Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-24


cussion vi this case, will then no
fear that l Will bring down upon my
self the censGre of this jury,
Il am defending an American not +;
| murdeltr-hls accusers are vile, no
| lovers Of tie flag or the institution.
! under Which we live, but lawless am
| degenerate. set, rocking in filth and ia
! fanny; they have furnished the fail
p9Ine OF a great city a city more phil.
i aashropic and generous than any il
| The world. Perhaps when / say this
yen may think l mean the man o.
foreign biood. | do not, since some OF
| my closest friends are Of that kind
closest 10 me in a professional and q
social way.
The district attorney has been mis-
Ised-perhaps deceived. He may be ac-
tuated by ambition md ambition often
beelouds good judgment, but in the
end, he has fathered a prosecution
framed up by crooks.
This trial had its birth in the
hearts of four murderers-Rose. Web
Der, WALTON and Schepps-self- confess
ed assassins, all of whom. when it is
over, will be free men again in this
city, to murder again if they please.
Rose, as the evidence shows, cher
ished animosity against Rosenthal. as
| will show. His feeling toward him
was bitterer than gall, he despised the
ground upon which he walked. he
eonnived at his murder and when de-
tected, link had to be forged con-
Meeting someone higher up. The pub.
lie mind had been inflamed; hysteria
a
pant. The evidence shows that the
district attorney did not want small
fry but big fish. Rose saw his OPP
portunity and the framing up of
Becker then starts.
Rose" exclaimed Mr.. Mcintyre, he
is the hell of the jugglers. the hell of
the assassins, the hell of robbers, who
boil and kill men, the internal tun
of the deceitful-the exerementious
hell-the he'll of the revengeful; and
every thought of that monster comes
to his associates as a magnetizer and
each thought of his has been impart-
ed TO his fellow murderers.
Nothing was cooler than his head
when the lightnings of his magma
ton were playing in the sky. There
was no weapon in all the armory of
fiction which he did not possess and
use in his effort to incriminate the
defendant. There needs but one wise
all become wise, so rapid is the con-
tagion. We balance one man with his
oppositc-Becker of good character,
Rose, elf-confessed assassin
Mr.. Mcintyre then reviewed the ev-
idence beginning with the testimony
of the states eye witnesses. He de-
clared that before Becker could be
found guilty. the jury must find that
the four gun men were the actual
slayers of Rosenthal: otherwise, the
proof of conspiracy was not valid.
IF others did it," he asserted,
Becker is not guilty and You must
find beyond reasonable doubt that tn
gun men did it. If you have any doubt
of 1T, the case fails"
Mr.. Mcintyre spoke in converse
tional tone at first, but pitched his
voice in higher key as he proceed
ed Becker sat calmly with his fig
ure relaxed and half closed eyes, at
the table about which were grouped
his other counsel
"A SCOIG VI iiioIC NOththf SStSNe~fN'>
throughout the court room, gave close
heed to Becker's lawyer and watche
his every gesture. Only one avoided
him with her eyes and gazed on TIL
floor She was the wife of the pris-
oner and she was weeping before Mr.
Mcintyre was fairly launched on his
address.
mot single person who has testi-
fed here continued Mr.. Mcintyre,
save the self-confesscd murderer, JACK
Pose. has ever connected Becker WITH
these gunner. Krause, the waiter, IS
the only man who identified any OF
the gunner and he said that he was
unable to see their faces at the time
of the murder, SO that he could net
tell who they were.
RYAN. the chauffeur. testified that
he was about Is feet from the assas-
sins when they killed Rosenthal; YET
he was unable to identify any of the
gunner when they were brought II
here. AS for Krause, do you believe
when he says he saw these four men
leave the grey murder car, 200 feet
away?. Do you believe him when h
says he saw each man with pistol
in his hand? If YOU do, you must not
believe ether witnesses for the state
whose testimony is at direct variance
with his
"Refore he goes to the district at
torney what does he do? Does he act
IN innocent man? No; he picked out q
lawyer, James NJ. Sullivan, who mas
been guilty of the most outrageous
conduct in this case.
"And who is Sullivan? The bosom
friend and lawyer of Jack Rose, tbs
murderer. the chosen counsellor o.
Sam Schepps. the murderer; the mar