Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-11
Saw Shooting
 Of Rosentha|
fWAITER IDENTIFIES GUNMEN
 AS MURDERERs
WITNESS
Meets Angry Glare of the Prisoners Without FIinohins-court Rshuke, Counsel For Becker.

New York, Oct. 1o.-The trial of Charles Becker. former police neuten- ant. for the murder of Herman Ro- seminal, the gambler. began fin earn est today. The jury was completed with the selection of the twelfth juror, District Attorney Whitman made his opening address for the people and the taking of testimony was begun.
 Identifies Actual Murderers.
 Louis Krause, Hungarian waiter, was the star witness, He was called by the state as an eye witness of the murder and identified in the courtroom "Gyp the Blood" Lefty Louie," and ''Whitey' Lewis, as the actual slayers of the gambler. As to "Dago Frank" the fourth of the gunmen indicted for the murder, Krause was not certain. but he positively identified Jack Sui- livan, one of Becker's alleged tools as the man who bent over Rosenthal'E dead body, as 1t lay on the sidewalk of Forty third street, in front of the Hotel Metropole.
 Justice Golf Disnisses Witness.
 Although John Mcintyre, counsel for
 
 cross examination in a determined ef- fort to break down the credibility Of the witness. the waiter tenaciously stuck to his story.
 Justice Golf himself finally stopped the lawyers grilling fire of questions. T do not think it is conducive to the interests of justice further to ex- anime the witness" declared the jus tice. T will permit no further ques- tons and discharge the witness"
 A Dramatic Scene. Krause's Identification of the thrss gunmen made a dramatic scene in the courtroom. The waiter was called af- ter two policemen and the coronsr's physician had established the fact of the gamblers death. He told of hay- ing been attracted into Forty-third street about two o'clock on the morn ing of July 16. the day of the mur- der, by several groups of men stand ing in the street. In one group. he said, he saw "Bridgie" Webber and in another the three gunmen, who were standing near a touring car.
 Saw Sullivan Send Over RossnthaI. T saw a man come out of the Metro pole and give a signal,"' said the wit ness. He raised his hand. Another man came out of the hotel right after | this one, and four men crossed the | street from the automobile. At Ieast three of them had revolvers and fired.
 While Rosenthal was lying on the | sidewalk, l saw Jack Sullivan bend over him. Sullivan looked up and smiled at the other men,"
 The four gunmen and Sullivan were then brought into court
 Received Threatening Letters-
 Krauee, who later testified that he received letters threatening bis life, and ever since he testified before the | grand jury he has been guarded by detectives, left the witness stand and walked over to the bar where the pris- oners were lined up.
 That is Lefty Louie'" said Krausa. touching the Eunman on the shoulder. 6uccessively he identified the other prisoners with the exception of "Dago" Frank. and met the angry glare of their eyes without flinching. Becker Counsel Hsbuksd by Court
 Then MT. Mcintyre began his grusl- ing cross examination. It was his purpose to try and discredit the iden- tification of the men. It had bean generally supposed that Becker's att torney would make no effort to defend the men charged with tho actual slay- ing.
 MT. Mcintyre at the outset referred to Krause, referred to Krause as the great American identiher." for which he was rebuked by the court
 GrusIins Gross Examination.
 Do you remember saying to Henry Shea. a special officer. that you did not see single person who did the rurder?' shouted Mir. Mcintyre, lev- cling his finger at the witness
 T did not" retOrted Krause defAntly.
 You say you saw three men whom you thought did the shooting?"
 70; three men who did the shoot ing" corrected the witnesA-
 Fatal Bullets Produced.
 When you say you saw these three ing car," thundered the lawyer, don't you know that you are committing . deliberate perjury?'
 T do not" rejoined the witness. looking his interrogator in the eye
 How did you come to be a wit ness 2.
 T wanted to do my duty ss a cit izen," explained Krause.
 The two bullets which killed Rosen thai were produced in court today by the coroner'a physician together with fragment of Rosenthars jawbone, driven by one of the bullets into the gamblers brain.
 Prosecution te Have Wide Scope.
 That the state would be allowed wide scope In introducing evidence into the trial bearing upon graft in the police department was indicated when Justice Golf oVerruled an objection to refer . ences by the district attorney in his address to the jury of the alleged gambling house partnership between Becker and RosenthAl made by the defense.
 Becker Most Desperate Criminal oi !, Them All."
 MT. whitman in the course of his opening said:
 We can show that a powerful mo- | tive for the murder existed in the heart of the prisoner at the bar. such a mo- tive as no one else living could have had. We olaim that in spite of the fact that Becker did not use the fatal weapons notwithstanding the fact that he may not have been present at the acene of the crime, that the real mur- derer, the most desperate criminal of them sll, was the cool calculating grating, schsrning police omcer, who used the very power with which the people had intrusted him to tempt and feres others into the commission oi erime to extcrt graft and blackmail from laWbreakers, and, finally, for the protection of his infamous trafic in the purchase and sale of law enforce ment, wantorly to sacrifice human life, for the protection of which the very office which he held was created ?