The times dispatch. [volume], July 19, 1912, Image 1

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Its Personne! of Four?
teen Members Named
by Wilson.
TO BE IN ACTUAL
CHARGE OF FIGHT
Subcommittees Representing
Every State in Union Later
Will Be Appointed?Head?
quarters to Ee Opened in
Chicago and New York,
and Later in West.
eaglrt. N. J. July 15.? The Do
tic campaign committee whl h
t-. supreme charge or tn..- presie
campaign was nunied to-rilghi
ernor Wilson. It consists of f<
i members, with William K
:bs, the chairman of the Da
ibert E liudspi ' bf New Jers
'Ullaill Kaulabury, of welaware.
?
'ill It. King, of Oregon.
. Gore, of Okliiiioma; J?rr
. ..
. .
McGlllicuddy, of Maine :
few 'ljyt
?k, and at
estern clt
to Vtsnie Subcommittee.
the meeting. Chairman I
announced that the cumpa
an early date to appoint vj
bcommlttees, among them
ic advisory committee, pr
tee and finance committee
a. en ("cached In considering this te.a- |
mltlee, he added In addition, he ?aid,
there would be appointed a finance
sommlttee representing every btate in .
tiie Colon. The national cotnmllt) I
man from each State, he declared,
would be asked to suggest the names
5f the man best qualified In tils lilate, ,
and their names would receive .", at
Consideration
Chairman McCornba said headqair- |
tors would be opened in New Votk in.
.i..- theatre district within a week.
While the power of appointment ot
the campaign commute.- tested nomi?
nally with Mr. McCombs, there are In?
dications that he followed every sug?
gestion of Governor Wilson, and that i
.lie appointments were actually made
By the nominee. The committee was
intiounccd by the Governor, who add- .
td "It is a mattc-t ot gratification
that It all worked out so admirablj "
.The nppolntmont Ot the Campaign
committee Is but the first act, the ,
Cloverrior said, of the- real organists'-' j
tlon of the campaign. It will be
tuorough and curried out to tho
smallest detail, no section bnng neg?
lected or overlooked.
Supporters of \\ llson.
In taking froin the direct charge ot
the national committee, the manage?
ment of the campaign, Cnalrman Mc
L'omba said that there Has been no
Intent to supersede that body Every ,
national committeeman, the chairman <
tinted, would have all he could do
during the campaign Independently t
the campaign committee, and the nom?
inee and the chairman will use the
services of every one. The commit?
tee fs largely composed of men who
stayed by the Governoi in his fight
tor the nomination A not >ble excep?
tion is Senator Heed, of Missouri, who j
was one of the warmest support* a
of Champ Clark. Another man whose
name had not been ih< niioned !u :on
nectlon with the campaign commit- j
tee Is former Judge King, ol Oregon,
who from the bench sjista hod the j
rnlldlty of the Initiative and referenr
dum in Oregon, and alter reliving
recently won ids contention In the
Supreme Court of the United Suit s.
Governor Wilson said lie uul not
'enow when the cuniPHign committee
would meet again, but Indicated that
It would hold frequent sessions, begin- ]
Ding at an early date.
REBEL LEADER IS KILLED
O'tierdl Pedro Ivonel ?ui rounded ity I
Cuban Troops.
Santiago. July 18?General i'edro '
Ivonet, the negro rebel leader, lor
whom the government troops have
been diligently searching since the
battle three weeks ago at Vega. Bai- !
? co. was surrounded and killed this |
morning at Nueva Escocln, near Cane}', j
by tr..nps under l ieutenant Ortis.
Earlier In tho day the report was ?
(current, that tho- rebel Uadir had1
been capiiired at 'the Nbrhbre-dc- \
Dios plantation, near Santiago: but i
this report later proved to be er?
roneous.
General Ivonefs body was brought
to Santiago lo-nlsht, .J
NQBOMBRECEIVED
AT WHITE HOUSE
I .eport of Attempted As?
sassination of Presi?
dent a Fake.
REPORTER TOLD
STORY AS JOKE
Following Investigation Which
Continues Many Hours, Vigor?
ous Denial of Any Sem?
blance of Truth In Pub?
lished Account Is Made.
