The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-23
BECKER
(co.tssusd from rirs. Pare,

West F1f,y-third street jail with Rose
Ind Weber
Rose told me that he and Webber
and WALTON and Schepps were xoinr
70 frame up Becker Sullivan de-
tiared. He asked me TO corroborate
eis testimony. They all asked me-
Kept At me day and night. When one
left on. the other began.
Rose had letter from the Distr1o,
ettorney one day and after n. read H.
ne came 70 Inc. and said. The Dis
rict Attorney writes me 90 know N
you are going 20 corroborats as. He
,ssys II you do Il will be ali right
III you don't. yOu'n be indicted"
Weber said 20 me. the only way
you can get out II Tor sou To- DO a.
mr.. whitman says and swear that
you saw Becker with Jack Rose and
me few hours after tho murder n
You do that. youll get out. Ike We
viii. after the trial. n you don't
you'll be indicted and spend six
months In Jail" Once Weber said
10 me. Jack. for Gods sake say you
"a" Becker. a. W. will testify II
you want money. II give you 81 900
now ana whom you get out we'll ~
INTO tho hotel business. IN put ia
sz5.Oo0 and We viii diyid. the profits
even All you have 20 do IL 20 lie
FOR us. II you lie. it's all right. n
you don't you1 20 10 Jail"
To all these opportunities. Sullivan
said that he replied that he would
spend six months In Jail. n necessary.
rather than swear "A mans life away
Rose Says Becker Innoesnt.
Louis Pitt. brother % Becker's 81
called press agent. was another vii
ness for the defense who WAS forced
on the stand by Justice Con after sir
~ N.NaH Ns.I a. A
Mr.. Mcintyre refused TO examine Pitt
and again the District Attorney read
Into the record evidence against the
States case.
Jack Rose told me-" Pitt testified
THAT Becker didn't have anything to
do with the murder lie said. 4
swear 10 you on my mothers grave
that Becker didn't have anything 20
DO with this. lie Is innocent. but I've
been taking too much and i've got to
testify against him"
There was but one witness called
IN rebuttal and mono in sur rebuttai.
The case was closed for both sides ~
O'Clock and adjournment taken
thereafter. Tomorrow Wall be de
voted To- summing up. Justice Con
Wi charge the jury Thursday morn
ing. William shapiro. driver and part
owner Of tho gray murder car. which
carried the Runmcn 20 the MCtropole
and IN which they made their escape
after shooting Rosenthal was the wit
ness IN rehuttal lie added nothing
To published versions Of tho story.
except his statement that thirty or
.hirty-five seconds elapsed after Ia.
Ihooting before he was able To- start
his car. with the gunner inside. In
flight.
What IS said 20 have been an elev-
enth hour change ~ mind on the part
or Mr.. Mcintyre. kept Becker from
the witness stand. u didn't put Beck
er on the stand" Mr.. Mcintyre said
simply because I did not care % dig
nifty tho opinion that tho charge 4
murder had been corroboratcd -
credible Witnesses The law SAYS
that there can be no conviction on
the testimony Of accomplicss without
corroboration. To have put Becker
on the stand would have appeared 20
be an acknowledgme that the tcsti-
mony 81 IIall.n ana I.uhcn amount
20 credible testimony: whereas. ~ ap-
peared before tho jury that Hallen
had served twelve years in state priq-
on and Luiln was brought to- shack
les from the New Jersey state prison
into the court room
Il wanted to gu On the stand but
my counsel advised against IT,"