The Washington herald., 1912-10-19

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Mr. Mos could intsrpees n endsst3q4
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ID the Tombs, Mr.. Whitniaas - ~.
yer sullivan hsvs wfittsa stipu1as1
that u H0oe. valion, Weh6er. oaA. y1oS.
ssH wosla saussi" thst ~ vSu1d tuEs
Mo-. Makes osseesss..
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.psd he say that Harry vsiion a.1
Wsbber wers facing the slecty1o chair
and to save Themselves thsy woujd hsss
70 implicats Bscksrr'
"Yss. SIR
answer and looking straight q ~ 3mx
required the witness TO rspeat the reply
three timss uutu the MBu9ct attorney
objected to such tactics
"Dtd Rose say that the oAly way for
himself and others to gst out Of this
[scraps was By framing M waldo. ths
Mayor. the city administsstion. and
Becker!'
NJ. Moss made frantic ohS,cs,ous TO
this question. but gullivaa st6ed up O.
II TO emphasiSs his answer aud shouted:
''Yes'' In reply.
An qusstioes asked By .1lF. Mcintyre
coneerning the position. Vocation. and
|ccnvsrsatjons with Sullivan, WSbber,
" l10sa ana RSa> Nu Hha No. 0aR~
were overTulod By Justies Goa. who also
refused TO pssmit the witness 70 answer
. question intended to show that Web
her had told Sullivan two weeaEs before
the murder that he intsnded to have
Rooenthal killed.
Reich displsysd IN usiy temper from
the moment he was turned ever TO the
district attorney for eroes-examination.
sheets HIS Answess.
Questioned - TO whether o. not be had
ever collected protection nopey frem dis
orderly houses had tie eject Of Q hot
Iron. He shouted his answers. banged
the arm Of his chair with his Ases. and
created . scens gsnsrally.
He repeated the assertion that the dis
|trict attorney Was sndeavosine to con-
fuse his naAe with that Of another tndi-
vidual who was very wsll known 70 Mr..
Whitman. he said. In the same excited
manner. Reich denied that he had ever
been . stssrsr for . gambling house
Reich got very badly ceafu.ed In hta
testimony regarding the ride VITA
Becker. once saying thae he had nsvse
Ridden In an automooils but three tunes
In his life: and again that b had hidden
hundreds Of timsA ana finished hia
furry Of answers By saying that he bod
nsvef seen Becker but three timss.
Many Of the Jurors laughed outright at
some Of Reieh's answers. and seemed tc
take no heed Of his reving.
At the close Of the day nine witnesses
had been placed on tie stand by counsel
lene 6f theoe made any serious inroad On
the Ieoplef6 -Ass> a1tar The cross-exnmi.
MAIDEN Aan been conciuael
1sas Fweaty Mses Wlthssses.
Nr. lcIntyrs snnoancsd that the de.
fense would probably have twenty addi.
tional witnesses. but he said he hopes. q
have all his testimony In by the close o.
Monday.
Despite this statement. Becksrs law.
ysrs seemed to bs much confused a. te
the next step 10 take 1t the time ol
adjournment. and wGre not able to ssy
what witnesses would b brought for.
ward tomorrow. The impression pre-.
vailed with lawyers and others who have
followed the trial closely that tho de-
fense may % to the jury At any time
now and plsad for the liberty Of Becker
on the ground that he cannot Be ccn.
victsd on the testimony Of self-confesssd
saccomplices.
Thomas Coups. the former night cierl
Of tho Elks' Club. who ned 70 England
after II became known that he was n
important witness against Becker. re-
turned to-day with Assistant District At.
tornsy william A. De Ford. Coupe Will
not be called ct the trial Of Becker. un-
less the Identification already made Of
william Shapiro and the gunmen ID
challenged. He will be an important Wit
ness in the John Doe proceedings into
eraft conditions which are to be con.
Quoted before Justice 0o6 at the clos<
Of the trial.
Becker Appears Jubilant.
Becker seemed almost jubilant wher
he was led from the court room aftei
adjournment He declined to commeu,
on his case, but sto;a for several min
| utes chatting pleasantly with . grouy
Of friends before kisains his wife good
BY for the night.
Former District Attorney william
Travers Jerome wss the nrst persoE
called to the witnsss stand for Becker
but Justice Cot Esied out his tsstimons
As immaterial
Police Commissioner Waldo met Q sam
liar tate. He vas sxpscted to testdfS
that Becker. ~ the head Of the STRONG
arm squad. often complained that h
did not IKE the work and applied for Z
transfer from the gambling district
Fsank Luban, Q brother Of Morris Lu'
ban. who had been introduced By ths