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HOW HE BECA]V
Bald Jack in Confession Declares
Murder, "I Saw the Squeale
* a Piece of His Tongue Off i
Others.
The World presents Bald Jack Rose's
own story of the killing: of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler, at the Hotel
Metropole In West Forty-third street
early In the morning: of July 16, and
of Police Lieutenant Charles Becker's
connection with the "removal." This
Is Rose's confession?"his squeal"?in
^ full.
In August, 1911, I was part owner of
^ a gambling: house at 155 Second Ave*
nue. ' It was raided by Lieut Becker
and his strong arm squad. The next
morning at Essex Market court at
First street and Second avenue, x met
Lieut. Becker, and went up to him and
asked him if it was a fact that he still
had two unserved warrants against
the place. He admitted that he had.
I then promised to produce the missing'
men that were named in the war^
rants which I did, and the warrants
were served on the street in front of
the court My reason for this was that
I was anxious to get back and start
operations at the same place, and could
not do this with warrants out against
* the place, as we all knew it was a trick
of men in charge of raiding squads to
always hold out one or more warrants
of a raided place to be used as a
means of again raiding a place if they
resumed operations, without going
through the same process of securing
evidence over again.
While these negotiations were going
on between Lieut. Becker and me, we
grew quite chummy, and soon I asked
him what disposition would be made
^ of the case and he said, well for $20000|100
I will guarantee you to have the
case thrown out, but he said you must
instruct your attorney to waive examination
and I will take care of it down
town, which I did. I paid him the
$200 in the bar room of Hirschhorn's
saloon at Second avenue and First
street.
He then said he would like to meet
me again and we arranged for a meeting
on the following Sunday at 144th
or 145th streets and Broadway as Becker
then lived in that vicinity. I met
* him that evening in a taxi cab and we
rode over to the Arrow Head inn, where
we sat and drank and talked. He told
me that he was about to start out on
a long line of raiding and he also inA
tended to get some money for himself.
^ He said that he wanted to show some
activity first and then start In to get
some money for taking care of some
places and he thought that I would
make him a good man to collect for
him.
Agreed to Accept 25 Per Cent of ColV
lections.
I agreed to the proposition and the
terms agreed upon was that I was to
get 25 per cent of all my collections. At
that conversation he told me that he
had then In his possession evidence
against a pool room on Third avenue
and Seventy-ninth street conducted by
two men, Hoch, (an ex-policeman) and
Arrnburster. He said on the following
day he would have the affidavit ready
upon which to apply for warrants but he
said you can see these people and if
you can get J500 from them, I will destroy
the affidavit and go no further. I
toad him I would see them and report
to him.
That night I saw them and explained
the situation to Hoch and Arrnburster
and arranged to have them meet Becker
the next day at Essex Market court,
^ where our case was to be called. They
w came there and I introduced them to
Becker, and Becker insisted that he
would talk only to Hoch and together
they walked down First street and had
a talk when Becker returned alone and
said to me, "Walk down street, meet
Hoch and he will give you some money."
I walked down, met Hoch, he handed
A me a package of money and I returned
and handed it to Becker in Hlrschhorn's
saloon, where he was waiting for
" me.
? I then met him a few days later and
he told me to prepare to get busy as
he said he was going to make a couple
of big raids that would force all the
gamblers to sit up and take notice. He
then raided a place on Forty-fourth
street and a place on Fifty-second
^ street, and before the raids he told me
* to start out and begin to get keepers of
gambling houses to pay me money for
protection against being raided by the
"strong arm squad."
I didn't have much standing in the
f gambling business and never was
known as a collector or a man wno
stood In with the police, so I called on
Brldgey Webber to help me out. He
talked with Becker and Becker told
him to help me, and he started out with
me. The amount of the tariff agreed
upon was to be $300 a month. Those
who made payment that night were
Betz street: McDougall ?street;
Uudin street; McCullough on
street. Blumenthal & Tobin on
X street made their payments direct to
Becker but I secured my 25 per cent as
I had spoken to them about it, but as I
said before, they never knew of me
0 holding such a position before so they
made it a point to meet Becker each
month alone down town.
Tells of Places Where He Gave Becker
Money.
I had Dollar John at $300, Sam Paul
at $300; Jimmie Beattie at $400; Curley
on Tenth street and Fourth avenue at
$200.
I used to meet him at different places
to turn over what money I had to him.
I used to meet him at my house morn-1
ings, or at the corner of 110th street
and Broadway in the Dion Palace cafe,
or in the subway station. A place we
met oftener than at any other was the
Union Square hotel. Fifteenth street
^ and Fourth avenue, where we always
sat in the rear dining room and I passed
what money I collected or talked
over matters with him.
VRY
)F THE KILLING.
jction With Lieut,
ker.
1EC0LLECT0R
j Becker Said to Him, After the
r and Would Like to Have Cut
ind Hung it Up as a Warning to
Everything was going along smoothly
until Becker met Herman Rosenthal.
Like In my case. Rosenthal and Becker
soon became fast friends. Rosenthal
secured the appointment of two men,
Foy and Mlchaelson, to Becker's squad
and Rosenthal and Becker had an arrangement
that these two men were to
work under Rosenthal's instructions.