Publication Regretted.
lasted many
nt Taft had found
cutive ohices. and
rn upon them
tally that h? had
li :. and President Taft
,y eared bo little for It that
about it at breakfast In the
otise, Uughod about It with
ater nnd went to play golf
I this afternoon at Chevy
inptoteeted nnd apprehensive
Ink to Information '.hit Whilo
fficlals were able to (father,
>n originated In th<- pr. -a
the executive offices a re.
for a NeW York morning
er told a friend with whom
playing ehe?? that the after
U'spapers had missed a great
Reporter I? .Inking.
eporter was Joking, and tbe
r>ew it. Other newapspermen
lie In later, and to whom tlie
.a repeated, also underatooc,
it the reports, that were t.-.n
ihe White House to-day tlie,
?ok root soir.eiv'.iere. and this
I: startled r.ot only officials;
iii-il. and apparently the
ind -Mien said to-night that
though they work-! l*t* list night,
ey were r.ot questioned about the
port and it was only when Jangling
lephone bells pulled them out of
d with insistent clamor in the early
tir- that they heard that the Pres1
ent's life !: id be. n In dtnger. They
>lnt'd out tho fact that no mail.
' ; i kage, goes to an assistant sec?
tary, but != opened In another of
e thirty feet away and tn.n in con
quern e it Would be quite Impossible
ir Mr. Allen to acquire n burned
irid m uncovering a bomb.
Chief .lohn F.. Wilkie. of the secret
>rvlce. was angered by the report.
? not only denied It. but said that
wai unfortunate, heriuse the publt
?tion of su<h a stcry mlgttt mean
tat cranks throughout the country
nd all over the world y ould tie
rouse,i to action by It.
No tt tempt bj ( rank?.
No attempt has ever *>een mad
pon the life of President Taft, and
x-Presjdeht Roosevelt also es.aped
angers of. this kind Many cranks
iriyt called at tlie White House s^k
ng; th- President, but have been In
ercepted by police or secret service
fnelals. The great majority ,,f the
ranks mean no harm, and it Is ex?
ceedingly r"<re that one is ever armed.
! WS papers, as .-. rule, refrain from
irlntlnc anything about them, at the
equesl of the White House, simply
it incites other visitors men
nil} unbalanced to seek the White
louse as mecca for cures of all sorts
?f distressing troubles.
CONANT SUCCEEDS SMITH
I < rr.:er ( ommlsKloner Will Confer
With lloooevelt on Saturday.
Washington. .Inly is?Herbert Knox
Smith who .-signed ilS Commissioner
of Corporations to join the new pro.
Bresslv* party, formally retired from
office to-dny, He turned the cothmls
sionershlp over to Luther Conant, Jr.,
of Brooklyn. X v.. the deputy com?
missioner of corporations, who has
been nominated by President Taft as
Mr. Smith's successor.
Mr. Smith will confer with Colonel
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay Saturday, and
later he expects to look after the new
party movement ir. Connectlcue.
Mr. ?.'omni takes up tlie work with
several Important investigations of
corpornte conditions well tinder way.
These lncllld< th.. International Har
vester Company, several phases of
water transportation, prices and cost
ot tobacco manufacture, cotton tare
and competitive incthids in the lumber
Industry.
BUSY DAY FOR OFFICERS
Rides, Or'Hs ?i?i! Pot I Iflent ioij I'.xer
??iseM ut Camp Peitn?.
Annlston, Ala. July 18.?-Rides,
drills and fortification exercises for
the officers of t ho Georgia brigade
constituted the w?lk at Camp Pettus
to-day, Weather conditions w-rr fa
vorable.
Tho feature of the manoeuvres to?
il...now will be an exhibition drill bv
the Rleyenth Cavairy, under Colonel
Morgan. The program will Include a
sham battle. Ural aid work and'drag?
ging dead horses from the Held ut
the conclusion of the battlo, L.
Money Collected and
Turned Over to Chief
Constable.
STORY OF GRAFT
IN CHARLESTON I
Confessed Operator, Following
Threat of Imprisonment. Testi?
fies Before Legislative Inves?
tigating Committee?Nich
olls Denies Evidence of
Detective Against Him.
Columbia, S. C. July 18.?The sen
satlon of the hearing to-day before
the special Investigating commlttiue
oi too South Carolina Legislature waa
the. testimony of F. .1 B. O'Nell, a
confessed blind-tiger operator, who
testified mat he had collected "pro?
tection'! mortey Iii Charleston. S. C.
and paid It to Chief Constable B H.
