The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-02
.MINTyRE ANGRY
At REPORT He HAD
QUIT Becker CASE
Calls the Circulation of Story
4 'Piece of Underhand
= Sneaking Work"
IS STILL IN CHARGE.
Joseph A. Shay, Retained as
Attorney of Record, Will
Prepare Brief.
IS STILL IN CHARGE.

John r. Mcintyre. who Is at sea-
80 resort near New York recuperat-
ing from the strain OF his work In
Ne Becker trial. sent over the long
distance telephone to-day q positive
denial that he In out Of the Becker
CASE. He was particularly emphatic
. IN denouncinE a report that he had
retired from the case because he Ind
become convinced Of Becker's guilt
II note" said Mr. Mcintyre. that
The persons responsible for stating
THAI have abandoned the Becker case
DO not come out openly with their
statements. They make insinuations.
withdrawn from the case because
think Becker guilty a. about as con-
temptibie a piece Of underhand and
sneaking work AS was ever attempt
Cd And II eccms to proceed from the
same source that gave birth to all the
iies ana false innuendo which contrib
ussd to make the prosecution OF Becker
= persecution and q scandal.
COMING BACK MONDAY TO
PREPARE FOR APPEAL.
ri am still in charge OF the Becker
defense. I left the city after the trial
BY orders Of my physician. I expect to
return on Monday. when shall take up
the work OF preparing the appeal The
rsporp that was out Of the case did
sot come from me or anybody connected
With me. or from the Becker family.
They sau,s from { hostile source. and I
wNs not consulted before they were
printed. This = In keeping with every
thing. connected .wsth the conspiracy
BY WHOM Becker W. rsalroaded to SING
olng."
Announcement was made to-day that
JesepA A. Shay. . Larger with ofYices
IN ths suite occupied by John r. Nc
Intyrs In the Broad Exchange BUILDING.
vas retained three days ago to act
- attorney Of record for Charles
Becker. John w. Hart. who had been
attorney Of record since before Becksr's
arrest, y no longer associated with the
dsfsnss. He did not withdraw. but his
connection ceased automatically imme-
diately after Becker had bean sentenced
o. last Wednesday.
M. Shay was associated with John
u Mcintyre. senior counsel for the
Becker defense. In the dsfsnse Of Thorn.
~ Hams. Who was indicted with his
bsethsr. Capt. Hams. Tor the murder Of
william ANNA Thornton Halns was
aeauittsd.
ApPGAA sAsRp ON NOVEL L,NEs
IN HOMICIDE CASE.
According to Lawyer Shay the appeal
In the Becker case wf,i be based on HINES
unusual In homicide proceeding. Shay
sxpscts to establish. by means of new
evidence and comparisons OF old evil
dencs that Becker u the Victim Of q
conspiracy.
The Thornton Hams case was much
like the Becker case from Q legal stand
point. Thornton Hams did not actually
shoot Annis, but he was indicted for
nrst degree murder on the ground that
he persuaded his brother to commit the
m1dsr. In the Thorntoa Hains case Il
was submitted In evidence that Thornton
accompanied his brother to the Bayside
Yacht Club and stood alongside him a.
the shots which killed Annis were fired
and kept back people who would have
iatsrfersd and san the jury acquitted
Thornton Hams.
since my retention. three days ago,
- the attorney Of record In the Becker
case. have been at work day and
nis4st going over the transcript OF evi-
deoce." aid Mr.. Shay 20 q reporter for
The Evening World. There are some
1000 pages OF the trial and these are
Aensycombed with exceptions and re-
vsrsbie errors. both In the matter Of
the evidence placed before the jury by
The District-Attorney and In the charge
at the Court There Ii no doubt 10 my
mind that many OF these errors are Of
Q nature that Will assure the reversal
OF the verdict which has sent Becker
to the death house In Sing Sing.
HOPE TO BREAK DOWN TEST
MoNY OF AccoMPLlcEs.
'.As has been brought out before, the
Law says plainly that a conviction can
not be obtained on the evidence OF &C.
completes in q crime unless supported
by the evidence OF dis!nterested wit
nesses. Becker was convicted on the
testimony of three acknowledged &C.
completes In the murder OF Herman
Rosenthai. one man whom We mean tc
prove was an accomplice and two
others whose testimony there will be
no difficulty In refuting.
ITO one unbiased. following closel,
the evidence In this case against Beck