The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-25

the chairs. table and q carpet. WITH
Ing materials were furnished Of course.
The door was locked and guarded by
court policemen. No one not MEM
Der Of the court squad was allowed to
penetrate to any spot near the room.
1t was forty-five minutes before any
thing was heard from the men who were
celebrating. Then through their fore
man and Capt. Lynch they sent a re-
quest for exhibits in the case. Justice
Con- conferred briefly with District At
torney whitman. Mr.. Mcintyre and Mr.
Hart. The exhibits requested. reports
made by Becker to the Police Commits.
sioner, were sent to the jury room.
Send for Roses Confession.
Toward 6 p. NJ, after they had been
out nearly two hours, there was a re-
quest for more exhibits. This time the
Jury wanted the confession, or state
ment. that Jack Rose had made to the
District Attorney. the document In
which Rose told the whole story Of his
relations with Becker and in which he
specified grating operations on Becker's
part. Later the jury sent for the letter
that Rose had written to Schepps az
Hot Springs and for the letter that
Schepps had written to Rose.
Veterans about the Criminal Courts
Building argued that Sam Schepps was
making good his Hot Springs assertion
that he would be the keynote OF the
case" when shortly aftcrward the jury
sent out request for all the testimony
taken by special commissioner at Hot
Springs. The attorneys on both sides
Immediately went into conference with
Justice GofY. as result OF which IL was
reported that the request was refused.
Mr.. Mcintyre later explained that
when the jury asked for the testimony
he had been in favor Of sending every
thing that had been admitted In evil
dence on the subject. The District
Attorney opposed this and the Justice
sustained him.
THE jury then sent out a request to
know who had objected to their receiv-
ing the documents asked for" Mr.. Nc
Intyre added. Justice Goff declined to
tell them. Nothing was sent In"
At one time the jury sent in re-
quest for the stipulations between the
District Attorney and Jack Rose.
Harry Vallon, Bridge webber and
Sam Schepps. They were sent in.
Long Deliberation Apparent.
1t was apparent then that 1t would be
hours before verdict could be returned.
The Jury was settling down obviously to
a careful and deliberate Weighing Of the
evidence. a notion got around that this
indicated a disagreement. The police
men stationed in the court house were
strongly Of this opinion. They were
willing to bet even money that the jury
would not agree. But the District At
| torney was as apparently confident that
| conviction would result as he ever
| had been. Mr.. Mcintyre was basing his
hopes on a disagreement, having given
up by that time any idea that the ver-
diet would be not guilty.
At $3.50 p. NJ. Justice Gon. having
| ascertained from the jury that their
sitting promised 10 be long drawn ou,
and that they would like to have din.
ner. which was sent to them, left the
court house to get his own dinner ans
| to keep an engagement uptown. lie
gave instructions that he be summonet
by phone II there seemed to be a pros
| pect that the jury was reaching a con
| clusion. Mr.. Mcintyre and his asso'
c!ate counsel for the defence went e
Pontin's In Franklin street to get din
ner and the District Attorney and Mr.
Moss also deserted the field temporarily
Decker Con nndeut Of Acquittal.
| Becker meanwhile was having dinnel
In the Tombs. He was telling hi.
friends that the verdict would be acqult
tai sure. and that the long deliberatior
meant nothing but acqulttal in the end
Mrs. Becker went with Lieut.. job,
Booker. her husbands brother. and will
other friends to get dinner. She sal
she wasn't hungry. but that the tim
had to be passed somehow.
The court room. which In the after
noon had been crowded with busy news
paper men and women and with per
sons who were interested one way o
another In the case. was deserted by
=. NJ. But in the corridors perhaps 30
people waited eagerly for the first hin
that the jury was coming in.
After dinner time the crowds near tn
Tombs and the Criminal Courts Build
ing increased in size. The police ha
trouble keeping them in orderly line:
, Hundreds gathered to look up towar
the Bridge OF Signs, hoping to get
! glimpse of Becker as he passed throug
tne CONcTeu LINK UetWceu COuIt nous
} and prison.
Inside the court house and out peopl
we're displaying a tenslty Of feeling tina
develops only in the last hours Of
, great trial. The most foolish rumor
sent scores hurry!ng this way and tina
Newsboys who cried fraudulent
5 Becker found guilty" were su-rounde
by the gullible. The talk was all {
0 one thing:
What kind of verdict will II be?'
Does II look now like disagreement
AT Q o'clock. after the jury had bee
t out five hours. there was no lessenin
= OF the strain that affected PRACTICAL
i everybody.
In the morning and the afternoon. b,
y fore the case had passed into the hant
Of the jury. the court room was crowde
= Policemen barred hundreds from II
d doors. There was no room for q tent
n c. the people who wanted to hear II
= charge to the jury. The gaze Of the 81
= or more who were in the court roo
r. and who watched closely Lieut. Becker
r face and movements as the Justice deli'
:. cred a charge that was unquestionably
=. blow to the defence was the worst orde
Il that the defendant has had to endu
d since the trial began. 1t was apparel
that he knew he was being scrutinize
d He held himself rigidly under contr'