Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-28
ACCUSES
ROSE OF MURDER
Makes Statement Telling What
He Wished to Say
to Jury.

NEW 1olkh, OCt. 90 ne SNoi.
which he would have related 10 the
jury had no been allowed by his
counsel TO take tho witness stand In
his behalf has been told by
Charles Becker. the former police
lieutenant, convicted of the murder
of Herman Rosenthal, to reporters
grouped in front of his cell In the
Tombs. lie said, in part:
"If l had testified ] could have ex-
| planned away the apparent close re-
lations of Rose and myself. No man
In my line of work could hope To sue
coed without such a source of In
formation as Rose.
81 paid Rose a dollar. His
services came to me in q peculiar way.
When ! made q raid on Roses gam
bling house ut 155 Second venue, the
early part OF October. 1911. he came to
me and offered his services. He said.
ri help you II you let me run my
place on Second avenue unmolested.
I did not agree to that and told him
I could not agree to 1t,
"Rose said; If my men are treated
we'll they can get you information
against Freedman's and Busteed's
places OH which you can make raids
on these gambling houses
Rose, R~oscnthRI's Partner.
Rose old me he was going into
partnership with Rosenthal n week
before that place opened and said he
hoped | would remember his past
| services with me and tho work he
had lone for me and not raid Rosen-
thai.
IT said l would not modest the place
any more than / would any other
gambling house.
81 said | would not make n spe-
cbal effort to get evidence against
Rosenthal unless specifically directed.
The place was not open one week
| when Rose came to me and said that
a a had lost at least $4,000 in
Rosenthals place. and that Rosen-
thai, instead Of dividing with him,
had taken the roll, paid his rent, the
gas bill and other bills.
What was left of the roll he let
two Harlem friends win away from
him, thereby double-crossln Rose?
81 said to Rose: Well, why don't
you get square with him. If I were
you 1 would stay in that house and
watch every play. Walt for high
play on the next opportunity and get
hold of the roll that night and grab
it.
Rose did so. He got hold OF the
bank roll a few nights a~fterward-
1t may have been the very next night.
about this time letters began to
filter into Commissioners Waldo's office
about Herman Rosenthals house, and
/ am sure that they were written by
Rose, or at least were inspired by
| Rose. | went to Rose and said:
Here is where You can get square
with Rosenthal.' Roee asked me how.
He swallowed my bait, hook, line and
sinker and pole"
81 said, 4 want TO get my mel
into Herman Rosenthal's place. You
a show me how to do it, Rose
Immediately agreed to do go"
Secured Entrance TO Place.
! bBChtT Eblu ftD5B lHtn dIIdIBntu IL
SO three of the lieutenant's officers
gained entrance to the gambling
house.
Ibid you get legal evidence against
Rosenthal's placer" Becker was
asked. Becker became imprisoned
as he replied:
las sure as there is a God in heaven
and that / stand here convicted OF
murder in the first degree, ! did"
Becker here told q long story to
show that he knew how carefully he
had to be when working on Roses
tips regarding Rosenthal, and cited
numerous incidents to show that
Rose had Il bitter hatred for Rosen-
thai. .
"Rose might have called me up the
night of the murder after 1t hap
pened, a little while AFTER Becker
continued, but If he did it is abso-
lutely unreasonable that he would
have called me up on a public switch
board through the apartment house
switchboard when he had my own
private telephone number to relate
the story of the murder to me-
did you talk to Rose that night"
Becker was asked.
$50 help me God, ] did not he re-
piled.
DO you think that Rose took adj
vantage of Rosenthal's having made
an affidavit against you to bump him
off at his w Instance" vas the
next question.
Yes, ! do" Backer said vehemently.
That's just what he did do"