Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-13
; BECKER WANTED ROSEDTHAL SHOT,
CROAKED Or DYNAMNED' SAYS ROSE

witness at the home of Dora Gilbert,
Rosenthal's former wife. on the sun
day before the Metropole disaster.
Did you say at that time that
Rosenthal was going to be killed."
AT no time did / ever say that"
But you knew all the time there
was to be a frame up to kill Rosen.
thai"
Yes"
And did you ever during all this
time give warning to .Rosenthal?"
II telephoned to Mrs. Rosenthal
and told her that her husbands lifc
was in danger"
AT that time, when you were be-
tween two fires, Becker and tho
gangsters. why is It that you did not
rescue yourself by telling somebody
I'm the company that | frequentei,
no one would pay any attention to
me-" replied Rose. II had a part IN
the murder but / tried to keep them
from doing It."
did you have the slightest degree
Of remorse when you saw those men
leave Webbers to take human life ?"
NO" said Rose after some hesita-
tion."'
Rose said he warned Lefty Louie
to keep off the street and not to al
low his gang" to be seen in public,
as he knew Becker intended to
frame" them. Mr. McIntyres cross
examination continued:
did you ask them tat night to
kill Rosenthal?"
Il did"
"Dld you say to Lefty Louie" Il
want you to XIII Herman"
II did"
did you fix a day for the taking
Of Rosenthals llfe?"
mo, | told them TO be ready that
would let them know when the job
was to be done"
you have been promised immunity
to come here and testify, have you
not?"
"Yes I signed a stipulation to that
effect"
And you expect TO go out from
here and walk the streets n free man
when this trial is over. don't you?"
mot these streets; l shall not be
free man in this city. Not if
value my life would / attempt to live
here again"
You value your llfe?" repeated the
attorney
Il do"
And you are testfying now to save
your own life? You are willing to
swear Becker into the electric chair
to save your own life, aren't you?"
II am trying to save my life, of
course; IL l had not come here and
testified. j would have lost It. / am
merely testifying against Becker be-
cause he was preparing to throw us
to the wolves. That was what he
had fixed up for me-"
us the object of your testimony
to escape punishment for your own
part of the crime?"
II have two objects Rose sail
slowly. First to establish the truth.
second. TO get consideration from tho
district attorney.
Mcintyre then shifted to the ,mur.
der plot.
"The gang" said Rose stayed ut
Webbers' place and rode down there
with u.s."
did you intend to murder Rosen-
thai that night"
Yes"
who were at the table,"
"Gyp the Blood" Lefty Louie"
"Dago Frank" Webber, Whitley
Lewis, Vallon and myself"
''The witness added that Webber
volunteered to find out whore Ros-
enthal was and came back later and
said Rosenthal was around at the
Metropole. Then the gun men got
up and went out"
Didn't you get down on your
knees in the prison." asked Nc
Intyre and swear to Charles Pitt
and the grave of your dead mothe,
that Becker had nothing to do with
the murder"
L.
Didn't you say to Jack Sullivan
that your only way to beat the case
was to frame up Becker"
District Attorney Whitman sought
futilely to check this line of exami-
nation. Once or twice he was sus-
tanned but generally Justice Goff al
lowed the question.
'Dougherty didn't give me a square
DEAL" Rose volunteered. Il made 4
statement to him and he didn't write
1t down like / made 1t. lie put down
parts of it-such parts as he thought
he wanted to go down-and left out
what he didn't like"
Mr.. Mcintyre fought hard to get
on the record the terms Of immunity
granted Rose. Schepps and Vallon, but
the best the court would permit him
to do was to introduce a copy of
New York newspaper of July 29 CON
tanning an alleged signed confession
by Rose.
After eight hours on the witness
stand Rose leaned forward suddenly,
shortly after seven o'clock, placed his
head between his hands and rocked
in his chair. He had just been shown
a copy of his alleged confession.
IL was seen that Rose was IN AMI