New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-28

tin box or an iron box. and said, Here
is some more money
Il was amazed and asked for an ex-
PLANTATION. Then she told me OF the gifts
from Mr.. Finnigan. told her to take a
couple of days off-she was teaching then
bank It,"
why did you distribute the money
among so many banks?"
For two reasons; one was safety, for
il one bank went up all would not. The
other was because the largest amount any
savings bank will accept Is 5000"
Speaking of his relations with Rose, he
said he visited him twice with his wife
to obtain Information against gambling
houses that Rose telephoned him he had.
ION one occasion, It was the day after
my sisters funeral, the Roses were hav-
| ing dinner. Mrs. Carrie Pollok, or the
woman who called herself Mrs. Pollok,
was there. / had a cup Of tea, as did
my wife, but you could hardly call that
! dining.
"And as to the testimony that break
tasted there often. / never left my home
without my breakfast. 1 did stop there
about ten times after I breakfasted, al
ways to get information that Rose had
obtained against gambling houses.
Now, when Frederick H. Hawley called
me up to tell me Rosenthal was muir
dered thought he was fooling, but when
he said he was not I asked him IL he
thought ! should come down. I said to
him: Wouldn't IL look as II came down
to gloat% said to Hawley: What
would you advise me to do? You would
publish that you told me Of the murder
and II didn't come down they would say
did not evince any interest Hawley
! advised me TO come down.
Went Directly to Station.
II met him outside the Times Square
station of the subway and we rode to
18th street. We walked to the station.
Hawley leaving me before We reached the
house TO talk TO some newspaper men. I
went into the station, talked with sev-
eral and stood a couple OF minutes In the
captains room. saw District Attorney
Whitman and Coroner Feinberg there. I
then went out and sat on the stoop and
talked with several
when they brought out Libby, the
chauffeur, TO line him up walked over
to the lieutenant's desk, and the lieuten-
ant said to me: AS long as you're here
III put you in l said, All right A few
minutes later I saw District Attorney
Whitman and Coroner Feinberg examin-
ing the automobile"
This apparently was intended to ex-
plain the discrepancy between Hawley.s
statement that he and Becker reached the
police station at $3.50 o'clock, the entry
in the police blotter noting Becker's ap-
pearance at 400
He said he was with Hawley, as Haw-
ley testified, all morning until o'clock
but everything we tried to get in that
was favorable to me. including Mr.. Je-
rome's statement and Commissioner
Waldo's was ruled out, and everything
unfayorabIe admitted on the record.
III Commissioner Waldo had been per-
mltted to testify he would have told that
/ made three requests to be relieved from
my work, pointing out to him that every
one who ever got mixed UP with gambling
houses fell by the wayside. Lies were
always told about them II they did their
work. | mentioned Driscoll and Murphy
and Cody and others.
MFR. Jerome would have testified that
/ called up Rose from the Bar Associa-
ton and when Rose said how would he
know that Mr.. Hart was not reporter
when he called for the affidavit, / said:
His initials are J. H. Rose said TO me:
You know I've been sought for by re-
porters ever since Rosenthal mentioned
my name IN his affidavit
Becker said 1t was william Travers
Jerome who suggested that Hart get the
affidavit from Rose the night after the
murder.
But for Mr.. Jerome Mr.. Hart would
never have gone after the affidavit" said
Becker.