The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-22
HIRED GUNNER
END PUZZLEIN
MANY ATTACKS
Confessions Clear Mystery in
More Than % Murders
and Assaults.
SNYDER PLEADS GUILTY
TO GANG FEUD MURDER

the gunner held as witnesses against Joe
the Greaser, the gang leader who is ac-
cused OF murder. which shed light on
more than twenty-five mysterious cases
of assault and murder which have long
puzzled the police and the District At
torney's stan The confessions we're made
by Benny Snyder. who pleaded guilty yes
terday to the charge that he killed Pinchey
Paul at Joe's command. and Little
Heimie and Tough Jake.
In many of the cases cleared by the
stories Of the gunner II will be impossible
to take action because the necessary
corrobotation is lacking. but Assistant
District Attorneys Weller and Brecken-
ridge believe that the gangstefs have told
the truth about cases that, until yester-
day, were riddles to the authorities.
the Criminal Branch OF the Supreme Court
yesterday to manslaughter In the first de-
gree for having murdered Pinchey Paul
last May. Messrs. Weller and Brecken.
ridge spent the day filling In gaps In
their case against Joe the Greaser. who.
according to Snyder. lnstigated and aided
in the murder OF Pinchey.
Seven witnesses three OF whom are
being held in heavy bail were examined.
and with the possible exception OF iona
Rolich. Joe's sweetheart about whose tes-
timony Mr. Weller refused to talk all of
them strengthened heavily the case against
Joe.
III we were TO take the case 10 the
Grand Jury tonight" said Mr.. Weller.
when he had finished last night. 1--WE
would get an indictment"
But the Grand Jury listened all day to
the Ban case to the exclusion of Joe the
Greaser's case. Mr.. Weller and Mr.. Breck-
enrdge believe. however that their wit
nesses will stick to the stories they told
yesterday, and that ~ there Is any change
at all 1t will strengthen the peoples
ease.
Sweetheart Once ClonL Model.
iona. Joe's sweetheart who was once
Q cloak model. is tall and slender. Her
status AS with IS in the has not
been determined yet. but It is known that
she said that she loved Joe and expected
to marry him some day.
The other two held under bail as wit
nesSes are Known Iiutle HeinMe and
Tough Jake Each has been arrested sew
eral times under several names. II APP
pears from what they said that members
Of the gang OF thugs who made their living
beating up people Tor pay up1 not
eard Joe's rule with great favor Little
Heimie fen a grievance against Joe be-
cause the latter cut him up" last October.
sending Heimie to the hospital. Tough
Jake gave as his reason for testifying
for the state that he felt that IT was time
for reform. III reforms the word. me for
it said Jake.
thrown by the testimony. II appears that
Dopey Benny. notorious East side gang
leader, who is now in the TombS charged
with extortinE money from saloon
keeper. has not been very powerful for
the last two years and that Joe little
known to the general public police.
has been all powerful.
Then. the witnesses said Pinchey an
other gang leader. began to gain In power
and threat ned Joe the Grelsei's mo-
nopoly in doing thug work for East Side
unions. P.nchey got this work for the
bakers' union. IT was asserted. and Joe
sent Benny Snyder to kill him.
Joe's Task to Punish DisIoyaI.
Joe seldom did a job himself pre-
ferring to send one of the memb. re- Of MS
gang. But disloyalty In the gang he al
ways punished himself although usually
with the assistance Of one of his lieu
tenants. And the gang members felt that
Joe ought to do up some outsider oc-
ca sionaliy to prove that he was an
efficient thug, His failure to do so caused
discomfort and suspicion that Joe was
not so bad as he tried to get them to
believe.
Snyder said in his confession that he
used to do all the dirty work for Joe, d"
hut that Joe took the credit for II. so that
joe name and fame spread all over the
East Side, and no one ever heard Of
Snyder
Little Helme. who turned against Joe
yesterday because Joe and a lieutenant
slsshed him last October said that ne was
talking 10 his girl on II street corner when
he felt a blow In the back OF the head
AS II IL brick had hit him. He turned. he
said and saw Joe the Greaser and lieu
tenant, now serving a sentence for carry
ing "A revolver. They were running away.
Joe, 1t was asserted, had ordered Heimie
20 murder a furrier in East Twenty-frst
.fg a ~ la
of murder. was afraid to commit the
crime. and although Joe threatened him
he refused, ne said, This, he said, caused
the assault upon him.
Three Give CorrObOrRtiOn.
So, with Jake and Little Hemie sup
plementng Benny Snyder's story that Joe
ordered snyder to kill Pinchey, bought
the gun. made all the arrangement. and
was present to keep the crowd from pur-
suing Snyder, and with three witnesses
whose names are not made public because
of Mr.. Weller's fear that Joe's friends
will attack them before they can testify
In court, Mr. Weller believes he has a
strong case against Joe, These witnesses
are not accompl!ces, and their corrobo.
ration OF the gangsters' stories II abso-
lutely necessary TO the case.
In Snyder's written confession there il
an Interesting grouping of words telling
how Joe failed to visit snyder in the
Tombs Snyder says:
80 he sends up with these fellows tina,
he's afraid to come up as the cops are
looking for him and further he says any.
thing need or anything at all that
could send out with this Jake and send
out and get anything at all and send out
for anything, and not to worry and evs.:-.-
thing would he all right as they were
trying to hN M the case"
Joe is well built. well dressed youne
fellow, with q long record Of arrests, hui
only one conviction. His police record fol.
lows; Known as Joe Rosensweig Joe tn,
Greaser, Grove, Rose, Rosen. n genera
thief; as Joe Rosensweig arrested Sen
TENDER 20, 1905, as a plckpocket. anC
discharged by Magistrate Wahle az Sam
uel Gold"nbsrg, arrested October 10. 1905
Tor attempted grand larceny, and dis
charged by Magistrate Mayo; az Norrl,
Goldberg arrested October 30. 1905, a,
suspicious person, discharged by Magis
fhte Doolcy; as Joe Rose, arrested No
vembcr l3, 1908. for felonlous assault anc
robbery discharged by MAGISTRATE Her
merit an Joe Greve arrested for feloniou
assault June "a, 1910, discharged by MAG
Irrate Harris, and In 1911 sent to Elmir,
Tor grand larceny.