The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
WHAT CRAP SHOOTER
SHOT THESE COPS?
Grand Jury Expects Fightin'
Jim Smith to Find Manhat-
tan Sportsman.
MR.. ROTHSTEIN ANNOYED
Some Bunglesome Detective
Keeps Gathering Along
in His Wake.

Fightin' Jim Smith. the Assistant Dis
trict Attorney assigned to the crusadins
division OF District Attorney Swann's
Office, had his trusty vassals out yester-
day scampering around the city Tor
further information to assist the Grand
Jury In the present prize riddle they are
considering, to wit: In the raid by IN
spoctor Dominick Henry's squad at sol
West Fifty seventh street on January 10
who, IL any one, shot two OF the cops?
Arnold Rothstein, reputed to be so
wealthy he can sit in on a little play
occasionally without worrying about
having car fare left, was at first ar
raigned in court with nineteen other men
charged with crap shooting. but was dis
charged when II appeared that the
memory of every one present at the
shooting had suffered shell shock.
Jims bloodhounds, preparing for the
Grand Jury's session on Tuesday, spent
the day looking for the man who. they
believe, could tell them who did the
shooting. II did not appear whether one
of them had crossed the path of Roth
stein, but It Is certain that Rothstein
protested to friends that he was being
"shaddered" In a very crude and ANA
flourish way.
Sleuth Forgot His Rubber Heels.
"rm being followed" Rothstein told
his own little group. II don't mind
being trailed. for my life Is an open
book-not a race track book, either. But
I do object to being trailed by boob
eleuth who acts as II he learned de-
tecting from a correspondence school
If they must keep shadowing me why
don't they put a detective on the job
who'll do It properly?'
1t could not be learned whether they
referred to detectives attached to the
District Attorneys office or the Police
Department though It was not believed
the police had any reason to keep track
of him In hostile and coarse manner.
Whoever the sleuth was. he had caused
Rothstein some annoyance because he
did not present the spruce appearance
Rothstein had come to associate with de-
tectives and wore shoes the very sound
of which was enough 10 convince any
innocent bystander he was an ordinary
pavement pounding constable.
After he had been following Roth
stein during the early morning hours
for some time Rothstein finally turned
for relief into a delicatessen store near
tho Hotel Ansonia- In view of the rather
exclusive nature Of this place-even
though It is a delicatessen-Rothste
felt that he would be safe. But the
sleuth blundered right in.
Say. kin ] git q corn beef sand
wich?" he asked.
That made Rothstein mad-to have
his friends think that ne might be asso-
ciated, even involuntarily. with a person
of such low brow tastes. So he Issued
his appeal that. II he must be Swallowed.
1T should be done by capable detective
Of evident breeding who would know
enough to remain in the background.
Job Belongs to the Smiths.
The executive committee of the Citi-
xens Union was also busy yesterday lay
ing plans for its meeting tomorrow.
at which It 10 expected It will breach
the suggestion Of taking the affair of
Honest Dan" Costigan up to Albany,
thereby adding another Smith to the po-
lice situation.
Police Commissioner Enright had
. nothing TO say yesterday on Costigan
or on his reported remarks before men,
ber5 of the Brooklyn Institute Forum at
the Academy OF Music on Friday night
that there is no crime wave in the city
and that even murder cases are not in
dicatids of a crime wave" His 500 lis
teners had been considerably disappointed
at being unable to question the Com
missioner. following their custom with
all their speakers, and representatives
OF the press had hoped to remedy this
deficiency yesterday.
But John C. Hackett, secretary OF
Commissioner Enright and Amba ssador
Extraordinary to Newspaper Men, APP
peared in the Commissioners anteroom
with the customary police ritual. Moth
ing doing"
30 the publicity wolves retired back.
ward from the presence. bowling as they
went