New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-22

| tn9l the lOldl EtSlil Va biic bNS'a'''S''s
perhaps not entirely satisfactory to the
defence. He smiled. and said he thought
IT looked pretty good, but it was only one
day in the trial, and the defence had hau
several good days before and expected
several more TO follow.
The proceedings dragged yesterday. JUS
tice Goff was apparently annoyed by the
long waits which occurred now and then
while the runners for the defence were
looking for witnesses who did not respond
when their names were called in court
According TO the announcement Of coun-
sci. at the close Of court Saturday there
! remained only ten or twelve witnesses 10
testify for the defence. More than
score were called yesterday, and Mr.. NC
Intyre said after court that fifteen or
twenty more would probably be called.
Some of them might not prove competent,
however, he added. He said new wit
nesses were turning up every day. IL
seemed as If the defence were taking
/ them almost at random yesterday.
After four members OF Beckers former
strong arm" squad had finished their
testimony, in contradiction TO that OF
| Mrs. RosenthaT and Max Margols, rela-
tive TO the circumstances surrounding the
raid on Rosenthars gambling house, IN
West 45th street. last April. Inspector
| Edward T. Hughes. who was In charge
OF the detective bureau, at Police Heau-
quarters, prior to his recent Illness was
! called to the witness stand.
! II was the intention Of the defence 10
get Hughes's testimony on record that
he, and not Lieutenant Becker, delegated
| ste,nert and White. two OF Beckers
former strong arm" squad men, to arrest
| .'Rig lack" Zelig for carrying concealed
weapons. Steinert and White are no"
under indictment for perjury In the al
legged "frame-up" on Zelig, and Jack
Rose testified that Becker engineered the
"frane-up" on the gang leader No testi-
! rnony along that line was admitted by
Justice Gotf, and Inspector Hughes was
\ quickly excused.
.a. Little Progress for Defense.
The defence had no better luck with the
next witness Benjamin Boob walker
who was with Rosenthal at the Metropo!e
the night OF the shooting, was called for
The ovideDt purpose Of discrediting the
testimony Of Louis Krause, an eyewitness
| OF the crime, and denying that he sa"
Krause talking with Rosenthal or at the
scene of the crime, as Krause testlhed'
The witness declared, however, that he
had never seen the Krause who testhed
| at the trial and did not know whether IL
was the same Krause with whom ne was
acquainted. AS Krause was not around
| for identification purposes, Walker was
promptly excused by the court
| While waiting for the next witness 10
put in an appearance Mr.. Mcintyre
asked Assistant District Attorney Moss to
take the witness stand. He had the as
sistant prosecutor Identify letter writ
| ten by Mr.. Moss to "a person" but could
not get the letter in evidence. II was I'M
derstood the letter in question was writ
ten by Mr.. Moss TO Jack Sullivan, and
the defence intended to contend II threat
| ened Sullivan unless he came forward and
testified for the prosecution. Mr.. Moss
said afterward he had merely urged Sulli-
van TO come forward and tell the truth
In regard to what he knew about the MUIR
der Of Rosenthal.
William w. Duggan. a policeman, testi-
ned to conversations with Bridge
Weber about three years ego. In which
Weber accused Rosenthal Of instigatina
the robbery OF one Of Weber's gambling
houses, and also held the murdered gam
bier responsible for the beating up" that
Weber received about that time at the
! - LpOuyp az Though
. Tony" Duggan admitted on cross-exam-
ination that he worked as detective with
Val o. Farrell on the East Side before the
latter left the Police Department OFar-
rell is now employed by Becker's counsel
in rounding up witnesses. The witness
said II had not occurred 10 him to mention
his former conversations with Weber un-
| i'll OFarrell spoke TO him about 1t re-
Gently.
Hugo Newgebauer and Thomas Cannon.
mere boy prisoners. now confined in the
| Tombs awaiting trial on serious charges
we're brought over from the prison to
| deny the assertion which the convict
Hallon credited to Becker in the Tombs,
when the latter was supposed to be talk
ing TO Detective White. that no jury in
the world would ever convict him OF
Rosenthars murder on the testimony OF
lot Of crooks, and that the public would
| be giving him pension for killing
! RosenthaN after the excitement had blown
over. The witnesses testified they were
| present at the time the conversation oc-
| Cured between Becker and White, and
Becker never said any such thing.
Tangled Up in Cross Examination.
| Mr.. Whitman tangled up the two prison
ers from the Tombs badly on cross-ex-
| animation. Their descriptions Of White
and the explanations OF how they hap
pened to be around when the alleged con-
versation occurred were not clear. The
District Attorney brought out that New
| gebaur had been convicted of grand
larceny and was now awaiting trial for
murder. Cannon had been in the Catholic
| Protectory for robbery, he admitted. 1t
appeared from the District Attorneys
questions that he also was waiting trial
] for murder.
did you on June H. 1872 murder Chris
Lsrson7" Mr. Whitman asked Cannon.
| mo, sir" the boy replied emphatlcally.
Mr.. Moss divulged some OF the points
| OF attack the prosecution may direct
| against Becker In order to discredit his
| testimony II he is called as a witness in
| the examination OF Charles T. Olpp, q
manufacturing jeweller, Of No 1914 Charles
Place, who appeared as a character wit