He was to select certain pool rooms
that these men were to bring Becker
evidence on.
Rosenthal had a double purpose to
accomplish. He wanted these men to
remain on Becker's squad, and to do
so they must make good. Rosenthal
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ness he had an old score to settle with,
and last and most important he needed
Becker. He explained to Becker not to
question these men too closely about
any places they came back and told
Becker that they had evidence against.
Rosenthal said after they break Into
the place they will be able to pick out
the employees.
Describes How They Obtained "Evidence."
One of the first places raided on this
system was a place on South Sixth
street, Williamsburg', conducted by a
man named Dorsey or Alnwick. Rosenthal
went over to Brooklyn one night'
and sat in a restaurant near by, named
Tony's. Foy sat at another table.
When the day's work was over the employees
of the pool room would come in
the restaurant for their dinner. Rosenthal
talked with them and Foy was
memorizing a description of the men.
The following day warrants were issued.
The police raided, Dorsey hunted
me, protested against such a deal.
Incidentally there still remained three
or four unserved warrants. Dorsey was
In a rage. He talked with me, and I
aranged a meeting for Dorsey and
Becker, which took place at the Lafayette
Baths. The matter was talked
over and Becker agreed to turn in the
unserved warrants for $600 00|100. Dorsey
protested that he was In financial
difficulties and could not do it. He was
given until Monday to make good and
on Monday he met me at the Baths and
gave me $600 00|100.
Rosenthal followed this up on another
place, a man named Lawson either
at Cortlandt street or Park place. Then
next was the San Souci on Thirteenth
street and Becker and Rosenthal were
becoming great pals, then Rosenthal
talked to Becker about taking an interest
in his place at Forty-fifth street
by investing $2,500 00| 100. They talked
back and forth and finally Becker
agreed to let him have $1,500 on a
chattel mortgage on his household
goods. Rosenthal did this, secured the
money and we opened up. Becker told
Rosenthal he wanted Rosenthal to take
care of me and he declared me in for
25 per cent which I agreed to split with
Becker.
Begged Becker Not to Raid Rosenthal's.
Matters went along but Becker kept
telling me almost every day after that
that Waldo was after him to raid Rosenthal.
He said he was doing the best
he could but things were getting very
warm at police headquarters ,and finally
Becker told me one day at Union
Square hotel that his mind was made
up he would raid the place. I begged
and pleaded with him to abandon the
idea. I pointed out all the danger, particularly
as he told me he intended to
just raid it without evidence secured
in the regular way.
His reply to that was- that he had to
make the raid and he was going to
njake Rosenthal a present of the $1,500
with which to cover whatever expense
Rosenthal would incur. Well he
raided the place, ordered the mortgage
cancelled, and thought that ended it.
After that Becker and Rosenthal had
several meetings but could not fix the
matter up and the policeman continued
in, stationed in the house. Rosenthal
was growing desperate. He began
threatening to tell what he knew.
Becker said to me when I told him
what I heard that he wasn't worried
that he had all ends covered.
It was about this time that Jack
Zelig was arrested on a charge of
carrying concealed weapons. Some of
Zelig's friends came and told me of it
and also told me that there were some
nasty rumors around associating my
name in the jobbing of Zelig. I protested
my innocence, and became
alarmed and rushed to a telephone and
called up Lieut. Becker, and asked him
about it. He said he couldn't talk to
m& then but would meet me later in the
day at the Union Square hotel which
he did, and he told me then that it was
a fact that Zelig had been framed.
I explained to him the seriousness of
the charge and of what danger it
meant to me. Well, he said, if you do
Zelig a favor, will he do one in return?
I told him I did not know Zelig as I
had never met him. Well, he said, find
out his friends, talk to them and tell
them if they want to save Zelig and
themselves that Rosenthal is the man
that is stirring up aJl the trouble in
New York and I want him murdered.
Wanted Rosenthal Murdered in Any
Way.
For a moment, 1 didn't quite grasp
his meaning. I said, do you mean you
want Zelig's friends to go to him and
threaten him that if he don't stop going
after you they will beat him up?
Why no, he said, I want him murdered,
shot, his throat cut. any way to take
him off the earth. He went further, he
said if anybody will murder Rosenthal,
nothing can happen to them. I will
take care of that, and if these men
downtown don't accept the job tell
them that not one of them will be left
on my roundups. I will find where
they hang out and I will frame everyone
of them up and send them up the
river, for carrying concealed weapons.
I said, why most of these fellows
have given up carrying revolvers on
account of the severity of the Sullivan
law. He said, what difference does
that make? Zelig didn't have one. My
men when they start out on these
night trips always have a few spare
ones that they will produce in the station
house. Now, he said, it is one
thing or the other. Rosenthal to be
croaked or the fellows down town to be
framed. All this while I was only
thinking of my position, the fear of the
crowd, who knowing I was Becker's
collector, were accusing me of Jobbing
Zelig. I said to him I will send for Zelig's
friends and talk with them.
Rose Sends for the Killers, Lefty Louie
and Whitey.
