El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-30
BECKER
ACCUSED Of
MURDER
Witness Says He Inspired
Rosenthal Killing and Of
fered Gun Men Protection
DIABOLICAL PLOT
FAST UNRAVELING
Csee p. II for Lieut.. Decker's Picture.)

tSee p. IA for Lieut.. Decker's Picture.)
=, New York, N Y, July 3O-Hereford
Mars4all, counsel for Jack Sullivan
IJdcoD Relch), the gO-betWeen between
ttisIuIIenant Becker and Jack Rose, now
He4u IN the tombS in connection with
the case announced this morning that
ouIllNan WaSSready to tell all he knew
on the witness stand and that his
than any yet told. The Indictment and
arrest OF police lieutenant Charles
Becker last night, for the murder Of
the gambler, Herman Rosenthal fol-
lowed soon after the confessions Of
Bald jack Rose, '-Bridgfe" Weber
ana Harry WALTON, and revealed today
10 district attorney Whitman, the 'pO-
lice system in all its hideousness.
Four Gun Men.
me CONCESSIONS show that the muir
9qerers were Lefty Louie or Lewis
the Blood;'' Frank Muller. or white
jack Lewis. and "Dago Frank" Giro
Ilcl- only Clrofici has been appre-
hended These gun men, members of
piled themselves with liquor and then
went out and shot RosenthaI for a
price said to be $4,000.
Bald Jack" Rose, gambler. who saws
ne was Becker's gambling house col
Hector, felt the ground Slipping from
under him day by day
Becker Says Job Must Be Done.
If you see TO it that my wife and
children are protected. I'll come across
and tell the TRUTH Rose told district
attorney Whitman. He said that RO-
senthal was a thorn in Becker's side
Becker had pressed RoSenthal to the
wall according to Rose. and ROSen-
thai threatened publicity. Six weeks
before the killing, Rose says. Becker
sent for him and said RoSenthal must
be made away with. Rose says he saw
Big Jack" Seelig to make a deal for
his gun men. A few days before the
killing, Rose says he met Weber and
a NJ hi hn toll
ing 1t over Becker said to, Weber:
This JOB has got to be done, and
Rose says they won't do it for him.
Now Bridge, you can get II done They
all know you. You have got the money
everybody"
Rose and Weber say they believed
Becker would send them away and mad
the power to do it Then the murder
plot unfolded itself quickly. Monday
night came and with it the word for
the gun men to get together. Rose
told how he got the assassins together, /
and how. after the killing, he went
over to the hotel Metropole to see how
the job had been done.
Rose Was Mortified.
When Rosenthal lay dead upon the
sidewalk with a tablecloth spread over
him Rose says ne telephoned lieuten-
the shock that he could only gasp:
My God, this is horrible
Becker. Rose says in his confession. f,
"Oh, don't worry. I'll protect you"
Murderers Full of Booze.
OF the real murderers, Rose says: |
These poor. devils did not know what |
they were doing. They were full Of 1
booze. They had been told to kill, /
and they went and did what they were I
told"
Speaking of Becker and his alleged 1
connection with gambling. Rose said: /
Why, of course, I was Becl1er's col /
lectOr- Everybody knew it"
Lieutenant Becker, who has been sus-
pended, spent a quiet night in the {
tombs. That is an awful plight for an /
innocent wan to find himself in said
Becker this morning.
Three Prisoners in State of Terror.
The three prisoners, Rose, Weber
and WALTON, were in a state of terror
today, though locked in the district at
torney's office and guarded by a squad
Of detectives. Weber was hystericGl /
and frequently Wept
The confession of Rose and the ar
rest and Indictment of Becker created
4 sensation in the police department
That an investigation would be under |
taken by the city in the police depart
nent appeared to be a fOregOne con /
clusion.