The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-16
'GUNMEN's CASE
TO JURY MONDAY
Defense Completes Case, and State
Rebuttal Witnesses Take
Stand To-day.
'DAGOp FRANK MAKES GOOD
IMPRESSION ON THE COURT
Counsel for Defendants Puts State
on Defensive by attack
on Testimony.

New York, Nov. 15.-Monday night will
bring with it the fate Of the four gun
men charged with the murder OF Herman
Rosenthal.
To-day witnessed the completion OF the
\ case for the defense. Tomorrow the
| States witnesses in rebuttal will be
heard. And Justice Con ordered. when
adjournment was taken tonight, that
\ both sides be prepared to sum up on
Monday in order that he may charge the
| jury and turn the case over to 1t. by
nightfall.
/ in this situation q curious, one might
almost say q critical, stage Of the entire
Rosenthal case has been reached. In the
desperate fight which he has been max
ing to save the lives OF his four clients,
Wahle. counsel for the defendants, has
for the first time forced the State into q
defensive position.
Jack Rose, Bridgey Weber, Harry VAL
Ion and Sam Schepps have been granted
immunity from prosecution for the MUIR
der of Rosenthal on condition that II be
not shown that they participated in the
actual ktlling-that they fired no shots.
Must Defend Themselves.
For reasons of his own. the District
Attorney did not call Weber, WALTON and
Schepps in the presentation of his main
case. And then the defense went on and
built up their case on the testimony of
half a dozen witnesses who swore that
the actual shooting was done by Weber,
WALTON and the mysterious stranger who
has been frequently referred to.
/ In consequence, Weber and WALTON
must take the witness stand tomorrow,
nnminaIly as witnesses against the &C
cUsed gunner, but in reality to refute
the charge that they did the shooting
and-save themselves from being forced
10 trial for murder. 1t is Wahle's plan.
in striving to create a reasonable doubt
in the minds of the jurors, TO argue that
his clients are as worthy Of belief as the
men who accuse them. The final desper-
ate blows In this last stand of the gun
men of New York will be struck to-mor-
row therefore.
Picturesque ChaRncters Testify.
The closing scenes in the presentation
Of the case of the defense were replete
with all the picturesque incidents Of the
preceding DAYS of the trial With the
exception of 'Dago Frank" who made a
really excellent witness for himself, 1t
was the day of the supernumeraries In
this stirring drama of the underworld
wahle dug down deep into the heart OF
the T6nderloin and produced a cast OF
including bartenders, might
hawk" hackmen. gamblers, news ven
ders, district messengers-an distinct
types of the night life OF New York
Mrs. Louis Rosenberg, otherwise wife
Of Lefty Louie" played her brief part
on the stand, telling Of visit of Jack
Rose to her husband, and for brief
period the fortunate spectators present |
saw a grand assemblage OF all the char |
acters in the drama, saving Charles Beck |
er and Herman Rosenthal. Schepps,
Rose, WALTON, and Weber were brought |
into court so that Giovanni Stanish might |
declare they were not among the men he |
saw with guns in their hands on the |
night OF the shooting.
Society Represented.
Society was represented on the occasion
by Mrs. c. X. G.'Bnlings, the well-known |
horsewoman, and the Baroness Batdorf. |
In the motley throng were all the we'll
known types. and the customary crowd
outside the gates, held in check |
by detail of fifty policemen.
''Dago' Frank was the star of the oc-
casion He put the finishing touches to |
the aIibi which his associates had built up |
for him, and other wise he followed close
ly the story which "Gyp" and Lefty"
and Whitley had told.
On direct examination his story fol-
lowed the weIl-known lines. With the
gold from several filled teeth cleaning in
the half light of the witness chair, there
flashed every now and then character
Istic touch He told of Jack Roses ef-
fort TO convince the Avenue boys"-they
being Zelig's gang-that he had not
been responsible for the arrest Of their
leader Whitley" Lewis had accused him
Of this.
"Boys from Missouri"
Il said to Jack" Frank testified:
The boys is from Missouri, an you
got to show them; for myself, ! don't
are"
This, he said, was on the night that
Rose called with Schspps and WALTON and
,arried the 'Dago'' downtown to Web