objection to their arrests," according to The New York Times. The department then had one of its policewomen, Mary A. Sullivan, go undercover to gain the trust of Gorden. She befriended the woman as well as other girlfriends and wives of the suspects, which helped to break the case. Defendants Convicted and sentenced to death Charles Becker (1870–1915), NYPD lieutenant charged with ordering the murder and having protected and extorted from illegal gamblers, executed Francisco Cirofici (1887–1914), aka Dago Frank, gunman, executed Harry Horowitz (1889–1914), aka Gyp the Blood, gunman, executed Louis Rosenberg (1891–1914), aka Lefty Louie and Louis Marks, gunman, executed Jacob Seidenshner (1888–1914), aka Frank Muller and Whitey Lewis, gunman, executed Other participants in the case William Bourke Cockran (1854–1923), one of Becker's defense lawyers Martin Thomas Manton (1880–1946), one of Becker's defense lawyers at the trial. John B. Johnston (1882–1960), one of Becker's defense lawyers Sam Paul (1874–1927), gambler and owner of the club at which police first thought that the murder was planned. Jacob A. Rich (1877–1938), also known as Jack Sullivan and Jacob A. Reich, testified for Becker's defense. Jack Rose (1875–1947), aka Baldy Rose, gambler and informant who testified against Becker at the trial Herman Rosenthal, murdered bookmaker and gambler. Sam Schepps (?–1936), also known as Schapps, mob informant who testified against defendants at the trial Frank Upton, Detective, father of Frances Upton, actress Harry Vallon, mob informant who testified against the defendants at the trial Louis William Webber (1877–1936), aka Bridgey Webber, mob informant who testified against the defendants at the trial Charles Seymour Whitman (1868–1947), district attorney, elected in 1914 as governor of New York Jack Zelig (1888–1912), murdered before he could testify for the prosecution. In popular culture The British writer P.G. Wodehouse wrote a foreword to his novel Psmith, Journalist (1914) that noted the Rosenthal case by way of showing how common gang murders in New York were at the time. He did not discuss the complicity of the police. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1925), the fictional gambler Meyer Wolfsheim mentions having been present in the Metropole with Rosenthal moments before the latter was murdered. The writer, Viña Delmar, wrote about the murder in : See also George Samuel Dougherty References External links 20th-century American trials Eastman Gang 1912 in law 1912 in New York City Murder trials Murder in New York City People murdered by