St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 19, 1912

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| VOL. 64. NO. 365.

oT. LOUIS, MONDAY 'Y EVENING, AUGUST of 19, 1912—14 PAGES.

HPS SUPPLES ‘ROOF 10 INDICT MEN HIGHER UP” of Murder Crew Killed Rosenthal

: Thersted Jack se’s Story to Whitman LICE ATTEMPT TO - GET THE PRISONER

‘Gmft Suspects Find They Have Been Shadowed for _. Months by Detectives Act- Z - ing ona Tip to the District By Leased Wire From the New York aren ef the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Sam Schepps. jate of the gunmen who killed Her- Rosenthal, corroborated _ Jack ae’ story of the'crime today to Dis- Attorney Whitman, who boarded Focatn at Albany and conferred with oa pps on the way to New York. \The account of the killing and the events that preceded it is now in shape * Caesh indictments of the ynuch- a ght “men higher up,’’ the prosecutor ' Although Schepps was nervous he as- “gured the prosecutor that he would tell “frebly all he knew of the events which “ted up to Rosenthal’s death. Whitman “and Gchepp breakfasted with Assistant ict Attorney Rubin, who has had » of Schepps since his capture at Springs. Schepps was not in the murder car at the time of the shooting he was in it earlier in the evening. 4 Police Try to Take Him. | A clash between the District Attor- ‘my and detectives from police head- "quarters occurred as soon as the train ‘pulled. into New York. Detective Hag- gerty, who said he had been sent by Deputy Commissioner Dougherty, tri¢d totake charge of the prisoner, but Whit- man insisted the District Attorney’s of- -fiee alone should have charge. When asked if he had told all he knew-econcerning the Rosenthal case ‘to the District Attorney, Schepps grinned and replied: _ “We didn’t discuss anything like that. | We just had a nice chat.” ' Two or three, and possibly five, in- _@ictments for grafting or extortion will “be found by the grand jury as soon as ‘the inquiry into the murder of Rosen- fh is disposed of. | Of the men to be indicted, one is a d p “member of the triumvirate credited with _ eontrolling the gathering of protection ‘money by the police and two are in- 4 @ectors of police. Suspects Are Shadowed. | The evidence to be produced by che ao: Attorney antedates the murder of Rosenthal by several months, and | fome of it was in the possession of the ‘District Attorney's office before Rosen- r } thal started to “get even” with Lieut. Becker for double-crossing him. It re- - sulted from the constant shadowing of ive or six men whose connection at That time with the gamblers was not Etesmet of by the public. _ The trouble was caused by “Bald 2 ' Rose. Becker was the first raider os after the poker clubs, but Rose Says that Becker thought they were too "800d to let get by. One of the clubs to Which he sent Rose happened to be fre- “quented by big men. fn politics, and Rose demanded a fee of $150 a pmenth for Becker, the members got angry. Rose was told to go back to “seeker and tell hirr that if he were not Seretul there would be a big police iy up, with sad results for him. | Becker took the hint, and the club was | BO molested further, but some of the “Members, angry over the other tricks + that had been turned, decided to get 3 )@¥en, and information was sent to Dis- = Attorney Whitman in a rounaabout omy that if he would watch Becker and | me of the inspectors, he would dis- tover something that would be worth ng. , Quest On for Five Months. . Five months ago the suspected police- Were put under surveillance and Rosenthal came along with his it was not new matter to Whit- mt merely corroboration of facts leaned from other sources. pf the material points in the of Jack Rose have been cor- Whitman now has 12 wit- me actual shooting, other than Wlecged accomplices. Five of PWitnesses are ready to identify po our hired gunmen who took part pe the Killing of Rosenthal.

erences AGREE TO $15,000,000 WARSHIP bie BSHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Conferees te Pi naval appropriation bill agreed i my to provide for one battleship at ‘2 of not more than $15,000,000. An in POpriation of $2,535,000-is to be avail- m® forthe beginning of the work. The *Baval bill in other respects was orted as approved by the previous — ence and is now aceeptable’ hs ‘ . — .Z is o* eh + ¥ . > ‘ * ee 8 ’ 3 ud = = : 4 e * &§ @ “ > 3 ' “ * | #4 2 . : : :

Flanagan Breaks Away After He Is | Attacked on the Street by Lambert. > Fe Ge okenss Fa a wee

