The Archive · 1928

Resignation of New York's Commissioner of City Police New York, Dee. 13

The City Police Commissioner

Joseph A. Warren, has resigned.

His department has been severd criticized for ita conduct of the case in connection with the death of the notorious gambler, Arnold Roth-stein.

Arnold Rothstein was shot and mortally wounded in a suite in the Park Central Hotel Late at night on Sunday, November 4, it is alle with b's refusal losses ut cards totalling $20 000.

It is said that he "welshed' because he thought he had been cheated.

Rothstein was calld to the hotel given a final opportunity to settle his debts, which he refused to do. Apparently following a heated quarrel, one of his creditors fired Valuable information had een obtained asa result, but the acts details of the route. selected would Prospects of a P

Settlement depend on whether land "planes or seaplanes were to be used on cor-tain points of the journey. That could only be determined when concrete proposals were formulated. The Air Ministry expected such proposals to be made in the near future and if these were considered practieable immediate steps would be taken in ce-operation with the Government of South Africa, who were of our intentions and desire Lugano, Dee. 14

The governments of Paraguay and Bolivia have replied to the tele+ grams addressed to them Briand on behalf of the lof

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