The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-15
Believe BECKER
IS WEAKENING
Tammany Leader Declares Police
Commissioner Official Head Is
Nearing Finish-Jack Rose,
Gambler, Gives Whitman
More Alleged Facts.
NEW YORK. Special A

NEW YORK. Special A
shake-up of the New York police
force, beginning ut the top and
extending all the way down the
line, is imminent as a result of
graft exposures following the as
saSSination OF the gambler, HRv-
man ROsenthal, according &c O..
sistent reports i'm political cirr9S9
ana about police headquarters
today.
A prominent Tammany Hall
politician is quoted as saying that
police Commissioner WaldO'S
days OF Officialdom are number
ed" and that New York will
have a new commissioner within
three weeks"
Chief interest today in the pO-
the condition OF Lieutenant
Charles a Becker, the police Of
ficial under indictment for RO-
senthars murder.
According TO some reports,
Becker Is on the verge of collapse
In the TOmbS and Is ready to
make a complete confession OF
the connection between the pO-
lice system and the underworld.
On the other hand, these re-
ports are offset by others stating
that Becker'S iron nerve remains
mistaken and that Ire Is prepar-
ing to fight TO the last ditch.
Those who have visited Becker
in his cell and have talked for
publication afterwards say that
the indicted official is standing
firm and has no intention of
making any statement I'm the ma
ture of n confession.
In support of the reports that
Becker Is weakening Is a report
that John T.. Mcintyre, chief
counsel for the accused official,
called upon District Attorney
Whitman and made overtureS TO
ascertain III Becker could get a
sentence OF less degree than life
imprisonment for telling all nc
knows of police relations with the
criminal classes.
Mcintyre returned to the
TOmbS and it Is said that Becker
collapsed and wept bitterly. This
was taken TO indicate that Beck
er had received an unfavorable
answer TO any advances he may
have made TO the District Attor-
ney through his lawyer.
HEAVY GRAFT.
BALD Jack" Rose has aston
ished even the District Attorney
by his revelations of huge profits
Becker was alleged TO have re-
ceived in tribute. 1t is alleged
that Becker deposited $4,000
through his wife I'm a single
month and during the same Pc
Rod banked $4,000 in his own
name.
Jack Rose Is said to have told
the District Attorney that he per-
sOnally collected $4,000 from
gambling house operators for
Becker In n single month When
the grand jury conveneS next
Tuesday IL is expected that seven
indictments will be voted.
The police are stiIl searching
Harry HorowitZ and Sam
Schepps, the former being two
gunner who are charged with
actually participating i'm the kill
ing OF ROSentral. But the police
are not concerning themselves
exclusively to this section.
Police posters, containing pic
lures and descriptions of the
three men, are being mailed to
all sections OF the country.
NO CONFESSION.
Later Becker was seen in his
cell by newspaper men to whom
he declared that he had nothing
to confess.
IL want IL to be understood
once and for all that i have no
confession to make for the simple
reason that i have nothing TO con-
fesS," said Becker. THAT will
be proven clearly and to the sat
iSfactiOn of all at the proper time,
when 1 have my day in court
IL was said at the Criminal
Courts building today that not
only had Becker banked SIS, 900
in one month, but that in n Pc
Rod of three months he had put
away sums estimated at between
100000 and 100000.
These sums are said TO have
been put away in five New York
savings banks, and in banks i'm
Rochester, Philadelphia and cities
in New Jersey. Assistant District
Attorney Rubin is said to have
found that Becker had banked
money i'm Rochester.