The Detroit times., 1912-10-14
RECTTES
DAMAGING TALE
AGAINST BECKER
BALD Jack" Rose Testifies That
Police Lieutenant Ordered
Rosenthal Slain
SAYS MAN. NOW ON TRIAL,
WAS GAMBLERS PARTNER
Claims Details for Killing in
Front of Hotel We're Care
fully Arranged

NEW YORK, Oct. 12-Testifiying
for the prosecution In the trial OF
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker,
who Is on trial on the charge OF homl.
eide for the killing OF Herman Rosen-
thai, the gambler, Bald Jack" Rose
said he first met Becker In August,
1911, when the officer as head OF the
strong arm" squad raided his gam.
bling house at 155 Second-ave. Rose
said he later agreed TO collect for
Becker.
Becker and Rosenthal met the first
time at the Elks' club, Rose said
Rosenthal talked over the question
Of his (Becker) going into business
with him. When Rose heard of this
he said that he protested. II told
Becker 1t would be dangerous and he
had better not" said that witness
However, Becker finally advanced
81, 500, to Rosrnthal, according To
Rose, and the dummy chattel mort
gage on the contents of the place In
Forty-fifth-st. was executed. Rose
was put into the place. he said, nom
inally as a partner, but in reality to
look after Becker's interest and see
that he got the full Is per cent OF the
profits promised.
Becker called me on the phone the
day after the house was opened" said
the witness, and asked me how
things were going"
Il told him that we had had a fair
night, but we had hopes that every
thing would be all right soon. A few
days later, he called up and l told him
that we had taken in several thou
sand dollars. He said that was good
and then told me to tell Rosenthal
that he wanted $500 for Charles Trip.
He was known as Becker's press
agent and had been charged with
murder as the result of the killing OF
a man in raid by Becker's strong
arm squad. Rosenthal refused to give
up the money. When / old this to
Becker he got angry and said that
he had sized Rosenthal up for that
kind of an Individual. He told me TO
go and get the money from Rosen.
thai.
When ! went to the place on For
ty-fifth-st., Rosenthal told me he
thought Becker must be crazy to ask
that money from q place that had
just opened up. Shortly afterward
Becker told me that complaints were
pouring In on Police Commissioners
Waldo that Rosenthal's place was be-
ing run wide o5en. He told me that
he would have to do something and
directed me to tell Rosenthal that he
would have TO stand for raid. stall
ed him of on the raid telling him that
II would hurt business. But one day
when I met Becker In the Union
Square hotel he told me that he had
made up his mind that he would raid
the place. I begged and pleaded with
him to abandon the idea. | pointed
out all the danger, especially as he
told me that he was going to just raid
the place without trying to get the
evidence the regular way.
He told me that he had to make
the raid to keep his standing. Then
told him that did not intend to be
in the place when the raid came.
Becker did raid the place and ar
rested Mrs. Rosenthal's nephew who
was visiting her as well as one Of che
men in the place.
II was standing across the street
when the raid was made. The next
morning, Rosenthsl met Becker In
court.
THAT was a tough deal you gave
me last night was his greeting to
Becker.
az just had to do It, Becker told
him, as my job was hanging on II.
But will make 1t all right when the