New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-25

chin resting in his cupped hanos' aP
rarently lost in deep thought.
District Attorney Whitman immeui
o+or, after the verdict was announced
said: -.
GThe verdict OF the jury was JUST
one The verdict speaks for lIseil'
Further than that l have noth'hs "
say"
John F. Mcintyre Becker's ch'el
counsel, said:
Urhsre is not the slightest doubt that
there win be reversal OF this Veru'ot
IN q higher court / can not ana VIII
not say anything more
LLOYD p. Stryker. associate counsei
for Becker, said an appeal from YER
dict Of murder in the first degree would
20 direct to the Court Of Appeals he
thought such an appeal would prooaoiy
take year.
The iurymen, following Justice COTS
implied direction, declined TO taih'
They brushed aside all questions ana
were evidently in highly nervous
state. At the White street door OF the
,rilding they were greeted by a ire
mendous outburst of flashlight powder
at which several of them jumped ner-
vously.
"Was il Justice Goffs Instructions
was fired at one group of the jurors
lust before they got into their taXicao'
and one of the men nodded nervously'
apparently in the affirmative.
They were tired looking lot. ana
although they had not spent an eN-
traordinarily long time on their deho-
erations it was evident from their
manner that their application during
the period Of almost eight hours had
been intense. They seemed TO nave
spent themselves utterly in the effort
and almost visibly shook off their LOAD
of responsibility as they got away from
the building.
zeKe's Slayer To Be Tried Next
District Attorney Whitman said later
that the extraordinary term of the Su-
nreme Court would have the Davidson
case before II next. Davidson is the
man who shot and killed Big JACK
Zelig. the gang leader, just before Hellg
WIS TO testify in the Becker case. Inc
gunner OF the Rosenthal murder will
be tried after Davidson, said Mr.. Whit
nan. and they will be tried separately.
Becker's conviction, II is believed
Will make the trials Of the indicted
gunner something not much more
than legal formalities
The city was intensely excited all
night waiting for word from the jury
room. Speculation on the nature Of the
verdict was the one topic Of conversa-
ton at the hotels and clubs.
Crowd Steadily Grows.
on the White street side OF the Grim
inaI Courts Building, on which side the
windows Of the jury room look out,
good sized crowd began TO gather soon
after the jury retired, at clock yes
terday afternoon. AS the hours wore
OH che crowd increased. and by IL
o'clock there were several hundred per-
sons standing around and walking back
and forth, watching with interest the
shadowgraphs Of the jurymen as they
passed in front Of the windows.
The windows there are of glazed
glass. so that even the shadows OF the
jurors were distorted. Two policemen
had no trouble in keeping the crowd
quiet Ffremen from the house at
White and Lafayette streets were gath
cred in a group beside the house watch-
ing with the crowd for what slight
signs of activity could be discerned
from that distance among the men who
were weighing Becker's life in their
arguments.
Among those in the courtroom, in
addition to the legal array of the de-
fence and n number Of the assistants
OF the District Attorneys office was
Mrs. Herman Rosenthal who came to
the building unaccompanied at about
10 o'clock.
Becker gss brought into the prison
Pen adjoining the Bridge Of Signs at
about the same time, and Mrs. Becker
Joined him there, The accused lieuten-
ant took light supper consisting of
chicken sandwich ard a cup of coffee.
At 10 o'clock inquiry at the Tombs
prison developed the fact that Lefty"
Louie, "Gyp" the Blood. Whitley
Lewis and "Dago" Frank, as we'll as
Jack" Sullivan and Willie" Shapiro
were anxiously awaiting the verdict on
Becker.
Warden Hanley, commenting on the
grapevine" news route In the prison,
said the jury's verdict, II they brought
one in. would pass through the Tombs
in quicker time than 1t could be sent
by telegraphy, and that the men in
dicted with Becker would probably
know the result almost as quickly as
the prisoner standing at the bar.
Trial a Costly One.
The cost Of taking the testimony
amounted to about SLIGO. Each one
hundred words was termed a folio"
and priced at 20 cents. The District
Attorney was charged with the bin.
and the agreement made that if Becker
was found guilty $500 each would be
charged for the two copies to go to
Mr. MCINTYRE and the Governor