The evening world., 1912-12-10
sAIo BECKER WAS GETTING I'M.
PATIENT OVER DELAY.

SAID BECKER WAS GETTING I'M.
PATIENT OVER DELAY.
On July 10 Becker called me at my
home. He sald he wanted to see me,
and met him at Fifteenth street and
Fourth avenue. In front OF the Union
Square Hotel. He said: "Bridgle, VIVA.
are you doing about that - Roscn.
thai? He In making trouble for ms
Why don't you have him croaked?" 1
said: Charley. that is all being taken
care OF. You can expect to read 1t In
the papers any day" Then l wen.
away.
Y. What were you doing about croak-
ing Rosenthal7 A. Nothing except talk
to Rose. to whom I had talked before.
! told him had just left Becker and
that he was very anxious to have the
boys get on the job and croak Rosen-
thai told Rose would help him and
he said he would see the boys and have
them kill Rosenthal.
q. Did you make any plans? A. Rose
said he would set the gunner and
bring them to my place. Then / was
to ind Rosenthal and they were to do
the job.
q. Did you have any talk with
Becker the night OF the Sam Paul out
ingf A. Yes. said, Damn It! get
on the job
Q. On July 10 did you meet Rose? A.
Yes. He came to my poker room at
$50 o'clock and said Becker had told
him . subpoena was out for four men
to 60 before whitman to corroborate
the story Rosenthal was telling albut
Becker. These men were Dollar john"
ABE the Rebier,' able" Halle and
Rose. Rose said that Becker wanted me
to see those men. and I did. That night
\ In. In, a
ison Square Garden, but had no talk
with him. Then I went to my poker
room and met Sam Paul. Dollar john"
"Leftie Louie" white Lewis" and
'Gyp the Blood"
Gyp asked II I had seen Dago Frank
or Rose. I said no. but Just at that
time Rope and Dago Frank came up. I
took them to my poker room. where !
ordered food for them. At 10 O'Clock
In the morning Rose asked me where
Rosenthai was. I put on my hat and
went to the Metropole There I saw
Herman Rosenthad. ran back to my
poker room and told the fellows.
TELLS OF A FIFTH MAN HE DID
NOT KNOW.
Five of them left-"Lefty Louie"
whitley Lewis" "Dago Frank" "Gyp
the Blood" and a NTH man. I do not
know who he was. I stayed there i've
minutes and then walked to Broadway
and Forty-second street stayed there
few minutes and then went back to
my poker room. Later l walked back
to Broadway and Forty-fifth street and
stood there a few minutes. There 1
heard that Herman Rosenthsi had been
killed--A man told me.
Webber testified that he met Becker
tn ~ n IL
two hours after the murder. The tes-
gimony ran:
Becker came up from the corner OF
Sixth avenue and greeted me. He said.
I congratulate you. Webper; you have
done Q good job. The - got
what he deserved Then Becker spoke
to Jack Rose and congratulated him."
Continuing. Weber recited:
Jack Rose said to Becker, whitman
10 over at the station house and has
the auto number Becker said, No,
they haven't got the right number. !
saw the-lying there. and l felt like
taking my knife and outing out his
tongue as a warning to future sQueal-
ers. Now. the only thing to do Is to
keep the fellows low. Tell them to get
out OF town.
Rose said he had no money. Becker
turned to me and said: "Bridgie, give
Jack q thousand dollars. and that will
make fifteen hundred dollars I owe
you. Say. fellows. I passed the Cad!l-
lac In a machine about $50 and told
my chauffeur Otto to 60 slow and II
had seen that - - - Rosenthal
ia have stuck him up against a wall
and took a shot at him and then have
Otto. open up and keep going
II said, Charley. there's going to be
trouble. Nothing doing he said. 1
left Becker about 40 In the morning"