New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-22

steInert did not go on the stand. h'ce
did. $50, He was
willing TO stand for the fact Ina, WA. ,n oo
cav SHEPARD. but II Us going a l,t.e ~
hard FOR Rice He was In the departne,n,,,
OF good record standing. Shields dossn
swear to II. to tell this story ~ Thav
take anybody to do this thins, IN
can't he heard. lie is kicked out or the
DEPARTMENT. never could get PACK. re -
Ilke-but I don't want to use the wo ,,a
So these brave men VINO nave peen ~ /.
pressing the truth get tne man , 70
swear TO n foolish lie, knowing tha I'm,
couldn't hurt them. and that's the ahp''
Referring 10 the characterization OF
the testimony OF Mrs. Rosenberg. widow
OF Lefty Louis" one Of the sensational
new witnesses for the prosecution MI
Whitman said:
Defends Mrs. Rosenberg.
Now. Mr.. Manton says, that Mrs.
Rosenberg came here all "dolled up u
testify What DO you thin think OF Saw yha that
woman out twice in my life. saw her
when she testified three times. j saw
her when she testified before and
saw her upstairs before she TESTIFIED.
don't know, perhaps WIDOWS AR, ar
know whether she was sincere In her
affection for her husband or not; Il
can't look upon her hard, but ! 90
know that the man whom she marrleu
and whom she lived with for two years
respectfully resent. in the name OF
humanity, anything referring to- her
clothing in deepest black as being
He said perhaps she testified for re-
venge. Think! Revenge. Would she tes-
tify for the peoples case. called by the
District Attorney. the very District At
torney that prosecuted her husband to his
more absurd than that? For revenge?
Why, there Is every reason TO believe
which is one OF the unfortunate results
Of the position / hold-I have every rea-
son to believe that that woman hates me-
/ should think she would. Revenge!
There Is no reason to fear vengeance
from Becker. He has contended through
his counsel that the four men were inno-
cent. They maintained that WALTON did
in this very trial they asked II he didn'
world why she should have vengeance in
her heart for the man that was with
her husband up there? Is there any rea-
son why she should desire to help the
cause of the man that Is in position TO
testify to the truth?
"Why of course, she committed per-
jury before. Don't you suppose l know
that she was committing perjury when
heard her before? Do you believe that
the wife lives. good or bad, who would
not perjure herself to save her husband
life? And II is to the everlasting credit
of her womanhood that she would. II is
a peculiar thing, perhaps, for prose-
cutor TO say. but j am man. but IL is
for that reason that she did ito save
her husbands life.
Mr.. Whitman then passed 10 Reich
"the witness" he said. upon whom Mr..
Manton seems absolutely to rely--the one
actor that has been produced In this
nation for years"
Reich a little Monster"
He went on derisively TO describe how
Reich had fiared up in furious denial of
questions when 1t could not be proved
he was lying, but answered as meekly
as n lamb when II came to questions as
to his being a professional bondsman
for street women. which he could not
deny in the face of the records.
Words do not contain what that
creature is" he said, "Mantons noblest
product Of the nation. ! confess ! did
not believe until the 10th of July. 1912.
that he was a murderer. but do believe
It now, and l am so firmly con-
WINGED OF it. At this point Whitman
was interrupted by objections from Mr..
Manton. and Whitman turned on his
lie Is under indictment now I'm this