The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-22

put tWO Ol lne WitneSSeS to tcStlly before the commission here incidental to the trial in New York of Lieutenant Becker, of the police department, for the murder of Herman nosenthal, have been examined before Commissioner Huff, who has been designated by a supreme court of New York to hear the evidence.
 Tom J. Petit, alderman, and pro- prietor of the Marquette hotel, where sam Schepps, an important witness in the case, had been quartered in GUS tody, and John L. Sullivan, a New Era newspaper man, were the witness es.
 They are two of seven witnesses who 1t was supposed wouhi testify that while Schepps was nere he made statements which would exculpate Becker from guilt in the murder Of Rosenthal. Both testified positively | they never made statements that | Schepps had said such a thing. Petit never heard the name of Becker pass from the lips of Schepps. Sullivan never heard Schepps talking in an ex- culpating way of Becker. and swore he never heard Schepps say anything |
 And these are two of the witnesses. on the representation of whom state ments as emanating from, caused this New Jork tragedy inqueriy to be- | brought to Hot Springs.
 There are other witnesses, and while it may be unseeming to state what they will testify, yet each of them have indicated they never heard Schepps make the exculpatory state ments that are indicated in the affi- daYit Of counsel for Becker, oii which postponement of the Becker trial was obtained from Sept. 12 to Oct. z.
 District Attorney Whitman and As sistant Rubin seemed much pleased with the developments so far. They | felt assured that there was nothing definite upon which the groundwork of the delay of the Becker trial had been obtained. and so far as the com l missioners work is progressing they feel assurance.
 Judge C.. Floyd Huff is the conn., missioner, and his rulings in the o3en- ing of the case were most positive. | There was a motion for delay on the ! part of Counsel John w. Hart, of New | York, and Associate Counsel l.. E. Sawyer, of this city, to secure a de- lay of the work until Monday. Judge | Huff ruled that the work would be taken up yesterday afternoon, and the | acquiesence of counsel soon followed. !
 After the examination of two of the | witnesses the case was adjourned over until Monday morning, about 10 o'clock. when it will be resumed in the Marquette hotel Judge Huff has | to report to chancery court at 10 | o'clock Monday morning, and Douglas Hotchlxiss, the next witness on the | roster, has to report to circuit court as drawn grand juror. Judge Huff anticipated being excused from chan cery court, and Hotchkiss will ask to be sworn as a grand juror and waiy- ing the usual questions, be asked to be excused from the court charge. | The commission work will probably be finished in the afternoon, and the New York party will depart on the late afternoon trains.
 The most imporant development ot the session was indicated when Dis trict Attorney Whitman asked John L. Sullivan to answer questions on oral GAdIuludllOn ItidtiNt to tue tdih he had with Gerad D. Burns, who | came here just before the postpone ment of the trial in New York, who i represented that he was sent here az | an agent of counsel for Becker, and | who it is believed furnished counsel for Becker the information on which | such counsel set up the contention | for a delay of the case.
 Sullivan went over the situation thoroughly. detailing the conversation he and Burns had.
 There will be other witnesses ex- amined here than those named in the commission Already the counsel for MT. Becker has secured consent to placing Gilbert iHogaboom, manager of bath house, on the stand. Mir Hoga- boom knows little of the case, other than Schepps batned there, anu they had a casual acquaintance. and that Schepps once said to Hogaboom that Rosenthal was dirty rat. and should have been killed.
 Discussing whether other witnesses should be examined than those named in the commission led to a lively tilt between Counsel Hart for Becker and District Attorney Whitman. Mir. Hars