New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-21
Rose Arrest Given Up
as Theft of Thunder

I "As soon as | was seated / looked AT
The Times and for the first time saw
that Rose was wanted for the murder.
| at first decided to take the next train
back and arrest him. but upon refec-
ton | decided to tell Commissioner
Dougherty where to get him, because
thought Dougherty might think | was
trying to steal his thunder.
"As soon as [ arrived at my office
started for Commissioner DOughertys
office As I stepped into the corridor
saw Mr.. Young, secretary to Dougherty,
coming towards me. Young said the
Commissioner wanted to see me.
said: That is just where | am going
Young asked me TO wait moment until
he stepped into the Chief Inspectors
office. | did so, and we went up TO his
office together. Young said: Go in !
stepped to the door of Dougherty's
office and saw Rose seated, his back
towards me.
"Dougherty, who sat facing me,
/ raised his hand and made a motion for
me to stay out. | stepped back 70 Mr..
Young's room. | said: 4 see you have
got Rose. am glad of it, | was going
/ TO tell the Comm. where | thought ne
could get him, saw he was wanted
II told Young | would have made the
arrest myself if | thought Dougherty
would not be sore on me. didn't
know Rose was in Dougherty's once
the first time he told me TO go in
In a short time Young went into
? Dougherty's room and when he came
ont said 80 in a second time. | did
so. | remarked to Dougherty that
was glad he had got Rose and that
intended TO tell him where | thought
he could get him. Dougherty made no
reply to this, but asked me TO tell him
the route | took in the auto the night
/ of the murder. | gave him this data.
"Dougherty then said he wanted to
see Pitt. | found Pitt and sent him
20 see Dougherty. When | got back TO
NV Office | was notified Waldo wished
TO see me. | went to his office. Waldo
said the mayor wanted me to come TO
his office and bring the patrolmen who
we're with me at the Elks' Club affair
/ New Years Eve.
81 got in touch with Patrolmen
Charles E. Frye and Charles Steinert
and went to Mayors Office. Patrolman
White was in hospital and couldn't ac-
company us. Mayor Gaynor asked me
why il was | had sat down to dinner
with Rosenthal. | explained this TO
him as | did in statement above. The
Mavor said the only fault he found
with me was my dining with Rosen-
thai. g.,
"The Mayor asked me when | had
last seen Rose. / told him | had not
seen him in person for a week to talk
10. but had Just seen Rose in Commits
sioner Doughertys office, but had not
spoken to him. | told the Mayor |
had heard from Rose on phone. The
Mayor then ordered me to report back
to Waldo for duty. In fact, Commls-
sioner Waldo was present at the IN
terview."
Then the Mayor came out in open
letter to Waldo telling him TO transfer
me, no matter what the papers SAID.
believe that statement made the
papers think | had something on the
Mayor and villifed me in the hope th&&,t
would tell it. | had nothing to TELL
and was damned because | would not
commit perjury like Rose. Besides IL
was the general belief that | had some
thing on Waldo and | was pounded FOR
that, too. | didn't have anything, yet |
was damned because | wouldn't tell
something | didn't know.
81 continued my duties in the squad
until July %, when | was transferred
to the 65th precinct. where | at once
went on duty and continued until July
90. 1912, when | was arrested about
$3.50 D. m. On Saturday, July p, at
about 8 D. m, Harry Appelbaum came
to see me at the 65th precinct. | took
him into the Captains room-Ex-ca p-
tain Dennis Brennan can verify this
where he told me Big Tim was nearly
insane about Rosenthal's murder. that
Tim was afraid | would be arrested
because of the newspaper talk and
wanted to be assured that if was !
would not say anything about Tim
sending for me in regard to Rosentha!
opening his gambling house or his
bringing me to see him at Slxtieth
Street and Broadway.