Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-19
Quartette With the Picture
esque Names Likely to Fol-
low Lieutenant Becker to
Sing Sing Death Chair. 81
JURY DELIBERATES
LITTLE OVER HOUR
Prisoners to Appear Tomorrow
Morning 30 Learn When
Sentence of Death Is to Be
Imposed by Court.
my Leased wirs to EvsuiaE HsrsisT

my Leased Wire Co HveuiaG HeRaid1
Nrw York, Nov, 10. ~ "Gyp tho
Iluod." Lefty Louie" Whitley
Lewis" and "Dngo Frank" CiroaoL
lhr gunmcu charged with tho murs
der at Herman Roscnthai. wero all
found guilty of murder In the firaa
degree 10y jury In tho supreme
court thia altrrnuun, Tho Jury dOA
liberated Hu hour aud ton minutes.
The quick verdict came as a sure
prise To everybody. Tho jury In tho
cuyc at Lieut., Charles Becker delibS
Grated nearly scvon hours before
reaching verdict. lie is now In
Sing sing, sentenced to tho electric
chair Tor having instlgnted tho murs
duH
Justice Gun remanded tho prisons
crs until 1890 II. IN. tomorrow. whom
hc viii Tx the day for pronounOing
sentence.
rhc entire proceedings IN court
after the jury came In occupied only
seven minutes. The defendants were
brought In by four wardens and
policeman They heard the verdict
with faces unmOved, staring straight
ahead, ..D
ON tho way back TO their cells all
except Whitley" Lewis WaiKed erect.
Lewis went with bowed hohd, The
crowd In the courtroom received tho
verdict without demonstration and
IN" news caused no visible excite
mrnl when II rcnchod the throng
outside the building.
For more than three hours today
Supreme JuHticc don charged tho
jury IN the cusc of tho four gunmon
accused at numbering Herman RoH-
cnihal. Il the states lnTurmeTs conn
mittrd the criuIr, us the defense. con-
tends, he asked. war It reasonable to
assume that the mformcrH would In.
yitc the Kunmrn nS Witnesses
"li Jack Rose haa He'd" ho said.
I'm swearing that the Bunmcn did
Ill" shuutnE why did hu not gO
further und swear that hc had aC-
tunliy srrn the shooting ~ the hands
ur tnr d"frndnuts .
what I shalt Ny applies tO all
thu dctrndnuts, and only IN one CaBo
shall LsrpHrnt" one from the others"
said Justice cor Ia opening hls nd-
dress
"Itrrman lIrsrnthul Was shot Ia
death under circumstances of excCp-
liunHl rcoklcHsucss, Rose, Wcbber.
Walton and Schepps say iu these four
defendants, 'YOu did the murder:
these four defendants say We admit
the murder, bat YOU committed IT,
II is u remarkable situation these
t"" groups uf men accusing the
either
"l;usr has tuk"u the witness stand
Hnd acknowledged participation IN
the crime. II WAS "A remarkable mar
rntiyc that Il" tuld, Can you say that
men constructed und conceived ihlH
plot without there being found u
grain ul thruth ln IL? From he dc.
r'udunts themselves Wo learn that
Rose feared them,
"rhc defense accuses Rose uf con-
Nructing the story 70 save hlH own
| lilr, II ls for yuu tu Bny. In hear
ing Rose incrlminatr himself Ia tell-
/ lng his narrative, whether there WAS
not truth tu support his story;
whether IT, WAS pure imagination.
Bear In mind that Rose did not
testify that he saw the defendants
shoot RoHenthai. Would he have
stopped short just before the oul-
nlination OF the plot ana failed 20
say that he Snw them eommit mur-
dor, VI he was not telling the truth 2''