The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-22
Schepps Quoted as Saying that
Rosentha| Ought to Be Killed
AT BECKER MURDER TRIAL
Becker Will Not Be Placed on Witness
Stand, 1t Is Now Believed--Large
Hole Knocked in Testimony
of the Defense.

New York, Oct. 22.-What San
Schepps told friends at Hot Springs
Ark, about the murder of Rosentha
was read into the record yesterday a
the trial of Lieut.. Becker, charged will
instigating the crime.
II don't want you fellows to think W,
killed man of any account" Schepp:
told Postmaster johnson, according &c
Johnson's testimony at Hot Springs
"That fellow Rosenthal was a dirty cur
and should have been killed | don't
want you fellows TO think of me as a
common murderer"
Becker's lawyer used Johnson's testl-
mony to support the cor IGNITION that
Schepps was one of the four men who
desired RosenthaPs death on his own ac-
count and conspired to kill him.
Thirteen witnesses testified yesterday.
Indications at the adjournment were
that the defense would rest to-day with
out placing Becker on the stand. Among
yesterdays witnesses were five police
men, two inmates of the Tombs prison.
The latter, who are awaiting trial on
the charge of murder, denied the testi-
mony of convict Hallen, who said he
heard Becker tell Policeman White that
the public would soon pay Becker
pension for killing that crook Rosen-
thai"
During yesterdays session, important
testimony for the defense had a large
hole knocked In it, The efforts to prove
an abb for Becker, In connection with
his alleged meeting with Rose, Weber
and WALTON in front Of Weberr's place at
Forty Second street and Sixth avenue,
about 4 o'clock on the morning of the
two hours after the crime
were nuilifed by the blotter of the
Forty-Seventh street police station.
The defense has struggled to show
that Becker arrived at the station
whittier Rosenthal's body had been taken
at 3:45 o'clock and remained there
much too long to have made such a
meeting possible. Yesterday Police Lieu.
tenant Dezedska, from that station, APP
reared as a witness. With the station |
,iotter of July 10 open before him, he
wore that Becker did not arrive there
Ill 4.25 o'cIoek--This, of course, would |
lave made possible 4 o'clock meeting
L the point alleged, and Becker still
would have had abundant time to reach
he station at the hour named. The rea-
on for the calling OF this witness by
he defense was a mystery.
The defense suffered another slight
etbaek, when Assistant District Attor-
ey Moss brought out some eontradic.
DRY testimony from Police J. b. Shep-
ard, Sheppard was formerly attached
D the strong arm squad commanded by ,
ecker and participated, he asserted, in ,
he raid of Herman Rosenthal's gambling ;
ssert, conducted by Becker on April ,
last ,
Sheppard averred that he had visited
he house In West Forty Fifth street {
4 April Is with Policemen Steinert and /
7hite, to get evidence upon which to {
sse an application for warrants. '
Mr.. Moss brought out a wide diver. q
,nce between the description of John I
rheelman No. g." one of the two men /
rested In the raid, given by Sheppard v
his affidavit, which resulted In the issu- il
ice Of warrants. and Herbert Hull, a i
,phew OF Mrs, Herman Rosenthal, the Y
isoner taken into custody on the war K
mt for "John Wheelman No. 2"
Sheppard endeavored to explain the h
sefepancies as "a clerical errer," stat Y
e that Hull should have been arrested \
the warrant for "Wheelman No. ], !" r
It Mr.. Moss established that the de-
rietien of Wheelman No. did not ct n
all either