Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-18
BECKER WINS
STRONG POINT
Golf Excludes Bank
Accounts of Defendant in
Trial for Murder.
STATES CASE CLOSED
Former District Attorney Je-
rom viii be Importah.
w mess for Becker

New York. Oct. 1S.-After Justice
Soff refused to permit District Attor-
ley Whitman to try to prove that Lieu
'enant Becker, with no other apparent
income Than his salary of $3.50 u year
is a lieutenant of police, deposited up-
ward of 100000 IN savings banks dur.
ng the months that Jack Rose is al
eyed TO have been his collector. the
state rested its case in the Becker trinl.
1t was the only important advantage
hat the defense secured since the trial
begun on Oct. I. The testimony had
gone steadily against Lieutenant
Becker from the first day. The district
attorney had hoped to cllnch his case
by showing the jury a money motive
Tor the murder and showing that 1t
was Becker's fear of RosenthaIs ex-
posures would stop the dow of xraftr
and would drive him from the police
! department that prompted the killing,
but Justice Gon held hat there was
no evidence to how that Rosenthal
knew that Becker was depositing large
sums secured by matchmaking gam
biers.
1t WAS true, said Justice Cot, that
the affidavit made by Rosenthal a few
days before the murder contained a
statement that Becker was getting
large sums of money. but a statement,
In the opinion of the court, was too
inferentisl to be a legal basis for the
introduction of such evidence as
Becker's bank accounts.
Becker Eager to Testify,
John F. Mcintyre said today that
Becker is eager TO testify and that
he may be allowed to have bis way,
but that nc definite decision had been
reached. The matter was a ticklish
one. There was n possibility that with
Becker on the stand the district at
| torney. privileged on cross examination
to 20 Into Becker's whole life. might
find some way to get in evidence the
, records of the bank account and to
bring ont other damaging facts.
John w. Hart. for the defense, will
make the o,ran,nxs address to the Jury,
The address to the ta15l1ss3Sp@seIsd +
be rather brief. Mr.. 1#sYyre though
that about half an hour you'd be Iona
enough to outline the case for the al.
Tense. 4,
The prosecution put about forty wit
nesses Oh the stand. The defense ex-
poets to have about an equal number,
Justice Gof has driven the trial for
ward with such speed that possibly an
other week will see Becker's fate In the
hands of the jury.
The case for the state went forward
steadily and convincingiy. Points In
the testimony Of Rose and Schepps
were c~orrobOrated. Lefty Louie's"
wife swore that Rose and Schepps had
called on b Runmen in their apart
ment In the Southern boulevard and
that her husband had told her that
Rose and Scbepps were there to talk
about Jack Zelig Rose had sworn that
he went to the gunner to tell them
that it would be all right with Ielig II
Rosenthal was murdered. From one OF
Becker's h%angers-on testimony was pro-
duced that the raid on Rosenthal's
gambling house was Il fake raid. Mr..
Mcintyre insisted that this witness,
Max Marpolies. be arrested for per-
Jury. but Justice Golf declined to take
such action.
After making his successful argu-
ment against the Introduction Of Beck
er's bank accounts Mr.. Mcintyre made
two motions. both formal efforts to Sc
cure the dismissal of the Indictment
! and the discharge of the defendant on
the ground that the state had failed to
show that Lieutenant Becker had any
connection with the murder. These
motions Justice COZ promptly denied.
1t IS understood that an important
witness for the defense will be former
District Attorney Jerome.