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Show Hj I In the vocabulary of the gang Hfj man thcra Is no moro hated word Hw than "snitch."', ' Snitch has many J synonyms. ' Among certain .gang- Hf store the snitch Is called a squealer, fl m Among school children whose main H f object in life Is to break tho teach- HH cr's rules, the snitch is called the H ! t tattle tale. 9 ;. To be a tattle tale In school one El ' ; miist undergo tho scorn of all his ' fellows. To be a snitch in the un- Hj ' derworld, scorn is not the only pun- ; lsliment. The pistol is the supreme i judge which tries the snitch. H Gangmcn would rather dlc:.,oX HH wounds inflicted by their -enemies Hj !. than to snitch. Many of them havo H ' died without telling who fired the H fatal shot. One of the most noted fl - snitches of recent years noted' be- H . cause of the enormous system ho H . revealed was Herman Rosenthal. H who paid the penalty of the snitch Hi '. in front o'f the Melropole Hotel one HH ! hot July morning in New York in H 1912. He was led from the hotel H by a supposed friend and after the H ; guns of the gangsters had spoken H -' Rosenthal lay dead on the pavc- HH , tnent. H Rosenthal was a gambler. In his H gambling house the laws of New H 1 York were violated every "hour un- H l dcr protection of the police. One H f night in June the gambling squad. JL under direction -of Police- Lieuten- Hj ant Charles Becker, raided "the H 'ik place. H I Under the rules of the system it H I is all right for police to raid a H K- gambling house they are protecting. H It make tho people think the police H are trying to do their duty. lios- H r enthal did not object to the raid, H r but objected to Becker making lht? H f raid. According to Rosenthal. H Becker was a partner in the gam- H bling house. Becker received a H i monthly wage of $138 a month as H lieutenant With .that salary he had H I accumulated a fortune of. $70,0.00. H j His fortune came from' protecting H rf such places as Rosenthal's, the gam- H ; bier said. H Becker not only closed Rosen- H f (hal's . place. Ho posted guards H ; around the house to warn people H ; away. Rosenthal became angry. HH I He began to talk. Ho was, warned HH 1 to be silent. He kept on talking. H "He' 'tried tp argue to .'the . under.- H I world, to the system, to his pac- H I tlcular gang, that he had been H . wronged. H I "Why, Becker gave me the money H to start my place," he said. H I Finally he went to the District H J Attorney. A day was set for him JH to appear before the Grp.nd Jury. H J The night before he was to appear H tho word went around the und'er- H world of New York that Rosenthal H ' -was to be killed. Sitting in the H Metropolo Hotel, Rosenthal was H '' talking to friends and trying to de- jH I fend himself for "snitching." H "Charlie didn't treat mo square," H j he pleaded. H I Finally an automobile drove up H , lo the dpor of the hotel. The men H 'i in the machine did not know Ros- H i cnthal. They were brought there H j to dp the shooting because Roaen- H thai was a "snitch" and they were H j ETlad to do It. HL " They were part of the system. Hjct One of Rosenthal's old friends LA' played the Judas part. He brought the gambler to the door of the hotel. There he touched the rim of his hat to the gunmen. They leaped from the machine and rushed upon Rosenthal. A few minutes later H . as they drOvo away all that rcr H' malncd of the "snitch" was matc- H ; rial for the Coroner to ponder over. Hl . PJSTOD QUICKER H ; THAN' THE IjAW. The arm of the law moves slow-ly. slow-ly. Becker is still alive, although H T the Authorities have tried for ncar- HH ly two years to send htm to the j electric chair. The pistol is more H ,t speedy. It renders a verdict t and j gives execution all In a second. H ', Sometimes, however. Ihe "snitch" H u turns, as in the killing the other H ? day of Wesley "Red"Slmoh by Henry HH i Zang. Zang was an unwilling HH f "snitch'" He had fled from his H home and liiddcn all over the coun- 9H try to escape telling what he knew lHI-v of the incidents leading up to the 8H;' killing of Emmett Carroll the. night of March 21, 1013. Carroll was found lying beside the street in a dying condition. Ho was rushed to the City Hospital, whero every effort was made to save his life. It was soon learned, however, that Carroll could not recover. But Carroll never told which 'member of tho gang had fired the fatal shot. He left revenge to his brother and friends. Suspicion attached' on "Red" Simon. It was then learned that before the killing that Simon had run into tho saloon where Zang vas a bartender, and had raced to the saloon where Cai-roll was shot with the weapon. After the shooting shoot-ing Carroll was placed in an automobile auto-mobile and carried several blocks, whero he was thrown out of the machine. ma-chine. He belonged to the samo gang as Simon. Although all tho members of the gun squad knew who did the killing none would tell. They wondered Iioav long It would be before Carroll's friends would try to "get" Simon. Then the police began to search for Zang. who had seen Simon take the revolver. His testimony was necessary to make a murderer out of Simon. Other witnesses were found to testify that Simon had killed Carroll, but Simon had pleaded plead-ed self-defense. If it could bo proven Simon had obtained the revolver re-volver from another source after quarreling with Carroll, it would