First I. met Harry Vallon and Bridgle
Webber. I told them of it all and they
agreed with me that as far as I was
concerned It was a serious matter, so
we went to dinner at the Cafe Beaux
Arts and there telephoned and located
two of Zelig's friends. Lefty Louie and
Whitey. They came to the Beaux Arts
and told them of mv innocence and
as proof of it Bridgey paid $250 to the
Empire Surety company to release Zelig
on "bail.
We warned them of Becker's threat
to frame everybody and begged them
to stay olT the streets and that the
only remedy was the murder of Rosenthal
as Becker said Rosenthal would
make sque&lers out of others, and his
murder would act as a warning to any
future squealers. The next day Zelig
was released on bond and I met him
for the first time. I explained that I
knew his case was a "Job," also told
him that It was only the beginning of
a long campaign of framing by Becker
and his men unless Rosenthal was
murdered. Zelig wouldn't have anything
to do with it and besides he said
he wouldn't have any difficulty proving
his innocence at the trial as he had
many witnesses to prove his innocence.
I saw Becker and he asked me what
I haul accomplished. I told him everything
was arranged, and the men were
out on the job. I also said that I hoped
for the present there would be no
more framing and he said there wouldn't
be. He kept asking me every day:
Well, Isn't that job done yet? I said,
they are on the Job. Well what is the
trouble, all that is necessary is to go
right up to where he is and blaze away
at him and leave the rest to me. Nothing
will happen to anybody that does
it. I will take care of that
Told to Do It After Torti Shot Zelig.
I said all right. In the meanwhile
the Torti case came up and Zelig was
remanded to the Tombs in default of
$10,000 bail, and Becker at once came
to see me and he said now is the time
to get those fellows to croak Rosenthal.
Zeaig is in the Tombs, a lot of excitement
about gangs, etc. Rosenthal can
be murdered. It will be blamed to some
gang trouble as he is known as a leader
of gangs.
I argued that on the contrary it
would hurt Zellg's case. That while
Becker and I knew he was Innocent, the
general public who do not know the
workings of the police figured he was
guilty and he would be railroaded and
my position was a terrible one.
Why, he says, now you leave it to
me to take care of everybody. I said I
had to get Zelig out on ball first to
clear myself. I finally succeded In raising
the money for the ball, got Zellg
out, gave him $50, asked him to leave
town until his case came up as I figured
by that time Becker would be through
as the head of the strong arm squad as
there were rumors afloat to that effect
I thought everything would blow
over, but Becker kept asking, demanding
why Rosenthal wasn't dead yet. I
offered one excuse after another, until
finally he said, I guess you can't make
good on that proposition. I will have
to do it myself. He then started to
work on Bridgey Webber. He said to
Bridgey: I guess these fellows don't
take much stock in Jack. I wish you
would go after it for me, Bridgey. After
all the assurances he gave Bridgey,
Vallon and me about everybody who
will have a hand In the murder will be
absolutely safe. But on the other hand,
if it isn't done quick I will do it myself
and send everybody down town to
state's prison.
Went Out to Fight Rosenthal.
It was shortly after this that one
night about 2 o'clock I was In Still's
restaurant on Third avenue with Harry
Vallon. Webber came In and said
there was some people around the baths
waiting to see us. We went around and
found three men waiting. Webber sat
aside and Vallon and me talked with
them and they were very anxious to find
Herman that night We got a taxi and
started up town and located Herman in
the Garden restaurant with his wife
and Jack Sullivan. We waited around
until they came out and they started
after htm when they noticed a man
following them all the way and decided
that he was a Burns man, as there was
a report around that Burns men were
acting as ooayguaras ior noseiunai, so
it was put off again.
I reported all this the next day to
Becker at the Union Square hotel and
he was furious to think that such a
chance got away. He said all this delay
was getting dangerous as Rosenthal
now had interested District Attorney
Whitman and they were getting after
him through District Attorney Whitman.
and he had submitted affidavits
exposing Becker and his methods and
naming me as Becker's collector.
Becker said evidently Rosenthal has
got corroboration as Jack Sullivan was
keeping Becker posted to the effect that
the district attorney would not let
Rosenthal go before the grand Jury unless
he had corroboration, so Becker
said Rosenthal has evidently succeeded
in getting some one to testify. He
begged and pleaded that the gang be
sent out to take and murder Rosenthal
if they hau to break in his house to do
it and he said assure them nothing will
happen to them.
Decides to Have Nothing to Do With
the Murder.
T then made up my mind it was time
for me to get out. Also Jack Sullivan
had told me that a subpoena had been
issued for me to explain my transactions
with Becker. On Saturday night
I slept at the baths and on Sunday I
went to the Sam Paul outing. I slept
at the baths again on Sunday night and
on Monday morning I started for
Arverne to pack a bag and leave town
until the thing would blow over as I
knew positively that with corroboration
Becker would be in trouble.
I reached Arverne. packed a bag, got
an afternoon train out of Aveme and
came to New York, got out of the sub
way at Fourteenth street, drove to the
Lafayette baths and left my bag there.
