New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-08
GUNNER JOINTLY TO
BAR, PROBABLY TODAY
Golf HaStens COnrOy Murder
Case to Expedite Zelig
GangSterS' Trial.
SENSATION NOT UNLIKELY
Defence Kept Secret, but Is
Said to Include Evidence Not
Submitted in Becker
Proceedings.

&lOONNNAASS'
The trial Of the four gunner, Lefty
Louie Rosenberg, white" Lewis
Crank Muller), 'Dago" Frank Cirofici
and "Gyp" the Blood Harry Horowitz),
FOR the murder Of Herman Rosenthal is
expected TO begin to-day before Justice
Golf in the extraordinary term Of the
Supreme Court. They will be tried to-
gether, instead Of having separate
trials, as counsel for the defendants
first elected.
District Attorney Whitman received
yesterday the following letter, indicat-
ing the willingness Of the gunner to
be tried at the same time, from their
counsel, Wahle & Kringel, Of No. 22O
Broadway:
Sir: You will please take notice that
we have been authorized and directed by
Frank Muller, Frank Cirohci, Louis ko-
senberg and Harry HorOwitz, the defend
ants mentioned in this case, TO waive
separate trials for them, and TO consent
that they be tried together; that in pur-
SuanCe thereof we shall, when the ABOVE
entitled action is moved for trial, WITH
draw the application for separate trlaIs
heretofore made. and consent and request
that the four defendants be tried to-
gether. WAFFLE x KRlNGEL
New York, Nov. Z, 1912
District Attorney Whitman, who had
wanted to try the four men together
to facilitate the cases, said he was glad
they had consented to be tried together.
Mr. Whitman said that trying the de-
PENDANTS at the same time would en-
able him to group his witnesses. who
would identify the defendants as the
men who shot Rosenthal in a more ef-
fectiye manner than with separate
trials.
Four Witnesses for People.
The state has four witnesses who will
identify the murderers. OF these,
Thomas Coupe, Giovanni Stanish and
Louis Krause, each has positively
identified a different member of the
group of gunner as man he saw
firing at Rosenthal. They have not
been sure of their Identification Of some
of the others. William Shapiro, the
chauffeur of the murder car" which
conveyed the gunner TO and from the
scene of the crime. is the only witness,
it is said, who can identify all four
men. With the gunner in court to-
gether the identification by the four
witnessc- will be more effective, the
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The District Attorney said that he
fully expected the trial would start to-
day, because Justice Golf had sug-
gested a suspension Of the Conroy muir
der trial, at present before him, in or
der to expedite the trial Of the gunner.
if such a course were necessary. The
Conroy trial is nearly completed and II
may be resumed at the morning session
before the gunmen's trial is begun
The District Attorney said 1t would
probably not take more than one day
to obtain the jury. The trial would not
last more than a week, he said.
Mr.. Whitman said ne did not know
what the defence Of the gunner would
be. 1t is understood that the District
Attorneys office is little concerned as
TO what the nature Of the defence may
be. The prosecutor felt confident, it
was said, that the gunner would
promptly be convicted on the testimony
brought out at the Becker trial, as the
witnesses would appear again for the
state against the gunner.
1t is said to be the belief Of the Dis
trict Attorney and his assistants in
the Rosenthal case that II by any
chance the gunner should not be con-
victed. and should be set free, they
would inflict swift and fatal ven
geance upon some Of their enendes
Every legitimate effort would be made
by the prosecutors, It was said. to con-
Wet the gunner as a warning to other
gangsters who might be susceptible to
hire TO do murder.
Hyde Trial Comes Next.
The trial Of Charles H. Hyde, for
merly City Chamberlain. for bribery
will probable be held before Justice
Con- Immediately after the trial Of the
ssnmen 1t ia expected to be some
what lengthy. and it is not likely that
the John Doe" graft inquiry before
Justice Goff will begin until the first
OF January, IT is said.
Charles G. F. Wahle, chief counsel for
the four gunner, said yesterday that
each of the defendants would take the
witness stand in his own behalf There
would be about twenty witnesses called
by the defence, he said. Mr.. Wahle de-
clined to say what the defence would
be It is understood. however. that the
defence expects to bring out some
phases Of the murder Of Rosenthal
which did not develop at the Becker
trial Some sensational developments
are promised.
Louis Libby. the former owner Of
the gray murder car" was closeted