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

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.