Stothart. O'Xell's testimony was made
before the special session of the com?
mittee investigating the alleged dis?
pensary graft and charges of corrup?
tion against state officials.
The hearing her. to-.lay was pri?
marily called to take the testimony
ot .Samuel J Nlcholls, rhe Sparenburg
attorney, Nlcholls made a sweeping
denial that he had any Intention of
offering a bribe to Cole Blease, Gov
crnor of South Carolina, for a Par?
don fir a notorious yoggman.
The Spartanburg attorney testified
that he was :n an Intoxicated condi?
tion when the Interview, recorded by
j telephonic device between Detective
K .- Reed and himself, took place.
He also charged that the records of
th. conversations made at Spart?nb?Tg
and Washington hid been distorted
by the stenographer.
Keed Introduced the records of tho
conversations at the Augusta hear
, Ing of the committee last week. The
records contained startling charges of
I official corruption In South Carolina,
c.rntt in ( harlenton.
After taklnir the testimony of Mr.
Nlcholls. the committee began an In?
vestigation Of the alleged blind-liner j
graft In Charleston, charges concern- i
ing which were made at the Augusta
hearing, O'Nell proved to be an un?
willing withes*, and mfter evading
questions of the committeemen for [
?more than un hour, he was Induced !
to testify by a threat of Imprison- j
iinent. The witness testiiled that for!
about seventeen months he had been l
collecting "protection" money amount- |
inc to about $61 per month from blind- j
tigers In Charleston and turning the ;
money over t.. Chief Constab'.* Stot
liart * I
Eighteen months ago, he testified, j
Stothart way appointed chief constable ,
by Governor Bleaee. and a few days
later came to O'Nell's place of busi?
ness. 'Stotrmrt told me tnat the boys ,
.would be coining around to see me," |
I testified O'Nell.
The witness then testified that he
.collected the "protection" money from
'the retail whiskey dealers and about !
> a, month later plared IT under ^tot
hart's door In an envelope. The en
; velope. he testiiled. contained the
names of the dealers who had "con- j
trlbut-d " '"''Neil testiiled that the i
?protection desired" was given
I One other witness was called by tha I
[committee before adjournment was
taken for several days
I'ndrr lofliience of Wl.Ukey.
In his testimony before the commlt
tee, Attorney Nlcholls admitted that
he was in an Intoxicated oon'Htion
land knew little of the alleged Inter
I view between himself and K. S Reed,
!tho detective, alias S. N. Porter, the!
I Chicago attorney Ife stated that some
'of the statements by hint as recorder!
?by the telephonic device were rldlcu- ;
lous and denied any Intention of of- .
ferina n bribe tn Governor BloaSe for
the pirdon of Gus Peford. He denied
.also that he had done a big parcon
[business with the Governor.
Mr. Nlcholls also denied that he was
! a dele.cate to Baltimore, as has been
alleged, but stated that he may have
'mad- the statements while under the
I Influence of whiskey. He denied that,
the hod wired Reed to come to Spar
Itanburg to close the pnrdon deal, anl 1
that any telecram to that effert was j
i faked. I
FIFTY TO ONE MAN
Represents Two-thirds of Day'a *nlc
of TlrkclM i?i Roosevelt Convention.
Chi. ago, July IS.?The sale of tic?
kets to the third party national con?
vention lViJ Chicago .August s was
opened at headquarters to-day; With?
in a few hours it was announced $1,
jOO had been received, $1,000 of this
amount being for fifty tickets from
one man. whose name was not given
out. Medlll McCoimlck, said it wjs
planned to have toe receipts from
the tickets pay most of the convention
expenses, estimated at $25,000.
a general committee of arrange
! ments with various subcommittees
wns appointed to-day. Ralph C. Otis,
who has-been at Oyster Bay consult
I ing With Colons! Roosevelt, was made
; chairman. The committee U to have
charge of all d.t,Us, including dis?
posal of tickets and finances.
NAVAL FATALITY REPORTED
French Destroyer Humored < ot in Two
and < rew Drowned.
Toulon, France. July IS. ? It Is rum?
or, d that the French torpedo bo it
destroyer Cavalier, participating In the
mnnoiievrea nef Corsica, has been cut
In two In a collision and the majority
of the crew drowned. The naval au?
thorities say they have no news on the
?ubjccU ?
