Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-25


scribcd how 1t was frustrated by a de-
tectivc.
"a detcctive. said Becker, Il told
you there is nothing to fear. Walk up
and shoot him in front of the police
man IL you want to. Don't let that
happen again"
so told him the next opportunity
there would be no slip up"
NIGHT OF TRAGEDY FINDS
IT'S ACTORS READY FOR ROLES
Ana when next the opportunity came
there was no slip up. Becker could not
| afford n slip up. For once again i'm the
| lives Of Rosenthal and himself il was
either him or me-"
II was the 18th of July. and Rosen-
1 thai had "squealed." lie had made un
ahidnvit to District Attorney Charles g
Whitman. accusing Becker, and Whit
man had issued subpoenas to he served
on Rose and other gamblers, to appear
before the grand jury and substantiatc
the charges.
Tho parties to tho murder now were
divided into three groups: Rocker. who
desired it. and who by threats of Sing
Sing forced it through: the gambler
who were his licutcnants and Inessen-
gers. and the GUNNER, who were 10 do
The dirty work. The necessity for ac-
tioh on the part of these conspirators
had become imperative Tho next
morning Rosenthal was to appear in
person before the grand jury Delay
was no longer tolerable. Rosen,hai
must be silenced at once and forev.~.
Becker said to Rose: "'ro-night will
just fit. 1t will look like the gamblers
did 1T OH account of his threatened
saueal"
AGAIN, Becker was taking no chances.
me known conspirators numbered Il
"ozen. Those who that night knew
kosenthal was to get his" numbered
man! hundreds. How they knew, il is
not advisable to explain. But tho fact
remains. Never has there bccu a muir
der plot to which so many were acccs-
soric3 The police knew the Tcndcr-
loin knew. tho lower East Side. the
nome OF the Sunmen from where. in
preparation for tho nights work. thny
had moved uptown. knew that Herman
i,"senthai. squcaler, a man VIII, had
dcied the SYSTEM" was to die.
or the many features of this remark
able crime, this is one of the most curl
Gus, that the underworld of Il great
city. SHOWING that one of their number
had broken the law OF tho brothcrho God.
should. by their silence. sentence him
TO death: should. by their silence, as
sist at his murder
noSENrIIAL SITS DRINKING,
READING OWN ACCUSATIONS
1t was . o'clock OF a hot July morn
tnS. Rosenthal was at tho Metropolis,
an all-niGht restaurant on Forty-third
street step from broadway. 1t was
crowded by its usual patrons. politi-
clans, actors, gamblers. Rosenthal sat
IN la ~.
drinking. and in the first editions OF
that mornings papers, reading what
was said of him and OF his affidavit
lie was still complaining. still asking
those about him qucrulously if they
ala not think he had done right.
For Rosenthal the Metropole was a
sort OF club. and those about him were
all known to him. and he TO them. lic
felt at home there. 1t was for him the
Hungarian band was playing turkey
trots, for him the electric lights with
in and without were making the pla &C
blaze like the stage o. thcatcr, for
him the electric fans were stirring the
lace curtains and causing the potted
palms to bow and cutsey.
And outside in the hot. sultry dark
ness. as they used to watch the bulle-
tin boards for the races to come ill.,
men stood in silent groups, and waited
for his murder. and down town in bar
rooms and all-night drug stores men
gathered near the telephone booths and
waited for his murder, and from the
Battery to the Polo Grounds the police.
New Works finest. stcalthily paced
their fixed posts, and waited-for his
murder.
Outside the Metropole the taxicabs
on the rank were dispatched upon
mysterious errands, bclated citizens
who paused in the lights OF the res
taurants TO look in at the red. candle
shades were ordered in grun whispers
TO move on"
They were clearing the stage.
GAMBLER PAYS THE PENALTY
OF DEFYING MEN HIGHER I'P
'RridCey" Weber with smile for
everybody. entered the restaurant and
passed from table to table He stopped
beside Rosenthal and laid his hand
affectionatcly upon his shoulder. Hello
Hermann he said, and still smiling
withdrew into the night. 1t was The
Kiss with which he had betrayed his
master
Five minutes later. " gray touring
car stopped opposite tho Mctropolc and
from it young pen lcaped TO tho street
One OF them entered the restaurant
and returned with Herman Roscnthal
The young man raised his finger TO his
hat brim. For the gunner. who had
had to ask. who is this Herman
Roscnthal." The signal was needed
hut that was all they needed
Above them. on the steps between
two bay trees. with IL the lights on
broadway in his eyes, was man un-
known to them. but man they Lad
been ordered to kill.
And obediently. joyously. :hey closed
in. showed their guns in his face, and
fired.
AS he lay on tho sidewalk with one
eye staring up CLASSIFY at tho sput-
terins electric light globes. the night
birds Of the pavement, the patrons of
the restaurant, all the unnamed ac-
completes in that great conspiracy
stood in a ring around the body, and
no one moved to DOVER il.
Instead. ono man laughed mockingly.
We'll. he got his lie said
1t was the voice and verdict Of the
Tenderloin.