,1 met Jack Sullivan who told me that
Becker said he wanted word got to
Dollar John and a man by the name of
Abie the Rubbele also a man by the
name of Abe Hallow, that grand jury
subpoenas were out for them, and to fix
them up as to what testimony they
would give. I rode up In a machine to
Webber's met him and explained to
him what Becker wanted. He got into
the machine with me, left me at the
baths, and he continued down town tb
find the men mentioned, while I wait*
ed at the baths, where I received a meat
sage from Becker telling me that two,
newspaper men would be at the baths I
asking for Harry Brown. These men!
he wanted to secure an affidavit from
Dora Gilbert, which would have
tendency to discredit Rosenthal.
I waited at the baths, and at six
o'clock these men were announced.
Shepps went up and sold he was
Brown. I went up to take a look at
them, and I recognized Plitt as a man
I knew wen in connection with Becker.
I Joinpd them, and we all went downstairs
to dinner. Webber in the mean
while returned, announcing that tne
men whom subpoenas were Issued for
would stand by Becker with that assurance
and the possibility of getting Gilbert's
affidavit didn't leave much room
for Rosenthal to hurt Becker, and I felt
relieved. After dinner, Vallon, Shepps,
Plitt and the other man who I found
later was a notary from East Broad*
way, named Smith, they all started for
Gilbert's house.
Becker Said He'd be Happy if Job
Were Done That Night
I remained in the reception parlor
awaiting a message from Becker, which
I received, asking me what had been
accomplished. I explained all the doings
of the day, and he said if the bastard
would only get croaked tonight
how happy he would be. I told him
his murder was not necessary any more
as he would on tomorrow stand disgraced
and discredited.
He said that wasn't enough if he only
could get croaked before the night was
over how lovely everything would be,
and he said they will say the gamblers
did it on account of his threatened exposure
and leave the safety of the murderers
to him. I told him I would attend
to lb I went back up stairs and
fell asleep when I again was called to
the telephone. This time it was Vallon
telling me the Gilbert affidavit was
ready, and asked me to come around to
see it.
I walked around to the Sam Paul
club where I met Jack Sullivan and
talked with him. I telephoned for an
automobile, and Sullivan asked me to
take him to Madison Square Garden to
the tights, where he had an appointment
with Becker, which I did. I left
Sullivan at the garden and went to Gilbert's
house' where I met them all at
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I laid down on the bed and waited!
when they finished. j|
Plitt said it was still-time te get I*
in the Morning Telegraph. I telephoned
the office, a man was assigned, he
came down, got the story and asked me
to drive him to the office, which I did.
I returned and volunteered to take the
entire party home. The arrangements
were to let Mrs. Signal and Vallon out
at Fourteenth street, then continue on
with the rest of the party. As we reached
Fourteenth street a tire blew out.
We ail got out and I suggested to
Shepps to telephone to the Boulevard
for another machine, which he did. The
gray car with Shapiro arrived, the remaining
party thanked me, and decided
they would go home without the
machine, and they did.
Vallon, Shepps and myself and three
others went into Sharkey's where I
drew a check In payment of the machine
I used, and we stood at the bar
talking. I then thought of wanting to
see my brother-in-law to borrow some
money to leave town with the next day
and asked Shepps and Vallon to accompany
me up town.
Gang Goes in the Car to Webbers.
When we got on at Seventh avenue
I thought I would look in on the gang.
We stopped at the house, Shepps got,
out, rang the bell and Frank looked
out. Shepps called him down, and we
asked him where the rest were. He
said they received a message to come
down town. We took him, ordered the
machine to go down town, and stopped
at Webber's when quite a crowd was
gathered at the door. We all went up
stairs and sat around a table, ordering
something to eat and drink. Some
one came in and reported Rosenthal
was at the Metropole. Everybody started
out of the place.
I remained behind and insisted that
Shepps remain with me, which he did.
After a while Shepps went out. I waited
around when some one came in
with the report that Rosenthal had
been murdered. The place was all excitement,
all sorts of reports coming
in. I waa dazed. I laid down on the
couch faint. Soon some of us went
down and sat on the stoop.
Webber suggested I telephone Becker.
I asked him where I could get a
booth. He said at the Times Building.
I walked over there, asked the opera
tor to pot me 6,694 and I spoke to Becker.
I ask him if he had heard the news.
He said, yes, some newspaper men telephoned
him. I said. My God, Charlie,
this is awful. He said, now don't worry,
no harm will come to any one. He
said, where are you? I said at Webber's.
He said, I will be down town
right away.
Would Have Liked to Cut Out Piece of
Rosenthal's Tongue.
I went back and told Webber and we
waited a long while. He came along
all smiles and we walked down to a
doorway and started to talk. Jack
Sullivan was there and walked down
with us. As we got In the doorway a
man came along whom we knew and
Jack Sullivan didn't want him to see
Becker so left Becker, Webber and myself
there while he went away to talk
to this man.
I opened the conversation by saying,
"My God, Charlie, this is horrible. There
will be heil to pay." He said, "What
is the matter, don't worry, leave all
that to me." I asked, "Have you seen
him?" and he said, "Yes, I saw the
squealing bastard. I would of liked to
taken my knife out and cut a piece of
his tongue out and hang it on the
Times building as a warning to possible
future squealers." He said, "Well,
I was saved the trouble doing it myself,"
he said. I became tired waiting
for you fellows to get the gang to do it.
so decided tonight to do It myself.
Intended to Do the Job Himself.
