Show i i I. I i I Big Time Gambler G Dies Refusing II To Inform Police Name of Slayer NEW TORK YORK Nov 6 AP AP Arn Arn- Arn old eM M big time gambler ler Who bo tho had been a prominent nt figure in inthe intoe the toe city's night life Ufe for many years d whose activities th the a authorities aye ive investigated In on several occasions cicca- cicca occa occa- Ions died today refusing refusing- In ac acCordance accordance ac- ac with th the codo odo of the un- un orld to reveal the identity of lU k slayer Working without his aid the poliCe po- po liCe have reconstructed reconstructed- what they relieve believe e leve is the story of what led up to jo o the shooting and the actual scene I n the room in the Park Central when h b n RothsteIn walked In Sunday 11 ht y tn response to a a. telephone call i Earl Early in September six men gath- gath r i In the West ered ill in an apartment Rothstein were Fifties Hump There McManus George of San Francisco Raymond Nate from the tho Hub Max Meyer Boston known only as and a nan fIlan the Dude east cast from who came ame Titanic reputation of a ap ap Chicago with the p p nger mger one card face It waS stud poker most lethal of the down four uP where games of card alt all varieties Betting began money lino is at stake century being st stand stand- nd a gently the hours went on onto onto ard It rose as insl But the luck was s to 1000 a grand drank smoKed even leven The others Rothstein smiled said swore softlY little and then spoke No thanks on page pasc 5 5 D. D Continued Big ig Time Gambler G Ga ibler Dies T Refusing To lo Inform Police Name of Slayer Continued front from r page pasc 1 1 4 1 only in bets But n. n soft ho purr ns aslie he made his was impatient BETS ON SPADES A thousand I hold a spade than you Jou TitanIc he said Done Done- n He ivo won Th The game gani had started the tho evening early In passed and Dawn came Day came Still the game went on It was 6 o'clock on the second stein hen RothStein Roth Roth- stood up For how much have you ou boys bos taken No me he asked money had passed hands only memoranda up to now They figured fig fig- sit at close to about In stakes arid and ti tha rest In side b bets lie ts hc h said them what he had about it was and then still softly ly told them the high hi spade turns were crooked that they could whistle f for r their a money l i hired d two to bodyguards tw two more Vi Ills creditors of Then the same game be became aine Insistent Then Thea things t seemed n 1 to settle down down- The bodyK bodyguards body body- K guards became irksome lIe JIo dismissed dismissed dis dis- missed them Sunday night ho was sitting at the corner table able in Lindy's ant at Fiftieth street and Broad- Broad way wa waa a table always s reserved for him im when en a tel telephone call came McManus rc wants me over at the Park C Central hel herald ai A A. few moments mo- mo mo iio ments later he staggered down the stairs at the hotel a bullet hole in his bis side In a room at the hotel police found two whisky bottles one half full several glasses an nn overcoat with McManus' McManus name in th the pocket There was i. i hole in the screen Outside in fn the street the gun had been found a warm cartridge In its chamber MIN MAN PICKED UP One man was vas picked up Ul last night questioned Some Somo say it was Nig gel ger Nate Broadway heard that McManus lc sent word to the the- police he would go so to headquarters if H Rothstein died What that means no one no would sa say although it was whispered that l Ic McManus lanus had been b trying Ying to o act as peacemaker that he be was Rothstein's friend He knows who killed Rothstein and will tell If he dies say the whispers Friends of Rothstein say he wasn't the fixer of or the Ue world series of or 1919 1010 that ho was offered the chance hance and refused It He wanted no sure thing they sa say sa He was one of the best insurance salesmen in iii the country his commissions commissions com corn missions running s second cond best one year rear He owns several parcels of rea real estate and is rated close to in Broadways Broadway's bool books 5 The TIle shooting brou ht back his I wife I from whom he had been es estranged cs- cs for several months She arrived at the hospital In an expensive expensive sive shoe automobile from her Fifth avenue avenue ave aye nue flue home Extra police Details have been stationed at various arious strategic centers centers cen cen- tel'S in the i roaring oaring Forties Two patrolmen watch the doors at Polyclinic Polyclinic Polyclinic Poly- Poly i clinic others keep the crowds of or soft speaking men who walk on tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe tip tip- toe from loitering in front of Even for Broadway its it's a abig abig abig big thrill |