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Show Police Had Well Laid Pla'n for the Rosenthal Rosen-thal Murder New York, July 22. A picked band of gunmen was selected to shoot down Herman Rosenthal and had had a rehearsal re-hearsal of tho killing, It was said by officials of the prosecutor's" office today. to-day. Investigation shows that there was not a slip in the plans and that the principals behind the plot wej"& most careful to establish alibis. William Wil-liam Shapiro, held in connection with the killing, Issued a supplementary statement, revealing how the gunmen kept the 6treet in front of the Hotel Metropole for 30 minutes before tho murder, apparently that the "murder car" might have a "clear getaway.' Shapiro said at least sixteen men must havo known of the "croak" to be pull-od, pull-od, as they were in front of the Metropole, Met-ropole, ready to blackjack or kill, if necessary, any one who interfered with the job, or tried to block the getaway get-away of the gun fighters. The coroner's Inquest will be held this afternoon, when several of the principals, now under detention by the police, probably will be called aa witnesses. wit-nesses. There Tere reports that "Bald Jack" Rose had "squealed," and that Commissioner Com-missioner Dougherty was in -possesr slon of the names of all the men who were in the "murder car." Dougherty has promised Important arrosts, but further than that will not discuss the case. "Big Jack" Selig, gunman and gang leader, will surrender today, it was reported. Because of the Illness of Mrs. Rosenthal, Ros-enthal, wife of the gamblor. District Attorney Whitman announced there would be no session of the grand jury The prosecution wishes to call Mrs Rosenthal as the first witnesss A world-wide search for the Rosenthal slaers is on The names of the men have been known to the police through a third degree given several prisoners and the gunmen are believed to have fled, having become convinced that the police po-lice "system" will not be able to protect pro-tect them. Some of the East Side "gang men" whom the police are looking for are "Lefh" Lewis, a gunman. "Whitej" Lewis, Harry Vallon, gambler, Sam (Continued on Page Eight.) on (Continued From Page One.) Schepps, a gangster, and "Itsky," another an-other ganGstor. It was learned that Rosenthal had scarcoly fallen to the sidewalk under a fuslllado of bullets whon some one telephoned District Attornoy Whitman: Whit-man: "You had better go down to the Motropole. A pistol will bo found on Rosenthal's body." Tho prosecutor hurried to the scene and satisfied hlmsolf that thero was no weapon on tho body. Ho then went to the police station and found out that no montlon had been made of a weapon In the entry upon tho police blotter. Later a story developed from several sev-eral sources that tho murdor plot Included In-cluded a statement to he given out by the pollco that Rosenthal had been killed In a gambler's duel. District Attorney Whitman's prompt nrrlval on tho scono Is said to have thwarted that 'part of tho plan. |