New-York tribune., 1912-11-19
FIation Over WahIe'S Strong
Speech Changes to Detection
When Moss Tears Their
Defence Apart.
MAY KNOW FATE TONIGHT
Justice Golf to Charge Jury This
Morning-opinion Seems To
Be That Verdict of Guilty
in First Degree Will
Be Rendered.

Al the end of a cool, clarifying
analysls of the evidence in the case Of
the four gunmen on trial for the muir
der of Herman Rosenthal Assistant
Dstrict Attorney Moss yesterday pro-
claimed the guilt Of Lefty Louie,
Whitley" Lewis, "Dago" Frank and
"Cypo the Blood and asked the jury
in impassioned terms to perform its
full civic duty and bring in a verdict
of guilty of murder in the first degree
against all four defendants.
There never was a greater crisis in
this community than confronts you at
this time" said the prosecutor, "and
| have shown it to you as l believe it
TO be. No false sympathy should pre-
vent a jury from bringing in verdict
TO be read by good people, as we'll as
bad people. The eyes of both clements
in the community, with the eyes of the
vicious perhaps more sharply inter-
ested are upon you.
IF these defendants have committed
this crime, it is a crime Of crimes. 1t
is blow in the face of American law
and order. It strikes at the very struct-
ure Of our institutions. The grand jury
was swindled of it's witness, who was
shot down brazenly, as if a warning to
all 'squealers.'
In the name of the people of the
State of New York ] call upon you
for verdict which will vindicate this
community and restore order and
peace and make these persons and
their friends. through it, know that
there is a God in Israel; make them
know that there is a jury not afraid
Of gangs, or the friends of gangsters,
ana fearless in the face of their bull
let's Gentlemen, l ask you for a ver-
dict Of murder i'm the first degree"
Wahis's Appeal Strong.
The prosecutor had the usual advan-
tage Of the last word to the jury. Mr..
Moss made good use Of it in dissecting
and -ontroverting-and apparently un-
dermiuing TO the degree of tottering-
the structure which Charles G.. f.
Wahle had builded for three hours for
his clients.
Many were Of the opinion that Mr..
Wahlc made excellent use Of the mate
rial he had in hand. His appeal to the
jury was strong and impressive if not
altogether logical 1t was perhaps a
better stroke for the gunner than the
defence made COR Charles Becker who
was the first Of the seven defendants
tried and convicted on the indictment
in the Rosenthal case.
The final argument Of the prosecu-
tor, however, seemed to strike fire TO
the flint He drove his points home
with smashing blows. He left little to
be expressed from his own opinion,
and rounded out each contention by
quoting from the irrevocable record in
the case. His analysis of that part of
the testimony of each gunman relative
to the shooting itself brought out in
consistencies which probably did not
occur to the jurors at the time the de-
fendants were telling their stories. Mr..
Moss undertook to show from the testi-
mony Of the gunmen and other wit
nesses for the defence that the wounds
which caused the death Of Herman
Rosenthal could not have been inflicted
by Weber Vallon and the Strange
man" whom the gunmen swore, they
saw do the shooting.
The position in which the gunner in
their testimony and other witnesses
place Weber, Vallon and the strange
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