New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-29
Calls Weber Arch. Plotter.


Before his counsel could get word
10 him yesterday. Becker added TO his
story Of Sunday night by declaring
that Bald Jack" Rose, "Bridgle" We
ber, Harry yallon and sam" Schepps
had plotted to kill Rachel Braunstein,
Weber's gambling house partner. We
Der he painted as the arch-consprator
Of the plot. and said he had offered
$4,000 10 have Braunstein bumped
Off"
This plot was hatched two months
before the killing OF Rosenthal. Becker
alleged, adding that had Jack Sulli-
van Jacob A. Reich been permitted
to tell his whole story on the stand he
would have told OF this conspiracy.
In his two hours OF boisterous tesu-
mony sullivan did manage to get on
the record that he would have frustrat-
ed the murder OF Rosenthal had he
known OF It in time. as he had pre-
vented the killing OF Braunstein.
That part OF Beckers interview
printed in yesterdays Tribune wherein
Becker said John f. Finnegan had
given his wife $4,000 or $4,000 was
branded as false by Mrs. Mary Lane,
a sister OF Mrs. Elizabeth Finnegan,
widow Of the do-benefactor. The
estate of $1,000. she said, went TO
Flnnegan's widow.
Further Refutstion.
Becker's story concerning his large
bank accounts was also disproved.
Becker said on Sunday that when his
wife showed him all this wealth In
greenbacks, which she kept in an old
tin box. he told her TO take two days
off from school and bank the money,
S29, 800 In all. He said he assisted In
banking Il. The time he fixed as some
time during this spring.
The only two successive days last
spring when Becker made deposit were
April ~ and %. on the first day
Becker deposited $1,000 in four banks,
and on the following day he banked
81 ,DbD In tOUT Quiet lioii'ubiNhoi
ing a total of $4,000 in all.
This falls short by Sll,5OO Of the
amount Becker said he deposited on
those two days, and the other discrep-
ancy between his story and the figures
is that bank accounts aggregating Si9,-
623 70 were uncovered by District At
torney whitman in nine different
banks, all OF which was deposited dur
ing the DAYS when Becker ruled the
strong arm" squad and when Rose
said Becker was grating right and left
from gamblers.
Then, too Becker had safe deposit
boxes in two different banks which
were never opened by the District At
torney, so that the amount of money
they contained was not learned.
BESIDES his new story concerning the
alleged plot to kill Rachel Braunstein.
Rocker said yesterday that william!
Shapiro. chauffeur of the murder car
told several people that Vallon rode
uptown with the gunmen, and that he
and Schetps figured In the actual kill
ing Of Rosenthal
Jurists on Court Narrative.
In the interview he gave yesterday
afternoon Becker again evinced his
feeling Of hopelessness that his counsel
can save him from the electric chair.
Relieving that he must die, Becker an
nounced that II was his plan to tell his
version of the murder before Justice
Gorf when the clerk asked him to-mor-
row morning II he had anything to say
why the sentence Of death should not
be pronounced upon him. Mr.. McIn-
tyre will try his best to prevent such
nrocedurc, for fear OF the effect IT might
have on the appeal
'I am innocent" said Becker yester-
day, and they are now going to sem
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