The Washington times., 1912-10-14

street cafe. Later he come to my Of
fice In a gambling house conducted on
Second avenue. He never raided my
place., and he and / were friendly dur
Ing all Of the time knew him."
"Did you. and Becker ever discuss
Becker Cursed Rosenthal.
I'VE did many times. met Becker
at l2ith street and Seventh avenue
shortly before Becker was killed. Harry
vallon and Jack Rose were with me
when Becker came along. Sam schepps
was also there. Becker said to us:
That Rosenthal Is max
ing all kinds Of trouble He has gone
to Magistrate McAdoo and Is trying to
see the district attorney. Now, II he
ever gets to whitman, II will be all
of In this town. Why don't you see
the boys and have the - - -
croaked.'
Il said that croaking a man was a
serious matter, but he got mad and
said That's all right. / want him
croaked. and / will certainly take care
Of the boys after the job is done.
There was nothing else for me to do
Is the way you feel, Of course will
get in touch with the boys and have
the Job done
Il went down to my poker room and
after l got there l got a phone mes
sage from Becker telling me to meet
him In the Union Square Hotel. went
over there and We talked things over.
| met him again In the hotel and this
time he said to me: 'Bridgie, why don't
you get on the job and croak that
II said to him: Charlie, everything
VIII be worked out all right and the
| Job will be done In a few days / have
spoken to the boys and 1t will be all
right
"Just then Jack Rose and my wife
came along In a taxicab and got in
and we went out to the country. On
| the way. told Rose that Becker was
Keeping after me to have Rosenthal
croaked and that the Job would have
told Charlie the job would be done in
a few days"
Were the methods by which Rosen.
thai was to be killed discussed7"
Well Jack did not want the gun.
men 70 do the job. He thought 1t could
be pulled OF better in my poker room. y
Now. want you to tell the jury
about what happened in connection with
Rosenthal on July L." said Moss.
Repeats Roses Story.
webber repeated the story as related
by Rose on Saturday of the gunmer
coming to his poker room. Previously
he said that Jack Sullivan had told him
and Rose that they and other gamblers
were to be subpoenaed to corroborate
Rosenthals testimony before the grand
jury regarding the paying of money
for protection. ..,.
"Then Rose asked me where Rosen.
thai was" continued Weber. and
told him / did not know but that
would find out. / went over to tho
Metropole and saw that he was ther,
and went back and told the boys. The,
left at once.
II left my place about . o'clock ant
walked down Broadway to Twenty-sec'
, ond street and back again. About I'll
went to the Times Square subwa.
station and from there i went to III,
Cadillac Hotel"
|, Ibid you see Rosenthal?"
'Yes, l saw his body lying on tn,
sidewalk in front OF the Metropole Ho
, tel. After that went 10 my place and
about 2:3O. Sullivan and Rose came In
/ We had some drinks and talked thing,
over. We stayed there until nearly
o'clock when We went out to NEE
Becker"
Congratulated By Becker.
when he came along he smiled ant
said to me: We'll, boys. you did a goot
job
Rose broke in and said: Charlie
this Is terrible. There will be trouble
, over this with the district attorney OF
the job. He has the automobile mum
ber and am worried
Becker laughed at him and said
There is nothing to worry about.
have told you that l would see thi
through. All that is necessary Is 70
} the boys to lie low for few days
/ "Then Becker told me to give Ros
, 81, 600 TO paw the boys. saying that woul,
make $500 he would owe me. sal,
all right. but Rose insisted that ther
would be trouble.
Becker said: There is nothing T.
, worry about. Why passed the Metro
pole shortly before then myself, and |
] could have seen the - =
) - would have done the job myself
told my chauffeur to drive slowly an
had my gun so that l could have don
, the job.
! "Becker then left us and we wen
over TO Eighth avenue, where I CAV
t Rose the 5000"
, This ended Webbers direct testimon
, and Mcintyre began his cross-examina
9 tion by delving into the past life of tn
witness, who admitted not only runnin
gambling houses, btu also having con
5 In Chinatown.
u your place was frequented by degen
crates and women was 1t not?' de
= manded Mcintyre.
e ''I don't know" lazily replied WebbeI
a Ever serve women there?"
"Sure."
a you knew your business was unlaw
. ful?"
n Sure" said the witness
r Mcintyre failed in an effort to sho'
O that the witness, Rose, Vallon, an
Schepps were opium or morphine users