Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-23
TWO STRONG ARMlYMEN
INDICTED FOR PERJURY.
Police Lieut.. Becker and Four AccompIices
Are Arraigned in Court of9Genefal'S SEES
sion=-Refnses to Plead-=M0re of Bank
Deposits Are Brought to Light,
~ 81 n
BECKER ARRAIGNED.

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New York, Aug 22s--Poiice Lieut..
| Charles Becker and tour aes his al
legged underworld sacegmpIices were
iarraigned before Judge Mulaueen in
the court of general. sessions, today.
Eto plead to, an, .indietmeutpseharg
them with the murders OF thesgambler,
| Herman Rosenthal. Counsel FOR Beck
Ter said that he was not ready to
lpiead. today, and the courta.set Tues
day. next for the pleading. The
Iother four prisoners nleaded mot gull
ty, with permission to Withdraw or
change the plea. by Tuesday night.
] The accused are still members of
the police force and Commissioner
Waldo was at once notified, to have
them in court for arraignments They
viii probably be arraigned,s tomorrow.
After handing up the true. bill tho
grand jury was excused, until Thurs
| day mornings next, when 1t will re-
/ sumo its deliberations with regard to
/ the graft phase of the Rosenthal case.
The district attorneys office acharges
THAT 4zefig was. thus framed IN order
Ito place him irif sBeekef s. power and
i enable Becker to force lZelig ito pro-
/ vide4 the gin men''f for theti Rbsenthai
murders "a stst.g7eFsA
1.-The courturoofni Was sitting hot ana
| packedfsto shffecatioH when the pris-
onertsT entered. Becker ;tuwered above
ltages others lilseS al, giant. Standing III
zone group they waited for their cases
! to he rcsiSed. The first Il wasJMhat OF
/ Becker. AS the clerk read tire indiet-
| ment, charging murderains the first de-
| gree. John +. Mcintyre, Beckers coun-
| sci announced that he was prepared
| to plead to the indictment which the
/ grand jury handed UP. some weeks
| ago. ~
But that indictment has been SUI
| perseded by the present one, said
| Judge Mulaqneen. -
"Then we refuse to plad." said Nc
Intyr.
He then asked for a postponements
and Aug. 81 was set. r.'
The case of Whitley Lewis Was
| quickly disposed of by his plea OF
| guilty and was followed bys similar
/ pleas from :. Dago Frank Jack Sulli-
| van and W. M. Shapiro, 4the chauffeur
of the so-calied murder carr Court
then adjourned. e t1ss.sf'8.
Tie FIVE men arraigned.s. to-day. in
| Guided all ie'prisoners so far arrest
| ed in the Rosenthaiscase, but not all
those indicted ~ tsssifsts'es
.eiyp the Blood,a and Lefty Louie"
Ithe two remaining gunner involved I'M
the shooting, have never been capS
tured, although they have been indict-
ed. m. fsE
The arraignment of Becker was pre-
ceded by the coroner's inquest, which
| has been adjourned. Daniel Frohnan
was foreman of the Jury which, after
hearing the evidence, returned YER
diet that Rosenthal had, came to his
death by means of bullet wound IN
the brain. caused by some person or
| persons unknown" They recommend
ed that Louis Libby, part owner OF the
| gray murder car be discharged from
| custody. This will be done.
| The inquest was brief and perfunctory
| and was confined merely to determining
the cause of Rosenthals death. Recon-
mendations to the grand jury were
| avoided inasmuch as that body has all
ready returned indictments.
The first witness, Otto, Schultz, corr
/ oner's physician. testified that Rosen-
that's death had been caused by bullet
wound in the brain. inflicted by q 32-calt-
bre revolver. There was another wound
in the jaw and in the tongue, but the one
in, the brain caused death. as..s
Policeman Brady, on duty IN front on
the, Hotel Metropole, when the Shooting
4 occurred testified that he had seen Ro-
lssnthal bleeding on the Sidewalk r. and had
| heard ave sshqts,t ssiiss.s.asia so
Thomas, ,Smiths head 'Wsaiter at me Met
tropple told of seeing rRoaenthaf in the
dining raom and in. the Lobby just prior
to- the shooting, ;af, hearing the shots ana
Of seetHg sResepthal, lying on the pave
limentstH ~ e. fBissg ~ ~ wss
John Eastman. another waiter, told
similar story, aud Policeman Files. who
was criticized for his failure to capturs
the assassins. next took the stand. He
was dining in the Metropole at the timea
and when he heard the shots he pulled
| his gun and ran out on the sidewalks
He asked several persons which way tho
murderers went, but none could answer
| him. He and other officers then jumped
| into taxicab and gave pursuit to an au-
| tomobile going east. This automobile, his
| learned later. was not the gray car i'm
| which the assassins escaped.
| Cross examined by counsel for Shapirot
held as the chauffeur of the .murder
car lilies admitted that he had never
seen him and could not Identify him. TINS
polieemans most interesting bit of teS-
| timony was a statement that he had seen
| 'Bridgie" Webber in the Metropole shorts
| ly before the shooting and hadtseeen him
| again in front of the CADILLAC Hotel when
| Rosenthal was dead.
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