Official in Charge of Investigation and Murdered Gambler
Hatchet Is Hurled at Asquith's
Carriage, but No One
Injured.
SERIOUS AFFAIR IN THEATRE
During Entertainment Blazing
Chair Thrown From Box
Into Orchestra.
Dublin. July IS?The British Prime
Minister received a vociferous pop?
ular welcome here to-day. On his ar?
rival he was met by Augusttn Blrrcll.
chief secretary for Ireland, the na?
tional leaders and th-- Mayors of Duh
lin, Cork and other cities. A torch?
light procession, with forty bands and
thousands of lights escorted the car?
riage to a hotel amid a sustained roar
o| welcome, the Premier constantly
standing In his carriage and bowing
his acknowledgements, and Mrs As
oulth scattering flowers among the
crowd.
Suffragettes chartered small boats nt
Kingstown, about seven miles from
Dublin, with a view to making a dem?
onstration on the arrival of the Prem?
ier's boat, but were prevented from do?
ing so by the vigilance of the authori?
ties. A serious affair, seemingly of
suffragette origin, occurted. however,
at the Dublin Theatre where Mr As
qcith will speak to-morrow. Dt'flng
n;i entertainment, a bl.?.Ing chair, ap
! parently ollsoaked. was thrown from a
box into the orchestra. The curtain "f
the box caught on rtre and tlie audl
1 eiice was thrown into a panic. Atten?
dants extinguished the flames and
' order was restored. A woman who oc?
cupied the box made her escape from
i the theatre.
It developed later thai a second wo?
man was in the box and aided in the
, Incendiarism. In the confusion one of
the women cot away, but the other
, v> as arrested. The woman arrested
i gave the name of Gladys Evans Cains.
; from England She win be examined
bj a magistrate to-morrow. She is
said to be an English suffragette, it
Is reported that a supply of petrol was
found In the box. Another outrage oc?
curred while the procession wns pass?
ing Prince.-s Street.
Woman Throws Hatchet.
A woman threw a hatchet at the
Premier's carriage, but nobody was
injured. On the arrival of the car?
riage at the hotel. Premier Asqulth
and Mrs. Asqulth; John E. Redmond,
leader of the Irish Nationalists, aivl
the Lord Mayor of Dublin proceeded to
an elaborate!) decorated balcony,
where Mr. Redmond publicly welcomed
the Prime Minister A great crowd
gave the Premier an ovation.
Mr. Asqulth. in a brief Speech, paid
; this was tho nt|tt tSme ilie ^hlef
minister of the crown had visited Ire?
land since the act of union, and it
was beyond his power adequately to
thank the people f'.r the magnificent
j and (memorable welcome. He came,
'or. a mission bf peace between arti?
ficially estranged peoples. They
'would not forget Gratt and Parnell.
I now that they were entering Into tne
.fruits of the libo-s of these men
I The Premier said that he was th"
ambassador of t\ treaty of perpetual
peace between Inland and Groat Bri?
tain, and he assured the Irish people
I in behalf of the l.iheral party nnd
British Democracy thnt they meant to
bring their cause to 4 spend y is
> sue.
According to D.tctf reports, the m!s
s]o which was thrown at the Prim*
Minister's carriage struck Mr. rtcrt
mond on the head, Inflicting n slight
would, it was a heavy weapon, but
it was not throw i; with much force.
; otherwise it must have caused seri?
ous Injury to ihn Nationalist leaflet,
FIVE DEAD IN CLOUDBURST
Mnr.utnn Motel 1? Turned Over hv Rnsh
of Wuler.
Reno, N*ev.. Itilv Is?A special to a
local paper says that five persons are
known to be dead In a cloudburst at
Mrtrbma.
Tin Mnxuma H^',l was turned ov*r
by the rush of water.
A mile of track of the Nevada and
California Railroad a branch of the
Si nthern Pacific, was washed out b.
txeen Minn and Keeier. Telegraph
wires are down,
iKiM.i. ilk 11 WONIi mint
Pinners served Sundays', < <W to II P. M o.i
the delightful cool reol of Ihe Hotel Rieh
mend Music by the Hotel Richmond or?
chestra.
Sheehan Tells of Fund Raised
to Aid in Parker
Campaign.
