New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-21

afraid Roscnthal would involve him,
not only in his gambling house, but
also in some election frauds on the
East Side.
"'Tim' said Roscnthal would do him
immense harm If he dragged him into
this mess. Tim said he had sent for
me i'm relation TO Rosenthal opening
his gambling house. Tim said that
ii | did mention II 1t would ruin him.
81 promised not 20 do so, no matter
wha; RoSenthal said. Tim said that
he had sent Applebaum TO see Roscn-
thai and offer him $4,000 to leave
town Tim said Applebaum had seen
Mrs RoSenthal that day and given
her a hundred or two hundred dollars.
| do not know which it was, and that
he had Mrs Rosenthal promise TO keep
her husband from making any more
charges.
Tim said: Now, | want YOU to as
sure me YOU won't bring me in this; If
you don't am alright | made the
proms Sc not to do so, and | have kept
that promise until now. ! then left for
home at about 1880 a. m, Monday
July 10. The chautfeurs of Tins and
Applebaum's autos and ApplebHum can
verify this. Monday, July 10, about 4
p. m. ! was called on the phone at my
Office by man who said his name was
Brown who said | should send a man
to the La Fayette Baths at Is D. m. and
tell him to ask for Brown and this
Brown would get the Dora Gilbert aft
davit for me. | told Brown some one
would be there.
"A few minutes after received this
message Pitt happened to come in. |
told Pitt to get some notary and go
and get the affidavit and then give it
to the papers for publication. / told
Pitt to go to the La Fayette Baths
and ask for Brown at p. m. Pitt
left and | sent TO Mr.. Harris office, 60
Broadway
Some time after p m. several
newspapermen came to Harris office,
among them was Mr.. Small of "The
World" Some one Of the reporters
said Mr.. Whitman had 'ssued sub
YPnaS for Rose, Dollar john" Abe
the Ribbler and someone named Harris
20 appear before the Grand Jury to
oorroborate Rosenthal.
During this conversation Jack
Sullivan came in and took part in the
conversation. We remained at Mr.
Harris Office until p. m. Then Otto
Aversie, the chauffeur for Capt.
Henry s. Sternberger, for whom | had
'phoned. came with an auto. Mr..
Hart, Jack Sullivan and | boarded the
car and rode up Broadway.
AT Chambers Street Sullivan got
eff and said he was going to the office
home at SO West Ninth Street and the
auto TO the garage at 235 West 5Oth
Street While Aversie was putting up
the auto ! 'phoned from the garage to
Rose at the La Fayette Baths.
81 got Rose OF the wire and asked
him if the Dora Gilbert affidavit had
been secured. Rose said: Not yet, ,
but that the men were now at her
home. Rose at this time asked me if
/ ! had heard that Whitman had issued
subpRnas for him, Dollar John Abe
: the Ribbler,' and one named Harris.
said | had heard so from some news
papermen in Harris Office just a little
while before. Rose said it did not
amount to anything, as he was pre-
pared to make a fool ont Of Rosenthal
and that he had gotten Weber 20 see
the others, who could not and would
not corroborate what Rosenthal had
said, that there was nothing to worry
about
Then Aversic asked me to take the
bookkeeper Collins with us to the
fights. agreed and we all went 10 see
the fights at Madison Square Garden.
After the fights, as I reached the
street, l met Deacon Terry, a reporter
on the American" and Jack Sullivan
/ and invited them to lunch at the Prince
George Hotel | saw Weber in the
crowd, but did not speak to him nor he
10 me- asked Aversie to go and fetch
his auto to the Prince George Hotel.
This he did. Mr.. Terry, Sullivan and |
went to the hotel and had some lunch.