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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
Wife Praying Near.

During the last ordeal OF the prisoner
in court Mrs. Helen Becker, his wife. was
in an anteroom adjoining Justice Con-
chambers with Father Curry OF OF
James Roman Catholic Church, and the
prisoners brother, John Becker. IL was
the same place from which Mrs. Becker
had heard the verdict of guilty pro-
nounced against her husband the night
Of his conviction. The priest knelt In
prayer with the stricken woman as her
husband was being doomed. She SAID
afterward that the strain OF hearing the
sentence pronounced was the hardest that
she OF her husband had faced since
he was placed on trial certain relaXa-
ton after the last and hardest ordeal
WAS over made them both feel better
she said.
A crowd OF two thousand persons gath
cred in Franklin street over which the
Bridge OF Signs passes from the Tomos
10 the Criminal Courts Building, long be-
fore Becker was brought over from his
cell to a room adjoining Justice Cons
court The corridors Of the court build
ing on the lower floor, where the Crtmi-
nal Branch Of the Supreme Court is stu
ated, were filled with curious persons who
sought entrance TO the courtroom. Cap
tain Tlcrney and the reserves from the
Elizabeth street station were on hand
TO preserve order. II was hard task
for the policemen.
The special panel OF 100 talesmen who
had been summoned as prospective jurors
for the trial OF Red PHIL Davidson, who
later pleaded guilty to murder In the Sec
ond degree for killing Big Jack" ZeiiS,
crowded the courtroom when Justice Con
appeared on the bench at 1870 a. IN. Many
of the talesmen were standing, being UNI
able 10 get seats. and Justice Golf ordered
the courtroom cleared OF those standing
before Becker was called TO the bar.
At nod from Justice Goh Clerk
Penny called:
Charles Becker TO the bar.
There was a moment OF tension az
necks were craned toward the back OF
the courtroom, where Becker and the
Sherins escort soon came through the
door.
Becker walked steadily along the rallied
aisle Al the side of the room and swung
around TO the right to face Justice Gof
before the bench. Sheriff Hamburger
was at the prisoners side Deputy
Sherifs Spellman and Herman brought
up the rear of the party. Becker wore
q dark suit The lines in his face were
set and there was a sad CLINT In his
eyes as he looked about the courtroom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
BECKER MARRIED 3 TIMES
First Wife Died from Tubercu-
losis After Eight Months.

Charles Becker, the former police lieu
tenant, convicted of the murder OF Her
man Rosenthal was married three times
instead of twice, II was learned yesterday.
Il was when he was patrolman-in
fact, when he had been on the force little
more than year-that Charles Becker
was married to Mary Ann Manoney, Oh
No. III Washington street. The exact
date was February s, 1895. The mar
riage took place at st. Peters Church, In
Barclay street Monsisnor James II. Nc
Gean. pastor Of the church, performed the
ceremony.
Their married life was short On oc-
tober is of the same year Mary A. Beck
er died from tuberculosis. She was buried
In Calvary Cemetery on october Is. 1885.
When Becker married Mary Mahoney
he was twenty-five years old. He met his
first wife while doing patrol duty In the
nelghborhood IN which she lived. 1t was
usual on Sundays for Becker, who wore
a high hat on such occasions, TO take the
daughter of Jeremiah Mahoney to St
Peters Church.
It had been supposed that Becker was
married for the first time, instead OF the
second, as is the case, on April %, 1888.
Mrs Letitia Becker his second wife, OBJ
tained an absolute divorce on June 4,
1905, and I'VE years later married Paul
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
Sheriff Goes Armed.

Becker and his lawyer, Mr.. Hart ooth
requested Sheriff Hamburger to allow ;he
prisoner to remain in the Tombs the stat
utory ten days before transferring him 10
state prison. The Sheriff conferred with
District Attorney Whitman, and nnally
refused the request The District Attor-
ney said afterward that he had not sug-
sested that Becker be taken to Sing sing
Yesterday. but did say to the Sheriff that
ne belived Il would be for the best to re-
move him soon. Sheriff Hamburger car
ned a large Colt revolver in his pocket
when he started on his journey. He
showed II to some persons as he left the
courtroom. The deputy sheriffs were also
armed.
Asked how long It was likely TO be be-
fore Becker's case came up for argument
before the Court Of Appeals District At
torney whitman said yesterday that IL
would probably take year. The aver
ape time elapsing between sentence and
argument on appeal OF such cases was
about thirteen months. he said. The time
was usually extended beyond the ststu-
tory six months by the court at the re-
quest OF ons side or the other.
District Attorney Whitman will appear
before Justice Con- to-day and move for
special panel Of talesmen from which to
select the jury for the trial OF Whitley
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
WARRANT THAT SENDS
BECKER TO HIS DEATH
Former Police Lieutenant Must Remain In
Solitary Confinement Until He Goes
to Chair Week of Decemb Der 9.

