New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18

At the opening Of the afternoon session
Mr.. Moss introduced evidence 10 sho"
that the chattel mortgage for N'Vp' "u''"
Pose swore Becker lent to RosenthaI on
tre furnishings OF his gambling house az
No 1o3 West 18th street through John }.
Donobue as a dummy. and afterward as
charged following the raid on Kosehoha'
place. had been duly hled and later sa'is-
fed in the Registers once. "iHiaih
Haunt, chief clerk Of the Register VI
fee. testified the mortgage In queStioh
was filed on March Z, and that saustac-
ton piece discharging the mortgage was
filed on May :. BeCker's raid on KOS
enthars gambling house was on Aprh ID.
Mr.. Moss took the witness stand hlrnset
for few minutes TO corroborate the teSu-
mony Of the waiter Krause, who identihed
Weber and Jack" Sullivan at the Cor
oners hearing as two Of the men ne had
seen at the scene Of the shooting. Mr..
Moss said he saw Krause point out weber
and Sullivan at the Coroner's hearing
The prosecution recalled Sam" Schepps
and withdrew objections TO certain ques-
tions which Mr.. Mcintyre previously
asked the witness in regard 10 conVersa-
lions he had with persons In Hot Springs
Air. Hart was allowed 10 recross-eXainine
Schcpps In that respect. schepps denied
he had said 10 acting Mayor Petit OF Hot
Springs and others that Rose was the
best friend he had on earth. and that no
would do anything to help him out OF his
trouble He denied he had said Rosenthal
was a -- squealer and should have
been shot long ago He admitted he had
told the postmaster at Hot Springs that
he had come there because he did not
think New York was a safe place for
him
schepps appeared to welcome the oppor-
tunlty Of appearing in public again, and
seemed disappointed that he could not
hold the centre Of the stage longer. He
bowed 10 Justice Goft effus!vely when he
went on the witness stand. lie attempted
to confer with the court in regard to sew
eral questions which Mr.. Hart asked
him, but Justice Con waved him aside
and instructed him to answer the ques-
tons.
Daniel a. Bentier. bookkeeper at rhe
Franklin Savings Bank, at No. G6S Eighth
!
was there an account In your bank in
April, 1912. in the name Of Charles Beck
err" asked Mr.. Moss.
Mr.. Mcintyre was on his feet quickly
with an objection. Mr. Moss explained to
the court that lie wished 10 introduce evil
dence OF a large amount OF deposits OF
Becker In various banks 10 show a mo-
i've. Mr. Mcintyre said he would like TO
be heard on the law relative to such evil
denc, and the jury was excused from the
courtroom while the competency OF the
testimony was argued.
"A large sum OF money was accumu-
lated and deposited In various banks"
said Mr.. Moss. by a police officer
whose salary did not warrant any such
amounts 10 his credit. Some Of the &C
counts were In his wifes name and some
of them were joint accounts. Mrs. Becker
was earning the salary or a school teach
err but her remuneration did not warrant
the large amounts on deposit These
sums continued to pile up until about tho
time Of the defendants arrest"
Mr.. Mcintyre launched upon n long
argument against the admission OF tho
evidence. He said. IN part:
There is no evidence I'm this case 10
show that Rosenthal had any knowledge,
directly or indirectly that Becker had any
| accounts In the banks The fact that
there are bank accounts in the name Of
the defendant or his wife, or Jointly. IL
not such evidence as can in any way con-
meet the defendant with the crime with
which he is charged under the Indictment
1t may be used. perhaps for creating a
suspicion N the minds OF the Jurors that
Becker had been grating We are not
here 10 answer to that charge. II the
District Attorney sees 1T to charge us
with another crime we will answer to
| that at the proper time. Suffice 10 say
| that he is not indicted for extortion, bril-
| berry or oppression. He is simply here on
the charge OF murder. for which | am
here 10 defend him-that is all
THE Introduction Of ouch testimony by
| the District Attorney can have but ono
object and one purpose. not to establish
| that Becker was guilty OF murder, but
that he took money unlawfully from per
sons with whom he came In contact dur
ing the pursuit of his work. Did the