New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11

took the witness rapidly over the various
restaurants where he had been employed
for the last few years. and showed that
he had not kept a position In any one
place for any great length OF time The
witness said he had left his job at the
Hoffbrau restaurant in Broadway be-
cause he didn't want TO pay any graft
money" He said he had worked a. the
Waldorf at two or three different times.
Were you ever discharged from the
Waldorf" asked Mr.. Mcintyre.
"Oh, yes. twice" replied the witness.
The witness said that he was dis
charged once from the Waldorf because
he had insulted a gentleman guest who
had first insrlted him.
Shared in Walters Strike.
Krause freely admitted that he had cast
in his lot with the striking walters at
the Waldorf, but he denied that he vas
among the strikers who had started
trouble at the hotel, several OF whom
were arrested. He didn't know that Lieu
tenant Becker had been there when the
trouble started and was instrumental In
arresting some eighty Of the strikers, he
swore. in answer to a question before an
objection made by the District Attorney
had been sustained and the question ruled
out.
He said that he went to work at Reisen-
weber's after he left the Waldorf the
last time. and he had left the Coney isl-
and place on account OF the Rosenthal
shooting and his connection with the case.
He was now employed, he said, at SIS a
week by the Society for the Prevention
of Crime In clipping and stamping news
paper articles. not about the Rosenthsl
case, but about all kinds Of stories. He
didn't know that Assistant District At
torney Moss was counsel for the society.
he said, and had got the place through
some one else.
Mr.. Moss said afterward that II was no
secret that he had recommended Krause
for the place, though the witness didn't
know It.
Did you know special officer at
Reisenweber's by the name of Henry
shade7" asked Mr.. Mcintyre
Yes, he worked there" said the wit
ness.
Didn't you go to Shade and tell him
that you didn't see any one Of the MUIR
derers who did the shooting?" asked the
lawyer.
"I did not" said the witness. almost ris-
ing from his chair.
Didn't Shade tell you to go down 10 the
District Attorney and get piece OF
money! asked Ar. Mcintyre.
mo, he never did" replied Krause en-
phatically.
The witness said he lived at Bath Beach
| hs
shooting, because he was afraid after re-
ceiving SO many threatening letters. His
wife and baby lived with his mother-in-
law. he said. at No. lis West 1l2th street
Mr.. Mcintyre then took the witness In
detail over his Journey from Coney Island
TO West I3d street on the night Of the
murder. The witness said he was not
curious or anxious to look at clocks In
the subway or other places on the way in
as he knew he would ind people at Rec
tors and the Geneva Club. however lat,
II was When he got out OF the subway
station at 42d street and Broadway ht
believed Il was about 46 o'clock, he said
He admitted that the District Attorney:
ONCE had been paying his expenses al
Bath Beach and that he had had a mar
with him from the once TO guard him
He said he had drawn from the county
altogether s7s fog expenses. He didn'
expect any more money for his services
he r.id. but admitted that he would take
|, II ~ the District Attorney offered II &c
him. Justice Con- interceded and put a
s,op to a long line Of questions In thai
regard.
Saw Thlrty-Hvs Men.
, Gaming 10 the groups Of persons he saw
In West l5d street. he said he thought
. there was something going on from tn
appearance OF the crowd-some thirty-fv'
men. all told, in three groups-and M
waited to see what was up. He latel
identified Bridge" Weber as having
; been in the first group. He picked Jack
Sullivan out as a man he had seen in thu
third group. He didn't think there wa
going to be any shooting or he woulC
not have gone down there. he said.
| Krause said he stepped UP TO the fire.
!, eroup out of curiosity and dark com
plexioned man spoke to him.
.The man was standing next to me.
.sid the witness, "and he said: You bet
tar 20 along now and mind your owr
business or you will get in trouble
=, told him I had as good right there as HI
had"
Ibid you 20 away7" asked Mr.. McIn
tyre
mo, sir" replied Krause.
The witness said he could see the mer
who did the shooting plainly from thu
other side of the street because OF the
brtsht lights in front Of the Metropole. HI
described some Of the other men In th'
groups In answer to questions by Beck
sr's lawyer He didn't notice the color
? of any Of their eyes. but he saw severa
faces clearly, he said. He had never seer
any of them before in his life. ASKED
. what he was doing there at the time M
said he was Just watching"
Mr.. Mcintyre suggested that the wit
, ness had in mind to become the so-called
Great American identifer,' which made
Krause laugh, as the court ruled out tn,
question.
Krause denied that he was In Down
iings saloon. at 43d street and Seventh
avenue. when the shooting occurred and
ran out when he heard the shots. He said
he never drank in saloons.
One OF the few telling points which
counsel for the defence brought out on
cross-examination of Krause was that hi
had gone to James NJ. Sullivan, who is
Bald Jack" Roses lawyer, prior TO his
offering himself as a witness for the
people. He didn't know that Sullivan was