CONTRIBUTORS NOT KNOWN
Remembers Belmont, but Does
Not Recall Other
Large < iiver.5.
Washington Ju.ly IS.? Tho Demoern
tIr. campaign (und contained about 81.?
000.000 when Alton B. Barker ran for
President in lt>"l. acco:Uing to W. P.
Sheehan, <-i New York, who testified
to-day before the Senate commtitce n
vcBtlgatlng campaign t'jnds.
.Mr. Sheehan then wns cnalrman ot
the Democratic National Executive
Committee. Money was sent by the
committee, he testified, to Maine. Colo?
rado and Nebraska, particularly.
? To Maine, did you say?" asked a
Senator.
"Yes, with very gratifying results to
the Democrats," replied Mr. Sheehah.
Mr. SheeHah wanted the committee
to understand when he estimated the
Democratic funds in i?pJ at ?l.OOu.OOO
h.- was not contradicting August Bel?
mont. who ?guessed'' or. the stand that
the amount was 1600,000 or f.T00<<.
"Matter or Memory."
"It Is all a matter of memory" in?
sisted Mr. Sheehan "I th'nk th- na?
tional committee used directly about
.800,000. I think there cam- through
th- committee some contributions for
specific use In New York Slate. I have
ae Impression that amounted to about
: j.Q0,0dl'."
Thi witness declared the commit tee
made a rule at the beginning Of the
campaign to accept no money from any
trtisti He believed no mich con?
tributions were made directly or In
' directly.
"There was $10,000 contributed." be?
gan lM.- Sheehan, "by the American
' Sugar Refining Company?not bi Mr.
riayemeyer?to the' State committee.
! Before the check was '.shed we heard
' about it nnd it was returned."
V mounts Not I.arm-.
Mr Sheehan assured the committee
that sums sent to Maine. Colorado and
Nebraska were not 'large.
"How much was sent to Nebraskaf
' Inquired Senator Oliver
"l think about $16,000."
"Mr. Bryan was the candidate for
the senatorship that year, wasn't he?"
"I don't remember, exactly: candi?
dates for senatorship were not?"
"Well. I think he was." interrupted
the Pennsylvania Senator.
Mr. Sheehan said he remembered
August lit lmont was a large contribu?
tor that year, and Senator Oliver risked
if Thomas F. Ryan were also a
j contributor 'in the same campaign
The witness responded that he was. j
I Senator Clapp asked the witness for
the names Of contributors of more '
I than $5.00n.
1 "I recoiled Mr. Belmont chiefly r.j- ,
ieatise of his testimony.'' replied Mr.
Sheehah. "1 was away up In Maine
.much of the time nnd did not hnv? :
! so much to do with the raising of i
funds. There were others who con- 1
tributed more than that sum, but 1
cannot remember them,"
i "Who was the most active In fie-'
curing money?" inquired Mr. Cta'pp,
Those liaising Money.
"Why, Senator, various people were
soliciting their own responsibili?
ty The members of committee
were ;irtive. People were circularized
We pubilshed requests for funds.
Democrats or people Interested In the j
success of the ticket came in to in?
quire if it wns satisfactory for them
to get out nnd raise some money."
I "Did you solicit?"
? Not much i devoted my energy
, to other work."
Mr. Sheehan said the late Daniel 3,
Lamont assisted him In collecting
j money, Colonel Umont had been con
I r.ected with corporations, he said, but
he could not remember what one-- .\s
lei the names of men vho contributed
tl iongh Colonel Lamoht, Mr. Sheehan
tie Id his memory would be as unsatls.
! factory to the commtitce at It was to
him.
I buries Mall In Altinn.?,
Asked If he could tell the cornmit
lei where It could find Charles If.ill,
I assistant trerisurci of the national
cr mmlttee In 1 f>04 nnd In charge 'of Ihe
campaign finnno bookf. Mr. Sheehan
replied Ihn he thought Hall might be
found In Albany.
"He Is a lawyer and a perfectly re?
spectable, man." ail.led Mr. Rhcchii'n.
Chairman Clapp returned h? meint
(Continued oa Second FageJ
PLANS TO HASTEN !
ENO DFCONBRESS^
Senate Agree? to Vote Upon
Three Principal Demo?
cratic Bills.
