The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-14
WEAVING WEB
AROUND BECKER
Amazing Story Of nsrd Jack Rose to
be Confirmed by vallan, Web.
Der and Sam
Sleeps.
WIDOW ON THE STAND
Mrs. Rosenthal VIII be lmportan,
Witness In the Trial Over
Her Husbands
Murder.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.I
NEW YORK. Oct. 14.-When the
trial Of Police Lieutenant Cnarres
Becker for the murder Of Gambler
Rosenthal was resumed before Jus
tice Goff today, District Attorney
Whitman was prepared to offer the
corroboration needed SO that Jack
Roses murder tale might be believed
by the jurors.
First, however, he planned to cari
Vallon, Weber and Schepps; then,
with the tale OF the conspiracy in the
records from the conspirators' own
| lips, he said he would introduce the
Independent evidence needed to make
their story material.
Whitman insisted just before court
opened that he had enough witnesses
who were not a part of the alleged
murder conspiracy to convince the
jury that the amazing tale related by
Rose was absolutely true. One of
these witnesses is Mrs. Rosenthal,
widow Of the murdered gambler, but
the testimony of the others will bo
withheld until they are actuafv
sworn.
John F. Mcintyre had recovered to-
day from his ordeal of Saturday. IN
public he insisted that he did not be-
lieve the jury put real weight on
Roses story and as proof was declar
ing that unless the state made 8
j stronger case he would rest his de
h fense on the story of the states wit
nesses. Privately, however, it was
known that Mcintyre was much dis
! appointed over his failure to break
i getting admissions from the other
4 conspirators which would convince
the jury that the position Of the de,
4 fense, that Becker is the victim of a
i conspiracy by the men who really
4 murdered Rosenthal, for revenge, be
4 cause he ruined the game in this city
Should the states ch:nr witnesses
stick to their stories and each con
firm the other, then not alone Beck
/ er, but Mrs. Becker and a number oi
\ police witnesses will be called by the
4 defense. Mcintyre has also complete
records complied for him by private
4 Investigators of the careers of the
4 states witnesses which he will pre-
sent If ne believes they are needed te
discredit the prosecution.
Because of the manner in which
Goff is forcing the trial ahsad it was
believed today that 1t would reach the
jury SOME time next week, record
in this state. Should the verdict be
adverse to Becker, there will certain
ly be an appeal and Mcintyre already
has more than 1000 exceptions~o Jus
tice Goff's rulings on which to carr,
the case up to the highest court.
4 District Attorney Whitman decided
on Bridge Webber as his chief wit
ness today when he reached court
He said that he had heard a rumol
that Mrs. Rosenthal was going te
change her testimony when she was
I, sworn. Whitman left the impression
that he believed his chief witness hat
been reached by friends of the de
/, iSuSe 0ld D0 SelAu SiuI uo Hdu sen
two OF his assistants to her home Il
Interview her
According to Whitman and hi
chief assistant, Frank Moss, shouIt
Mrs. Rosenthal fail to tell the same
story to the jury in the Becker cas-,
that she told the grand jury and alsc
made affidavit to, in his office, sh'
will first be confronted with this evi
dence and then prosecuted for per
jury.
Whitman declared that he had no
the slightest idea where the stor,
, originated that the woman would no
aid his cause, but he said he wa
, taking no chances.
81 When the trial opened District Al
torney Whitman suddenly shifted hi
plans and called as his first witnes
Winfield S. Shethan, secretary t
Z Police Commissioner Waldo
Before taking the bench Justic
Goff sent for District Attorney Whit
I man, Attorney Mcintyre and nun
!. her of newspaper representatives H
! said that he was convinced numbe
I, of gangsters secured admission to tn
|. court room on Saturday BIZ means c
!, police cards issued to permit news
paper representatives to pass throug
the police lines. AS a result Goff saic