Sam Schepps

[4] The fact that Schepps was hiding in Hot Springs was revealed to police by Harry Vallon, an accomplice in Rosenthal's murder.

[5] Vallon, along with Schepps and other mob informants Bridgey Webber and Jack Rose, testified at the Becker-Rosenthal trial.

[7] Schepps and his brother Nathan later ran an antique and jewelry store, the Maison Cluny, at 437 Madison Avenue.

[8] In October, 1921, the famed soprano Lydia Lipkowska charged Schepps with usury over his refusal to return two diamonds worth $80,000 that she had pawned to him.

[9] On October 3, 1933, he and Nathan were arrested and charged with forgery in connection with falsified checks worth over $10,000, which they had deposited in their business's bank account.