The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-10-16
MIGHTY BLOW
HIT AT BECKER
"JaCk" Rose Puts ROsenthaI
Murder on Policeman
WITNESS ON STAND u HOURS
BALD Jack" Swears That Becker Con.
triVed and Ordered Killing Of Gam.
bler-Rose Tells Of His Own Part

trived and Ordered Killing Of Gam.
bler-Rose Tells Of His Own Part.
Jack" Rose told a marvellous story
and was a terrible witness against
Lieutenant Becker the New York po-
lice lieutenant charged with the mur.
der OF Herman RoSenthal.
Without heSitating, without stopping
20 weigh his words. without the slight.
est emotion, he Swore that Becker
ordered and contriyed the murder Of
Herman RoSenthal to prevent ex.
P0$UvS as 3 blSckmailer; that Becker
g,oaJei over the death of RoSenthars
>oay as il lay in the police station and
Ieat Becker paid for the murder and
tried tor time to protect the muir
SsreTS,
The climax of probably the most re-
par&sele and coherent confession OF
crime ever heard In these courts was
Roses recital ce what he swore were
Seekers cNa words when the heuten.
ant IN reply 70 Roses question as 10
Nhether o. not ne had seen the body,
Is alleged 70 have said;
IT was a pleasing sight 10 me to
look and see that sQueSling -
there, aud it il was not for the pres,
snce ct the district attorney | would
have cut his tongue ont as a warning
20 future SQusslsrS.
Becker did not hlancA or quail But
he was yiSibly eXerting tremendous
Self-control. His Jaw set like a rock.
You could see the muscles stiffen
Sweat streamed from his face. One
hand gripped his chair, the other the
table in front of him.
Utterly self-possessed. grave at all
times, as calm as II telling a story TO
friends in gambling parlor, never
excited or frustrated or taken back;
deferential to justice and counsel;
wholly without visible emotion, Rose
talked for upward of twelve hours
never faltering, hardly pausing
The main points of his testimony
had been public news but to these
points he added others He amplified
amazingly all that had been known.
He supplied details out of an apparent.
ly marvellous memory. Called upon
often to repeat Becker's exact words
he was never at loss
He put the full responsibility for the
crime upon Becker, but he did not at
tempt to hide his own participation.
Becker was the director. He was the
agent.
Becker and his lawyers were struck
with amazement when Morris Luban,
witness on whom they had depended
for testimony that he overheard Rose,
Weber, Vallon and Schepps plotting
the murder of Herman Rosenthal and
threatening to kill Becker if he inter-
fered, swore that he heard Becker in
the steam room OF the Lafayette baths
two or three weeks before the murder
upbraiding Rose and threatening to
kill Rosenthal with his own hands.
81 know it's the last OF me-" whis.
pered Luban to a court attendant, but
there was no tremor in his voice when
he looked steadily at Becker a few
minutes later and testified:
"Mr. Becker said: If that - Ros.
enthal is not croaked | will croak him
myself"
Luban looked in the face of Whitley"
Lewis and named Whitley" as one OF
the four whom he saw shooting Rosen-
thai. Luban then came along and not
only identified all four OF the gunmen
and Shapiro. the chauffeur, but de-
livered against Becker the first testi.
mony connecting him with the mur.
der.
The gunner rallied against him. The
voice Of Lefty Louie" rose to a
screech. He was protesting against
the method of Identification. When
Luban had finished the gunner had |
lost a measure of their defiance. AS
for Becker the sweat was streaming |
on his face He seemed to have aged
Lawyer Mcintyre strived hard to dis
credit the witness. Again and again |
the lawyer drove Luban over the trail |
of his story. 1t was all to no purpose |