RESULT OF FILIBUSTER
House Adopts Rule Providing
for Ambitious Program
of Legislation.
Washington. July is.?yho Senate!
reached an agreement late to-day to I
vino upon tho three principal Democra- j
tic tariff and finance hills late next!
Week. The measures will be taken
ilp as follows:
Wool tariff. Thursday; excise tax
bill, Friday; sugar tariff. Saturday.
One calender day will be devoted to
each measure; amendments will be per?
mitted and a short debate allowed, and
the final vote on each will be taken
before the day's adjournment. Tiio
agreement came as thL result of a
Democratic filibuster which had far
two .lays held up the consideration of
the big sundry civil appropriation bill,
and which threatened to carry the ses?
sion of Congress beyond September 1.
The Democrats abandoned their fili?
buster alter the agreement was form?
ally accepted by the Senate. The re
fult Is expected to be a hastening of
legislation In the Senate, and an ad?
journment of Congress by August 10
er is Encouraged by the decision of
the Senate to vole on the three mea?
sures named, the House of Represen?
tatives many determine to act on the
mtton tariff bill, if this measure Is
.?-lit to the Senate, It Is believed ah
agreement will be secured to permit
a vote on It as on the other bills.
The important subjects remaining to
i>e considered arc the tariff bills, the
Panama Canal bill, the appropriation
measure and the Alaska civil govern?
ment bills. It la expected that the
Panama Canal bill will be disposed
of In about two weeks.
The concessions made to the Demo?
crats have cleared up practically all
points of difference in the Senate over
tariff and allied measures. An attempt
will now be made to hasten action on
the sundry civil appropriation bill,
which carries nearly $150,000,000 for
the annual support of government
bureaus
Ambitious Program.
Washington, duly IS.-?With a view
to utilizing every minute of the re?
gaining time before adjournment.
;the House to-day adopted a special
I rule providing for an ambitious pro?
gram of legislation. Under tho rule,
the House will undertake oonsldel'a
'tion of measures providing for the
jvtholltian -if the involuntary servi?
tude of seamen und a betterment of
Seamen's condition. registration of
.American ships and the Importation
'duty free of materials for the con?
struction and repair of such snips,
regulation of radio - communication,
revision of tha steamship inspection
[laws and compelling the equipment
I of ocean-going v. .'?eis with -wire?
less apparatus, extension of agricul?
tural education through Federal .ip
iproprlatlon a.vd the physical valuation
of railroads a,vl other common car?
riers.
i Minority Laiader Mann songnt en*
obtained consent to add to the list
jhls bill forbidding I ho importation of
diseased nursery stock or plants The ,
'measure, he said, was of the highest
Importance to tho agricultural Inter- j
ests of the country Representative ;
rtoddenbery. of Georgia, Democrat,
sought to Include in the list the meas
Urse to revise the immigration laws,
hut failed.
Consideration of appropriation bills, '
tariff bills and conference reports on
|y will be permitted In addition t? ;
the special legislative program.
Direct!) 0;?|?nn!nn trummenln.
Washington, .Inly IS.?Railroad con?
ti o[ of rh- Panama Canal, the rtglits
of American ships to free tolls, and
the form of government under which
the cnnal mmagement Is to b,- placed
were s ib n ets of directly opposing
arguments to-day from Senator? Vlran
rlegee, of Connecticut, and 'lownsend.
of Michigan, during conslder.itIon of
the canal bill In the Senate.
Senntor Brandegee urged the admis?
sion of nil ships to the canal at a de?
finite loll charge, with no favors to
' American vess. is if rnttroad-ownod
ships abused the privileges thus giv?
en l hem. h? said. Congress should
then pi ice the offending lines under
the Jurisdiction of the interstate
(Continued ou Second P-iisc.)
POLICE DEFENSE
RESTS IH SOLVING
MUHDER MTSTERV
W hitman D e c 1 a r e s
Trail Leads Where He
Thought it Did.
CALLS ON WALDO
TO TAKE CHARGE
Inquiry Can Be Conducted Only
by Agency of Detectives Who
Are Under Commissioner's
Direction?Involved Skein
of Motives Gradually
Being Unravelled.
New York. July IS?"The trail leads
where I thought It did." remarked
District Attorney Whitman late fod;tv.
