The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-30

photograph was not seen by the WIFE
ncssen until the prison physician OPEN
ed his coat az he sat in the death
chair.
Martin r. Manton. who conducted
the defense OF Charles Becker. today
gave out a telegram he sent to dow
crnor whitman. II read.
IA newspaper dispatch reports you
saying 60 Becker's denial that he had
agreed Co make revelations Of graft
ing: The governor said Martin T.
Manton had given him a statement
containing the names Of five men, two
dead. three living. who we're impli-
Gated in the grating Did YOU make
this statement. or authorize ~
Herman Roscnthal. the gambler
Tor whose murder Charles Becker wur
sentenced to die In the electric chair.
was shot to death by hired gunner
IN the early morning of July i6, 1919.
In front OF the Hotel Motr0poio on
Forty-second street, a few steps from
broadway. The murder Vas the swift
ruiminatiyn OF sensational charges.
made a few days before by Rosenthal
against Becker In which Roscnthal
asserted that Becker. then head VI the
strong arm squad of detectives, freely
sold police protection ana had uccu-
INFLATED thousands Of dollars OF graft
money.
Rosenthal went further than that.
lie swore that Becker was his silent
partner In "a gambling enterprise that
failed and that Becker. anEered boy
losses whore he had expected large
profits. raidcd the Roscnthal cstab-
nshment and drove Roscnthal out Of
business by s%tntioning uniformed po-
night.
These charges were published ana
District Attorney whitman began an
investigation OF them. He summoned
] Rosenthal 20 the criminal courts
appointment was made with Rosen-
thai for the next day, Before the
time came Rosenthal was murdered.
when the assassins had done their
work they ran. across the street
jumped into a gray automobile which
was waitin at the curb and whirlcd
away uptown. a 5ystander caught
the license number OF The car.
District Attorney whitman, poiiiicd
by telephone OF the murder. reached
tho police station who're iloscnthais
body law before dawn. he aroused
his detectives from their sleep aud
spread a draEnet over the city for the
murder car. u was found before
might. It's driver. Louis shapiro. and
Louis Libbey. part owner, were ar
rested and Mr.. Whitman asserted
! openly in an emphatic statement that
the police had abctted the murder.
New York city. already Interested
lin tho charges Of police corruption.
responded To the news Of the murder
az if to a call 90 arms. Becker, who
had been the chief target VI l,nsen-
thaia accusations, was openly sus-
pected. He was relieved at his coW-
mand OF the strong arm squad and
transferred To- the Bronx. Jack Rose,
his graf cole tor. walked into the
criminal courts building the day after
the murder ana surrendered tu th'
district attorney. de,lariul ne h'd
nothing 90 fear. Harry WALTON ami
Bridge Wcbbcr. gamblers and friends
of Rose and Becker. were arrested '-
witnesses. The grand jury began as
Investigation
Rose lay In prison twelve days
without word from Becker. and, Dee
,hrying his chief hud deserted him.
confessed. WALTON and Wcbhcr core
roborlted his story. He told ui hN
Hong association with Becker. of yo'
lice corruption which existed as Eu
IcnthaI had charged. Of thousands cHl'
lIcetcd by Becker for police protection
and. finally. of his commission JOS
Becker to urrango 90 have EuscathH
KILLED by eunmeu=n commission Do
executed
70 That night. July %, 1919, pistri
iAttorney whitman summoned ih'
grand jury by telephone n t'lr
. graph. laid his evidence before % un'
within two hourH obtained tho ludlcl
n ment Of Becker OF r. charge ol muI
p der.
-Four East side gunner were JOB
% idicted as the actual murderetH. lius
o had testified that these men wcr
assigned by big Jack" Ielig. e gan
e. leader who had been arrested 10
: BeCker's men on a t%rumpcd-u
charge, "a do the murder They wei
TO receive $1,000 and Zclig was Goo %
released. Zelig's orders mad bee
Issued from the Tombs 10 the gun
|, men.
These gunmcn-known len tf
streets 81 the East side as "Gyp th
= HIood" Horowitz. Lefty Loui, Roi
lenberg. "Dago Frank" Cirotici ana
'Whitey" Lewis-worc rounded %
Z one by one. The last two were ia
rested iu "a short time. 'G}p ~
Blood and Lefty Louie were u'
found tul september. hiding in
brooklyn flat. Win them wet
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