# New Britain Herald, 5 November 1928, page 1: Rothstein's case baffles police

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The New Britain Herald front page for 5 November 1928 carries an Associated Press story from New York on police efforts to question George McManus after the shooting of Arnold Rothstein.

Front page of the New Britain Herald, Connecticut, listed by the Library of Congress as the issue of 5 November 1928. The Rothstein story is below the page's lead stories, under the headline "Rothstein's Case Baffles Police," with the decks "N.Y. Gambler Shot in Abdomen; Won't Name Assailant" and "To Question M'Manus."

The Associated Press story from New York says police wanted to question George ("Hump") McManus, whom it calls a reputed Broadway card-game operator, about the "mysterious shooting" of Arnold Rothstein, and that no charge had been lodged against him. It says Rothstein, in serious condition at Polyclinic Hospital with a bullet wound in the abdomen, gave police no help, and that detectives said he was shot in a room of the Park Central Hotel allegedly occupied by McManus after leaving a Broadway restaurant in response to a telephone message.

The dateline reads "Nov. 6" in the Library of Congress OCR although the issue is catalogued as 5 November; this archive does not resolve the difference. The page's remarks about a "marked man" and a debt are described as Broadway gossip and are not taken here. Headline as read from the Library of Congress OCR text of the page.

## Sources

- Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014519/1928-11-05/ed-1/?sp=1
- Library of Congress OCR text of this page: https://tile.loc.gov/text-services/word-coordinates-service?segment=/service/ndnp/ct/batch_ct_hendrix_ver01/data/sn82014519/00414219652/1928110501/0079.xml&format=alto_xml&full_text=1