This was Just after he had heard thi
statement of "Jack Rose, the frl-nd ot
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker and
tii man who hired the gray automobile
in which the slayers of Her mam
Rosenthal, the gambler, drove to the
spot where their victim met his fate
? arly last Tuesday morning. Llttlo
by little the Involved skein of motiv, -t
and personalities behind the kilin?
is being unravelled and to-night It
seemed probable that other Important
arrests would follow speedily.
Rose's surrender and confession that
he hired the 'murder car.'' although
declaring that he was not in it at tho
time of the shooting, were the b'g
events of the day In lite pursuit of the
baud who shot down the man who had
accused members of the police force
with being in partnership with gamb?
lers. Oilier developments of Interest
or significance were not lacking how?
ever.
Mayor Oaynor took a personal hand
In the Investigation. sending for
Lieutenant Becker, against whom
R? ienthal'f first specific charges were
made and three other policemen, ami
being closeted for a long time with
them in company with Police Com?
missioner Waldo The outcome of th%
consullaDon was not made known,
but the Mayor look occasion to give
out a letter he sent yesterday to tho
commissioner asking that Becker and
the oilier otllcers be brought beforo
him.
Mayor Cypresses Surprise.
The Mayor'.- letter expressed stir
price that Becker should sit down to
dinner with a man pf Rosetithal's char?
acter.
"That he did seems to be admitted,"
th- Mayor commented.
District Attorney Whitman had hisl:
say in a letter sent to Commissioner
Waldo to-day relating to the com?
missioner's request for an immediate
and complete investigation of allega?
tions of partnership between police?
men and gamblers.
"When you asked this hefore." wrote*
Mr. Whltr*an, "Herman R-osenthal,
who had made the charge was alive, t
had proceeded f ir that he was to ap?
pear before the grand jury and give de?
tails ahtl names of other gambles to
substantiate tils charges. On Hie night
preceding the day fixed, he was as?
sassinated, evidently by men who feur
.-.1 his testimony, or their agents, on
tho principle that dead men tell no
tales.
"Yoil are the one to defend the re
I u tat ion of '10.400' policemen. Their
real defense rests In the unraveling
of this murder mystery, and you have
under your direction a small army ot
dttectlves and a fund of money applic?
able to detective work.
"The newspapers have printed my
autographic statement to the effect
that I do not charge the police Depart?
ment with the murder of Rosonthnl,
The insinuation that I am moved by ft
desire for publicity In attacking tho
Inge body of policemen on account of
th. wrongdoing of a few is untrue, un?
fair, and seems to he :,n attempt to
turn public attention away from tho
vital point
r.tll dwt -ail co daJgwp replei cmf w
"Herman Rosehthal charged that
"he had been forced Into partnership
with a police lieutenant, and that oth?
er gamblers were in a similar situa?
tion. Just as he was about to testify
en this subject and to give OetallH
and names, ho was murdered publicly
?dramatically. You demanded and
continue to demand that his charge bo
lnvct>v>>;>^ted. How? by what wit?
nesses, lie is dead, fie has taken
tii.- other names with him. In tho
fa< ot this murder, will otner gam*
biers rush forward to tell? Will
guilty policemen confess? Is this In?
quiry one that can be conducted, ex?
cept by the agency of detective?,
which branch of the public servlco
Ir under your charge .nil direction'.'"
U III Tell Ml i he) Know.
Aaron Levy, counsel for Louis Lib
by and William Shapiro, alleged own?
ers of the "murder car," Intimated.
thu> his clients would be glad to tell
..?11 they knew, if the district attor?
ney accepted them is witnesses. Ho
asserted they were themselves inno?
cent of any part In the crime
Sam Paul, who delivered the mes?
sage of Deputy Commissioner Doug?
herty yesterday to bring Rose to
headquarters, late to-da< ?-s closet
ed with the deputy commissioner and
Inspector Hughes Ftv< other men
later Joined Deputy Commissioner,
Dougherty and Sim Paul The. con?
ference lasted a couple of hours.
Poucherty sntd after this talk that
he believes tho men who committed
the murder .ire still Ir. New Yorfif
"We're going to make three or four
goo,] 'ir-TPSt.- rtcht sway. X am pret
ty S'lVe." he sal I
Meanwhile, the entire police de?
partment has been ngititrd by a re?
port that there is to be a widespread
{"shake up." and that many polios)
I "heads" are to fall as a result of
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