punch decided to confess. They wore
ena1 Becker put them up to the job
OF kliiing Rosenthal, and on the
49,. VI I..SAI leStiiIioHy DeIOre the
Grand Jury Becker was arrested on
an Indictment charging him with
murder IN the first degree.
MT. Whitman had meanwhile locat.
ed pank deposits aggregating more
IMAM $4,000 in the name of Becker
ana his wife. but t all insinuations
against Becker Mayor Gaynor. and
Commissioner Waldo turned a deaf
ear. Ihey praised Becker for rea.
soma nAQf krnuyn k@ a..
was only when Becker was in the,
Iombs. under indictment for murder
IN n first degree. that Waldo sus-
pended the police lieutenant to whom
ne had ~intrusted the vice regulation
Of the city.
Police Scandal Comes Out. =.
MT: Whitman discovered many 9th.
re Things in the course of his investi.
cation. involving police inspectors and
captains and n civilian close to WAL
DO himself. In but one case did the
police commissioner take any notice
OF this situation, and hat was when
one OF these men-Police Inspector
Hayes-badgered for a statement con-
corning his difficulties. said that all
mis- troubles were attributable. to the
attitude assumed by Waldo and Mayor
Gaynor toward the enforcement Of
what the mayo was pleased to call
outward ~decency."
Hayes said that Waldo prohibited
him from attempting to close certain
dlsreputable houses in Hayes district.
Waldo denounced this as a lie, but
Hayes threw the lie back in the COM
missioner's teeth. Necessarily, Hayes
was suspended. tried and dismissed,
but his appeal from that decision is
Yet to come.
Before the trial of Becker or the
gunner. who had actually shot Ros-
enthal. could take place the board Of
aldermen. or the anti-Tammany ma
jority Of 1t. decided to investigate the
police department. Complications en-.
sued. but were speedily cleared away
and Mayor Gaynor was the first wit
ness called. He treated the investigat-
ing committee with contempt. answer
ed such questions as he pleased and
refused to answer others.
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