within ten days after the issuing Of
this warrant to you, the said Sheriff,
that you, the said Sheriff, shall de-
liver the said Charles Becker. together
with this warrant, to the agent ana
warden of the State Prison of New
York at Sing Sing.
Now. therefore, you. the said Sheriff,
are hereby required In ten days after
the issuing to you of this warrant TO
the agent and warden OF the state
Prison OF New York at Sing Sing, and
you, the said agent and warden. are
hereby commanded to receive the said
Charles Becker from the said Sherin,
and from the time OF the delivery OF
the said Charles Becker with this
warrant to you by the said Sheriff.
and until the infiction OF the pun
ishment OF death of the said Charles
Becker. unless he shall be lawfully
discharged from such Imprisonment,
you shall keep and detain the said
Charles Becker IN solitary confine-
ment and allow no person access to
him without an order from the court,
except the officers of the prison. his
counsel. his physician, priest or min
lister. II he shall desire one, and the
members of his family. and you, the
said agent and warden, are required
by these presents strictly commanded
TO do execution on the said Charles
Becker In the mode and manner pre-
scribed by the laws of the State OF
New York on a day within a week so
appointed by said judgment, and for
so doing this shall be your sufficient
warrant
In witness whereof. /. John w. Gon,
Justice of the Supreme Court OF the
State OF New York, and who consti-
tute the said court and the presiding
Justice thereof. have hereunto sub
scribed my name. this thirtieth day
OF October, In the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and twelve.
[Seal.l JOHN w. GOtf,
Justice of Supreme Court, State OF
New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31

peonIe of the State OF New York.
no lie Sheriff OF the County OF New
York and the Agent and WARDEN OF ln'
state Prison of New York. at Sihe oihs
Greetings. .s,,ar,, ,ri.I
torn of the Supreme Court OF the state
of New York, begun and holden IN
and for the County OF New iork, IN
the list judicial District OF me salu
state of New York, at the Buliolng los
SrininaI Courts, in the said County or
New York. pursuant to an order OF
Tho Governor of the State OF New
York bearing date of August l9' 1871
on Tuesday, the third day OF sep
temher. I'm the Year OF our LORD
Nineteen hundred and twelve, to Wit:
on Thursday the twenty-fourth day OF
0ctoher. In the year aforesaid, before
John ". Goff, one OF the Justices OF
the Supreme Court OF the SAID State
OF New York, duly deslsl,a'eat o.. by
said extraordinary term, mares re-,
Becker was in due form convicted by
the verdict of the jury OF the Jnurder
OF one Herman Rosenthal
Whereas, on the THIRTEEN day OF
October. in the year Of Our Lord, nine,
teen hundred and twelve, at the SAID
extraordinary term of the said court,
held I'm and for the County OF New
York. at the said Building Tor Crlml-
nal Courts. before the SAID Justce OF
the Supreme Court of the State OF
New York, as aforesaid, judgment was
thereupon given at the said Supreme
Court on the said conviction OF muir,
der In the first degree OF the SAID
Charles Becker to suffer the punish
ment of death I'm the mode and man
ner prescribed by the laws OF the
state Of New York, and the said
court did thereupon appoint the week
commencing Monday, the nipth OF De-
cember. i'm the Year of Our Lord. nine
teen hundred and twelve, the week
within which the said judgment should
be executed, and did also decree that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
Tragic Little Procession.


After Becker was led through the
crowd at the station the little process
sion swung into an obscure street
known as South Water street, flanking
the railroad tracks and the Hudson
River. Opposite a wholesale butchers
shop, on the platform of which were
dark splotches, Becker was led up a
tortuous flight, several hundred feet in
length, Of rickety wood steps, that
brought the prisoner, sheriffs. news
papermen and crowd TO the top OF n
little eminence known as Prison Hill.
Then down Durstron avenue the
crowd went, score Of boys dancing
along the road Becker by this time
was pale His lips were parched, and
he kept moistening them with his
tongue.
The avenue for brief stretch COM
nands a beautiful panoramic view OF
the Hudson and the Palisades, rich In
their autumnal tints OF gold and brown,
but Becker kept his eyes glued on the
ground until the prison was reached.
Mrs. Becker and her companions passed
the prisoner in carriage, but he did
not see her.
The only remark passed to Becker on
his walk to the prison came from
ragged individual. who shouted:
Keep a stiff upper lip, old man.
Mrs. Becker was in the chief clerks
room when her husband was led
through the prison door by Sheriff
Hamburger. She did not look his way.
She seemed in a daze. She was dry
eyed. Her brother-in-law' John
Becker. was sobbng unable to restrain
his grief.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31

