Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-10-23
Case Against Police Lieutenant
Accused Of Instlgating Ros
enthaI Murder Ready for Az
gument,
TESTIMONY GIVEN TO
SHOW GUNMEN'S GUILT


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III, Morning journal Special iea.rd Wire
New YORK. oct 22.-~The case OF the
state against Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker closed dramaticalh this after
noon with the district attorney, at the
COURTS command, reading into The rec
ord ii flood OF testimony Of Bccker's
star witness Jack sullivan for whose
admission llccker's lawyers had fought
long ana hard when sullivan testified
before.
Amid the vigorous protests OF Beck
er's counsel. who had objected as Wig
orously when Sullivan's testimony was
barred. several days ago, the king of
the ncwsboy" unloosed his tongue.
lie toll his story bellisercntly and eN-
citedly in his own way Just as he had
asked permission to tell II when he was
ON the stand before. Ills testimony
was direct support of the contention of
the dcfcns, that Rose, Webher. WALTON
and Schcpps, nformers aud state wit
ncsscs. had conspired in jail to send
Becker to The electric chair hy their
own perjury.
John r. Mcintyre, Becker ehief
counsel, had declared his ease rested
when sullivan was recalled He said
frankly that he did not want Sulivan's 3
testimony, The court ordered the ease
reopened ana instructed attendants to
call sullivan to the witness stand. Mr..
Mcintyre refused to question him and
Justice Goff instructed the district at
finn a
of the case Of the defense" questions
which the court had excluded during
Sulivans previous testimony These
questions had To do with conVcrsattonsl
sullivan said he had in the West Fifty /
third street Jail with Rose and Web |
Der
"l;usc told me thal he ana Webbcr
ana WALTON ana Schepps were going
to frame up llecker' sullivan de-
clarcd. lie asked me to coiroboratc
his testimony They were after me-
Kept at me--day ana nght When one
left or the other began. Rose got q
letter from the district attorney one
day ana after he had read 1t, he came
to me and said Jack, the district at
torney writes me that he wants to
US He says If YOU do, 1t will be all
right. II you don't you'll he indicted
"Wcbber said to me, the only way
you can get out is for you to do as
Mr., Whitman says and swear that YOU
saw Becker with Jack Rose and me Il
Few hours after the murder. IT you
do that you'll get out like we Will. at
ter The trial. If you don't, you'll be in
lictcd ana spend six months IN jail.
"oncc Wcbbcr said to me, Jack for
God's sake, say you saw Becker. as We
viii testify II you want money, we
viii give s. 900. ana If not when you
get out wen go into the hotel bus-
ness l'Il put IN $25V0U and we viii .
diNi idc the profits even. All you have
to do IN 10 lie for us II sou lie, IT'S
an right il YOU don't you1l 80 to
iail.'
70 all these nnpur,unilics sullivan
said he replied that he would spend
six years in Jail II necessary rather
han swear mans life away.
Louis plitt. brother of Heoker's so
allied press agent, was another Wit
less for the defense who WAS forced
IN the stand by Justice Goff after Mr.
Mcintyre had declared his ease closed.
Nh Mcintyre refused 10 examine PUT
Ind again the district attorney read
nto the records evidence against the
itatc's case.
Jack Rose told me rlitt testified.
that Becker did not have anything to
10 with the murder. He said I swear
% YOU on my mothers grave that
0 m 4. ..I
With this He is innocent. but rye
,ocn talking too much. and I've got to
ostif, against him
Tomorrow will ne devoted to SUM
ming up. Justice Goff VIII charge the ,
urN Thursday morning. Ii
William shapiro. driver and part I
'vner Of the gray murder car which
arficd the gunmcn tu The Metropoie,
md iu which they made their escape
fteI shooting K"srnthal. testified ia I
.huttal He added nothing tu pub 8
shrd versions OF his story. except his
tatemeni that thirty or thiriy-fiNei
econds elapsed after the shooting be
ore he was able 10 start his with the
unm.n inside in flight 20
what is said To have been an elcv-
tfH llNHi 'l''ilN' ~ iifiN wi Ait' l'sii
Z Mr.. Mcintyre. kept Becker from the !
fitness stand.
- didn't pui PED ker on the stand. "
IT, Mclntyre said. simply beeaus. !
id not care tn signify the opinion that
h.. charge of murder had been cur ,
liberated by credible witnesses. The o.
W. SAYS that there can be no con- Ii
ictirn "n the testimony of accom- d
iicrs without corrohorstions To have "a
ut Hecker nu tho stand would have "a
rp-arrd &" have been an ackn"vi-'T