The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-29
BECKER LAWYERS FIND
THREE NEW WITNESSES

THREE NEW WITNESSES
fCcHtiaued from First PAge,)
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lawyer viii secure a new trial. said
me convicted man. or that the court
of appeals will reverse the verdict
6t conviction, I might say that | am
hopeless Of successful appeal.
Prom the moment Rose, Weobee
and WALTON began telling their stories
on the stand. 1t seemed to me that
each point brought out under the
guidance of District Attorney Whit
man WAS merely another nail IN my
coffin. 1t Is ne more dreadful 10 con-
template my own predicament than
that Of my brave little vita. She Is
10 become a mother in January. and
fear the worst for her during that
trying period She haas been brave
beyond words, hnt she is only HUI
,naa, and It breaks my heart when |
think OF her future.
at WAS most unfair to me to pr -.
vent jacR sullivan from testifsng 10
ii his knowledge concerning the
characters OF Rose Weber WALTON
aid schepps. IL sullivan had MOI
been siienced in his effort 10 tell the
nection with this affair, then il would
have been shown that this same com i
bination--Rose Weber. WALTON and
sche pps--~had attempted two months
prior Ia the murder to Kill Braun
stein, Webber's gambling partner. 1t
was all arranged for Rose and WALTON
~ take Braanstein's place In the bus
iness after he WAS killed.
Jack sullivan to Rescue.
''But in order to consummate the
deal II was necessary to kiii Braun
stein. il had been planned TO have
him bring down 10000 BridRey
had negotiated some transaction
whereby his partner was to take this
amount and meet bin downt awn. AMI,
then 'Rachey' was to have been XII
ed and robbed. hut Jack sullivan
kept Them -fram killing Brauastein.
Then Jack Sullivan notified certain
newspaper editors of the plot. These
.3nspirators, who planned the murder
OF Rosenthai and then shifted the
crime to me. intended 10 have II APP
pear that Rachey' was KILLED by rob
hers.
After preventing Braunstein' d
murder, il was Jack Sullivan wh~
escorted him TO steamship and en-
abied him to escape to Spain.
don't know where he IS now.
The men who killed Hosenthal
know better than ANYBODY else in the
world that am innocent. / under
down. II he tells the truth it will bs
different from the AFFIDAVIT he has
given the district attorney.
II never saw anything of these gun
men In my llfe until ] saw them in
the 'Tomhs I never save Jack xelig
At all, 10 ny knowledge, Rose may
have told the ganmen that il was
my orders for all know, ana any
thing that Rose said ! suppose I'm
guilty Of, whether il IL hearsay or
not
Shapiro's Afhdavtt. .
Shapiro told his friends here in
The Tornbs his version of the matter
before he made this eleventh hour
affidavit. J don't know whether IL is
true or not. but II ia different from
the later version.
WALTON was drunk on the night of
the Hnurder. shapiro told his friends
here. and he went TO the Me,ropole
after Ndllon's visit. At the Metro
pole he met Kid Beeba,' a gambler
employed by raul Kelly.
Shapiro said u was WALTON who In
straeted Aim to keep hts motors going,
and that sehepps stood by the side of
the Car. with bis hand on the handle
OF the -tonneau door, and the door
partly open After the shooting, the
four gunner ran across the street,
jumped into the car and lay down on
the bottom OF the tOnneau while
Schepps stood on The running board
until the car reached Sixth avenue,
~ fftt.fs Eefttpps got tus d II.
Shapiro said he drove them to
One Hundred and Twenty Sixth street.
and Madison avenue, whore the four
Eanfnen got out Then he SAYS lie
brought S@SAslssss and WALTON down.
town to the house OF Mira. Signal and
then took hts car back 10 the garage
He also claims that 1t was either
Schepps or WALTON who struck II IN
on the head with the butt of a re-
volver la order 10 induce a hasty get
away.
How He Cleared st'heprs.
Now this story may be true. and
Il may not. but that is the story Sha-
PRO told here in the Tombs. OF
course, he took the stand and was per-
mitted to testify that Sohepps and
WALTON were not there, which was all
the district attorney wanted because
II helped to throw an atmosphere Of
Innocence about Schepps. the eorro-
bSrat ny witness.
s-Oh, there are such lot OF contra
dictions one can see after the Trial In
over Is 1t possible that people can
believe Rose. an expert gambler, a
moving light Of the underworld, a
mAn who on the stand said he had no
fear OF me. would go out on the street
and commit murder on the mere say
so OF a.. ordinary police lieutenant ?
i9fe& aA<ffl nfauatf.ie5
And the same sppl es TO y ebber.
Wehber said on the stand ne ca not
fear me. Why then would he get
murder done for mey He WAS no
child. He was an oid-tfme gambler
He enjoyed nm intimate friendship
With Assistant District Attorney James
Smith. He had experienced all the
eensa tons that. come from long ex-
pstience among the class with which
~ nnnxed. : HOY could YOU ex,s
lSnth 4 man to 20 out and commit
MURDER nffnpsy because 3 mere police
xouteDant told him 70 r.
r. - amoliAeA ssatamsnt. Bsolss