The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-21

rose toid me mat Rosenthal knew
White from seeing him in court the time
l raided him-Rose. I asked Rose how
we would manage to get White In and
Rose said that IL I would let him know
the night the officers were ready to 20
in Rosenthal's. he-Rose-would go TO
on Fourteenth street and te,e.
phone to Rosenthal to meet him there.
In the interim my men could get in. This
Rose did and II worked like a charr,
MY men got In on the 18th or 18th II
April. and on the 18th I sent them TO
get warrants from Magistrate Meade.
] knew McAdoo and Larry Mullisan
were friends apd feared a leak
might occur by which Essential would
learn OF the intended aid and parhapH
move his gambling fixtures on. and
then claim | had no evi1 .nce. as there
were no gambling hxturcs on the prem.
lses when ! raided, and then cry I framed
him up. To avoid this dangcr I had
Rose meet me at the Cnlon square Hotel
and told him 7 had the warrants and
wanted to make sure Rosenthal was nor
Informed OF my Intent To raid him. Rose
said he would fix that. he asked ne
what time | intended to make the aid.
] told him 10 80 =. NJ. Rose said he
would invite Rosenthal to go with him
to the fights held that night in the Ma
tional Club onNNest Forty-fourth street.
and would send WALTON to Rosenthal's
place to find out II II was running. Rose
asked ne where WALTON could find me
to let me know.
We arranged that II Rosen.hal was
not doing business WALTON would stand
on the northeast corner OF Fiftieth street
and Sixth avenue at 10 80 p. NJ, and Z
Eosenthal was doing business I would
not see WALTON at Fifti,th street and
sixth avenue h agreed upon ] or
dored some members OF my squad TO
assemble on the l. station at Fif'!eth
street and Sixth avenue. ] met White
and Sheppard at Pabst's. Fifty-eighth
steer and Eighth avenue. From here
I directed White TO teleohone to ST. IN
c~t. vino was in night court and c"jild
| not meet us, to come to 1Oi West Fnrtv-
Nlth street when he got through AMI 4
he saw We were making a RIA to come
I, or assistance.
We then got into an
driven by Harry Klein and drove to
Fifty-cighth street and Sixth avenue
/ and met the balance OF my ra'ding
squad. Some boarded a trolley car and
proceeded south, our keep
ing pace with the car. At Fiftioth street
we slowed up and not seeing WALTON on
the northeast corner OF Fiftieth street
and sixth avenue We drove to between
Forty-ffth and Forty-sixth street, the
balance of the squad leaving the troll
ley ear at the same place and running
ahead of me. When ] reached the preul-
ises my men had forced an entrance
and were just rushing upstairs, ] fol
lowed them up one flight into the gam
bling room. whore we found ten or M
teen men. one OF whom was Lawyer
a.. 49, ,hA ,.ha,, pAiIAl IN Cana
street, was on the scene there and
threatened me, IA aging the District At
torney's office was going to get me.
/ SHEPPARD at once picked out two pris-
oners, who were placed In the rear OF
the room. White took charge of tn
gambling fixtures, the other men tool
the names OF the players.
Mrs. RosenthaI In Place.
While this work was in progress Mrs
Rosenthal came to the door of the room
we were in and asked me to step int
the lavatory with her. saying sh'
wanted to speak to me. ! told Mrs
Rosenthal that anything she had to sa,
to me to say 1t right there. Mrs. Rosen
thai then said We had arrested he
nephew and asked me 10 take a maj
named Kelly instead, ! called Shephar'
and asked him whom he had warrant
for and Sheppard pointed to the tw
men already under arrest. ! then tol'
Mrs. Rosenthal that we would take tn
men for whom we had warrants AM
that | would not comply with her re
quest. She turned away in anger an
saw no more OF her that night.
We loaded the gambling fixtures oil
the patrol wagon. put an OFFICER u
charge of the house and left for tn
Nest Forty-seven,h street station. Their
marked the fixtures with An axe n
directed by Commissioner Waldo in or
der to prevent them being used agail
should the gamblers get them bacl
through writs of replevn, which had he
come a scandal, April Is, 1912, Whltf
S,einert and Sheppard arraigned tn
prisoners at the Seventh District Cour,
when the case was adjourned to Apr
10, at which time the prisoners waive'
lexamiuatiop and were.held for trial.