Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-08-01
DECKER CHARGED,
WITH Il KILLING.
POLICE OFFICIAL ARRESTED AND
INDICTED FOR MURDER in
FIRST DEGREE.
CLEAR ROSENTHAL CASE,
Rapid DEVELOPMENTS Follow Reported
Confession Of Gamble rs-Rose
Declares He Was Forced to
Shaving.

New York, July 3O.-After a late
night session Of the grand jury in
which BALD jack Rose, Bridge"
Weber and Harry Vallcn are elleged
20 have made confessions directly i'm
plicating Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker in the murder CT Herman Ro-
senthal in front of the Hotel Met
ropole two weeks ago, Becker was in
dicted for murder in the first degree,
placed under arrest and hurried be-
for a midnight session Ct the general
sessions.
After entering plea CT not guilty
the police officer was renlanded with
out bail and taken to the Tonlbs. The
gamblers, whose statements are said
to have caused the indictment of
Becker r7eaded with the officials not
to be taken back to the Tombs de-
claring they would be killed if re-
turned to their cells.
Agents of the police department"
they asserted would make, way with
them in retaliation for their testimony
if they were returned to the prison.
So real was their fear that they were
allowed to sleep in the criminal courts
building under the guard of eight de-
tectives
The greatest secrecy was maintain
ed as to the admission made before
the grand jury by the three men, who
have been held prisoners for some
time in connection with RosenthaPs
murder. 1t is asserted. however, that
Rose told of practically being forced
to arrange the killing of Rose-thal
under threats of being "jobbed' by
the police and sent to prison on manu-
Featured evidence ot @dE3a.
That Lieutenant Becker was in com.
munication with the actual murderers
after the killing also was asserted to
have been part Of Roses confession
Another statement attributed to BALD
jack was that for several months he
had acted as collector of toll from
gambling houses for certain police Of
ticials.
The confessions Of the gamblers
were made after Max D. Steuer and
James Sullivan. counsel for the men,
had pleaded all afternoon with them
to tell what they knew of the murder.
When their consent was won. Dis
trict Attorney Whitman lost no time
in rushing them before the grand jury.
IN order to avoid a change of heart on
the part Of these witnesses the grand
Jury was assembled for the first night.
session held by that body in 18 years.
With this testimony as basis the
grand jury acted just as quickly, as
an Indictment was voted before the
sitting closed: Becker, who had been
arrested on charge of extortion at
his station house in the Bronx, was
hurried before Judge Mulqueen to
plead.
It was not until the accused lieuten-
ant faced the court that the full
gravity of the charge against him was
made known. He had supposed until
that time the accusation of extortion
alone faced him
Indications about the criminal courts
building after Becker had been re.
turned to the Ton7bs were that with
the confession of the. gamblers fresh
Impetus had been given the investi-
cation of the Rosenthsl Staying.
Among the rumors circulated was
Dne that the names of the actual STAY
ers were now definitely known to
District Attorney Whitman and that
even their hiding places had been re-
vealed No one would indicate how
ever, if the arrests of the much-want-
ed men were in immediate prospect.