I asked him how. Well, he said, after
I left Jack Sullivan I Instructed Otto
to drive by the Metropole and to
slow down without stopping. I Intended
If Rosenthal was there to take out
my gun, blaze away at him and then
tell Otto to keep going, but he wasn't
there. I said, well, what about these
fellows. He said, I will take good care
of everybody concerned. To Webber
he said, see that these fellows get
enough money to get out of town. Say
atyut a thousand dollars between them
wHich Webber said he would. Which
makes $1,500 from Webber.
He Instructed us to wait while he
went to the station house to see how
matters stood. We waited at the door
for a long time. Finally I saw a man
go past In an automobile and I asked
him to come back and take me down
town, which he did, I got out at Fourteenth
street, at Signal's house, woke
them and found Vadlon and Shepps in
bed. They dressed and came out I
walked with Vallon to his house. Returned
to the baths, undressed and laid
around in misery. I got out about noon
time to get ready to change my clothes
to keep an appointment Jack Sullivan
made for me with some newspaper men
and a subpoena server at the Garden
restaurant.
Ross Hands Soma Money to the Mur
derers,
I went home, to 110th street, 111 In
mind and body. I remained at the
house until I received a message from
Shepps saying the people were waiting
for me at the Garden restaurant. I refused
to come down. Shepps said Webber
had money to give me to give to
those fellows for Becker, I told Shepps
to get it and mee>t me at Fiftieth
street and Eighth avenue. When I met
him and Webber and two. of the men
who were In Webber's the night previous,
Webber handed me some money.
He said It was $1,000. I handed It to
these tellows and told them Becker
said to lay low for a while and everything
would be O. K.
I left them accompanied by Shepps.
Went to Pollock's house where I collapsed.
I was put to bed and asked
Shepps to go out and in some way get
word to Becker where I am and to have
him call me up which he did. He
laughed and Joked and said, don't worry.
Just a couple of days and everything
will be O. K. That night Becker
called me again and said get A. J. Levy
to look after the Interests of the driver.
I started Shepps out to get in touch
with A. J. Levy. I later received another
message that Levy had been retained.
He kept In constant communication
with me either by telephone or
through Shepps, cheering me up. Finally
on Wednesday morning I received
a telephone message from him advising
me to give myself up as they
were asking for me In connection with
the Gilbert affidavit
I said, Charlie, I am almost crazy. 1
am sick lo-aslnd and body, I don't dare
Jrtuft myself being questioned. I am
TOmtrg of you and I will surely make
a mess of It. He said, well, I guess you
are right; rest and stay there awhile
until I 'phone you. I received another
message later In the day telling me to
come to Lawyer Hart's office as he
wanted to see ma I told him I was
sick. He said,' well, I will send him to
you.
Signs Affidavit Hart Prepared for
Him.
I remained In bed and telephoned to
Dr. Friedman to Far Rockaway to come
to me. About 1 o'cflock that night Lawyer
Hart and a notary' came to see me
and began questioning me. I was on the
bed, asking to be left alone, but he was
most insistent that everything was all
right, all that was needed was the explanlng
away of the $1,500 transaction
and everything would be all right. I
let him go on questioning me, and he
put down whatever he wanted and I
signed it
Shepps who was In an adjoining room
waiting, came in when they left and I
said to him, Sam, I have been tricked
and duped, it looks like Becker is trying
to make me the "goat." Shepps assured
me it was only my nervous state
that made me think that. Why, he
said, I had a talk with Becker and he
said, everything is O. K. Just sit tight,
you and everybody else will be all
right, he is looking after-everything.
I felt reassured but all night rocked
and tossed with a fever. On Thursday
a. m., I got a newspaper and read
A. J. Levy's statement about me, and I
realized at once that there was treachery
somewhere. I awoke Shepps and
told him I was going to headquarters
and give myself up, and tell all. He
went out with me and said, first telephone
Becker.# We went to a drug
store, telephoned the house and the
man on the switchboard said the telephone
is not working.
I then hired a taxi and started down
town. Shepps all the while accoml>anying
me and begging me not to do
it before I consulted with Becker, But
I was determined and continued at
about Twenty-fifth street. I asked
Shepps to leave me, which he did. I
went to headquarters and waited the
arrival of Deputy Commissioner
cw?ugniery.
Becker Appears at the Door "Pale as
a Ghost."
I was taken in the office with him
and Hughes, and questioned about the
murder. Then Doughtery left me, returned
and left the door open, and
Becker appeared in the doorway pale
as a ghost. Dougherty said, shut the
door, then he questioned me about
Becker, the trick of having Becker appear
in the doorway had its effect, my
heart went out to him, and I denied
any relationship with him.
I was then charged with an accessory
to the murder of Herman Rosenthal.
I was taken from there to the
district attorney's office. I met Mr.
Whitman. I was taken to the Tombs
where I kept getting messages from
Becker through Plitt, advising me to
sit tight and not worry, as he was looking
after everything, including my
family, but I was sorely troubled^ and
the talks I had with my attorney convinced
me I ought to tell all.
I began to see a iot of things that
looked like I was to be made the goat
and Lawyer Sullivan was advising me
to tell adt, and Becker heard of this as
I received a note from Plitt telling me
to engage Lawyer Moore. I turned the
communication over to my attorney.
