Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-01

could not be obtained. Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Moss, who appeared for the state before the coroner, and Dep- uty Police Commissioner Dougherty were in conference regarding "Dago Franks" case after the hearing and appeared immensely pleased with de- velopments. The fact that Cirofcia attorney made no objection to having his hearing before the coroner con- tnued until tomorrow also lends to strengthen the rumors of a coming statement.
 An Alibi for ~Daao Frank"
 In "Dago Franks" behalf, however, 1t was stated by his counsel, Caesnf Debarra, that an alfbf would be prov4 ed. Three witnesses will appear. Mir. Debarra said, to show that at the time of the shooting Cirofici was in Har- lem seeking to obtain bonds for d woman who had been arrested. Ciro- f fici's mother, dressed in mourning. aD peared in the coroner's court and con, ferred for some time with her son and Attorney Debarra-
 Becker Attorney to Play for Delay. That a hard legal battle in behalf of Lieutenant Becker. will be made was indicated today by arrangements said to have been made by his attor4 ney to obtain every delay possible for his client. The main attack, 1t is said, in the early stages will be upon tha hurried indictment againht Becker at | night session of the grand jury on ! the ground that 1t was irregular. Ev- cry effort of the prosecution to hurrY Becker to trial will be fought viFor- ously.
 An Immense Amount of Work. An evident halt in the progress os the states case against Becker be- came noticeable today. This is Eaid to be due largely to great amount cf work involved in finding eorroborativs evidence to support the statements of Rose, Webber and Vallon, upon which the Becker indictment was based, Probably hundred or more v1tneasea must be looked up and thetr state ments taken, 1t is said. and many oe these have not been found as yet Thu attention given by the authorities to running down the charges of grating on the part of certain police officers also has delayed work upon the Beck CT charges to some extent.
 "strong Arm squad' Transferred. l One direct result of the Rrafk charges against the police came today when four members of the strong arm l squad" formerly commanded by IIeu- tenant Becker, who were employed in getting evidence against gambling re- sorts, were transferred to precinct | duty. The four transferred are James C.. Waite Charles C. Steinert, J. B. Shepard and Herman Schwartz paib- lie attention has recently been att tracted to the operations of the strong arm' men through the large expense accounts submitted in fsath[ ering evidence against gamblers.
 Ridiculss Roses Story.
 The allegation by "Bad Jack" Rosa that the graft tribute collected hy cer- tain police officials amounted to t2,- 500,000 annually was r1diculed today by John W. Hart. attorney for IAeu- tenant Becker, for whom Rose deciar- | ed he had been a collector from Ezm- blers.
 Tt will take more than Rose or half dozen like him to make a New York 1 jury believe there ever was a ntnd l like that" said Mir. Hart. This was the only phase of his clients case that MT. Hart would discuss. though be had long conference today with Becker. Becker's Only Concern Is for His Wife. | By MT. Hart's orders. silence has also been imposed on the accused Hsu- tenant and all those close to him. Becker today declared that his great. est concern at present Is for his wifa.
 The thought of my wife and her position is the worst thing I have ta bear" he said. Everything is going to turn out all right. however you can be sure of that"