The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-25
AS TIME GOES BY
AND NO AGREEMENT
HOPE RISES HIGH
Convicted Official Is Almost
Overcome and Can Hardly
Stand When Jury Is Polled.
His Counsel Overcome, But
Express Confidence of Re-
versal

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.--Lieutenaut
Charles Becker, charged with proour-
ing the death Of Herman .Rosenthal,.
the gam bier, was convicted of murder
in the first degree at three and a half
minutes after midnight this morning.
The jury was out eight hours.
The verdict came only after a n1,sr
protracted struggle among the jurors.
whose arguments at times rose to such
q pitch that their voices were heard
IN hlte street, below the jury room,
on the ground-giass windows of
which were silhouetted their figures.
angrily gesticulating
MRS. Becker, wife OF the convicted
Official, was barred from the court
room when the jury returned with
their verdict. Seated In the corridor
outside. the dread news was broken
to her as gently as possible She sat
perfectly imnHovable when the mes
senger told her husbands fate Ap-
parently stunned. she neither moved
nor spoke. Then her eyes closed and
she apparently swooned. Friends car
ried her away
me verdict was severe blow to
both the defendant and his wife, ana
couhsel-ail of whom had been con-
iidently looking for disagreement az
least.
Looked for Disagreement.
me duration of the jury's deliber-
atlnns-the seeming raucor OF their
debates and the nature of tha EVIL
uehee that they asked to have sent
INTO the 1ury-room after they had
.e'irea' Rose confession and the let
ter OF Sam schepps 10 Rose. declar-
ing tnat ne would not sW ear to q
he-all carried the belief that point,
OF diHerence had arisen between tha
/ Twelve men which would makc a dis
agreement inevitable.
scenes or the most dramatic char
actsr attended the closing hours Of
t,ils Seieorated trial. 1t was l1:53
= N when Justice Goff entered the
uttered courtroom, whence ba haf
Deem summoned by a messar. that
the jury was ready to coma in
AS the biaek-robed justice took hfn
seat on the bench, all of the sleepy
eyeo spectators rising while he enter.
GU the JURY began entering from the
uoer at the rear Of the room. They
were heaVy-eyed and bedragyIed. and
plainiy showed the effects Of their
iohg siege. Their faces were all east
IN serious mould. Moi a anttht i'm
the minds OF any who beheld them ns
they hi"d into their seats that tina
worst was In store for the accused
ponce lieutenant. Beeker's fate was
written IN the deep lines Of each of
the twelve mems faces
Becker StumbIe~ I'm
Inc last Juror had scarcely gaineA
ms seat when the same door through
which the arbiters of his fate had en-
tered again swung open. and RecLer
himself stalked through. His far.
was white. HIS ayes .sxeet asYort ma
courtroom in an affrighted manner
ana nnaiiy fell upon the jurors. so
intent Was he in studying thei- conn
tenances that he stumbled sjust inside
the room and almost fell over the
railing.
The attending deputy sheriff caught
nln, ana supported him within the
TAIL me prisoners calm had gone.
re sunk heavily into chair breath
ing so hard that the rise and sa,I ~
his massive chest could plainly ~
dsscerned across the courtroom. H~I
too. had been waiting eight hours
waiting silently. his wife at his side
whispering the hope that both clunr
to in desperation born of the despair
OF the past sixteen days of tanning
revelations
Motion Is Denied.
An intense silence fell over the
room. in which the electric lights
Sho"1u S1AASh ever newspaper lYt~
tered floor. The air was heavy WITH
the odor OF tobacco. with which the
walters had beguiled the time as thev
specialized on the outcome MCINTYRE.
counsel FOR the accused. was on his
feet as soon as his client had been
comfortably seated. His motion was
to have read to the Jury. before they
announced any decision, the complete
record OF the testimony taken at Hot
Springs. Earlier in the day the jury
had asked for this In connect. on with
their consideration Of Schepps' stand
ing as confederate, and Justice Cor
had refused to send the record into
the jury-room because all OF the tee
timony had not been admitted to the
record of the trial. sss
1T In hut fair that the Jury have
the benefit Of this record before they
decide this case" urged Mcintyre.
Justice Con-. solemn and impress
sive, denied the motion.
Jury Is Affected.
All eyes thereupOn we're turned
upon the jurors. The eyes Of half AZ
them dropped under the scrutiny to-
which they were subjected. Signs III Il
intense strain and deep feeling waFN n
manifest, on the faceA of them M s
when the roll Was called they ~
6wered but family 10 their na5ne6
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