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Show j AUTO DRIVER I TELLS STORY J More Evidence Against I Becker Brought Out in Confession. 1; I . Now York, Oct. 30. William Shtt- plro. chauffowr of the automobile used Jy .the aac-ASBipfl of Horman Rosenthal jii the night of Julj' 1C, raado a cou- fecalon to District Attorney Vhitnian yeBterday which shalterB the late.Jt , rontention of Po11ca3 Lieutenant Doclc- j ' er's lawyers that Harry Vallon fired I tho fatal shots i The chauffeur posltlvelj identified "Gyp the Blood " ' Lefty Louie," "Dago "Da-go Frank" and "VhiteyM Lewis a having been his onlj passengers (o and from lc Metropolo oji tho nlgnt of the murder. Tho confesaion constitutes absolute corroboration for the testimony of Rose, Webber, Vallon and ScheppB as to tho movements of the "murdor car," so called, and is believed to bo tho laat link in Uio chain of evidence needed to convict tho four gunmen. Only Four Passengers. A single Eontonco uttered by Shapiro Sha-piro probably means the electric chali for the four aosasslna. It was Just this ''The four passongor3 I look from Webber's gambling house near the corner of Sixth avenue and Forty-faecond Forty-faecond street to tho Metropoie and thon brought them away again Immediately Im-mediately after the shooting, wero 'Gyp tho Blood,' 'Lefty Louie 'Whitey Lewis and 'Dago Frank.' " Shapiro admitted that he had known the four gunmen for a long time as members of a band of gangsters formerly for-merly led by "Big Jack" Zellg. Ho declared he would have told all he know about tho event? of tho murder weeks ago had it not been for a foar that he would be killed. Fears Vengeance. "As it Is, tho friends of these fellows fel-lows " 111 probably kill mo If I finally get my freedom," Shapiro told tho district, attorney. "I have already been warned that I would be killed If 1 talked, but my lawyer and my mother advised me to tell everything. I havo decided to do as thoy request and ec-I ec-I copt the consequences ' Mr. Whitmnn made the positive! I declaration that no stipulation of immunity im-munity had been entered into wlih Shnpiro In return for his sen ices as a witness It is understooa, howecr, that no ono connected with the prosecution prose-cution believes tho chauffeur had guilty guil-ty knowledge of tho plans of the mur-dorerB mur-dorerB As a result It Is likoly that the indictment which charges Shapiro with being nn accomplice will to quashed Shapiro said in Bubstance. "The flrBt intimation I had that Robc pr any of his friends wanted to use my automobile on the night of July 15 was when I received a telephone tele-phone message at tho Cafe Boulovaid about 10 p m. Tho voice at tho other end of tho wire gave tho name of Jack Rose I havo since learned It was Sam Schopps speaking for Roso. I was Instructed to pick up tho partv J at Tom Sharkey's saloon on Fourteenth Four-teenth street. j "I drove over to Sharkey's place Rpse, Vallon. Schepps and someone I whom I did not know got into the , car and I was told to drive up town. I The next stop wns at the comer of I Sixth avenue and Forty-second street, where the passenger I did not know l got out. Pick Up "Dago Frank." "After a few minutes delay I was told to drho to tho address In Harlem, Har-lem, where wo picked up the man whom I knew as 'Dago Frank.' 1 le-membor le-membor clearly that -when we stopped stop-ped In front of tho house Schepps got out and went to tho door. 1 could not soo Just what ho did, ns I was: tinkering with tho engine of my car, ,but I tUppo8e ho rang tho door bell as. when I looked up, I could ece a man leaning out of an upper window "Roae, who V.-Z3 sitting in the fiont 3eat with rac, bocloned for tho man to come down At the same tlmo ho called Schepps. who returned to tho automfibile, and as soon as 'Dago Trauk' got In wo started back down town. "Not a thing was said duiing this lido to arouse my suspicion I thought the crowd was planning a 'big night' and was glad of tho opportunity to havo thorn as passongers, ao I know Robo was a good spender Ho had used my automobile mam times before be-fore and had necr klckod about the charges. Told to Walt. "It was after 1 o'clock when he got back to Webber's place. I did not leave the car, but tho otheis did. I a3kod Rose if ho was through with mo for the night. PIo said: To, you wait here. Somo of the bo.VB will want yen ngain ' That was good enough for me, so 1 turned the car around and waited on the opposite side or Skth avenue ' "Probably a half hour elapsed be-1 fore I waB called. Thon 'Daqo Frank." Whitey Lewis,' 'Gyp the Blood' and 'Leftj Louie' came down and got Into the car. 'Whitey' seemod to be the lender of tho party, at least he was doing most of the talking. Ho told mo to drive around tluough Forty-third ctreot, turn the car around and stop on the opposlto side of the stroot from the Motropolc. The boys wore all well dressed and I thought they wore going go-ing to tho Metropoie for drinks or something to eat. "As we entered Forty-third street the thoroughfare wa3 freo from trat- lie On account of the late hour I I did not consider this strange but I jrcmomter one of the men said Look, (fellows tho street's clear, Becker 3 got everything fixed' it may seem strange that knowing tho men as I did these statements did not lead mo to belioo eomethlng was going to be pulled off The fact of I tho matter is I neor would have be-.lioed be-.lioed they intended to commit murder mur-der "After I turned around and stopped opposlto tho Metropoie, as I had been" diiected, tho four passengois got out and walked acrosa the street A number of people wero standing about the entrance to tho hotel at the time, but I did not soo either Rose, Webber, Web-ber, 'Vallon or Schepps. Aoused by Shots, 'i did not pay much attention to what was going on and must have been nodding wben the shots aroused me. All 1 saw of the shooting wac the flash of tho rcvolveis. Then the men the same four I had brought there came running back to tho car 1 "Ono of tho men told mo to hurry dip and get to moving. I was frightened fright-ened and did not know what to do I started slowly toward Sixth avenuo, but rncod my engine, hoping that tho pollco would catch up with us By this time I hnd realised that my paa-Eonccis paa-Eonccis had been in a shooting scrawo "Wo wore nearly opposite tho Elk i club when ono of tho men struck at mo with the butt of a rovohcr. The blow grazed my fac so that it bled This made me hurry, as 1 was badly scared. "But when wo got to Sixth avenuo I thought I eaw another opportunity to let the police catcli up with us If I thoj wore following us at all A southbound surface car was passing at the time and the street to the north was blocked b a cab. I slowed down until the machine was bareij moving Tho street car passed and I w-as told again to 'beat it' This time I coulJ feel tho point of a pistol barrel against my head and 1 obej od " i oo - |