Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27
SPEAKS BITTERLY OF FATE
Declares He Received No Considera.
tion and Expects None.
MUCH CONCERNED FOR WIFE
His Attorney Confident Appeal Will
Be Granted-Says Witnesses
Were Unbelievable.

NEW YORK, October 26 - "Lega
butchery' is how former Police Lieut.
Charles Becker characterized his convic.
tion for the murder of Herman Rosen-
thai in a talk with newspaper reporters
today. From his cell in "Murderers
Row. in the Tombs Becker spoke bitter
ly Of his fate. declaring he had beer
"railroaded" and that could he have
taken the witness stand during his tria
he would have explained away the pub
lie impression that he had acquired a
fortune through levying graft upon
gambling houses. The ex-policeman talk
ed In the presence of his brother, John
Becker, police lieutenant.
This case was legal butchery,' he
said. ''You can't emphasize that toe
much. Some Of the accounts of my trial
/ notice say that / pad out $25 900 fol
my defense. Twenty-Five thousand dol
lars! Why that is $1,000 in excess of any
possess. According to the newspapers
the public believes / am worth $1O0, 600
/ can understand the purpose of this
statement. All of this could have been
explained If 1 had been allowed to &C
on the Stand-every cent.
Expects no Consideration.
been given any consideration at all since
this case began. What's more, l don't
expect any. I would not be disappointed
If Sheriff Hamburger rushed me off from
the courtroom direct to Sing Sing after
Justice Gof has sentenced me next Wed.
nesday. That will be the final stage OF
the railrOading Of Becker"
The strain Of waiting for the outcome
OF his trial and the uncertainty he still
faces pending decision by a higher
court on the appeal his lawyers will
condition. according to friends. Becker
was visited for three hours by his wife
today.
Mrs. Becker is bearing up as we'll as
one could expect under such circum-
stances" said the convicted man. Her
condition troubles me much more than
my own
John F. Mcintyre, Becker's counsel,
said he was confident of a new trial for
his client
There can't be anything else but a re-
versal." he declared. That man Becker
is Innocent. He was convicted upon the
testimony OF lot of unbelievable crea-
lures and was found guilty after a trial
In which legal errors beyond number
were committed, in my opinion.
Il am going to see the attorney gen.
eral OF the state within q few days,
believe that District Attorney Whitman
had no right to offer immunity to wit
nesses who might be-and were. in my
belief-principals in the murder. 1 will
ask the attorney general for a ruling on
that question. and 1 believe 1 will prove
my contention
Immunity Agreement Questioned.
Mr.. Mcintyre mentioned ''Bridgie''
Weber and Harry Vellon as the two
witnesses he had in mind. He said that
immunity agreements which the county
prosecutor made with them re not ap-
proved by Judge Mulqueen. who signed
those made with Sam Schepps and "Bald
jack Rose.
Regarding a report that some Of the
four gunmen-"Gyp the Blood Lefty
Louie,' Whitley Lewis and '.Dago
Frank"-were prepared to turn states
evidence through terror at Becker's con-
viction. District Attorney Whitman, be-
fore leaving town for a rest tonight, said
the four prisoners were given opportunity
before Becker'S trial to confess, and that
now none Of them could hope to escape
trial by telling what he knew. Mr..
Whitman sad there was no DOUBT as to
the validity of the agreements with
Webber and Vellon.