The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-13
Guumau Promise. to XII.

Rose told OF going to the house In
Southern Boulevard where the four gun
men were staying and talking to l.etty
Louie and Whitley Lewis.
@ What took place there? 4. ] said
"B.cker wan, Rosenthai pu, out Of the
c-oaked?" said. Yes" lie said. All
right. We viii do II"
Rose went on. Zclig was bailed out.
Hearing Of this Becker pressed for re-
suits. saying Don't lose iaNoran!e OPP
portunlty. 60 and get 1t done. Ii II aint
done right back goes Zelig into the
Ton,bs" Zelic left the city. Becker kept
pounding Weber and Rose demanding
to know why time was wasted. lie told
them To tell the gunner that he would
give them $1,000 for killing Ros'ntha.
Rose carried the message to the house
in Southern Boulevard.
Lefty speaking for tho gang. agreed
and asked to be informed when the muir
der was to be done. A few nights later,
on July 10. II was planned To murder
Rosenthal as he left the Garden restau-
rant but Rose testified that AZ the gun
men waited a man who looked like a
Burns detective appeared and the eau
tious Rose called of the job. BECKER
was disguised and violent
@. VIVA, did he say TO YOU A VIVA,
Is all this business | have tod you what
copper. Ii doesn't make any dinerence
Break into his house, or do anything, hut
get rid OF that fellow. Keep away II you
don't want 10 help.
Rose. playing for time and hoping the
trouble would blow over, sent the gunner
to Rockaway. The sunday befor" the
murder the sam PAU Association had its
river outing. Rose and the other In.
| formers went When they returned
/ Becker told Rose on the phone that Rosen-
thai had made an affidavit. Becker de-
| manded instant action. Weber talked
over the phone for half an hour Ia Rocker
The next day. Monday. Rose and WALTON
1 at Becker insistence, obtained from Dora
Gilbert, Rosenthals divorced wife. an am
! davit rejecting on lsosenthal. Rose at
/ tended to that business and then drove 10
| Sharkey's, in Fourteenth street. with Val
Ion and Schepps Their auto had tire
trouble. 80 they phoned for Shapiros car
Then Goes After Dag" Frank.
Q Where ala YOU GO \ To tho house
. What did you do there? \. | told
schepps to get Out and see II there was
stuck h.s head out Of the window ana
heckoned for him to come down
q. pid he come dawn? a Yes.
second street and s,H,h avenue There
LET'S lets get 80" of the street" wcbber sSid
! we viii 20 upstairs" We went up into
the poker room. We all sat down at a lonr
table at which some other men were seated
- You say YOU saw webher In CONVEX
sation with Lefty Louie' A Yes.
O. Did you hear what he said A No
did not, ali Of IT lie said. Il viii h.
back right away"
q Then he did leave A. Yes
q You saw him return A. Yes
.. Abou, how long time expired betwec,
the tune you saw him 20 until he re
turned 4. About half an hour.
Here occurred Inc most Interesting dis
crcpancy perhaps In the Rose testmon.
of this trial from the Rose testimony o
the first trial. In 1912 Rose swore tina
after fifteen minutes Weber returned
saying laconically. "Rosenthal Is at tn
Metropole.' and that the gunner troop~
out AZ the signal.
YOU heard him speak a. The nrst man
leave W"bbcr. The next man wa
| Frank. then Gyp, then Whitley Lewis Lout
was the last man to leave. Then got u
and saw Schepps starting to leave the plac,
! | said: There Is nothing doing; stay here.
| returned to the poker table, and "a fe,
minutes later when ] lacked up Schepp
was gone and so was WALTON.
q, You were all alone? A, All alone ex
cept for the poker players. strangers 500
and said. "Rosenthal has just been KILLED,
Becker Already Knew Of Death.
Rose swore he called Becker on tn
phone, using either 6649 or GGai Audubon
q VIVA, aid you SAY aud wha, did h
, say? A. said Hello, there, have yo
heard ?" He said: Yes Good boy"
said: when did You hear h?" oh h
said, - heard It some time ago" said
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