The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-22
BECKER FIGHTS IN VAIN WITH COUNSEL TO GO

A. ! told quite a few policemen.
q. Did you go to the Mayors once
with l.icut Becker7 A. Yes. sir.
z. Did you then tell His Honor of
the threat Rose had made only few
days before the murder7 a. No.
DIDN'T VOLUNTEER iNFoRMA.
TON TO 0AYNoR.
q. Didn't you tell His Honor the
Mayor! A. No. Mayor Gaynor told
me he wanted me to answer questions
he would put to me. did not volun-
teer any information to the Mayor.
Q. Well, II yoS thought the Dis
trict-Attornsy's office was trying
to make murdsrsrs out Of AL po-
Mcsmsn, ala you tell all your
brother officers they ought to
stand together for Lieut., Dseksr7
A. NO, sir.
u. Did you tell all policemen they
ought to give testimony for Lieut.
Becker? A. No.
q. Did you know Lieut.. Shear zone
of Bcckcr's strongest witnesses.) A.
Yes.
ID l,lu tNti yOu ht WINS kOlnk
to testify for Becker7 A. No. sir.
q. what were you doing In Rosen-
that's house In February. when you say
you heard Mrs. Roscnthal order Weber
from her house? Were you looking for
evidence? A. No. sir.
q. Yet you were u police ofiicer7 A.
Yes.
z. Were ypu there on business7 A.
Yes.
y. Police business? A. No.
q. Private business? A. Yes.
q. Did you know Rosenthal was a
reputed gambler A. Yes.
Y. Did you know his house was a
reputed gambling house? A. Not then.
y. Did you ever talk to Becker about
your visit to Rosenthars housef A.
Yes. lie said he had heard l was as
sociating with gamblers, and told
him why i had gone there.
on redirect examination Mr.. Hari
asked:
q. What was your private business
nj the Rosenthal house? A. At that
time my wife, Mrs. Foye. was running
, Embarrassing establishment and Mrs.
Itosenthal was "a customer.
swEARs TO GOOD CHARACTER
OF LIEUT.. BECKER.
The Sensational testimony OF Police
man Foye was followed by the char
acter evidence of Ben Moses OF No. ~
Park Row. Mr.. Moses came up smll-
Ing and continued to grin until Mr..
Moss got after him and asked:
q. Did You ever hear any one pro-
claim Lieut.. Beckers reputation for
peace and quietY a. No.
y. Did you ever hear that Lieut..
Becker used force and brutality In his
ralds? A. l don't always believe what
! read In the newspapers.
Q. You never heard that this defend
ant was charged with using force?
a. No; and ! wouldn't have believed Il
II had heard t.
This was all for the smiling Ben
Moses. and Michael l.. Delogi. an attor-
ney-at-law, was called. He swore that
Becker had not paid a cent toward the
defence of his (Becker'D alleged press
agent. Charley Pitt, when Pitt was
on trial on a charge of murder In Gen.
era lSesslons.
who paid you7" demanded Mr.. Hart.
The State" said the witness.
Joseph Slicklen. another attorney.
who had acted with DeloE for Pitt.
corroborated Delogi's testimony. 1t WAS
ln,imatod In the course OF the Peoples
case that Becker had paid for the Pltt
defence.
Lewis A. Abrams. st!ll another law
yer. who had assisted In getting Pitt
acquitted, duplicated the testimony OF
Delogl and Slicklen.
Charles La chaussee, one OF the editors
OF The Chief. n publication devoted to
Police and Fire Department affairs. was
called as character witness and was
on the stand less than two minutes. On
direct examination he said he had al
ways heard Becker well spoken of. Then
Mr.. Moss cross-examined.
=. liz your paper a police newspaper?
A. Mostly so; 1t deals with civil service
matters.
q. Policemen are your largest sub
scribers. aren't they? A. Yes.
Mr.. Moss-You can come down.