The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-23
KING OF NEWSB9YS WAS
STRONG DEFENSE WITNESS
Jack Sullivan, Becker's Star Witness,
unIoosed Tongue and ExcitedIy
Told Of Alleged Conspiracy Among
Gunmen TO Frane-up Officer.
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= eEckER's LAWYER BEGINS 4
= SUMMING UP FOR DEFENSE. 4

= New York, Oct. 25.-John F. .
= Mcintyre this morning began .
= summing up for the defense in .
= the trial of Lieutenant Becker. o
= The attorney declared the defen- =
= dant was forced to endure prose- .
= cution as the result of a prison .
hatched conspiracy, which has =
= assumed the nature of private .
= proceedings. Mcintyre villifed =
= the gunmen and said he was de- =
. Tending an American not a MUIR =
. derer. The evidence shows, he said, =
= that the district attorney wanted =
= only the big fish and Rose seized =
y the opportunity for freedom and =
= the others were quick to follow. .
= The jury must find the gunner, =
= the actual slayers of Rosenthal .
= before they find Becker guilty. =
= Then the attorney asked why =
= they were not tried first =
= = 80 = = = = = %%%~ .
New York, Oct 23.-Police Lieu
tenant Charles Becker said last night:
81 wanted to go on the stand but
don't believe any jury would convict
me on the testimony offered in this
case"
"king of Newsboys" Testimony.
The case of the state against Po.
lice Lieutenant Charles Becker closed
abruptly and dramatically yesterday
afternoon when the district attorney
at the courts command, reading into
the record a flood of testimony from
Becker's star witness, Jack Suli
van, for whose admission Beckers
lawyers had fought long and hard
when Sullivan testified before.
Amid the vigorous protests OF
Becker's counsel who had objected
as vigorously when Sullivan's testi
mony was barred several days ago
the "King of the Newsboys" unloosed
his tongue. He told his story bel
ligerently and excitedly, in his own
way, just as he had asked permission
to tell it when he was on the stand
before. His testimony was in direct
support of the contention of the de
tense that Rose, Weber, Vallon and
Schepps, informers and state wit
nesses, had conspired in jail to send
Becker to the electric chair by theil
own perjury.
'Rose told me that he and Weber
and Vallon and Schepps were goine
to frame up Becker" Sullivan de
clared.
HE asked me to corroborate this
testimony. They all asked me-kept
at me day and night. When one left
off the other began. Rose got letter
from the district attorney one day
and after he had read it he came tc
me and said Jack, the district at
torney writes to me that he wants tC
know if you are going to corrobor
ate us. He says if you do, it will be
all right; if you don't, you'll be in
dicted.'
"Webber said to me-: The onl!
way you can get out is for you t.
do as Mr.. Whitman says and swea
that you saw Becker with Jack Ros,
and me few hours after the murder
If you do that, you'll get out, like W,
will, after the trial. If you don't
you'll be indicted and spend 81:
months in jail Once Webber sal,
to me- Jack, for Gods sake say yol
saw Becker, as we will testify.
"Tf you want money, I'll get yo
81, 900 now, and when you get ou
wen go into the hotel business. r.
put in $25,O0O and we will divide tn
profits even All you have to do /
to lie, it's all right; If you don
you'll go to jail
To all Of these opportunities, su
! livan said He sled that he woul
spend six f6s|9 jail. IL necessary
rather y mans l''s w.