The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-04

New YORK September 3.-The trial
81 Police Lieutenant Charles Becker
on an Indictment charging him win
the MURDER OF the gamblei. HERMAN
Fosenthal. VIII begin here Thursday
September =. before Supreme Court
Justice John W GoG. appointed by
fovernor DIS TO make q RELENTLESS
INVESTIGATION into all tho ramihca,ions
~ the Koseuthal murder"
lhe date Was fixed to-day after the
case had been transferred from the
Court OF General Sessions to the az
traorcluary term OF the Supreme
Court 30 date was set for the trial
Of the six others indicted with Reck-
or Bechcr was arraigned for plead
ms bat on the advice OF counsel he
refused 70 plead, y technical plea OF
not guilty WAS thereupon entered FOR
him by the court
District Attorney Whitman began to-
day the examination OF panel or
nifty men, from which viii be chosen
'hc grand jury To which any evidence
obtained at the John Doc graft poo
ceed!nss VIII bc submitted
To the surprise OF ali. Bccker's law
yer did not ask for change Of Venue.
lie requested howeyer. that the trial
be set for some time about the middle
OF october. when the present hystcria
and clamor" should have subsidized
This was NECESSARY ne said In order
that his client might have = fair and
Impartial trial
Becker came Into court nonchalantlv
and pleasantly greeted several friends
lie stood erect with his arm resting
on the railing before the bar and FOL
lowed the proceedings closely.
RefuGcs Discovered.
Aside from the arraignment OF Beck
err most Interesting OF the DAYS de-
Ne!opments in the Rosenthal case on
this side Of the Atlantic was tha dis
coNerN by the district attorneys once
OF two alleged refugees. conducted h..
the o-called vice trust and tn. 20.
port that 4 considerable sum OF rnora,.
belonging 10 Becker had been traced
TO Port Iervis. y Y The refugees un-
covered We're said TO be hotel in Ho-
hoken. y. j. and four cottages M c,er-
terville. sullivan COUNTY \ 49,
workers OF the underworld who ,nirh,
he caught a 5 witnesses for tho prose-
cution could bide their time oi,io,i,.
until the storm blew over
some startling evidence on the sinh
Ject OF police graft in New York ,-i,,.
is likely 10 be revealed in the renor,s
OF the aldermanic investigating Can
here 20 WORK
NC mas Deen submitted IN rho
committee within tho past twenty
ionr hours covering a period Of three
srai; ana involving nineteen police in
spectors or captains and numerous
lesser officers in graft charges. '''
II Is said that TWO police inspoc-
Tors in Manhattan districts tweiye
police captains of the same borough
one police eeptain in the Bronx and
Tour in Brooklyn have been enriched
nE the toll from dlsorderly houses
ana gambling dens Further fl is as
serted that several police officials had
CONFIDENTIAL relations with pickpockets
and thieves
The criminals it is said, have been
permitted to ply their illegitimate
Callings on a percentage basis. one
naif OF the proceeds OF their loot. paid
cur at any one Of dozen fences
throughout the city is understood TO
nave been turned over to the graft
collectors
1t is announced that william j.
flynn, chief Of the local secret ser
vice has accepted the post offered him
by the Investigating committee. He
VIII act in an advisory CAPACITY