The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30


Rosenthal was eating late supper il
the grill room of the Hotel Metropole
in Forty-third street. just off Broad
way A young man, whose identity
never was clearly established, appear
ed at the door and beckoned him. Ros
enthal was afraid his enemies would
'get him" for he had confided as much
to District Attorney Whitman, when
he made his affidavit, but he rose from
the table and went out the door
AS he stepped from the door into
the street, his frame silhouetted
against the brilliantly lighted hotel
interior, four men standing on the
curb, fired simultaneously and the
gambler dropped to the sidewalk. His
death was instantaneous.
The murderers rams across the
street, jumped into long grey car,
the engine of which was running, and
were whirled away while the crowd
was gasping. Everything was con-
fusion, but citizen glimpsed the NUM-
Der on the car In the melee. and 1t waf
ON this thread that District Attorney
Whitman built the case that he sent
five men To their death
The next day. vigorously prodded by
the New York papers. the police ar
rested Willie Shapiro and man nam
ed Libby. owners Of the car. From
them they drew that gambler named
Jack Rose had hired the machine.
"Bridgien Weber was arrested the
same day. on suspicion, and the next
day Jack Rose, who had been laying
low" was taken.
Rose admitted he had hired the car
and collected the four gunmen. "Gyp
the Blood" Lefty Louie" Dagon
Frank" and Whitley" Lewis. mem
bers of big Jack" zelig's East Side
gang.
Then began the roundup of the gun
men. "Dago Frank" was the first ar
rested, and ON August | Whitley"
Lewis was found hiding in the Cats
kill mountains. "Gyp the Blood and
Lefty Louie were not arrested un-
til late in September.
In the meantime, Becker had been
indicted for murder, due to the con-
fessions of BALD Jack" Rose, "Brid-
gle" Weber and Harry Vallon, who also
had been taken for his value as wit
ness. 1t was not until month after
Becker was indicted that murder In
dictments were returned against "Gyp
the Blood" Lefty Louie "Dago
Frank" Whitley Lewis" "Jack" Sui
liyan and Willie Shapiro. The last
two got out OF the muss because Of
their work In aiding the state, and be-
cause they were not directly implicat
ed in the killing of Rosenthal
with all the principals safely lodged
behind the bars District Attorney
Whitman began gathering the mass
of evidence. Sleuths were put on
Becker's past and his whole life was
barred in the first murder trial. The
investigators found money in various
New York banks in Becker's name.
aggregating in all to between SIb,0o0
and sl00,nn0 This was one OF the
strongest links in the district attor-
ney's chain, as ii tended to corrobo-
rate Roses graft revelations. Becker
attempted to explain the money by
saying il was the accumulation OF
years OF saving by he and his wife, but
the agents discovered that Becker had
heen divorced. disproving his story.
On October 6, the day before Becker
was put on trial, big Jack" zelig, ia
nous East Side gunman, and boss
of the four that murdered Rosenthal,
was shot to death in Second avenue
by a gangster.
Verdict Is Guilty.
Becker went to trial the next day
Defore Justice Goff. In three weeks,