The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-16
Fosr Gunner Finish
Defense in Murder Case

teo~tnsso Frs~ ~ss. orsi
tongue Frank swors today that in-
stead ~ idenising hlm - enc q inc
men Who did the shooiing stanish
said. = am N doubt about this man.
indicating Frank. TIE latter credited
similar statement 70 Stanish in the
district attorneys once
In the cross-exAmlnatlon Justics
Cor took q hand IN the quostioning.
asking Frank about his movements
after be lclt his three companions down
toan.
Hartford 7 Marshall 4 lawyer. tes-
tined that william shapiro. driver Of
a. murder" car. rad told him In the
Tombs that sam schepps and Harry
NMiion were his passemErra when be
drove % the Metropoie.
Deputy Police Commiskioner DouEh-
erty. introduced r. corroburate Mar
shah. was not permitted - Justice
Coz 70 90 -.
ALiTERAL REPETITION.
~Dago Prank" took IRE stand az 10 20
O'Clock Sis TESTIMONY vas an almost
literal repetition ~ ths stoFy told bY
his three fellow gunner yesterday up
% the point where the witness said De
left Whitley "Gyp" and Lefty" a.
-'T2ridrie" webbeTs rooms the night 81
ths murder. BE testified a. % the visit
% -Jack- Roe % ms apartment o.
- ''whiteg- and Lefty and him
self
Was anything said by Rose Or any
body that night about the croakinE
kninE OF removinE % Herman Rosen-
thalr' asked the gunmen'a attorney. q.
n. n. Wahie.
There was not declared Prank
lie slid that the nnly thing Rose
discussed waa the framing up- %
lack Xeiiz. the KamK leader. and the
shooting 81 Lefty Louis" In china
town.
Ross wanted 10 explain Ms innocence
IN both anslrs. said Prank
4 said. Wei. Iack ths bows are
| from Missouri You better show EN-
TIE witness then -sid that Rose
asked him O. come vffh him while
I they looked for the other GUNNER.
/ They boarded the aufonahiic in which
Ro@e WALTON and schepps had come.
Arrived a. the poker rooms. the Wit
reese said. Rose told Weber ~ hts Die
appointment a. not nndinR ne boys
AZ "naEo Frank's-
Bridge says. TIT nnd them.
Frank testified. and ne tslephon~d
somewhere. IN about rs minutes
'Bridgie sent dvwu stairs and came
b.rk wtth 'GsT1s Louie and Whitley
BARTENDER SAW RosENTNAL.
John j. Hickey. = bartender. told ~
meeting Rosenthal on the niEht ~ the
murder Wffh Bob Walker ard ~
rrinr 20 the Mefrppnle. Whcre the
three tcok q table IN the dining room.
-Roeenfhud got ur and spoke % .
man named Opayr continued ths Wit
mesa then he came hack and stayed
| three quarters ~ an hour. A man
named Beau brown Joined Ne Then
Hoscrthai cent cut - the street 90
get some papers. amd { and Walker
went with him
-Rossnthal eav. me paper. and
while I 80. standing IN the curb look
ing AZ ths headlines. ! heard q shot.
I Looked ID and sac = man with q gun
On his hand. The man had a zap on.
over his ewes ! aaW his nose and
chin. n was = Ions. sharp chin ard q
straight nose re vas about nvs feet
eight o. nine inches and weighed about
ZEE a. 10 pounds
THIS description attea that % ne
mysterious stranEsr a. Eiven BY ne
/ gunmsn.
Was either ~ th~se four men the
l uan you saw shooting ~ Herrian
RuscnthnIT' asked Mr. Wahle, tndi-
/ eating the dsfendanta.
sNone - them waA" said the silt
nes-.
oio NOT RECOGNIZE THEN
HIckeV aad On cruas-eNauli nat
Il that four men fred AZ Rowenthal. bot
\ that he dld not see the faces Of the
Y three others lie said he had known
n Rose. Mehhwr and Nallnn fur more
Il than = year huf dif nos recognize them
a. The men who Bred although the'
were -nniy about $50 feet" from him
I AZ the time
did YOU a. arvthlnr 60 STOP me
I meuff asked Mr.. Mesa
no. I wouldn't take a chance"
/ Hickey denied acuualtnauce with any
| ~ the gunner. can you SAY Inter
/ rurted Justice COZ. whether any
l three % these defendants were the men
z Nho sou say dtd the shooting or nof -
a cannot
Pat whaien. a rahman. swors he
. rau the murder from his cah. Z heard
IA shot pc said. and saw man
u standing on the sidewalk near the
body ~ Herman Roaenthal : saw him
run toward building on the north
I side ~ Fortv-thira street"
Was ans - these four defendants
u thr man you saw run from the hod1
No sir. not one" replied Nhaieu.
II Rose Nherrv wnH naiied in an nt-
/ tempt - prove that Giovanni Stanish
| could not have been an eye witness ~
I the murder The woman said she had
j -
| bad entered ne room ~ u'ciock an
hour before the murder Ter rooms
wers on Furfv-third street. near Uhs
/ Metropoie she safd she heard ths
shots. ran a. the front door and taW
| stamiah On his room.
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