Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
ARRESTED FOR KILLING
 OF GAMBLER COHEN.
Morris Rothenherg, Who Says He is a
 Waiter and Bartender.

New York, April IA man identified as the slayer of Harry Cohen, a gam bier, who was shot and killed early this morning in an uptown apartment house, was brought to the detective bureau tonight. His identification was made by Joseph Edney, a negro ele- vator operator in the apartment house.
 In giving his pedigree the man said he was Morris Rothenberg and that he was a waiter and bartender. He de- nied that he was the principal in the killing of Cohen or that he was inn locked up, however, charged with. homicide.
 Rothenberg. according to the police. admitted to them that he was with Cohen about an hour prior to the i shooting and that he and Cohen had been in a gambling house throughout Sunday night.
 From the gambling house, the police declare Rothenberg told them that he went uptown alone and ate breakfast
 in restaurant. From the restaurant 1 he went to his home, where he slept
 until this afternoon.
 Rothenberg told, the police he had not been working for four months and had only been arrested once. Then
 he was charged with gambling and was convicted and fined.
 Cohen, who was known to the police as Harry the Yot," midnight bur- Iglar" and second story man." had
 had been lending the district attorneys
 office valuable assistance in it's recent investigation into gambling and was killed but a few hours befor. che was
 to deliver to Assistant District Attor- iTan flo
 whom he said were higher ups" in the
 so-c called gambling ring.
 Among those questioned today by
 the district attorney was Sam Schepps,
 one of the prosecutions most impor-
 tant witnesses in the trials of Becker land the gunmen for the murder of
 Rosenthal Although Schepps asserted he had only a casual acquaintance with lCohen, District Attorney Swann to- , night said he had furnished some in- formation of value bearing on the
 shooting and had promised to supply
 additional details tomorrow.
 According to the district attorney
 Cohen and the man who is believed tc have shot him "sat' in a gambling
 game until about o'clock this morn
 ing, when they went to the Coher
 apartment in West Ninety -sAconG
 street. Joseph Edney, the negro ele- vator boy at the apartment house
 told the police Cohen went upstairt 1 and, when he returned, gave his un. identified companion some money
 Then, stepping into small reception
 room, Cohen made a telephone call Edney said. It was during this tele. phonic talk, Edney declares, that h, heard three shots fired.
 , The gunman ran from the building pursued by the elevator boy, and mad , i his escape by boarding a street ca $ after running distance of two blocks Edney then called the police ant Cohen was found lying on the floor un conscious. He was taken to hos
 pital, but died shortly afterward , Inspector Gray, in charge of tn I police detective bureau, told newspape
 men he was inclined to the theory tha e Cohen's murder was the result of = disag greement over money matter = during the card game.
 r Late tonight Assistant District At 2 torney Smith was asked to give a : opinion on the status of the case. H
 only reply was: we have the mur z derer"