Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-26
BECKER HOPES
FOR new TRIAL
Says Witnsss. "Parjursd
Their SOUS Black

new Iork. Oct. ~. Lieutenant
Charles Becker, convicted Of murder
the Arst degree for killing Herman
RosentAai. will be sentenced Il death
by Justice COT next Wednesday. An
appeal. which will be taken. will act
as 4 stay Of execution. Pending the
decision on the appeal Becker viii be
confined In the death house At Sing
Slug.
Bscker's chief counsel. John r. Nc
lntyre. whose desperate fight to ave
. bad case persiEted until the words
were uttered that pronounced Becker
the real murderer Of Herman kosen.
thai. seemed confident that out OF more
than 1000 exceptions he had taken to
the rulings Of Justice Con sufficient
grounds would be found to justify the
ordering Of q new trial by the highest
court In the state. While District At
torney whitman. and of course Justice
con, would mol discuss the forthcom-
Ing appeal or the merits of such points
of law and evidence as are objected to
by the Becker lawyers. 1t IL known
that they feel that Becker had q fair
trial and that II anything the main
contentious were decided In his favor.
These were the questions a. to wheth-
er or not the graft evidence should be
put before the jury and whether or
not Shapiro should be allowed to tell
that he had heard one Of the gunner
say to another that Becker has the
cops txed. and 1t would be a clear z. :
away"
Golf Aided etats's Case.
1t Is generally recognized that the
effect Of Justice COTS charge to the
jury was a powerful aid to the states
case. but 1t IL pointed Out that a judge
has great latitude in surveying the
evidence provided he IL accurate in
quoting from Testimony.
Tho Jurors. faithful to Justice COTS
admonitton not to discuss the proceed,
inEs In the Jury room. have said moth
Ing directly ~ to tho effect upon them
Of the charge. but 1t TRANSFERRED that
when they sat down to deliberate they
had made up their minds that Jack
Rose told the truth and that there
was enough Of circumstantial evidence.
without taking Sam schepps' story into
consideration. to corroborate Roses
accusations against Becker.
With the Becker trial out of the way.
the attitude Of the GUNNER and the
plans Of the district attorney concern
Ing them becam. Of the first Impor.
tance Becker's conviction shook their
defense and made them realize that
they are not as safe as they thought
they were. There were positive efforts
made In .lielr behalf to ascertain II
the district attorney will give any sort
Of terms to them. Charles G. Wahle,
counsel for "Gyp the Blood" Lefty
Louie. Whitley" Lewis and "Dago
Frank" called on Mr.. whitman. 1t
was taken as a fact that Wahle want
ed to know what sort of a proposition
the district attorney would make ana
that he was told that If the gunner
had anything to say to the prosecutor
the.r could say it. but that the district
attorney would decline to co.nmuni-
cate with them until they had vo,un-
teered the whole truth about the MUIR
de-.
To Try Whitley" Lewis Next.
One Of the gunner. probably
Whitley Lewis. Whose real name II
Frank Muller. will be tried immediate
ly after the case OF RED Phil" David
son. who murdered big Jack" Zelig,
Is concluded A commission Of alien
lists pronounced Davidson a n He
will be placed on trial next Wednes.
day. The district attorney will re-
quest Justice Gon to try either
Whitley" Lewis or Lefty Louie" on
Thursday. Nov. 7.
Mr.. Mcintyre said that he received
more than fifty letters from able law
yers OF his acquaintance who assured
him that there were ample grounds for
appeal and that he had a fine case on
appeal.
Lieutenant Becker has recovered
much OF his composure. They have
convicted an innocent man. said he
Il II prove this. and l will do 1t
when ! get a chance. These men per.
jured their souls black, and | can prove
1t. They lied to save themselves. and
because Of the fact that | had to ASSOC
ciate with that kind Of mel In order to
get evidence they were able to throw
the crime on me when they got into 4
tight hole"
Mrs. Becker called on her husband.
She was heavily yelled, but the truces
OF weeping and worry were plain. She
was taken to her husbands cell, 1t
was then that Becker's composurs gave
way. His eyes filled with tears. His
face worked powerfully. His voice
broke. Mrs Becker put her hands
through the bars and chung to her hus
band.
at can't be true" she cried
Charlie, It can't be true"
Becker mastered his WI emotion
and did his BEST to comfort his wife.
ITS all right now" he told her.
Don't worry. I'm sure to get q new
trial. We've got to be patient. III BE-
free after awhile"