Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-24
BITTER WORDS
HURLED At ROSE
ANDH|S SGUkMtN
Attorney Mcintyre for Lieut..
Becker Calls States Wit
nesses the Real Assassins
Of Herman Rosenthal.

person, save the confessed murderer,
Jack Rose, has ever connected Becker
with these gunmen-Jack Rose, the
hell of assassins. the hell OF robbers
who boil and kill men," In these
words John F. Mcintyre. chief coun-
sci for Police Liteutenant Charles
Becker, on trial for the murder OF
Herman Rosenthal, the gambler. to-
day sounded the keynote of an appeal
to the jurors to acquit his client OF
the murder.
He told the jurors that in the first
place they must find, before convict
ing Becker, that the four gunmen
were guilty of the killing-"otherWise
the case will fall" Rose could
not be- believed, he charged, because
he was testifying to save his own
life.
He attacked the creditability OF the
states corroborating witnesses
Luban and Hallen-and charged that
the district attorney "actuated by
ambition" had "fathered prosecu.
ton framed up by crooks"
When court opened John F. Nc
Intyre, ready to sum up for the de-
fense, announced he would speak
probably four hours-the entire fore
noon session. The afternoon session
was allotted the prosecution with a
probable four-hour plea for conviction
by Frank Moss, assistant district at
torney. Justice Goff will charge the
jury Thursday morning and Becker's
fate should be known before night.
The defendants wife was in court
as usual, ready to listen to Mr.. Nc
Intyre's arguments In her husbands
behalf and to the denunciation OF the
rprnsecution.. who seeks.Z. to send him
to the electric, chair
"Aruund this man 4 some circum-
stances have been woven. easy, how
ever, OF satisfactory explanation =
said Mr.. Mcintyre. "They point to-
wards innocence, although by the dis
trict attorney that may be tortured
into the direction Of guilt.
II beseech you to approach the fin
al moments of this case with care
and scrutiny that no mistake be made.
1--WE ask that the proofs be looked
into with minute inspection in order
to prevent error of judgment creep
ing In. The defendant has endured
the pelting of q merciless storm from
conspiracy hatched In yonder pris-
on. The prosecution has partaken
too much of the nature of private
proceeding.
II am defending an American, not q
murderer. His acCusers are vile; a
lawless and degenerate set, reeking
in filth and infamy; they have tarn-
ished the facts of q great city, q city
more philanthropic and generous
than any in the world.
.The district attorney has been mis-
led, perhaps, deceived. He may be
actuated by ambition, and ambition
often beclouds Gods judgment; but
in the end, he has fathered prosecu-
ton framed up by crooks.
Bitterly Arrays Gunmen.
"This trial had it's birth in the
hearts of four murderers-Rose,
Webber, Vallon and Schepps-self-
confessed assassins, all OF whom
when it Is over, will be free men, In
this, to murder again If they please.
Rose as the evidence shows, cher.
ished animosity against Rosenthal, as
I will show. His feeling was bitterer
than gall; he despised the ground on
which he walked He connived mur-
der, and when detected q link had to
be forged connecting some one higher
up. The public mind had been In
famed; hysteria prevailed, public
clamor was rampant. The evidence
shows that the district attorney did
not want small fry but big fish. Rose
saw his opportunity and the framing
up of Becker then started"
"Rose!" exclaimed Mr.. Mcintyre,
in dramatic tones; "he Is the hell Of
the jugglers, the hell of the assassins.
the hell of robbers, who boil and kill
men, the internal tun of the deceitful
the excrementitious hell-the hell
of the revengeful and every thought
OF that monster comes to his asso-
ciates as a magnetizer and each
thought Of his has been impaired to
his fellow murderers.
Nothing was cooler than his head
when the lightning of his imagination
was playing In the sky.
"There was no weapon in all the
armory Of fiction which he did not
possess anu use III HlS elIoTl " luCTlm-
mate the defendant.
"There needs but one wise man In
the company of crooks and all become
wise, so rapid Is the contagion.
eve balanced one man with his
opposite-Becker of good character;
Rose, confessed assassin"
Mr.. Mcintyre then began to review
IN vxy3%h 1,o fAo
timony of the states Witnesses. He
declared that before Becker could be
found guilty. the jury must find that
the four gunmen were the actual
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