Monday. was safe in the city hall. agan’s office, 112 North Ninth street, East. St.. Louis, and opposite the- Eas Side police headquarters. For some time Flanagan and the city adminjstra- tion had been at outs and Flanagan had relentlessjy lampooned the Mayor An article more inflammatory than usual had caught the Mayor’s eye while he was at lunch. It attacked Lambert Lambert declared ‘ne became so angry that he did not read it through. He hed started back te the city. hall when Flanagan drove up in\front of his office in an auto. Bystanders say the two saw each other about the same time and that Flanagan seemed to try to avoid Lam- bert, who apparently was determincd not to be Ris o> Lambert rushed upon the lawyer- editor, who started precipitately towards the door of the office pbuilding. the Mayer caught at Flanagan’s c»at, grasping ‘the tall in his fingers. He struck twice at. Flanagan’s head but both blows fell short.’ \ Sorry He Didn’t Hit ‘Him. There was a ripping. sound. Flanagan broke away, but pleces of his t mained in the Mayor's clutches. Somebody shouted then that Flana- gan was returning with a gun. The Mayor hastened across thé street. He had scarcely disappeared through the doorway of the city hall when Flan- agan appeared. in front of the office building, his face white with anger, a double- barreled shogtun held ready for action:-in his hands. Flanagan remained on the sidewalk a few minutes. After. hesitating a bit he returned to his office with the gun. He told a Post-Dispatch reporter shortly afterward that he would seek redress against Lambert in the courts at Belleville. The article which had so inflamed the Mayor’s wrath appeared on the front page of “Truth’’ in heavy black type. Across the page was a large line in capitals: ‘“‘Blackleg Bargain.” Under this was the second line: “Lambert Sells City to the Terminal.”’ “T didn’t intend to hit him at first,”’ Lambert told a Post-Dispatch reporter. ‘IT wanted to have a talk with him. But when he tried to dodge me I became angry and I can say truthfully that I aid want to hit him and good and hard ,at that. “T have stood his abuse in that paper for weeks and weeks and I am tired of it. I am. sorry that his coat was made of guch. flimsy material that [ft tore when it did.” The feud between Flanagan and the city administration has been of long duration and has been. characterized with bitterness on beth. sides. Angered recently at acquittals of sev- eral cilents, for whom Flanagan was attorney in the Justice Courts, the East Side officials on two. oecasions sum- money negro juries to try cases in which he was interested. In both cases the negroes returned: verdicts of con- viction. FAIR WEATHER AND EVEN TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURES.

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“There'll be woman President some day,” sald Mrs: G. “Do you really think ao, my dear,” asked her husband. “Indeed I 4o. When the rigst woman is found as 4a candidate the rule of man wil! bé ended. Such a woman will arise. She will be of strong will. She will know just what she wants and how to get

You go out to the kitchen and tell Lena tance. She'll win in a walk.”

some point in the county, when he be- ) came sick. | zen Incensed.at an article that had appeared in Flan ‘‘Truth,’’? Mayor Charles S. Lambert of East St. Alexander Flanagan, ei and editor, on the awe - Ria. » r eG eee ee Ne it MY S ‘ is & oer hand, ran into his office. and came back with a sho time he had returned, Lambert had hastened across the

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DOCTOR, HELD AS. WASTED 00 eo Saloon, Denies H gars, Cash and

Dr. Leo C.- Lemoine, clan and medical col says that a few years ago he was. $150,000, lay in a cell the. | ‘Street, Police Station, Monday, - with. the theft of a few /ci bottles of whisky and & lecturer, |

other bottle a short two cigars in his of the same braid as | had were stolen, he said, also 4 | of whisky and the contents of the « register. Practiced for Dr. Lemoine was a Beaumont Medical Go ticed for 12 years at nue. He told that he tion, and put shan of race horses; He own horses in the days w was cat its: height in. eventually lést most of’ his own and other men’¢ In 1904 he became a ie gery at the College of Physicians pense Burgeons, and jhe continued to. be a member of the faculty there. until last February. He was later arrested on complaint of Dr. Waldo Briggs, dean ot the college, who complained that. he gave annoyance by visiting the college at all hours and sleeping tn. the’ ctangs ~

rooms. He was not prosecuted at the time the first arrest, byt after a second rest on the same charge was fined in the Dayton Street Police Court. ae fine was stayed on his promise that he would keep away from the college. _ Second Wife Left Him. ” Px Dr. Lemoine has been twice ma Hig first wife, who had two ch divorced him, and the second left a few months ago. He has boarded gt pa Easton avenue, next door to saloon where he was found sunday morning. ee He said he was at a moving wre show Saturday night, and that when ‘th er'tered the saloon he told the ¢ er he might go to sleep there. POSTPONED GAMES | IN BOTH NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago vs. Philadelphia; rain Cincinnati ve. Boston; AMERICAN LEAGUE. St. Louis vs. New York rain. Chicago vs. Philadelphia; wet Washington vs. Cleveland; rain. rs a “ >» yu + — : ae r I 12 F : ani ay ¥ 4 } Mi é f Morfig Sicher, 55 years ¢ Lindell boulevard, @ tray man, was dining at F way and zim Monday. » Wiliam |

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