The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-30
ROSE; DESERTED,
 TOLD ALL AND PUT
 CRIME ON BECKER
What Gamblers, Lawyer, For mer Waterbury Lawyer, Has to Say of Billiard Ball Jacks Confession

James M. Sullivan, former Water bury lawyer, we'll known in this city, made an Illuminating statement to the New York World, which that publf- cation carries today, relative to the confession of Jack Rose, sBilliafd Ball Jack, " who is former Br'idgeporter, has been Implicated in the Rosenkhal murder. '. s~s
 Sullivan was once journeym an car- entered the newspaper business, be- came a sporting writer, and after pro- noting several prize fights he entered Yale for the study of law.
 Sullivan is an exceptionally gifted speaker. He won the Townsend prize for oratory at Yale. and other marks of honor for his oratorical abilities. Here is what he says of Roses con- fession:
 T took up the matter of confes- sion by Rose with Mir. Whitman early last week, and Friday afternoon when his case was adjourned again till Monday, I had come to a practical understanding with MT. Whitman that my client would tell all he knew if promised immunity.
 ss1I recognized that MT. whitman wanted to get at the man really re- sponSible for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, and I explained to him the part my client had played and
 
 der squarely up ito Police Lieutenant Becker.
 MT. Whitman asked me to give him some time tos consider the proposI- tion, and when I went away Friday night I was practically assured that that my man would go before the Grand Jury.
 .'This morning there was confer ence of counsel. MT. steuer for Web- CT, Mr. Chandler for Va1lon and my self talked things over in my office and I told the others what I had arr ranged with MT. Whitman. Then they decided that it was the only thing they could do to advise their men to throw themselves upon Mr. Whitman s mercy and promise to tell all if grant ed immunity.
 T do not know. anything of the ar engagements MT. Steuer made. He acted, I believe, for both Weber and Walton. I only know that my client told all he knew, that he implicated Charles Becker directly in the murder of Rosenthal. and that I feel that a great step was taken in the further ance of the ends of justice. The thanks of the community are due to sistent and unrelenting search after the true criminals in this hideous murder
 II also want to say that Rose was not a squealer' in the ordinary sense of the term. No matter how low he may be, no matter what his crime has been, let it be understood that he held out and refused to entertain any proposition for confession until the men who should have stuck to him de- serted him.
 "Whe~ he found himself without friends without money, his family without aid or financial assistance he decided that he should not be made the goat of this situation, and that those who had brought him into it must suffer their share if they would not help him out of it.
 ''This has been a most horrible crime. and from the moment was retained as counsel for Rose, who, it should be explained. was an old friend of mine years ago in Waterbury. Conn.,, I told Rose that it was his duty to tell all he knew even if it should incriminate himself. And now that he has done so I feel that have also borne my share of the burden and done what any self-respecting lawyer and citizen ought to do-that is. assist in every. way possible the true ends of justice''