Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-12
Bald Jack Rose Swears That
accused Officer Ordered the
Murder of Gambler Herman
Rosenthal.
ALLIANCE OF CROOKS
AND POLICE Barred
Witness Swears That Defend
ant Held Mortgage on Gam
bling House Conducted by
the Victim.
[By Lsassd Wire So EvsaIas Rsrs,d,

IBy Lsassd Wire 50 Evenias ReraIdl
New York. Oct. l2.---Tho trial OF
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker,
charged with the murder OF Herman
Rosenthal, continued today. Bald
Jack" Rose, chief tnrormer against
Becker. was called to tho witness
stand at 10 o'clock.
before going on the stand, Rose
said:
I'm going to maze good. know
what I'm going up against but / am
going through with a. J. don't ga '"
what hnppenR hare-only one re-
Eret IN going on the stand; | have
met and known some decent people,
and nav .thEough 90. they will he
besmlrched / wish that nobody but
myself need be- dragged into this. but
suppose II iS part ~ the penalty. 1
shall tell every detail OF the most aw-
iul plot thgt was ever Matched"
II Roses testimony In concluded to-
day, Mrs. LILLIAN Ruscnthal. widow of
tho murdered gamblcr, viii bs called
to tho stand. Sho win bn asked 10
tell what Hfu knows Of tho relations
al her husband with Beckcr and with
the mtn alleged 10 have been Becker
tools In tho murder plot.
Rose testified that BS0ker said to
him:
81 want him UoscnthaD murder
ed, shot. crOakcd, dyhamitcd or any
thing"
The witness did not look at Becker
ns he gave his testimony. hut the for
meT police officer w1t0hed Rose
intently. Rose spoke In deliberate
tones.
Did you ever have business rela
tlons with Becker" no was asked.
"YoS. / collected money from him"
IL object as Incompetent" shouted
John r.. Mcintyre, counsel for the de-
frnse.
"Ovcrrulcd." ordered tho court.
Rose told OF meeting Rosenthal and
BECKER In the EMS club at q New
Years celebration. Mrs. RosenthaI
VAS present Becker sai1 TO Mrs
ROsrnthal, according to the witness
nov don't worry. Herman and
have thorough understanding. lie
is my friend and I an his friend and
his troubles ARE all over"
Rose said he met Becker again at
his house nnd AT IA, Union Square ho-
tel, when Becker tuId him tho details
OF the alleged purturrshlp In a gamb-
ling house between Locker and ROsen-
thai.
Becker" Rose trstihed. said Her
man had made q proposition TO him
that he go In partnership with Ros-
oRthul in running gambling house
ana had asked niu 10 Invest $4,000
In Il. / said no one ever made money
in the gambling business with Ros.
enthal"
"Hecker. however" continued the
witness, "dId not agree and made u
proposition "a allow Rose to take a
SO per cent share In business OF the
PROPOSED establishment, Becker took
$4,000 chuttel mortgage on ROsen-
thai property and arranged for q
dummy to hold the mortgage"
''Beckcr asked me-" tho witness
went on. "if I would take charge and
said would"
The witness told Of conversation
with Becker 10 which the police llcu'
tenant inquired whether the proiits oi
the gambling would be divided anC
how much they were. I replied tC
him on one occasion that the house
had made several thousand dollars,
said Rose. lie told me 10 tell Ros
enthal to send him $500. went tC
see Rosenthal and Rossnthai said HI
would not Elve n becRuae he thought
he had not had a square deal on the
mortgage.
II told Becker. Becker said tina
lust an soon as his attention was cali
ed 20 that place no would raid IT, II,
told mo TO tell that 10 H0eenthal
told Rosenthal. ROssnthai said:
"'You tell Becker hscsn't raid thu
place unless no gets the proper evil
aence, and no can't get q because
ohnow al his men and they can't 6el
40 keFe.'
50 that's hla attituae shsn.' said