The evening world., 1912-10-25
POLICE LOOK OUT
FOR WEAPONS IN
WAITING CROWD
Many Tough-Looking Men
Noticed About Criminal
Courts Building. =.
FRIENDS WITH BECKER.
Had Plenty of Company
While Jury Deliberated
on His Fate.
FRIENDS WITH BECKER.

GOOn dIteT OOTk Sdpt. OA INC
Elizabeth street station Instructed the
twenty men under him. who were guard
ing the Becker trial room. to search
every man who looked the least sus-
picious for weapons. This precautton
was not without reason, for just at the
close Of the trial yesterday number Of
tough-looking men. said to be members
Of east side bands, were noticed loung-
ing about the building. some in the
corridors and some near the entrances
Their. oeemed to have been no doubt
among the loiterers that there would
BE- . verdict. The Jury got the case at
go and went to luncheon at the Muir
ray Hill Hotel. 1t was q sort of fare
we'll spread, rather more elaborate than
usual. and eliminated In the preserta-
ton OF souvenir loving cups to each
Juror.
Thus the hotel people indicated that
they did not expect the jurymen to re-
turn. either TO eat or to sleep. The
Jurors discreetly forbore to betray .
similar belief. but politely made their
farewells and thanked the hotel man.
agement for its favors.
Each Juror looked straight ahead as
he descended from the sight seeing
alto on their return to the court build
Ing and went up to the jury room on
the second floor. The crowds regarded
them with curiosity. but made no DEM
onstration.
"0UESSES" ON THE VERDICT
VARY WIDELY.
The windows Of the room soon blazed
with light. and during the hours that
followed about the only sign that came
from room was a silhouette now
and thin against the yellow shade.
Whether II was the shadow OF a Juror
or q guard could not be determined.
hut each appearance was cue for
further dope" among those outside.
The perfectly reliable reports from
the inside covered q wide range. At
SO the "dopesters' had 1t the jury
was Ave for conviction and seven for
AcQuittal. Then came a report that
the real facts were that the jury was
ten for conviction and two for ac-
Quittai. But there was NO foundation
for any Of the reports.
II had been a businesslike Jury from
the start. At 40 It sent for the COM
plets confession OF Jack Rose. first
printed exclusively In The World. and
At 6.3 sent for the stipulations granted
to Rose. WALTON, Weber and Schepps
and the Hot Springs letter Schepps
wrote to Rose. Later came a request
for transcript Of all the testimony
taken in Hot Springs. All this was
taken to indicate that what bothered
the jury worst was the status of
6chepps. which Justice Con had de-
clined to settle.
There was a wranGle between attor-
neys over sending al the Hot Springs
testimony to tho Jury, and after rcfus-
Ing to give the jury The testimony not
accepted during the rial. Justice Gofr
announced to the court attendants he
was going homet dinner. and then was
going to the Museum Of Natural rs
tory.
Here he was booked to deliver an ad-
dress, and to participate in the receive
ing by the museum OF some motion pic
ture films OF Indian life presented by
Rodman Wanamaker OF Philadelphia.
Justice Gofr did not speak however.
FRIENDS WITH BECKER DURING
LONG WAIT.
The going Of the Justice did not de-
tract at all from the intensity OF inter-
est maintained by the crowd about the
building and the streets around II. 1t
was then after dark. and the group
which hattened ito backs along the
White street side, peering upward at
the Jury room. increased from nifty to
perhaps one hundred. Among them
4.
one-legged man with crutches.
In the corridors. within the building.
here were perhaps 800 persons. chiefly
reporters. photographers and lawyers.
alth ough In some manner members OF a
political organization which has It's
headquarters very CLOSE to the Grim
nal Courts managed to make their way
.'th.n.
In tho deten ton pen. on the floor just
above tina. occupied by the Jurors. Lieut..
Becker was spending his time. Here
100, a silhouette occasionally appeared
Sonnet It was Enthusiastically that oil
me accused man
Becker. as outlined against the yellow
curtains. was In his shirt-sleeves and
was smoking pipe no walked con-
StantlI % and fro.
With him In this chamber were Mrs
Becker; his brother Lieut. John Becker
of the Police Department: former In
spector Alexander Williams; william
VILE, an attorney; Andrew Morris. q
sigar manufacturers; John Lynch. Mrs
Becker's brother; Miss Susie Lynch
aer sister. and Charles and Louis
Pitt, who have been press-agents ant
hangers-on OF the Lieutenant for sew
.ral years. Also there was presen
Louis d. Grant. who represented
Becker when he was about to sue Her
man Rosenthal for SANDER.
Becker had a good sized planked
steak sent In to him from a nearby
restaurant for his dinner.
The Jurors had a whole packins-cass
full o. substantial food sent down from