New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Frequenters of Broad.
Seized Early To-day i,
Prosecutors Order
Bail Offers Refu..a
Swami to Ask Indictmen. ),
Rothenberg Immediate,
as Slayer

from the District Attorneys ofr
locked up at the West 123d Street 81,
, ton, four men who are held as mater,
witnesses in the Cohen murder "a.
and who it is believed, can throw NM,
light on the gambling situation in NJ,
York. Whether they will be of asst.
lance in clearing up the Iohen murae
the police were unable to saw.
The men under arrest descrih,
themselves as George ]. Willisr
thirty-two, of 200 West Seventiss
Street; Daniel Clancy, thirty seven i
$50 West Fortieth Street; Jack a.
, Ulm, thirty-four, of 721 Seventh As
nue., and James w. Greenwalt, twens
five, of the Albemarle Hotel, w.
Fifty-fourth Street. All are nal
known along Broadway.
The detectives appeared in the yici. /
ity of Broadway and Forty-secusi;
Street about midnight and within al
hour had their four prisoners in en-,
tody. At the same time they are sai|
, to have placed woman we'll known .
the stage, who lives at the Tins
Square Hotel, in West Forty-thhl|
Street, under arrest. She would Nj
locked up later, it was said.
Captain McKenna could throw MI
more light on the arrest than to su
the names of the men and the womb
wanted had been given the police br|
the District Attorney, and the detet|
tives had merely gone to the hauns
of those wanted and waited until thr
put In an appearance.
Offers of Bail Refused
News of the arrests spread rapid,
through the theatrical district and |,
steady stream Of Broadway frequenten
appeared at the police station with
offers of bail. Captain McKenna's IN.
structions. however, had been not L,
accept bail until the men were taker
before the District Attorney this morn.
ing.
Unmovcd by the fact that Poliu
Headquarters does not take any stoel
in his theory that Cohen was murders3
because, like Herman Rosenthal, he wu
preparing to "squeal," District Atto,.
icy Swami declared last night that b.
was absolutely sure that this was TIL
motive.
He said that any doubt which Nigh
have arisen in his mind had been II,
moved when he discovered that gsnI
tlers We're preparing to put up a S50V
cash bail for Joseph Galupo, associsa
Of Morris Rothenberg, who is beig
held as Cohen's slayer. Galupo volun.
tarlly injected himself into the case b
corroborate Eothenperg' aliDi and wal
immediately held as material VIII.
ness.
The prosecutor says the money was
raised in 4 restaurant near Broadway
somewhere IN the Thirties.' and that
Galupo has admitted that he had
flashed the demand" for his releaa
from cell on the men who promised
to help him.
Il know the names OF the men wht
made the arrangements and l also
know the name of the gambler who is
going to put up the $4,000 with the
Amsterdam Surety Company to-mor'
row,' said the District Attorney.
"Galupo hasn't worked for two years
He admits that. How could he procurs
bail unless gamblers came 10 his res.
cue? They would have had him out Of
the House Of Detention to-day but fo'
the fact that the District Attorney is
e<tAO"Su Nv Slit -lONi llVQiS 4Ol an a.
spection of the application for BAIL"
Mr.. Swami announced that ne would
go before the grand jury to-day and
ask for the indictment Of Rothenberg
on charge of murder in the first de-
gree. He did not announce this inten,,
ton until after Louis Fridiger, counsel
Tor Rothenberg, had applied TO Justice
Hotchkiss, of the Supreme Court, for 8
writ of habeas corpus. justice Hotch,
Kiss adjourned the hearing until
o'clock to-day.
The principal witness before the
grand jury will be Joseph Edney, the
negro elevator runner at Wss
Ninetysecond Street, where Cohen ws
shot. Edney pursued the slayer as isi
as Columbus Avenue, and says he u
positive that Rothenberg is the mau
who did the shooting.
Another witness viii be woman wn'
was drinking with Rothenberg ~
Clancy's cafe, in West Forty-elgh'
Street, near Seventh Avenue. betwest
10 o'clock Sunday night and / o'elo'I
Monday morning. District Attorns!1
Swami and his assistant, James b
Smith, the underworld expert" IN tn
prosecutors office, refuse to discios
what they have learned about her con.
nectlon with the murder. The polles
say her name is Yvonue Pache'aa
Others refer TO her variously y
"Ivonne Durand,' "Durand Yvonas
and "Durand Pachetau."
Mr.. Swami declined to talk about tns
results Of his examination Of "Bald!
Sauer, proprietor of place in Sxa
Avenue, near Fifth Street. where Cones
Rothenberg, Galupo and the mysterlolus,
unknown man" were engaged uh.a
nearly s O'Clock on the morning OF 'ns
murder. Eothenberg and Galupo ssen
That the unknown man" went uptown
with Cohen, while they repaired " >
restaurant at 123 Seventh Avenue.
Says Unknown Man" Doesn't Exlss
Il will say this: | am convinced 'ns.
this unknown man who is variouss
described by Rothenberg and Gaiur
never existed" said Mr.. Swami. -,
An anonymous letter, which reacn.s
him yesterday, Mr.. Swami said, ulsss;
nm to find a woman by the name !" '.
Florence Willard, who was described"
"Galupo's girl" a.,
She can tell you about the o's sss
fellow who was croaked in front Of .%
West Forty-ffth Street on elee''''
night" the writer declared. .,.,
Il asked Galupo about this o' M
man who was croaked.' SAID s -"
Swami. "He admits that man vi s,S
murdered in front of this address =.
That he was living there. ne s c;ss
however, that he was in Atlantic W.
at the time" !.
Mr.. Swami said he expected 70
able soon to sift out the various S Msss.
ments which have been made by n ..Ss
enberg. Galupo and Anthony fass -,
the waiter at 723 Seventh Avenue ~
corrohorates the others in their ss ssa,