The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-24

portance. He contended that there was
nothing suspicious in the meetings be-
tween Rose and Becker. on this he
said:
The defendant Is charged with having
meetings at the home OF Rose A nurse
girl comes here and some one else. Nothing
Is disclosed that is discriminating. No con-
versation WAS overheard.
He shouted that Becker was not called
upon to prove his innocence.
Bury that in your heart" ne cried.
''If you have a doubt as to who did the
killing 1t is your duty to acquit Charles
Bccker!"
Attacks Sam schcpps.
After telling the jury that Rose had
committed perjury to save his own life
Mr., Mcintyre took up one of the main
points of the defence-that Schepps was
an accomplice and therefore valueless
as corroborating witness. He said:
The District Attorney will contend tha,
Schepps had no part in this crime. The
District Attorney will say to you tha,
Schepps ia the monument who divides the
line, that he had no part in the assass ina ton
and is therefore corroborative witness
Yet this crafty Schepps. impudent to me
and to every one else. who fell in love with
his own voice. who was brought back from
Hot Springs. whittier he had fed at the
| suggestion of sullivan. when he returned
| 10 this jurisdiction demanded that immunity
DO given him for framing ny this job.
Schepps is TO be allowed TO go scot fro
xfter finishing hts diabolical work In this
ooiart. II he il not Q murderer why this
i-,munity? II he was not murderer why
did he fec che Jurisdiction OF this court9
Why the stipulation OF imm unity?
Yet. mark you we'll. gentlemen. Whitman
~ill tell you tina. Schepps Is AS pure as an
innocent girl He win tell you to believe
that about as sliniy creature as ever
grovelled on the earth. That which he
leaves in his trail Il a stencil in the nostrils
OF every self-respecting man.
Mr.. Mcintyre argued that tho testi.
mony of Rose. Webber and Valion and
of Schepps himself had showed tina,
Schepps was an accomplice. He reac
from the Hot Springs record remarks
made by Schepps indicative of q knowl.
edge of the murder.
Turns t. Rose Again.
He turned to Rose again and asked
| why, II Rose was SO intimate with
| Becker. Rose hadn't called Becker b,
! Becker's private phone. as Hawley, tn,
reporter, had done the night OF the mur
| der. OF Rose MIR. Mcintyre said at thi.
point:
Rose IL responsible for the whole frameup
When l approached him under the ligh
and looked in his face for the first time
| beheld Q coldblooded murderer l wa
transfxed to the floor.
The lawyer Contended that the recort
showed that Becker had no violent feel
ings toward RosenthaL 1t was her,
that Mr. Mcintyre laid himself open I.
refutation by Mr., MosA who later reat
the record correctly and added part.
that Mr.. Mcintyre had suppressed. Mr.
Mcintyre said:
Now. gentlemen, comes the most tmportan
testimony of the entire case. Rose said 4
Becker. according to Roses testimony
| We'll. | said have another plan, Charlie
! Will get couple of gangsters 10 90 Sc
| Rosenthal and warn him that IL no doesn'
| stop his attacks on you and abandon al
| those plans to expose you sonnet hing viii
| happen to him." And Becker replied. II
| Roses own words, Il don't want any threat
made" That is the record, gentlemen
| Rose went on to say that he told Becker
All right. I'll have couple of fellows q
up there and give Rosenthal a beatin
and let him know why he gets the beatin
II he doesn't stop" Becker said, so Ros
| testified, gentlemen. Il don't want hir
beaten up" That. too. is in the record.
Mr.. Mcintyre then renewed his argu
ment that the informers were lying con
sprators--themselve the real murder