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Show One of the Occupants of 'Murder Car' Makes Appearance New York, July 23. The gunmen wanted for the killing of the gambler, Herman Rosenthal are beginning to fall into the nets. Harry Vallon, one of the five notorious gamblers who were in the "murder car" the night Rosenthal Rosen-thal was shot, surrendered himself to the police this morning and within ten days Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty expects to round up the whole ga-?. With the men who actually ac-tually did the shooting in the tolls the main work of District Attorney "Whitman "Whit-man and Deputy Police Commissioner Commission-er Dougherty will commence that of trying to learn the Identity of the conspirators who ao greatly desired that Rosenthal be done away with before be-fore he could make further revelations revela-tions of the relations between the police po-lice and gamblers. Several of New York's prominent citizens have offered to pay for a pri-vnte pri-vnte Inestigation into the question of w'hether police partnership with the gamblers led to the slaying of Rosenthal Rosen-thal Commissioner Dougherty remarked significanth to District Attorney Yhitman that "I guess we agree as to who is back of this killing" But the public prosecutor does not feel that Commissioner Dougherty can swing the investigation of the killing alone as he Is of the belief that the police department will give no real aid." The surrender of Vallon may be folio wod by the oluntary appearance of other gangsters known to have been in the "murder car" the night of the killing Besides Vallon there were Harry Horwltz, best known under un-der his gang name of "Gib, the Blood," "Dago Frank." nn East Side gangster, gang-ster, "Lefty" Louie and "Whit" Lewis. Lew-is. Vallon has nothing of tho appearance appear-ance of a gangster of the meaner sort. His appearance at police headquarters dumbfounded the desk sergeant and he had to convince the desk sergeant as to his identity before he was locked lock-ed up. Vallon drew up at headquarters in a taicab and loungers saw a fastidiously fastid-iously dressed, dapper, little chap stop lightly out from the car and swinging a cane from a gkned hand, mount the steps of the building "Kindly tell me where the detective detec-tive bureau is," he asked Then Vallon appeared before Lieutenant Lieu-tenant McNally and gave himself up and was locked up after that astonished aston-ished official could summon an officer offi-cer Commissioner Dougherty prepared to give Vallon the "third degree" to learn further of those who hired the gunmen to kill Rosenthal That some of the gunmen who killed Rosenthal have fled the city is believed by detectives. de-tectives. District Attorney Whitman, when told that counsel for Shapiro was ready to have the chauffeur of the "murder car" turn state's evidence if he would be protected, said: "I will protect evory man in this case if I can get the evidence I want aaginst policemen; evidence I know exists. 1 will let Shapiro and Llbby turn state's witnesses if I can get the police conspirators." Mrs. Herman Rosenthal, the murdered mur-dered gambler's widow, came to the criminal courts building and at once went into District Attorney Whitman's office It was expected she would testify before the grand jury. - |