New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11

| ninent OF court. They will sleep
there and will make the h,tel their
headquarters during the triil. The
court gave them explicit Instructions
not 70 discuss the case nor read the
newspaper accounts of the tria. Prob
aoiy. like the Thaw juries ard other
Juries In big criminal cases whth have
been locked up" the men viii be al
lowed to read expurgated editions Of
the morning papers, or those from
which all matter relative to the Becker
trial has been carefully clipped. They
VIII be permitted to communicate with
their families, and perhaps see mem
oers Of. their families at stated tines at
the hotel.
Didn't See Murdsrers.
The corpus deficit had been proved
by medical and police witnesses called
oy Assistant District Attorney Moss
before the first eye witness. Kmuse.
testified. Patrolman John J. Bray, OF
the West 47th street station, wa. the
! nrst witness called. He told Of being
on fixed post in the middle of Times
Square, opposite 43d street, when he
| heard the shots-five In all, he counted
them, he said-and went to the Metro
| pole on "a slow run" and found the
! dead man there. He afterward identl-
fed the body as that of Rosenthal. He
did not see the men who did the shoot
ing, he testified.
Patrolman William ]. File, who was
In the restaurant OF the Metropole,
where Rosenthal sat before he walked
out to his death, testified rs to the in
cidents surrounding the shooting. as
he saw them. He knew Rosenthal, and
identified his body. He did not see the
men who did the shooting at sufficient
ly short range to identify them, he said
DR. Dennis Taylor Of Flower Hospi-
tai. who answered the ambulance call
at 2:o6 a. m, directly after the murder
and DR.. Otto A. Schultz. the coroner's
physician, who performed the autopsy
on Rosenthafs body. completed the
witnesses who established the crime
itself and the identity of the victim.
Jacob Hecht a waiter at the Metro
pole, who was on duty when Rosenthal
was shot, testified to seeing the shoot
ing, but he did not see the faces Of the
men who shot the gambler, he said. he
was standing at the door, and saw the
flashes Of the gums" when the shoot
ing occurred. He saw three men in a
front of Rosenthal. but he didn't get a
good look at their faces. He thought
three or four shots were fired.
Harry vallon's name was brought into
cross-eKamination OF Hecht by Mr.. Hart,
of counsel for the defence. He was exam
saw at the scene OF the shooting and
what ones he had pointed out to him
later for the purpose Of possible 'denti-
| hcation.
Did you have WALTON pointed out 10
you at any timer" asked Mr.. Hart.
mo. did not" was the reply.
krause, small and wiry, with dark
pointed features and a manner OF self
| assurance. took the witness stand follow
| ing Hecht. He. too. was a waiter, he
said, and was employed at Reisenweber's
restaurant at Coney Island at the time
of the Rosenthal murder. He came into
New York that night after he knocked of
work to visit Rectors at 4th street and
| Broadway, to see a waiter friend In re-
| gard to a better job. Incidentally, he was
going around in West 43d street, to the
| Geneva Club. walters organization, 10
see about another position, and was on
his way there when two or three groups
Of men near the Metropolis attracted HIS
attention and aroused his curiosity sum.
GENTLY to lead him to linger in the i'm
mediate neighborhood Ions enough TO wit
ness the shooting from a point almost
directly across the street.
Assistant District Attorney Moss ex-
amined the witness for the prosecution.
The testimony of the witness was dra-
matte from the start. After getting him
directly opposite the Metropols Mr.. Moss
asked him what he saw
II saw a man como out Of the Metro
| pole" Krsuse said.
| What did you sec him DOR asked Mr..
Moss.
| He gave a sign az he came out" said
the witness raising his hand TO his fore
head and extending his first finger rigidly
out from his clenched hand.
Mr.. Mcintyre began a long series OF
objections to questions at this point. Jus
tice Goff overruled the objection IN the
frst instance, and most Of them after
ward. Justice Con- had the witness stand
UP and give the sign just as he said he
saw the man do II.
| The man who signalled was only a few
feet In front of Rosenthal when the latter
came out Of the hotel, Krause said.
What happened next?" queried Mr..
Moss.
-Four men came out from behind an
open touring car on the south side of the
street. walked across and started shooting
at the man In front of the one who gave
the signal" said the witness.
All Four Had Guns.
The witness said he saw reyoivers in the
hands of all four men.
How many Of them nred shotsr' was
the next question.
AT least three Of them" was the reply.