New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-24

mony in this case stands alone there
would be no question of fact for you U
pass upon. What does the District At'
torney do in order to fasten the crime
on Charles Becker Does he bring persons
here of good repute-men whose RECORDS
have been pure? Who is the first one ne
brings?
He brings Morris Luban, and I want e
characterize him as a murderer at heaTI
a criminal by instinct and a crook OF the
eighteen karat kind.
Mr.. Mcintyre said Luban lied through
out, particularly when he said he over
heard Weber in a Turkish bath tel
Rose Rosenthal had to be "croaked.'
Rascal, felon, perjurer, were a few OF
the terms applied to Luban. and Mr.
Mcintyre continued with all the feeling
he could muster:
All, God forbid that such testimony
should ever be heard In court of law. OF
such a proceeding as this be degraded
by such perjurious testimony! And that
is the corroborative evidence In this case
that they use 10 send Becker 10 the
electric chart Why, you Wouldnt mans
a dog on that low down dogs testimony
And yet that is the sort of putrld material
with which the District Attorney Is trying
10 send Becker TO his death!
Mr.. Mcintyre said that the reason
Luban had been taken into an Assist
ant District Attorneys chamber along
with Rose, after he was brought over
here from New Jersey manacled, was
so that there could be a full dress re-
hearsal.
Thief, convict, forger felon, were the
Characterization of the states wit
ness, Hallen, the COnvict-lawyer, who
said he overheard Becker admit the
murder in a conversation with Patrol
man White, a former strong arm
squad member, who was then in the
Tombs accused of framing up" Big
Jack" Zelig. why, gentlemen, If you
convicted Becker on such testimony as
Hallens you would be guilty of judi
cial mbrder" exclaimed Mr.. Mcintyre.
Referring TO the testimony Of the
walters at the Union Square Hotel,
who testified to seeing Becker dining
there regularly with Rose, and on one
occasion seeing money passed, Mr.. Nc
Intyre said the jury must not convict
Becker on suspicious circumstances.
Mr.. Mcintyre referred to the meet
ings between Rose and Becker at the
home of the former, and tried to pass
it off as the natural result of a police
man having intimate relations with his
stool pigeon, as he tried to make out
Rose.
AS to Rose hiding in Pollok's house
Mr.. Mcintyre said there was no evil
dence to show that Becker knew Rose
was concerned in the murder. He
added:
Pollok went TO Headquarters. Did he
say that Rose was Wanted2 No. He told
Becker that Rose was al his house Pol
lok said, Rose is at my house; he is
a good place TO stay Are you going TO
incriminate him on that kind of a state
ment? Are you going to Kill Becker on
that statement?
Then describing the murder plot, Mr..
Mcintyre shouted:
Think Of policeman, skilled as Becker
is, instigating a clumsy job like that! II
he was planning Il, with his knowledge
as policeman, he would have planned It
otherwise.
He scoffed at the idea that Becker
would bring about the murder Of
Rosenthal on the very night he was OBJ
tanning an affidavit attacking Rosen-
thai from his former wife, Dora Gil
bert. He added:
Rose and the rest OF them were drink
ing at Dora Gilbert's house, and they
had many drinks at Sharkey's, and was
this murder sudden impulse in conse-
quence OF the excuses 10 which they had
subjected themselves that night?
The lawyer then gave a Durlesque
version Of the text Of the stlpulations
made by the District Attorney with
Weber, WALTON, Rose and Schepps. He
referred TO the stipulations as a prom
Use on the part OF the District Attorney
10 turn the four gamblers loose on the
community TO commit murders afresh
provided they swore Becker into the
electric chair. Mr.. Mcintyre described
Becker as "a hero who stands in the
valley OF the shadow of death upon the
testimony of four self-confessed assas-
sins" His last word TO the jury was:
The day is not far distant which, II
you say that he is guilty, will see him
treading the floor OF the execution room,
and then entering that chamber of hor-
rors where the instruments of death will
be placed upon his head that will take
his life and Will make Of his living form
a limp and useless thing.
Now, gentlemen. l ask you in the name
OF American manhood, in the name OF
American liberty, / ask you in the name
of Justice, / ask you in the name Of
God, and these last words I will be
permitted 10 say in this case, that you
will say through your lips or your fore
mans lips that Charles Becker is not
guilty
May God Almighty aid you gentlemen
In your deliberations, and may I be per-
mitted before twenty-four hours more
have passed over our heads to take him
from this courtroom a free man, in the
eyes OF his fellow men, and unstained by
the blot which conviction upon this charge
would put upon him.
Do not, gentlemen, | beseech you, con-
Wet him OF murder. ! thank you.
ScHEPPS AGAIN REMANDED.
Sam schepps. who has been held as a