The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
GUNMEN To KNOW
FATE ON TUESDAY
Testimony All Taken AttOr'
neys TO End Summing Up
Tomorrow.

New York. Nov. Is.-wIth the last
shreds of evidence both for and against
the gunner charged with the murder
of Herman Rosenthal laid before the
jury. Justice Con adjourned court at
l:2O o'clock this afternoon until 1890
Monday morning. when Attorney
WahIe will begin his summing up for
the defense.
Three hours have been allotted him
for this purpose. Assistant District
Attorney Moss will take the same time,
beginning at o'clock Monday after
noon. Justice Con will deliver his
charge on Tuesday morning.
By nightfall Tuesday. II not earlier,
the gunner will know their fate.
Like campaign managers on the eve
Of an election. both sides were conf
IDENTIFY predicting victory this after
noon. The four defendants, serene in the
belief that they have demonstrated
their innocence. at least of the charge
OF the ROsenthal murder. left the court
room with their guard. laughing loudly
over a cartoon which represented them
as unsophisticated farmers being
shown about New York by a guide in
the person of Jack Rose.
Disagreement Only Hope.
UpSn the part OF those who have fol-
lowed the trial throughout. a disagree
ment OF the jury Is the outside limit to
the hopes OF the accused men. They
have told a remarkable story OF the
events Of the early morning OF July Is.
which. though it was not broken down
by the State, was lacking in serious con-
firmation by any witnesses aside from
those directly interested in the verdict
which the jury shall render.
In the situation, one outside witness
stands up-Willism Shapiro. chauffeur of
the murder car which carried the as
sassins to and from the Metropole on the
night of the shooting. Upon the testi-
mony OF this one man may ultimately de-
pend the fate OF the four men who rep
resent and typify gang rule in New
York. Shapiro, although never convict
ed of crime, has been closely associated
with the gamblers and gunner. He
identified all four gunner as the Rosen-
thai murderers, and furnished the con-
Meeting link between Becker and Rose,
through to the "Gyp' and his gang. As
the car shot away after the murder he
swears he heard them say:
Everything is all right. There wasn't
a cop around. Becker fixed 1t as he said
he would"
Testimony Is Refuted.
In a series Of smashing blows Moss, |
for the prosecution, shattered what
hopes might Rave been encouraged |
through the description OF Weber and |
WALTON by Mrs. Kyd as the men who |
did the shooting. She declared that
none of the four gunner were in there 1
on the night that Rosenthal |
was killed.
To-day Moss produced half a dozen
witnesses who swore to conversations |
with Mrs. Kyd. in which she first de-
clared that she did not see the shoot /
ing, and later spoke of. getting money
from the defense for the informationl
she was prepared to impart.
Weber. WALTON, Schepps, and Rose in
turn took the witness stand, amid the
scowIs OF the four defendants. and cate
gorically denied that they had shot Her
man Rosenthal.
Harry Horowitz. otherwise "Gyp! the
Blood" was the last witness to go onl
the stand. He was called to give fur
Their details OF his conversation with the
stranger who is alleged to 4
have led the unsuspecting gunner to