Moore came to see me, but I insisted
he talk with Mr. Sullivan, but aside he
whispered to me, Becker sent me. 1
told him I could no longer trust anyone
but my attorney. '
Then PHtt sent me another note, ad-?
vising my getting Lawyer Abrams, he
said Sullivan would not do. He called
my family up and advised them the
same. I was determined to do just as
Lawyer Sullivan advised and I did tell
all, and Vallon and Webber were only
too anxious to join in and tell all, as
we realized we were tools and were going
to be made the scapegoats.
THE GASOLINE ENGINE.
How to.Doctor tho Creature When It
le Sick.
The following Instructive article on
the diseases of the gasoline engine
and the remedies therefor, has been
sent out from Clemson College:
When a gasoline engine that is known
to have carried a load refuses to do so
again we should not condemn the ma
vuuic as a. wuuic, uui anuuiu unuerstand
that probably one small thing Is
out of order, and we should search for
and repair this trouble. The best general
treatment for the diseases of the
gasoline engine is to make free use of
the proverbial ounce of prevention In
the form of gasoline, good cylinder oil,
a good battery, a good wiping rag, and
a frequent and close Inspection of all
bearings and working parts. South
Carolina has no law regulating the
quality of gasoline offered for sale,
And the farmer must sometimes accept
an inferior gasoline or do without The
low grade gasolines contain cheaper,
less volatile oils, and do not vaporize
easily, especially in cold weather.
Pouring hot water on the carburetor
will help to get the engine started In
case there is this trouble, and the heat
from the engine itself will usually vaporize
the gasoline after the engine
warms up.
Care should be exercised In applying
hot water, not to get water into the
carburetor.
If gasoline contains water it may be
removed by straining through a piece
of very fine wire cloth or through a
piece of chamois skin.
Regarding cylinder oil, on account of
the very high temperature of the interior
of the gasoline engine cylinders
special oil having a high burning point
should be used in the cylinder. Ordinary
machine oil or steam engine cylinder
oil should never be used as the
heat of the gasoline engine cylinder
chars these oils and covers everything
Inside the cylinder with a deposit of
carbon that soon prevents contact in
the. sparker and stops ignition.
The writer hap observed the case of
one gasoline engine which was in excellent
condition being discarded by
the operator, on the ground, that it
could not be depended upon, when the
only trouble was that the operator,
despite repeated advice to the contrary,
insisted on filling the lubricator
with any oil that looked black and
thick. Use a good grade of gasoline
cylinder oil and not more of It than the
manufacturer's directions call for.
If ignition occurs any after the end
one secret of successful operation Is to
know your battery. Every gasoline
engine operator should have a battery
ammeter which may be bought for a
small sum, and with this the battery
should be tested frequently. A good
quality of dry cell suitable for ignition
should read from twenty-flve to thirty
amperes when new, and a cell should
be thrown away when it will read
lower than six amperes.
One dead cell in a battery greatly
reduces its power and should be replaced
as soon as discovered.
Battery connections should be examined
frequently, as they are very disposed
to work loose, especially If the
battery box is subject to any shaking.
A source of trouble in gasoline engine
operation is the occurrence of the
spark at the wrong time. When the
spark occurs in the cylinder the gaseous
charge is ignited and burns very
rapidly, producing the pressure in the
cylinder. Since a small amount of
time Is required for the maximum
pressure to be established after ignition
occurs it is necessary for ignition
to occur slightly before the piston
reaches the end of the compression
stroke in order that the piston maybe
started on the working stroke with
the greatest pressure acting on it
If ignition occurs any after the ef"
of the compression stroke, a very great
loss of power results. When it is necessary
to change the time of ignition It
can best be done by trial, the adjustment
being made to produce the greatest
power in the engine. This is very
easily Judged after a little practice.
Regulation of the gasoline valve in
the carburetor will vary with different
atmospheric conditions, and should always
be set to secure against greatest
power.
FEMININE AUTOCRATS.
Women of Sahara Rule the Men With
Rods of Iron.
The Tuaregs, found in the vilayet of
Tripoli, are descended from the Auxoriani
of old, who in the fourth century
took Leptis from the Romans after
eight days' selge.
Among the Tuaregs, writes Hanns
Vlscher in "Across the Sahara," it is
man, the brute, who by all the laws of
the country has to obey the women.
Descent is traced through the mother.
Woman shows her proud face to all
the world, while the man goes veiled.
In the presence of a woman of noble
birth men cover their faces and heads
altogether. The women give the children
what little instruction they have
onr> train them to resDect and obey
them.
The stick he carries and the gTeat
wooden box into which he puts what
his wife suffers him to have are all the
man possesses and all he retains if for
some reason his wife chooses to divorce
him.
In Ghat when a man goes out after
sunset he is usually followed by a negro
servant, sent by his wife to dog
his steps, and woe to him if he forgets
himself or comes home too late! He
will find the door shut and must count
himself lucky If he is not put on to the
street altogether.
The young man who in spite of all
this wants to marry must pay a heavy
sum for the bride, to obtain which he
is obliged to look for other means than
his usual work of the Arab trader.
Thus he is forced into taking part in
one of the annual rhazzias.
