The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-12

New York, Oct. 12.-"We will nave so complete a case againsr Beckec when we rest that his attorneys tnen1- selves will be astounded' iaieu District Attorney Whitman when the trial of the accused police heutenahl was resumed before Justice Golf ana a iury. today. Whitman was elateo with the way his witnesses have sCooo ,,n under the merciless fire of John E McIntvre's cross examination ana ~,as ready to show the best ne hho +odsv~ His chief witness was Bald 1acLx" Rose. the gambler, who claims ...+ ha was Becker's graft collector end that he was forced py Peckei f.t7its sbreats to enter the plot that resuief lf ed in the sensational n1uroel 0 CambIer Herman Rosentha1-
 PacISer showed the strain that ne IS under, today. His eyes were pun fe11 Su ad . trifIe bloodshOt and ne loI- 1--a5 every move of the aItorney 2 and witnesses, plainly worrie9 .to ~ -soas inst what the outcome oA ehe trial would mean 10 mn, Inad was to tell his complete story of his Te!aIl tll : with Becker. He was 10 telr 4I III +t,,+ tn+ r~a.+ee+ detail all of the events G1"e <eI,Ir1inated in the staying Of Rosen- Soai and how Becker reassured nm xben he told the officer ne reared whitman. ,z A++ornev McIntvre for the defense, protesteo s-aiust holding a, session or courL- Ho- day, on ,,t the sgroIumbus gronnn a@ Day1 When overruled. Mcintyre demanoeo Lne an axeention be entered m the fec- ords saving that the supreme cOuIt of 4be state has universally ruled that court sessions must not be helo oI legal holiday, and he made IL pIain that he considers Con acetoa .,.a,,na ,a forcing a court session, today, ground for reversal should the verdict pc against his client.
 McIntyre said that he was prepared to irnpeach Roses testim ony. He has had a force of private 0etecuVes working for the last month preparins a report on the lives of all Of the &-ario,,s witnesses for the state and he planned not only to use these re- ports in this cross exaIn1natlon t0 discredit the witnesses but also to cal the detectives in an effort to convince the jury that any story told by the states chief witnesses was unworthy of belief.
 Pose who was sworn, last night took the stand. It was plain that he realized his position. His usually pale face was now blanched and his knees 1rembied as he settled back into his chair and glanced across the table at the man whom. he expects ms chair Under Whitman's soft ques- tioning, however, he quickly regained his compoeure and his answers were given in a firm voice. After inquirins s
 
 What is your occupation" ?" T am a businessman was the reply.
 well. what is your business 2" de- Moss, who took up the questioning. %'I am a gambler.
 ever have with Charles Becker, the defendant in this case?' ''I collected money for him.
 As Becker's name was brought in 70 the case, the accused official leaned forward his elbows resting Gn the table, and gazed long and earnestly Q his chief accuser-
 Rose said that he first met Becker in August, 1911, when the accused officer as head of the strong arm ] 55 Second avenue In Essex Market Court, he entered into conversation with the lieutenant over the question of unserVed warrants and they finally became chunny. Soon afterward, he eaid he agreed to collect for Becker. The first time that Becker and Rosen- the E1lks Club, on New Years night, last when Becker had dined with Rosenthal and party of four. At this dinner Mrs. Rosenthal com mplain- ed to Becker that her husband was having a hard time to get along and he said to her:
 Cheer up. your troubles will soon be over Herman, and I are now friends and I am prepared to go the route for him."
 Rosenthal then talked over the question of his (Becker) going into business with him. When Rose heard of this he said that he protested
 1T told Becker it would be danger GUS and he had better not" said the witness. However, Becker finally ad- Vaneed S1,500 to Rosenthal. according to Rose and the dummy chatteI mortgage on the contents of the place in 18th street was executed. Rose was put into the place, he said, nom finally as a partner but in reality to look after Becker's interest and see that he got the full 25 per cent. of the profits promised.
 Becker called me on the phone the day after the house was opened" said the witness, f-and asked me how things were going. I told him that we had had fair night but that we had hopes everything would be all right. Later I called up and told him that we had taken in several thousand dollars He said that was good and then told me to tell ROsenthal that he wanted $500 for Charles Tripp. He was known BeckerS press agent and had been charged with murder the result of the killing of a man in a raid by Becker's strong arm squad Rosenthal refused to give up the money. When I told this 10 Becker. he got angry and said that he had sized Roscnthal up for that kind of an individual. He told me to