Lewis, which is set for November s. Rose
Weber. WALTON and Schepps, az well as
Mrs. Lillian Rosenberg. wife Of Lefty
Louie. will testify for the state at the
trial.
The trial of the first of the four gun
men Is expected to last about four days.
The others will be tried afterward. Rose
and the other witnesses in the West Side
court prison are anxious to get out, II is
said, as they consider that they have full
filled their obligation to the District At
torney by testifying at Becker's trial.
IL definite move is made in that direc-
ton, however, it is understood that the
District Attorney will have them appre-
hended and held in heavy bail as ma
teriaI witnesses until after the trials OF
the gunner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
,vo Influential Friends, He
ca cows. Have Pledged Funds to
carry Fight to United States
Supreme Court.
eoFF SETS WEEK OF DEC. 9
sheriff Allows Prisoner Two
nays More in Tombs, but
wife Objects to Friday
start-Nearly Breaks
Down in ossining.

Ub.n the heavy iron barred gates OF
Sing sing prison closed behind Charles
pscker at 80 o'clock yesterday after
roon his identity was submerged In
ayo 62.76S." BY this number he will
10 bsnceforward known, and any let
,srs he addresses to the outside world
must bear in the upper left hand
corner NO. 60, 16S."
Becker's walk from the little station
If ossining, followed by a crowd Of
more than a hundred youths of the
yiIlage, with women pointing him out
.s he passed and crying, That's
B.ckerw almost broke him down.
But he regained his nerve when the
rtout doors. one by one, opened to re-
oeiye him and closed after him, and
there was only the suggestion of a
tre1or in his voice as he babe goodby
20 Sheriff Hamburger and the two dep
p,y sheriffs who delivered him up to
James Connaughton, the principal
keeper Of Sing Sing.
Then he had a bath, and his black
suit and other garments were taken
from him. He then put on prison
clothes, and when he was taiten to the
heath cell, in the little one story gray
stone pile in the southwestern part of
the prison yard, he was wearing suit
Of dull gray, the conventional prison
garb, and a dark gray flannel shirt.
Death Watch Day and Night.
From that time forward-it was
about 8 o'clock-until he is executed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31

Sentence Of death was pronounced upon
Charles Becker by Justice Con at the
opening Of the extraordinary term OF the
Supreme Court yesterday. Becker was
sentenced 10 die In the electric chair at
Sing Sing some time during the week De-
ginning December >.
The entire proceedings in court occupied
only eight minutes. A notice OF appeal
was served on District Attorney WHIT
man by Becker's counsel Immediately
after sentence, which operates as stay
OF execution for six months.
There have been three big" moments
IN the Becker case. One fell upon the
night Of July q, when following the con-
fesslop of Bald Jack" Rose and his ap-
pearance before the grand jury. that body
found an indictment for murder In the
first degree against the police lieutenant
az a night session. Another, and perhaps
more dramatic moment, occurred when
the Jury at his trial brought In at MD
night of October "a the verdict OF guilty
as charged In the indictment. The third'
and probably the most narrowing momept
of all was when Becker received MS
death warrant in court yesterday.
AS Justice Goff read In a low, solemn
voice-which penetrated every part OF the
courtroom because Of the deep silence
which prevailed-the statutory judgment
of the court against the convicted man.
Becker showed the frst real emotion
since he was placed on trial. His usual
swarthy color turned to ashy paieness,
and he clutched the railing In front OF
him for support fhe muscles In MIS-
throat contracted and he swallowed hard
three or four times. Then the paroxysm
passed. He pulled himself together ana
walked briskly out Of court shackled 70
Deputy Sheriff Herman. The condemned
man wss soon In the prison van and
headed for the station, accompanied by
Sheriff Hamburger and his deputies on
the way to the death house at Sing
Sing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
BECKER IN AGONY AS
HE HEARS HIS DOOM
Ashy White, He Clutches at Railing for Sup
port-Wife Praying Meantime in Adjoin-
ing Room-Week Of Dec. 9 Set

