The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-26
SAYS ROSE PLANNED
To KILL ROSENTHAL
AND BLAME BECKER
Wrestler Story Leads Convict
ed Mans Attorney to Move
New Trial
GAMBLER BITTER
AGAINST BOTH MEN
Affidavit Declares Bald Jack"
Wanted to Get Rid of
Becker and Rosenthal
at Same Blow

NEW YORK. April 25.--Toseph A..
Shay, attorney for former Lieutenant
Of Police Charles A. Becker, will move
in the criminal branch of the SUI
preme court before Justice Goff in
the frat week of May for new
trial for his client. His plea will be
based mainly on newly discovered
evidence.
1t became known today that John
Becker, also a lieutenant of police,
whose efforts in his brothers behalf
have been persistent. dug up wit
ness whose story, il 1t could be sub
Stimulated. would do much towards
obtaining a new trial for Becker. The
story, however, will not be placed be-
fore Justice Golf in asking for a
cred evidence. because in one essen
tial point 1t lacks corroboration.
The Original Plan.
The witness is either now, or has
been, a professional wrestler. who be-
came a close friend of Jack Rose
when Rose saved his life, which some
gun men had conspired against. His
friendship with Rose grew until the
wrestler consented to be the main in
strument of the bald gambler when
Rose preached to him scheme to
get two enemies with. one blow.
Those enemies were Herman Rosen-
theI and Charles Becker. Roses bit
terness toward Rnsenthal was a mat
ter of common repute, and many
things were said at Becker's trial
about q hostility which Rose had
against the gambler Roses plan was
that the wrestler was to slide into the
grace of Rosenthal and eventually
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ling house which Rosenthai was try
ing to maintain in the tenderioIn
against the VITA of the police The
wrestier's affidavit goes on to say that
Rose planned that Rosenthal should
be lured to certain gambling house,
that the wrestler should meet him in
side the door, and with his own strong
hands should throttle the life out OF
Rosenthal
To Involve Becker.
II was further planned that a few
trifies, q handkerchief Or a knife, or
revolver. any little thing which
could be identified as belonging to
Becker should be dropped In the hall
way of the house in which Rosen-
thai was to be murdered Rose S
part In the plan was TO get Becker
TO come near the house while the
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This plan fell through. according
TO the wrestler. Rose and ne fell out
and a dislike on the part of the
would-be stranger TO see Becker, an
innocent man. punished for a crime
he did not commit and desire 10
see the crime brought home TO Rose
actuated the wrestler in telling his
story to shose who are trying to free
Becker.
These events took place early last
spring, said the wrestler and they
prove that Rose was fred by his own
desire to rid New York of Rosen
thai, and to get Becker punished for
the crime.
Mr.. Shay requested James Gordon
Battle. attorney for 'Curley" Carter
the alleged wire Taper. to ask Car
ter If he knows anything about the
Rosenthal murder, From several
sources Mr.. Shaw has heard that Car
ter was at the Metropole hotel the
night Rosenthal was murdered. Car.
ter according to this story had just
trimmed man in his wire tapping
scheme for large amount, and had
failed to split up with his assistants
Gets Warning Letters.
A few days before July 18th he
had received several letters from the
men who had worked with him
These letters warned him II would
be 10 his interest to divide un the
money. Carter decided to be care
full of his skin, and when, the night
Rosenthal was killed. he saw several
men, of the appearance of gun men,
in the street near the hotel, he hur-
ried TO his room and looked from the