Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-22
ARRA|GN BECKER
AND 4 OTHERS on
MURDER CHARGI
Becker Delays Plea
but Others Say
Not Guilty.
CORONER'S JURY FINDS I
BULLET IN BRAIN FATAL
Federal Officials Loan" Exs
Commissioners Flynn to Aid
in Probe.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Police Lieu
tenant Charles Becker and four Of
lis alleged underworld accomplices
were arraigned before Judge Null
queen in the Court of General Ses-
sions today to plead to an indictment.
charging them with the murder 81
the gambler. Herman RoseDthaf.
Counsel for Becker said that he was
not ready to plead today and the
court set Tuesday next for the plead
ing. The other four prisoners all
pleaded not guilty, with permission
TO withdraw or change the plea ~
Tuesday next.
The courtroom was sitting hot. and
packed 10 ~suffocatio1. when the pris-
oners entered. Becker lowered above
the others like a giant. Standing In
one group they waited for their cases
to be called The first was that Of
Becker. As the clerk read the indict-
ment. charging murder In the FIRST
degree, John f, Mcintyre. Becker'1
counsel. announced that he was pre-
pared to plead to the indictment
which the grand jury handed up SONS
weeks ago.
betkef Atiusts 10 flf4H- 13
But that Indictment has been ~
perseded by the present e said
Judge Mulqueen.
"Then we refuse to plead. said Mr..
Mcintyre. He then asked for a post
ponement and Tuesday. August y.
was the date set.
The case of Whitley" Lewis was
quickly disposed of by his plea Of o
guilty and was followed by similar
pleas from "Dago Frank Jack Sui
Ivan and William Shapiro. chauffeur
of the so-called murder car. Court
then adjourned.
The hye men arraigned today ms
cluded all the prisoners so far ar
rested in the Rosenthal case. hat
not all those indicted. "Gyp sn8
Blood and Lefty Louie. the two
remaining gun-men involved In The
shooting. have not been captured al
though they have been indicted.
NJ der" Says corsner's Jury.
The arraignment of Becker was
preceded by the coroner's inquest,
which has been adjourned. Daniel
Frohman was foreman of the jury.
which after hearing the evidence. re-
turned a verdict that Rosenthal had
come to his death by means of a bui-
let wound in the brain caused Ny
some person or persons unknown"
They recommended that Louis Libby.
part owner of the gray murder car"
be discharged from custody. This
will be done.
The inquest was brief and per-
functory and was confined merely { .
determining the cause of Rosenthalls
death. Recommendations to tbs
grand Jury were avoided inasmuch
as that body has already ~returnsd
indictments.
The first witness, DIR. 0tton
Schultz. coroner's physician. testified
that Rosenthars death had heea
caused by a bullet wound in the
brain. 4
There was another wound in the
jaw n in the tongue. but the one
in the brain caused death.
Criticised Cop Testiaes.
Policeman John ]. Brady. on duty
in front of the Hotel Metropoie when
the shooting occurred on the morn
ing of July 16. testified that he had
seen Rosenthal bleeding on the side
walk and had heard FIVE shots.
Thomas Smith, head waiter az tbs
Metropole. told of seeing Rosenthal
in the dining-room and in the lobby
lust prior to the shooting, of hearing
the shots and of seeing Rosenthai
lying on the pavement. John East
man, another waiter. told a similar
story. Policeman william ]. Flies.
who was criticised for his failure 20
capture the assassins. testified that
he was dining in the Metropolis at the
time. and when he heard the shots
he pulled his gun and ran out on the
sidewalk He asked several persons
which way the murderers went, but
none could answer him. He and
other officers jumped into a taxicab
and gave pursuit 10 an automobile
going east. This automobile. he
learned later. was not the gray ear in
which the assassins escaped.
> Cross-examined by counsel for Sha-
piro, held as the chauffeur Of the
murder car" Files admitted that he
/, had never seen him and could not
identify him. The policeman's most
interesting bit of testimony WAS !
statement that he had seen BRIDGE
Weber in the Metropole shortly be-
fore the shooting and had seen him
again in front OF the Cadillac Hotei
: when Rosenthal was dead.
5 District Attorney Whitman gave
out the information this afternoon
that he had unearthed six more bank
accounts of Police Lieutenant Becker
showing deposits Of about $12-5p0. The
; prosecutor has now located sums IT
money a-ggregating s125. 600 held "a
: deposit in several banks by the ac-
cused police officer.
G Magistrate Joseph Corrigan has
: volunteered to turn over 10 the alder
e manic investigating committee Al
the information that he q obtained
: regarding police corruption.
Two Of the seven men Indicted.
r -Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie
are still f~ugitives. 70 spur a hnr'
for these two alleged assassiHs Dis
trict Attorney Whitman has made !
I renewed offer Of s5.oa9 reward ia
their capture. This time b district
attorney has the money with fth>ff
to pay the reward. the needed gnrda
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