Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-21

: iDF the crime, Tor gambling, eXtof-
ton or for any crime disclosed in the
testimony they should give, provided
that they had not fired shot into
the body of Rosenthal"
4 ] ne stipulation provided fu1 her
: that they should tell the truth"
Mr.. Whitman also handed Mr.. Nc
/ lntyre, the origina draft of Roses
/ confession. written in jail It was
| read and placed in evidence
| More than half an hour was con-
sUmed in reading Jack Roses confess
sion, which has been published
so-caIIed Press Agent.
Louis Pitt brother of Charles pitt.
Jr.. Becker's so-called press agent was
the first witness. He said that he had
, visited Jack Rose in the Tombs at
Roses request.
Did Rose get down on his knees
in the Tombs and say to you on the
grave and on the memory of my dead
mother l say that Becker had moth
ing 20 do with this affair."" Yes, he
did" Pitt replied.
Did YOU have another conversation
with Rose about a month before the
murder asked Mr.. Mcintyre. Yes.
Rose told me that he was going to
have Rosenthal killed.
On cross examination Pitt said
Rose told him this when he and Rose
went to a theater together. He said
he did not tell about this eonversa-
ton because he didn't take Rose seri-
ously.
What else did Rose say" He
said that Becker didn't have anything
20 do with that $500 mortgage With
Rosenthal. He said 'Rosenthal owes
me a Tot of money. He's trimmed me.
Then he said he was going to have
Rosenthal killed"
Pitt was excused and Robert \.
Smith. contractor, was called.
Saw Rose at Prize Fight.
Smith told Of an acquaintance with
Rose and Weber, and said he saw
Rose at prize fight at Madison
Square Garden, on June 2Sth.
Did Rose say to you he was going
to KIN Herman Rosenthal?''
Not in that way. He said if Jack
Zelig had not got in trouble he would
have had Rosenthal killed a month
before"
Smith said he had seen Weber at
the Metropole hotel few days later
and had a conversation with him
while Rosenthal was standing nearby.
Did Wehber sayeo you 1 could Kill
this d Rosenthal?" Yes, he said
he could cut his throat and lie down
and sleep with him all night. Weber
came up To me and put his hand on my
shoulder and said that,
Mr.. Moss cross examined. Smith
said he had an interest in his broth
er's business and that he thought his
brother formerly operated gambling
house The witness said he has train
ed and raced horses for 20 years.
Mr.. Moss also elected the testimony
that the witness had given his broth
or $4,000 to be used in running
gambling house and that the house
had been raided. The witness was
present at the raid.
~ don't say, however the witness
continued. that my brother ever ran
a gambling house.
DID you ever run garnpllhS
house >" No"
YOU married Grace Holmes, didn't
you?"
Mr.. Mcintyre objected and was sus-
tained.
4 only wanted to show what bust
ness his wife was engaged in Mr..
Whitman remarked.
Wanted Juror Withdrawn.
Mr.. Mcintyre demanded that a Juror
be withdrawn and the case declared
mistra1 The motion was denied.
Did Rose ever tell you that he
would Kill Rosenthal9" Yes, on June
rs"
Witness SAID that he had told vari-
Gus persons of the threat but he could
not recall their names.
Did you tell Detective D'Farrell?''
asked District Attorney Whitman.
Yes. | did, before Invent to Mount
Clemens.
Did you know OFarrell was en-
ployed by Becker to get evidence in
this case" Not until after l came
back from Mount Clemens: | had told
him long before that, however"
No one else was present, Smith said,
when he told O'Farrell.
Smith said he went to Mount Glenn
ems, Mich. about Aug. l, and told sev-
eral people there of Webbers and
Roses threats against Rosenthal. He
didn't recall their names, either he
said.
Smith finally said he could give the
district attorney 50 names of men who
frequentea the Metropole to whom
he had spoken of Webber and Rose's
threats
All right. give them to me- Mr..
W hitman said.
The witness said then that he
couldn't remember names, but that
every man in the Metropole could cor
rC5ordte his story. He was excused.
Louis Smith. Jr., a commissioner of
&c eds testified that with Pitt, Sam
8, helps and Harry WALTON. he went
TO the home of Dora Gilbert tRosen-
tLlls former wife) on the night be-
fore the murder, To take her atfidaY
il. the document which Becker. it is
alleged, wanted for the purpose of
blackening Rosenthal's character. The
affidavit was identified by the witness,
but Justice Gof excluded it from be-
ing placed in evidence.
Suggested Affidavit to Woman.
Tie witness said that Rose. Web