Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-17
ruling IS AWAITED BOY HEARD SCREAMS
Question of Merger May Be Came From Mlanos Shop
Decided Saturday. Night of Murder, He Says.
Petition WILL BE MADE EARL AHMAY ON STAND
Brought Also Identifies Prisoner Man Who
State Commission Deny It. Welded Weapon
CONTRARY TO LAW IT SAID OTHER WITNESSES TESTIFY
Also
ton
Have aken No Action
Question of Merger May Be
Decided Saturday.
PETITION WILL BE MADE
Pressure to Be Brought to Have
State Commission Deny It.
CONTRARY TO LAW, IT Is SAID
Observation-Disclosures and Washing
ton Railway and Electric Compa-
MES Have Taken No Action.

Whether certain public utilities cor
porations engaged in business in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Virginia and Maryland
are to be merged in the new thirty-mil-
lion-dollar Maryland Virginia Railway
Company probably will be decided Satur-
day of this week.
1t was learned today that a petition for
the absorption by the latter concern of
the BraddOck Electric Light Company
and the Arlington Electric Company will
be presented to the Virginia corporate ton
commission on that date, AMI that effort
will be made to have the petition denied.
Pending decision by the commission.
neither the Virginia Railway
Company nor the Washington Railway
and Electric Company will consider the
merger proposal. it Is learned. At a
meeting of the directors of the former
concern yesterday the proposition was
not discussed. it is stated. There is to
be meeting today of the directors of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. but. according to President
Clarence p. King. no attention will be
paid to the merger question.
Mr.. Harlow to Oppose.
Opposition to the amalgamation of the
Braddock and Arlington companies with
the ty-million-d dollar Virginia corpo-
ration will be made by Attorney Leo =.
Harlow, representing the Alexandria
County Lighting Company. Mr.. Harlow
will appear before the corporation COM
mission in Richmond. Va. The members
of the commission are Judge Robert p
Prentis. chairman: j. Richard Wingfield
and William T. Rhea.
The Alexandria County Lighting Com
pany. which owns forty-three shares of
the stock of the Arlington concern, en-
deavOred to prevent the Arlington COM
pany's stockholders meeting by in
junction process, on the ground that il
was entitled to majority of the stock.
which never had been delivered to it.
Judge Thornton of the Alexandria county
circuit court and Judge Keith of the
supreme court of Virginia, refused to
grant the petition for a restraining Or
der. the result being that the stock
holders meeting was held last Tuesday
and vote cast in favor of the merger.
Said to Be Illegal.
1t is understood that argument will be
made before. the corporation commits
sion to the "effect that the merger, as
planned. is contrary to law. The law
of Virginia provides that one company
may merge. with another. provided both
are engaged in the same kind of bust
ness. The contention of the Alexandria
County Lighting Company will be that
the law does not provide for the merg-
ing of three companies simultaneously
and that the concerns interested are not
engaged in the same kind Of business
Z If. the corporation commission grants
the merger petition It Unexpected that
plans Will be made at once for absorb
ton by the Maryland Virginia Railway
COMPANY Of the MISUNDERSTANDING
s sna Msthipston Railway and Electric
President King today stated that the
merger proposal would be presented in
due time to the directors of the latter two
companies. but that. as yet, it has been
considered by neither
Heard Conversation in Tombs.
At the afternoon session yesterday
James d. Hallen testified that last Au-
gust, while he was an inmate of the
Tombs; he heard a conversation between
Becker and Detective White. formerly
Of the Becker 'strong-arm' squad. White
had been locked up on charge of
framing up Jack Zelig.
White said,'' the witness testified,
" Chief, I have been looking for you.
1 have it straight that they have ar
rested Louie and he has given the whole
thing up
":Oh, HE'LL Becker said. that's only
to testify against US. What of that? No
jury on earth will believe Them
Becker said, Sit fast, Jimmy; after
this Is blown over they'll be giving me
a pension for killing this - gambler
Rosenthal.'"
Under cross.exainat,op IIaI1ep oar,;..
Ted he had been twice convicted. fourteen
years ago for forgery and recently for
larceny. He denied the district attorney
had promised to "let up on him if he
would testify against Becker.
Hallen. who was q lawyer before his
conviction and was employed at one time
by the government of Haiti as fiscal
agent. denied that he hoped to obtain
clemency through his testimony.
Mr.. Mcintyre asked the witness if he
had forged several names to checks, men,
tioning the names.
mo, l never forged began the wit
ness.
ooh. know you." exclaimed Mr.. Nc
Intyre.
Yes. you ought to- responded Hallen;
you were my lawyer"
"Whatr exclaimed Mr. Whitman.
Was Mr.. Mcintyre your lawyer
Yes. and never got paid for my work
for him." Mr.. Mcintyre replied.
That's not so," snapped Hallen. ''You
were paid $500 and / got long term in
prison.
Several police officials testified concern
ing Becker's assignment and salary and
Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty
told of seeing Becker at the police sta
ton where Rosenthars body was carried
after the shooting. Becker told him.
Dougherty said, that he had last seen
Jack Rose the previous Friday or Satur-
day on the street.
1saac V. White. a newspaper reporter,
told of meeting Becker and his attorney,
John w. Hart. at his Office the Satur-
day night before the murder
Mr. Hart asked me-" said the witness
whether my newspaper had obtained an
affidavit from Herman Rosenthal I told
him that we had. Mr.. Hart said that he
wanted to use that affidavit for the ar
rest OF Rosenthal on q charge of crim-
inal libel.''
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