| in q bewildered sort of way, and finally
let his gaze rest on the judge.
District Attorney Whitman broke
painful silence by arising and moving
for judgment on the verdict against
Becker. John W. Hart, Becker's lawyer,
interposed TO explain that John F. Me-
Intyre, chief counsel for the defence,
was too Ill to appear in court, and he
desired to make the usual motions to
set aside the verdict. Justice Con
listened patiently to the seven or eight
brief grounds on which counsel based
his motions and then denied them.
No Effort to Tell Story.
Clerk Penny then turned to Becker and
asked:
Charles Becker, have you anything to
say why Judgment should not be pro-
nounced against your
There was no response from the pris-
oner. Justice Goff forthwith pronounced
sentence
Becker looked squarely at the venerable
justice while the latter spoke. He turned
his head a little as II better to catch the
"OiuS VI tie NOull' piioohNA hhNhSN
and lost his accustomed self-control mo-
mentartly as he heard the dreaded words:
ITO do execution upon YOU"
In sentencing Becker Justice Goff said:
Charles Becker, the Judgment Of the
court Is that you, Charles Becker, for
murder In the first degree Of one Herman
Rosenthal, whereof you are convicted, De
and hereby are sentenced to the punish
ment OF death. And It is ordered that
within ten days of this days session OF
the court the Sheriff Of the County of New
York, deliver you, together with the war
rant OF this court, to the agent and war
den Of the state prison OF the state OF
New York at Sing Sing. where you shall
be kept In solitary confinement until the
week beginning Monday the ninth day OF
December, 1912, and upon some day within
the week so appointed. the said agent
and warden of the state prison OF the
state OF New York at Sing Sing is COM
r,anded 10 do execution upon you. Charles
Rocker. In the mode and manner pre-
scribed by the law Of the State OF Ne"
York"
Justice Golf then commanded the Shertn
to take the prisoner from the courtroom
Deputy Sheriff Herman snapped the hann-
currs on Becker's right wrist, which stu
clasped the railing. The click OF the Guns
was distinctly heard by those In the
courtroom. Becker locked down at his
wrist, and then ar the deputy snerlh
quickly. ard without changing his express
sion. walked briskly after Sheriff Har-
burger. who had started ahead from the
courtroom
Becker stepped out so rapidly that the
chain OF the handcuff attached to the
deputy's wrist was kept tsut, ana the
latter had to hurry to keep up with the
prisoner.
Becker was taken across the bridge 10
the Tombs at 1910 and twenty minutes
later was in the prison van and started
on the first stage OF his journey to sing
Sing. Mrs. Becker and Beckers TWO
bro,hers John and Jackson. went 10 the
train I'm a taxicab and were waiting TOT
the prisoner at the station when he ar
rived
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
TARIFF LEAGUE SUES BARBER
Diamond Match Official Said To Be
IN Arrears for Dues.

Ohio C. Barber, chairman Of the board
OF directors Of the Diamond Match Com
pany. was sued In the Supreme Court
yesterday by the American Protsctivo
Tariff League.
Mr.. Barber has been q member Of tho
league since 1888 and hiss been h ths'
clsss known as Defenders" The frftss :
ton Zee for this class Is tioo and the
members agree to pay 800 q year. or cd
much OF that amount as may be needed
The league is suing Mr.. Barber for u.40I
alleging that he In in arrears that nraount'
In assessments
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
All Wish Him Good Luck.

Becker shook hands with Sheriff
Hamburger and his two deputies as he
was turned over 10 Principal Keeper
Connaughton. All wished him luck,
and Connaughton, who often met him
before when he brought prisoners up
the hill, said:
I'm sorry to see you here.
NO one is sorrier than | am said
Becker, who by this time had regained
his composure and was smiling.
At 4:30 O'Clock Mrs. Becker, who mad
luncheon in the village, saw her hus-
band In the death house. She was
weeping during the better part OF the
hour she remained there. Later Becker
was visited by Father Cashin, the
Catholic chaplain of the prison.
Becker is a Protestant. but the prison
has been without a Protestant chap
lain since June.
To-day the prison physician will visit
him. Warden Kennedy said Mrs.
Becker would be permitted to visit hei
husband daily.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31

walk him, to impress the state with the
necessity of providing van for the
conveyance of prisoners from the rail-
road station TO the prison, little more
than mile by drive, and three-quar
tiers Of mile by the short cut.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
GRANT NOT FORMER POLICEMAN.

Through an error it was stated in The
Tribune yesterday that Louis J. Grant, q
lawyer, Of No. 80 Nassau street, was a
former policeman" whereas II was In
tended to refer to him as a lawyer. who
had appeared as counsel for many police
men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31

Becker, a brother of her divorced hus-
band.
Becker's third wife was, before her
marriage, Helen Lynch, school teacher.
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Considerable excitement was Gre
ated on Main street last week when a
man was arrested for putting
he explained that he was a stranger
and the mayor let him go with a SOL
emn warning.
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Middle aged widow wants good
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Situation for general
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Call at the REQ garage and have
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The best of batteries, oils and tires.
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Want Ads
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Well have a car Of bushel baskets
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We had a fine shower Sunday night
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cans peaches Csc. 2 cans pears
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Guernseys for Sale.

Guernseys for Sale.
Two bulls, now ready for service:
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2S-3t H. w. Logsdon, Dow City, Iowa
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Denison did itself proud in it's re-
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With their saffron colored touring
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Monarch oil cook stove, the, very
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For Sale at Bargain Price-Hard
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The Roosevelt "call' has the Lewis
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Don't put up poor peaches this hot
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No, gentle reader, the millennium has
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AS a reform" leader the well-known
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LOST-Coral chain and gold cross.
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