The women decide when the right
moment has come, and the men sally
forth against some luckless caravan or
to the rich highlands of Tibesti.?Detroit
Free Press.
|ftis?Uanrous grading.
TARIFF FIGHT IN CANADA
Renewal of the Demand for Reciprocity
With Thia Country.
The eastern manufacturers and the
other supporters of the present government
are beginning to be thoroughly
aroused by the unmlstaken demand
of the west for wider markets, as evidenced
in the recent Saskatchewan
election, in which the sole Issue was
reciprocity. The campaign In that far
western province was poorly reported
In the eastern newspapers, but echoes
of the fight are beginnig to be heard
here and the conclusion that the coming
session of parliament will develop
the greatest tariff light ever seen in
this country is Irresistible.
Two utterances have been made during
the last week by men prominent
in Saskatchewan which show clearly
the temper of the west The facts set
forth in them may be summarized as
follows:
There is a poslbillty of another grain
blockade this y.ear, as previously
pointed out several months ago In this
correspondence. The railways undoubtedly
have done their beet to prepare
for quickly handling the crop, the
Canadian Pacific, which will handle
the major portion of it and all of it
practically east of Port Arthur after
the close of navigation, having added
greatly to its motive power and rolling
stock, has largely reduced its grades
and has double-tracked large portions
of its main line, notably between Winnipeg
and Fort William.
As the western crop increases the
necessity of free access to the-markets
to the south becomes all the more
urgent Besides, it is pointed out that
Great Britain is the only considerable
European purchaser of Canadian
wheat, and Great Britain has about
reached the limit of her purchases of
Canadian wheat as there is no prospect
of any considerable Increase In
the population of the British Isles. As
the production Increases, therefore,
other markets than Great Britain must
be looked for if the wheat growing industry
of the west is to continue to
flourish.
From Winnipeg to St Paul is less
than 500 miles and to Chicago it Is
only 900 miles, and the hauling of grain
to those great markets does not involve
the crossing of great deserts, or much
more than zero weather. The prices
in those markets are higher for all the
Canadian grains than at Winnipeg or
Fort William, so much so that if the
American duties were removed the Canadians
could afford to pay a stiff
freight rate and still get more for their
product than they do now.
It is generally believed, or at least
hoped here, that the Democrats will
win the presidency this year. In -fact,
it is assumed here that they will
win and that they will forthwith lower
or remove the grain duties, Assuming
this to be so, the Borden government
will immediately be confronted by
a difficulty. Immediately after such a
reduction or removal of the grain duties
in the United States a large quantity
of Canadian grain will be shipped
during the winter months into the
United States markets, increasing rapidly
as the United States consumption
continues to increase there.
The advocates of the renewal of the
reciprocity issue point out tnat at tma
Juncture the Borden government will
find a still greater demand for the removal
of the duties on United States
manufactures, for are the cars that
carry out the Canadian grain to return
empty? It is believed that In this situation
Mr. Borden's government will
meet with a storm that it can never
weather if it maintains, its present
stand.
Another feature of the situation is
the inevitable subsidence of the inflation
of values in the west Enormous
liabilities have been Incurred for urban
property which is not likely to be
built upon In this generation. The boom
in farm lands is less dangerous and
when the reaction sets in immigration
is likely to fall off.
Another spokesman for the west
says: "The Liberals are quite cocky
and think reciprocity is far from being
dead; the Conservatives are shaking
their heads and admitting that the old
disloyalty cry and the religious cry
will not serve them next time, and are
openly admitting the necessity for a
reduction In the tariff. Now is the
time to strike for a wide range of markets.
We asked last year for agricultural
products only. Let us go them
one step further and ask for reduction
all around. It is the old fable
once more of the Sybil who doubled
her demands each time she was refused
and her ultimate demands had
to be granted."
It is a certainty that the organized
grain growers of the west are coming
here early in the next session of
parliament to renew their demands for
reciprocity, and with the Saskatchewan
election returns fresh in the minds
of the government and with many
manufacturers freely admitting that
the defeat of reciprocity last year was
a great blunder from a tactical point
of view, the coming session is bound to
write a new chapter in Canada's fiscal
history.?Ottawa Correspondence Boston
State Journal.
THE MOTOR CYCLE.
Younger Brother of Automobile Becoming
More Popular.
The motorcycle is the younger
brother to the automobile and is
growing in popularity. Within the
last twelve months greater progress
has been made in motorcycle construction
than In any previous year
of Its history.
In the days of the bicycle a century
run was considered a fine test of
physical endurance. To cover the
hundred miles the bicycler bent low
over the handlebars and peddled incessantly
up hill and down dale. His
eyes were blind to all beauties of landscape
that the winding road unfolded.
Only when he coasted down the
slope that he had surmounted did he
have a chance to straighten his back
and look about him.
The motorcycler sits erect. A hundred
miles on his swift wheel leaves
him less tired than ten miles pumping
at the pedals used to. On the motorcycle
the day's ride is one long
coast. A run of a hundred miles
costs only a few cents and brings a
fortune in the way of enjoyment.
The motorcycle has been found Indlspensible
by inspectors of roads, of
telephone and telegraph linea The
country doctor gets a call over the
telephone from a patient a dozen miles
away and Is at his side In less than
half an hour. The rural mall carrier
on his motorcycle distributes his letters
along the country side as rapidly
as the city pc itman makes deliveries
In a single block.
