The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-18

counsei for the defense waved eIoouen
concernins the dangerous character o
thit sort OF evidence
There In nothing 20 DANGEROUS, ..
unie reliable. So subtle" said Mr. Wahle
"a. Identification ! hav, had vide ex
perienct A. Judge prosecutor and de-
fefder and ! know the danVei ant
pitfar Of this character Of evidence
Particularl, dangerous 10 spontsneoa'
idertihcat. on--the Identification OF the
man running through the street ~h'
can pick people out after one mers
glance. Men have been sent TO fall snd
- execution by honest bat MISTAKES
tdsntifiers.''
The lawyer was going nhead with hi.
eloquent denunciation of the value oil
the eye rltness when Justice Con spoki
gently from the bench:
Mr.. wahle you had better CONNIE
yor 'seif 10 the case"
acknowledging the Courts correction
With bow. tho attorney took up the
Testimony Of Giovanni Stanis~h. the
young Austrian Inventor. who had been
certain Of his Identification Of "Whi'ey'
Lewis. but uncertain rs 10 "6yr. IS
Lefty" and "D,go' FRANK Mr.. wah'r
hrsf snee-ingly analysed Stanis his
statement and then yelled that the Aus.
trtan had beer showr up ne fabricator
ano invento' Of facts by Mrs. Rose
sherry, the woman with whom he
boa rt'ed On the day Of the murder.
There could he no motive" said the
lawyer. for that woman 10 come here
ana lie aboui her boa der When she
tod YOU ihas he fStanisci) was In his
nom NJ the time rhc heard the shots
that sent Herman Roscnthai 70 bis death,
shc fola you tho truth. What n t,,is man
did owe Ter board hli OF siy5 and had
CHARGED that he had been robbed ia her
houssf Surely that would be no motive
i've Tor respectable woman coming
into courf Of law and commibtans per-
Jury. She told the truth. gentlems.
Nanisch did not witness the murder.
surely IN such evidence as his you
couh not send these boys In a process.
sion to the death house at Sing sing
prtsou.
ATTACKS THE 1EsrlMoNv or
ANOTHER eTArE w,rSeHs
Dropping eye wifbsss asas,ssA ~,
Wahle directed his e~e asA:i.st t,,e tos.
dmony Of Louis krause. who Sworo for
the District-Attorney that he hal Wit
nosssd the murder and who had identI.
Ned ell or the gunner but "pago''
Frank
You have heard this man Krause
swear 20 you gentlemen" pursued Mr..
Wahle that he saw three OF these boys
shoottnG Herman Rosenthal In front OF
the hstropoIe Hotel on the morning Of
July 10. but you did not hear him
fhtrteen days after the murder when he
testified In the Coroner's court that he
he'd net sesn the faces OF the men he
$40 firing tho shots.
He could not SEQ their faces. That
10 what he swore under oath at the
Coronsr's court only thirteen days after
the murder. HIS memory was fret
then the picture must have been
clearer IN his brain. But here. four
months after the murder, ne reckiesslv
and ruthlessiy arouses himself, admits
that he lied and committed perjury on
the stand In the Coroners court I
know. gentlemen. that SOU could not
send these prisoners to the electric
chair On such testimony a. you have
hea~A from the reckless iips Of Louis
krauae."
ewtching from his denunciation Of
Kranse the gunmen's pieadsr turned to
Identifier Morris Luban and handled his
testimony even more savageiy. Referring
e. the fact that Lutnn had been brought
from tail TO testify for the People and
that he he'd been convicted Of 4 crime
IN Brooklyn. Mr.. wahie provoked q faint
stppls - laughter.
But" he said. "Lubsn had 70 tel.
~ storv 10 . ho1y Of Intelligent New
Yorkers--to men who know this city and
Brooklyn jury"
The lawyer wound - his astact sn
Lvban BY quoting the testimony Of Alex.
aAdor Iu6nu the eye-Q1fnNseea'p hruth-