Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-10-13

tBy Morning journal Special Ieased Wire |
New YORK. oct. le.~-long hours ot
cross examination. suppcrlcsS lawyers.
| before suppcrlrss court aud Jury
failed to make Bald Jack Rose vary
his STORY of the part he played and
the part he SAYS former Police Lieu
tenant Becker played In the murder
OF Herman liosenthai the Eamhlc
Becker told me, hc said that
/ he wanted koscnthal murdered. shot
croaked or dynamited At his bidding
! ! Sut he Bunmcn 10 XIII Roscnthal.
/ hid after the INJURED. ! saw Becker
that morning ana later talked with
him over the telephone. paid the
gunmen $1,000 for Becker. ana told
them he said not TO worlN but to lay
| low.
= gave myself up and hccame a
state 5 witness because BECKER desert
ed me like a dirtX dog, ana was get
7 ting ready to throw me TO the wolves.
Justice 'iofi convened lllc afternoon
session OF court al 2.I1 O'Clock.
shortly before oclock tonight he
declared II adjourned unlil Monday
morning, after John f. Mcintyre.
Bccker's lawyer. protested he WAS on
the verge OF collapse. court Jury,
counsel, Witnesses and the accused
had been without food since noon
Becker, cool ANA Moical, loaned on
the Table at Which nc sat his chin ia
his hands his elbow ON the table |
during the long cross examination.
Twenty feet back in the first row OF
seats usually reserved for spectators
sat his Wilc. Her eyes were for her
husband rather than the court Onco
only once, hc glanced az her ana
smiled.
BALD lack" Rose. thick Tipped. wide
,ur tkl l..t t,t..
WAS unrufflcd by the ordeal.
Rose admitted that ho had lied, had
periured himself, had been a gambler
ana had brcn engaged FOR twenty
years in illegitinate business. He All
nittcd that no WAS testilNing to save
his own life but said he Was telling the
truth noN He said he had concluded
TO become states witness only when
me rlrciric chair stared him ia face
ana added that he Was not ashamed OF
his determination. without emotion.
m a slow drawl. he said he had de-
ibcratelA planned. at Bccker's behcst.
10 'put Rosenthal where hc would
lcNct worry anybody else,
he knew. ne added, tliu il was
errble deed to plan
Where WAS Your conscience. de
handed the lawyer
Il don't know. he SAID. measuring
iis words and fncing the laNSci ,
puarcly never saw ii
10 you new intend to lead res- 4
,cctablc lifcn"
Yes, bur not in this community ! \
aiue nY life too much and wouldn't !
'e a free man here. Il
with words hmhlng over each y
thcr in thoir haste. Rose declared nc Il
ad been true friend to sam q
chcpps ana llarN Walton and had L
ltcrccdod tor them with the district '
itorncN Rose said he had no motive j.
lr Killing l;oscnthal. but had acted a
,lelA at. Bcckcr's direction. Time and "
gain MclntNre quoted alleged CON ~
creations between Rose and men pl u
he underworld apparently ~ an at
impt to prove tl,at Rose himself de- r.
dcd the gamblers dcatn. 10
40 such conversations ever nc-
urrod, was his reply To those qllts- y
ons
'hnt you were Rockers graft collec- h.
u, so you say
Il was W
Hccker's attorney inquired about the ~
lccting between Schrpps WALTON. rlitt 4,
ld The witness at the house of pnrt
ilhert koseulhal's former Wife, on
W. sunday before the murder.
Did yon SAY at that time that
csonth.l was going To hr knied g..
At NO time did ! ever SAY that" J.,
But sou knew all the time that
icrc MAS t" he u framc-lfp To- Kill
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