Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-25

degree is the electric chair. An ap- peal from the verdict goes directly to the court of appeals at Albany and acts, of course, as stay of execution
 Jurors Told to Keep Mum.
 When the jurors left the court room they went directly to their homes. They were under the mandate of Jus tice Golf mot to communicate the na- ture of what had taken place in the jury room.
 Schepps Much in Jury's Mind.
 Twice during the afternoon the jury communicated with Justice Golf. Once it asked for the stipulations made by the state with the four informers, Rose Webber. Vallon and Schepps. and Schepps' letter to Rose, written by the little gambler at Hot Springs, Ark and expressing. his willingness to tes- tify. The second time the jury wanted the testimony of persons who talked with Schepps in Hot Springs. The first request was granted, the second denied, because portions of the tes- timony taken at Hot Springs had been excluded from the evidence by the court.
 charge, was apparently much in the jury's mind
 Bulgarian Losses May Be 5000. Sofia, Oct. 24.-Details of the cap- ture of Kirk -Kilisseh are still mea- ger. An unofficial estimate puts the Bulgarian casualties at 5000. The fighting has been continuous since Tuesday.
 Shooting of Rosenthal. New York, Oct. 24.-It was in the early hours of July Is that the "squealing gambler was shot to death in front of the Hotel Metropole. On July 21 the grad jury took up ths case. On the 29th it indicted Becker On Aug. he was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. On Aug. 20 he was reindicted. His trial was set for Sept. | 21, but a stay was granted until Oct. 1 by Supreme Court Justice Bischoff 1 to enable a commission to take testi- mony at Hot Springs, Ark. On Oct ' the trial began It lasted r days. l Ninety-eight witnesses testified; their testimony was placed on 2,745 type written pages.
 Court Was Doubtful. 1 The court itself was doubtful as to l Schepps status and declined to guide | the jurors in a decision. What he did l instruct them to do was to return q verdict of first degree murder or sec opd degree murder or to acquit the defendant. Manslaughter was elimi- mated and mo compromise verdict was directed upon the motion of part of the courts instructions dealt with murder in the first degree, the penalty for which is death
 FlaAked by counsel, face expression less, Becker sat chewing gum while the court delivered the charge. Back of the railing sat his wife, head bowed eyes downcast.
 The whitehall justice\ spoke in a monotone, but with incisive delibera- ton.
 Not Claimed Becker Did Killing.
 Tt is not claimed by the prosecution | that Becker's hand did actually xiii Rosenthal,' he said at a crucial point Tt is claimed that he requested and directed that the killing should bt done, and as I have already instructed the jury, Becker, in law, must be held l responsible for the acts of everyone who acted in pursuance of his reques or instructions.
 Tt is important here that I should direct you as to the law governing thu case now presented. Where a persor is claimed not to have done the actua
 killing, but to have inspired it and in. structed it. Under the law Beckel stands charged principally with tn,
 commission of the crime of murder or
 the ground that he counselled and ad
 vised it.
 Rose, ValIon and Webber AccompIice. The court here added that the maiI
 witnesses against the defendant wer,
 without doubt accomplices, and he st
 branded Rose, Vallon and Webber
 Schepps' relation he would not define