Commercial travelers are taking
more and more to the motorcycle, for
It widens Immeasurably the field of
their usefulness and activity. A section
of the police department of every
city is mounted on motorcycles. In
fact, there is hardly a branch of business
which, having begun by experimenting
with the motorcycle, has not
adopted it.
In the army the swift, compact and
powerful motorcycle has become extremely
important In this country and
Europe there are corps of express
traders mounted upon motorcycles.
Military scouts and dispatch bearers
race at high speed along roads and
lanes and footpaths, hopelessly outdistancing
the couriers mounted on
horseback.
In cases of emergency it has been
found possible to transfer substantial
re-enforcements to points fifty and
even a hundred miles distant at a
speed scarcely equalled by that of a
railroad train. The battle of the future
may be won or lost and the fate
of nations decided by the motor driven
bicycle. The motorcycle's importance
and Its sphere of usefulness
are widening continually and no one
can predict what its limits are.
The motorcycle o ftoday Is cheaper,
more comfortable, cleaner, quieter
and easier to start and to operate
than any of its predecessors. One objection
that the man of moderate
means has found against the motorcycle
has been its cost This is rapidly
disappearing. Motorcycles cost on
an average of $25 less this year than
last. Nearly every manufacturer has
lowered his price.
In some cases the reduction has
been $15 or $20 and in others as much
as $60 to $70. Owing to the first cost
of materials and workmanship, it is
hardly likely that the motorcycle ever
will be as cheap as the bicycle, but it
is probable that it will not be long
before the thousands of people who
have been riding bicycles will be able
to afford to discard them for the
speedier and more powerful machine.
Another fault that has been remedied.
in the motorcycle of today is the
seat. In traveling at a high rate of
speed the ordinary bicycle saddle and
the former modifications of it have
been found to be uncomfortable and
tiring. The experience of the automobile
manufacturers has been drawn
upon to correct this and it has been
accomplished by the use of the floating
or spring seat One type of this
plunger working in the rear diagonalframe
tube. There are two springs.
One takes care of the rider's weight
and the other absorbs the road shocks.
This Improvement is especially Important
because in going over rough
roads the bouncing up of the rider
sometimes comes dangerously near
unseating him. Another way of attaining
the same comfort In the saddle
Is by using a spring frame. The
springs aredn the rear upper stays. By
this arrangement not only the rider but
the weight of the rear half of the machine
is carried by the springs.
The present tendency Is to use larger
tires than a year or so ago. The
standard size for motorcycle tires has
been 28x2ft inches, but the 1912 machines
In many instances are fitted
with two and three-quarter Inch tires,
or at least with rims that will take
that size. In the 1913 models which are
Just appearing the three inch tire Is
being tried.
It took a long time for the automobile
manufacturers to devise and Install
a satisfactory self starter on their
machines. Two or three years ago a
self-starter was a rarity. Now practically
every new machine is equipped
with one. The motorcycle manufacturers
have been going all through the
same period of development, trying to
figure out a foot starter that could be
applied, to their machines. At last one
of these is now on the market
The fact that so many motorcycles
herald their coming by a series of explosions
like the rattle of a rapid fire
gun is no sign that the- manufacturers
have been idle or have made little effort
to decrease the noiseness of the
machines. Too many motorcyclists still
tinker with their mufflers so as to
make them ineffective, because the continuous
trail of explosions that follow
them attracts attention to their flight
through the city streets. Some think It
is a better warning signal than the horn
and others are Just as fond of the
noise. On the whole, however, the motorcycle
is growing less and less offensive
as a noisemaker. last year's output
of motorcycles was valued at
about 365,000,000.
Cod Industry is Growing.?The cod
Is probably the most prolific of all sea
fish, though its habitat does not extend
over as large an area as other species,
says the Wide World. The cod Is only
found in northern waters, and will live
and thrive only in certain temperatures.
Some day, owing to the wonderful
asset which Newfoundland possesses
in her cod fishery, she is destined
to be the great fish depot of the
A T f la not olona on iVio OTAat
n VI IU< AW 10 uv/b (kiviiv v?> mt o*
"banks," many miles off her coasts, t hat
cod are found in countless millions, but
around the Island?on the "ledges"
and "grounds" off the capes and promontories
that Jut into the Atlantic, as
well as on the Labrador coast, for a
stretch of 1,000 miles. In these regions
you require no hatcheries to aid the
wonderful fecundity of nature; indeed.
It is doubtful if you require any laws or
regulations to protect these fisheries
unless it be in the shoal waters of
the bay.
Notwithstanding that for 300 years
the fisheries of these waters have been
prosecuted by rival fishermen of two
hemispheres, the largest catch of cod
ever taken on the Newfoundland and
Labrador coasts that was secured in
1909, the yield being estimated in
weight at 1,800,000 quintals, or 201,000,000
pounds; to which may be added
200,000 quintals?the quantity locally
consumed in Newfoundland during and
after the fishing season. The value of
the fish alone, without any regard to
the by-products?oil, roes, skin, offal,
etc.?is $10,000,000.