The Detroit times., 1912-10-22
REFUSES TO PUT
BECKER ON STAND

made to cross-examine his client hnaL
ly decided that the risk was too
great.
The examination Of the lass few
witnesses prior TO the announcement
thar the defense rested had dragged
and Il was plain that the defense was
:. sparring for time. Mcintyre called
= Charles Reich, who Is Jack Sullivan's
brother. to the stand shortly before
noon and demanded whether Jack
Rose had told him, when he went to
SEQ his brother In prison, that when
inLended TO frame" Becker to save
liInRelf.
s"No." answered Reich, "he said
= he did to Becker. but self-preservation
was the first law OF nature"
The witness said that Bridgie Web
Der told him that he would put up q
$4,000 hotel for his brother Jack and
give him 25 per cent of the profits,
II Jack would come through" with
him.
"webber told me that he wanted
Jack to say that he saw Becker at
HSixth-ave. and Forty -Second-st., the
witness, "but Jack could not do II as
he did not see Becker there"
When the witness was excused. Nc
Intyre demanded that he be given per,
mission to further cross-examine
Rose. Vallon, Schepps and webber,
.but Justice Con refused to allow 4
'sand the defense then announced that
II rested, Mcintyre first noting his
20. kA ,rt1n In
The state was about to call the first
of it's witnesses In rebhttal when JUS
tice Con took matters into his own
hands and reopened the case,
Sullivan, when he took the stand,
was admonished by Justice Con that
: demonstrations such as marked his
? previous appearance would not be
tolerated.
THE defense demands that he be
permitted to answer all questions that
VIII deal with this conspiracy" broke
In Hart.
That is why recalled this wit
/ ness sharply answered Justice Cor
y The court then directed Assistant
District Attorney Moss TO put the
unanswered when he was last on the
stand.
what did webber say to You in
the prison?" was asked.
He said: Il know Becker Is not
guilty, but Rose is running this and
he'd frame up Waldo OF Gaynor II
he had to- 8aS
Rose told me the district attor-
aey had q stipulation that would get
them out Il they framed up Becker
0x.lI ~
Why you bald-headeds fooli" You'd
frame UP people would syoua why II
had TO stay here q month longer
with you I'd 60 to an insane asylum. \
Now tell US again what Webber
taidf' asked Moss.
"Webber said I'm the happiest
man In the world, my wife Is the hap
piest woman. Rosenthal wanted TO
have me killed. ! don't have to be
afraid any more.
did Rose, vallon ana webber ask
you to connect the defendant with the
= <murderf''
-They asked me II I would say
was there. That's all I had to do.
They told me II didn't, ia be In bad
with them and they told me TO take
my choice"
Wnat diu Nailon bayI'
He said he was drunk and he
didn't know anything about - - -
49,"
The court cut this answer short
and the witness subsided.
did you hear those men talking
about the Rosenthai murder and about
Becker's connection with III"
Yea
f'what did they say7"
"They said they had gotten Becker
into IT. said they had framed him.
Thew said thoy knew enough to get
out OF it thepselves."
~Did you nave any part In the mur.
der OF Herman Rosenthal7.
II did not" said Sullivan.
Police Oflcer John ]. Dougherty,
Who participated IN the raid on the
Rossnthel gambling house. said thar
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