The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-25

- midnight quiet Of the streets. pre-
&ileA In the courtroom. After the
Nrdfct was given. no one was allowed
. Leave the room until the jury had
d3ed out Justice GoH had given or
ders that any one disturbing the pro-
dteiings should be brought before him
&r punishment.
w1fe Falls In Falnt.
STwo hundred persons or more gath
efed at the courtroom door With her
ar almost at the keyhole. sat the rris-
oner's wife. AS the last juror lett the
room by another exit. the door new
open and Q man rushed excitediy into
tie corridor. The crowd gave way.
He was halfway down the steps TO
the telephone booth, when a police
man shoutei:
s..Wha,'s the verdict?'
@The fleeing man looked over ms
shoulder.
s"Guilty," he shouted.
sFor a moment there was silence,
Keen, intense, gripping. 1t was proh
- hy A woman's muf1isd scream ana
the sound of a falling body. the pms
ooer's wife had tainted dead away.
sJust before the verdict was given
AZ, MCINTYRE made his last plea. he
,skaa that the court grant an Garner
reuues, of the jury to inspect tne .e
,,nony of the persons who talked u
sam Schepps in Hot Springs, AfN' Inc
court refused to hear the plea
ENr Mcintyre had opposed Sransihs
that request Of the jury wheh IL We"
,raSe to Justice Gof SIN ana h"Ai
hours before. 1t was upon TINS question
whether sam Schepps was an aeeoi,
Mic to the murder that Justice ION
-ha
The penalty for murder in the hts'
degree is the electric chair. An APP
,,asl from the verdict goes Directly
- ,,e Cour, OF Appeals at Albany and ]
acts, of course, as a stay OF execution.
when the jurors left the courtroom
,bav went directly to their homes
-,hey were under the mandate OK JUS
vice Golf mot to communicate the ma
,nre OF what had taken place IN jury
room"
Confident of Reversal.
s"There is not the slightest dooo'
tina, there will be reversal Oh this
verdict in the higher court, saia MI
Mcintyre after the jury had fled out.
Il cannot and will not say anything
more" he added.
John W. Hart, attorney OF record Tor !
Becker, said: Il agree with Nj. Mcln-
tyre. ] have nothing further to say
District Attorney Whitman returned
to his office as so On as the court pro-
ceedings following the rendering OF
the verdict were concluded.
Il prefer to say nothing he said. !
when asked for an expression on the |
verdict. The verdict speaks for it
SELF was his only comment
Mr. Whitman said the trials of the
prisoners in the Rosenthal
case will be called in an order ID be /
decided on later. All the prisoners
indicted with Becker have asked for !
trials.
The trial Of Philip Davidson. charged |
with the murder OF Jack Zelig. the |
East Side gang leader. will begin next !
Wednesday. but Mr.. Whitman was I'M |:
decided which of the other prisoners |
would follow Davidson. !
Before Mrs Becker was taken to her |
home she was allowed to see her hus-
band in the sheriff's room in the build |
ing. AS she entered the door her
huband clasped her in his arms. Mrs. |
Becker burst into tears and Becker |
tried to calm her. She chung to him ,
for more than a minute. and then two !
women companions touched her. but |
she did not move. Becker kissed her !
again and again. and finally whispered
80 her:
1T will come out all right"
Finally Mrs. Becker stepped ba OK, and I!
with a parting kiss the couple sep |
Grated
As Becker walked toward the en- !
trance to the bridge Of sighs' he
smiled back at his wife. but she sud
tenly threw her hands to her face
md staggered Into the arms Of her