The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-18
DEFENCE TO PROVE GAMBLERS
KILLED ROSENTHAL
Mrs. Rosenthal Tells of Meeting of
Husband and Becker in Elks'
Club-BeCker Cuts Short Her
Cross Examination.

HUSBAND ana Becker IN EIkS'
Club-Becker Cuts Short Her
Cross Examination.
New York, Oct 17-There was an
Episode in the trial of Lieutenant
Becker that will hardly be forgotten
by those who looked and listened. That
was when Mrs Lillian Rosenthal, the
widow Of the murdered gambler, looked
teadfastly at Becker and swore that
he was present when Becker in the
1lks' club, a few months before the
murder, put his arm around her hus-
bands shoulders and said: "Cheer up
Everything will be all right"
The jurors who had been following
livery word of Mrs. Rosenthal's com
posed but earnest story were on tip
toe as they leaned toward the witness.
Several turned their heads and watch
ed Beckers face as Mrs. Rosenthal
kept on with her testimony about the
raid that the lieutenant made on the
gambling house and the reply he made
TO her surprised questions as to what
tt all meant. ut had to be Herman
or me. Tell Herman he don't owe me
anything. Tell him to go down and
see that man and tell him we are
square
For the first time since the trial
Lieutenant Becker's eyes roved from
"a witness. He looked toward the cell
ling or at the table in front of him, and
when Mrs. Rosenthal at times turned
from the jurors to fix her eyes on him
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throat were moving as If he was swal-
lowing hard. And when Mr.. McIn-
tyre a little later would have per
sisted with the cross examination of
Mrs Rosenthal, Becker asked his law
yer to stop.
Defense to Be Heard Today.
With the testimony of Mrs. Rosen-
thai and with the testimony of numer-
Gus disinterested witnesses that Beck
er and Rose, in the months before the
murder, met at Roses house, at the
Union Square hotel and at Luchow's
restaurant and that Becker was in
communication with Rose after the
murder, the state approached the com
pletion of it's case.
The district attorney will put on the
stand today a few more witnesses for
the purpose Of additionally corrobrat
ing details of the testimony of Rose
Webber, Vallon and Schepps Mr.. Nc
Intyre will then ask that the defendant
be discharged on the ground that the
state has failed to make case. If
the motion is denied-and there is
every likelihood that it will be-Beck-
er's chief counsel will be required to
make his opening address to the jury
and to call the witnesses for the de-
fense. The line of defense has been
plainly indicated. Becker's counsel will
try to show that Rosenthal was muir
dered by gamblers who were afraid
that his "squeal" would put them out
of business.
The district attorney yesterday
struck his most effective blows against
the defense. The intensely interesting
and highly colored narratives of the
four informers has furnished the the
atrical features of the trlal-these and
the convincing story told by Mrs
Rosenthal. They were like the
episodes of the big act of a well con.
the succeeding witnesses, the many
who furnished corroboration, was the
explanatory final act, the connecting
links Of the story.
Becker and Rose Friends.
By these witnesses the state showed
that Lieutenant Becker and Jack Rose
were for long time preceding the
Unnr1ar fhn inf 70 ani
friendly terms, whatever way their af
fairs pointed. Becker and his wife
dined with the Roses. Becker anC
Rose met in restaurants little fre
quented by uptown gamblers ant
spoke cautiously when eavesdropperi
were by. A waiter saw Rose give
money to Becker on two occasions
There was a witness TO corro oborat'
Schepps' story that Rose appealed t
I Becker after the murder and tina
Becker sent back word for Rose t
stay in hiding.
There was a witness to swear tina
he heard Becker in the Tombs sa,
that after the sensation blew over tn
public would give him pension 70
killing damned skunk" There wa
corroboration of Roses story that Johl
w. Hart, Becker's lawyer, visited Ros
on the second night Of the murder
gaining admission TO Roses hidin
place with the initials ~. H." his owl
with the wv" omitted.
No amount OF cross examination
could shake those corroborative stories