Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13

why is it that you didn't rescure yourself
| by telling somebody"
"In the world that frequented no one
would pay any attention to me-" replied
Rose. Il had part in the murder. but
| 1 tried to keep them from doing it"
Rose Had No Remorse.
Ibid you have the slightest degree of
remorse when you saw those men leave
| Webbers to take human life?''
NO said Rose. after some hesitation.
"When did you institgate this murder?''
1T began some time in June.
when did you first see the men who
did the shOOting?"
The latter part of June.
did you ask them to shoot to death
| Herman ROSenthal?"
II asked them to murder him. to croak
! him..
did you mean for them to do as you
| asked?''
| II did
Were you on intimate terms with these
| thugs?''
Yes"
ITO whose place did you go?'
Lefty LOuie's''
"Who else was there?"
Whitley Lewis
did you see Dago Frank there?'
! mot on my first visit"
Warned LEFTY Louie"
Rose said he had warned Lefty Louie"
to keep off the street and not to allow
| his gang" to be seen in public, as he
knew Becker intended to frame them.
Did you ask them that night to kill
Rosenthal?"
II did"
| did you say to Lefty Louie I want
you to kill Hermann"
II did,
did you fix a day for the taking of of
mo. told them to be ready. that I
would let them know when the job should
| be done !
Did you pay them any money!"
did you fix price for the cri:ne?'
NO. none except that they should not
be framed up like Zelig was
Rose Promised Immunity.
"You have been promised immunity to
come here and testify, haven't you?"
Yes, 1 signed a stipulation to that eff
feet"
And you expect to go out from ! ere
and walk the streets, free man, when
this trial is over, don't you?"
mot these streets; r shall not be a
free man in this community. Not If !
value my life would l attempt to live
here again..
Rose raised his voice as he made this
announcement. and Mr.. Mcintyre paused
| before he shot the next question. For the
moment there was complete silence In
the courtroom. The jurors were watching
| the witness with the keenest attention.
some of them leaning far over in tier
seats, with their hands held to their ears.
You value your life?" repeated the at
| torney.
| II do
And you are testifying now to save
your own life?'
| Rose hesitated.
You are willing to swear Becker into
| the electric chair to save your own life,
aren't your
Afraid Of Becker's Plotting.
II am trying to save my life, of course:
| il I had not come here and testified
would have lost it. I am merely testify
| ing against Becker because he was pre-
| pairing to throw us to the wolves. That
was what he had fixed up for me-"
els the object of your testimony here
| to escape punishment for your own part
| in the crime?"
Il have two Objects" Rose said slowly.
FIRST to establish the truth; second, to
get consideration from the district attOr-
ney."
Mr.. Mcintyre then switched his attack
back to the murder plot.
You made a second visit to the gun
men. did you not he asked.
Yes, several days after the first one"
when was the last tine you saw the
gunmen?"
1.-The night Of the murder
when before that?"
MIGHT Tho Murda~ Eo;1ad
AT the Lafayette baths. the night they
| failed to do it at the Garden restaurant.
did you talk with them about muir
dering Herman that night?"
II did"
But there was a detective with Her