The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-25
BECKER GUILTY 1 OF MURDER-IN FIRST DEGREE ]1
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9COnC1nu6d rom Page 3.1 Ifft- the room by another exit. the citedely into the corridor. The crowd gave way. He was half way down inc steps to the telephone booth when policeman shouted. rts
 Whats the verdict 2''
 The fleeing man looked over his
 ssGuilty..' he shouted
 Mrs. Becker Paints.
 For a moment there was silence keen interest, gripping. It was brok- en by a woman'sA muffied scream and the sound of falling body
 dead away. =, Mir Mcintyre made his last plea He asked that the court grant an earlier request of the jury to inspect the tes timorsy of the persons who talked to sam Schepps in Hot Springs. Ark. The court refused to hear the plea
 Mfr. Mcintyre had oppossd that re- to oJustice Golf six and 8 half hours before-
 It was upon this stior--whether sam Schepps was @;-n accom- pliees to the murder-that Justice Golf had hinged his charge to the fpIy-
 The penalty for murder in ffie first degree is death m the electric chair. An appeal from the Ee5zdict goes di- rectly to the court of appeals at AL bany and acts. of course, as . stay of execution
 fWAGu LIG JQTOTS iSIL lnS court room they went directly to their homes. They were under the mandate of Jus tfce Golf mot to cornfrunicate the nature ofA what had taken place in the, jury room
 Nothing to Say.
 i- There is not the slightest doubt verdict in a higher court. said MT. Mcintyre after the jury had lied oL<+. cannot and will not say anytning Inore,1 he added. John W. Hart, al : nf record Rnf- or
 ~.I agree with MT. Mcintyre. I have ne thing further to say.''
 District Attorney Whitman returned to his office as soon as the court pro- ceedings following the rendering of inc verdict were concluded. T prefer to say nothing he said when asked for an expression or the verdict Ih e verdict speaks for itself,' was his only comm meHt-
 MT Whitman said the trials of the remaining prisoners in the Rosentha1 ease will be called in an order to be decided on Iater- All the prisoners indicted with Becker have asked for separate trials. The trial of Philip Davidson. charged with the murder of Jack ZeliS, the East Side gang leader, will begin next Wednesday, but sdr- Whitman w;ls undeeide dswhich of The other prisoneEzI7 Ep11fd follow
 Sees Her Husband
 Before Mrs. Becker was. taken Co her home she was allowed to see her husband in the sheriffs room in the bUildinE- As she entered the door her Husband clasped her in his arms. Mrs. Becker burst into tears and Becker tried to calm her
 She cIung to- him for more than a minute, and then two women com panions touched her. but she did not move. Becker Kissed her again and again and finally whispersd snntet hing to her. Ut will come out all. right" he said. Finally Mrs. Becker stepped back and with parting kiss the couple separated As Becker walked to ward the entrance to- the Bridge of Signs he smiled back at his wife but she suddenly threw her hands to her face and staggered into the arms of her women companions. They half carried her to a waiting taxieab- Beck Becker's conviction comes exactly 100 days, almost to the hour, after the murder of Rosenthal.
 It was in the early morning hours of July 16 that the ''squealing gam b1er'' was shot to death in front Of the Hotel Metropole. On July 21 the grand jur- took up the case; on the 2ath it indicted Becker On August 2 he was arraigned and pleaded not guilty; on August 2Oth he was Indicted. His trial was set for Sep tember 21st, but a stay was granted until October by Supreme Court Jus- 70 take testimony at Hot Springs, Ark. On October s7 the trial began. It lasted IT days. Ninety-eight wit Eesses testified: their testimony was placed on 2.7f5 typewritten pages. New York. Oct. z4--Police Lieuten- ant Becker sat in his cell in the Tombs