prove the premeditated murder. The police found Zang and ho told his story to the Grand Jury. "We'll get the snitch," soon became current talk among tho gangsters. Zang felt he was to be shot sometime by one of the gunmen. When Simon finally was brought to trial for murder mur-der Zang went armed. The two were in court together, guarded by the best detectives of the city to prevent pre-vent harm to cither. At the noon recess tho two met In a saloon just ARGE portrait at left Herman Rosenthal. Large portrait at right Henry Zang. Lower center The crowd gathering after the slaying of "Red" Simon. Other portraits, from left to right John McDonald, Peter White, Charles Von der Ahe, William Wil-liam Houlihan, Wesley Simon Si-mon and Edward Deveine. IP a block from the courtroom. Zang killed Simon. "I got my gun first." said Zang, in explaining the shooting. "I was forced to snitch and it was either me get him or him get me." After the killing Zang told the following fol-lowing story to the Coroner: HOUNDED BY MEN BECAUSE HE "SNITCHED." AVhen Simon got out of jail on bond he came' to me and said: " 'The price of being a snitch Is very cosily. You had better be a good fellow and get a ticket and go away off somewhere.' "In tho next few weeks I escaped two slugging;?. Then one night Miller told me he was sorry, but ho understood tho gang was after me. and I'd have to quit work. He said it would mean the loss of his saloon llccnso, as thjey Intended to get me In his saloon. I went to different saloons, and would work a couple of days, when the proprietor would tell me I'd havo to Ifcavc, as he'd been warned by the gang. I couldn't sleep at night. I'd walk down tho street with my head sideways for fear they'd get me from behind. I know those friends of Simon were peculiar. They'd kill Carroll, one of their own men. One of, them stopped me on the street and told me Simon had seven notches on his gun and that he wns looking Tor the eighth. "This man c?nld to me: 'You've been tipped. Now, buy a tlckot and go as far away as you can and keep going.' "I was terrorized. I bought a ticket to Denver, as far away us my money would carry me. My wife had become estranged from me. 1 got to thinking about my mother, and that those fellows couldn't drive nio to the devil and back, so I camo back. Dctectlvo Sergeant McKcnna ai-rested me, and I was placed un- tH der $1,500 bond. I had to stay here H and testify. H "My wife became reconciled after H sho learned most of the lies told H her had been prompted by Simon's H friends. We couldn't live at my jH mother's house, so to dodge Simon we went to live at the St. Nicholas H under the name of Simmons. "Another 'one of the gantfmen H stopped me and said: "Zang, you know that revolver Simon killed H Carroll with wasn't stolen. You tea- H tlfy it was Simon's revolver, and It H will be all right I told hirr. I would lH not perjure myself. He an&wered; jH 'Well, you can get ready to be the H eighth notch on Simon's gun.' H HApN'T SLEPT FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE TRIAIi. "I hadn't slept for two -weeks jH beforo the trial. The day of the H trial I kissed my wife good-bye, H 1 put my loaded revolver in my right- jH hand overcoat pocket, and said to H her: 'If they get me, they will set H me, that's all. But If they get in jH front of me, I will sell as dearly as H H "I got to the courtroom at ten H minutes to 10. As I walked through H the corridor -I walked through a jH lino of Simon's friends. I could H hear the words pass from lip to H Hp, 'Here comes the Dutch snitch. H But he won't get to testify.' H "Court adjourned at 1 o'clock, H and I waited until all the gang had H cleared out, and I slipped out by jH myself and over to. Mooney's sa- H loon. There I found Gross, !H Mooncy and two other men whose ,H names I do not know. I had been iH there five minutes when "Simon ll came in. "Give everybody a drink, ll he called, and then he turned to me H and said, 'Give the snitch one, too.' H "We drank tnat one, and I asked H Simon to have a drink with me. H He refused. Later he called me to H the offset by the cigar stand. He H said to me, 'You are trying to send H me to the penitentiary for ninety- H nine years,' I tried to pacify him. H "Simon cursed me nd reached H over with his left hand across my H chest and seized my left shoulder, at tho same time throwing open H his overcoat. H "Then I whipped my revolver out and shot quick as a flash." H Every city has It? loig list of un- jJ solved murder mysteries. In near- H ly every instance of gang killing there are many who kaow the facts H in the case, but will not tell. They IH consider It all right for the police 'IH to ferret out a murder, but consider ll it wrong to aid the police. Il Among these "honorable men" is H John McDonald. He was shot and H for a time It was thought he would die. He refused to tell who shot him. When he had recovered he said he would "get" the slayer himself. Thomas Regan when shot fatally refused to tell and death H sealed the secret Edward Devine, ! William Houlihan and Charles Von dcr Ahe were all killed and no one H was punished for the killing, al-though al-though it was generally believed the police knew who did the kill- H ing. Peter White and John Burns !H were both shot to death. Whlto 'JJ had served time in the penitentiary ,H for killing Edward Nolan, but the jl slayer of White and Burns was ' never found. |