The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-21
LAWYERS Convince Him of
Peril of Meeting Dis
trict Attorneys Fire.
CASE WILL GO TO
JURY TOMORROW
Testimony to BE Completed
by Noon TO-day-Then
Closing Addresses.
DEFENCE ATTACKS ALL
WITNESSES FOR STATE
Tries to Prove Stories of In
formers, Mrs. ROsenthal, Pitt
and Others False.

Charles Becker will not testify in
his own defence. The case will go to
the jury tomorrow morning. Testi-
mony will be completed by noon to-
day and Martin T. Manton, Becker's
chief counsel. and District Attorney
whitman will make their closing ad-
dresses to the jury this afternoon. JUS
tee Seabury will deliver his charge at
the opening OF court tomorrow.
Mr. Manton gave out last night a
statement Of the reasons which per-
suaded the defence to withhold Beck
ers own story. The statement is as
follows.
"Brckcr tciH not take the stand.
As the case noir stands there is
sothiHg he can do bat deny the tes-
hmoHy Of three confessed murder
ers and an admitted pcrjurcr. The
substance of this testimony is
pOrds, trords aud tcordS. II lcould
be sUpcrtiuous TO deny L as his
plea o. not guilty is denial enough.
~ he took the stand issues
rhich are foreign 10 the question
Of Whethcr or not he is guilty Of
the murder Of Herman RoSenthdl
mint creep into the case, MiSledd
the iurv aud, instead Of aUorMn1
h,lp 10 the administration Of jus
tcc, hinder It.
az is 10 dfront human intelli-
pence 10 ask to haze the statements
Of seU-cOHtCSScd perjurcrs denied
by an inEoCCn man. There Is no
M prOrCmcnt oUcr the testimony
offered OF the last trial, tchich tcos
50 rigorously condemned By the
Court Of appeals, lchich referred
rurdcrerS and admitted perjnrers
Uku care no more for their odths
than for The biotcin0 Of the t0Ind.'
Call Ii Folly to Face whitman.
The final decision was not reached
until " Bourke Cochran entered IN
conference last night and persuaded
Becker that II would be folly to ris'
Whltmaus cross examination. Becke
Was told that it was better to chanc
the unfavorable Impression created b.
his silence than to give the Distric
Attorney opportunity to try to sho'
that exposure Of grating was the muir
der motive.
Becker gave in at the last momen
seeing the force of Cockran's and Man
tons reasoning. and he assured hi
counsel that he would still have al
so.ute confidence In their judgmer
even II the verdict is against him. Oni
one OF the Becker lawyers stood OF
to the last in arguing that silence wa
more apt TO prejudice the jury tina
anything Whitman could bring on
anut grating. This was Hartford
Marshall He subscribed to the vel
eict Of his associates, but he wasn't
Sympathy with it.
The District Attorney had believe
Unit. last night that Becker would Tel
uiy. lie had gathered ammunition Il
cross examination that would hay
covered Bockcr's whole career-prlya
HE and nineteen years service in Il
Police Department, He would have aske
Becker TO explain how it was posslb
a 81 In
400 in six months out of a salary
'-S5u year. lie would have ask
why Becker told Mayor Gaynor al
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty tn
he hadn't seen Jack Rose for six da
uetora .Nr murder Mr., Whitman Ia
Aoustnd questions he had bee
waiting Two years to get before {
jury
MI Manton will rest his case Il
morning after calling witnesses to
'fy that Becker did not meet Ro
AMI Webbcr in Forty second sire
within an hour after Rosenthal W
Sh"l i:ebuttal and sur-rebuttal "
D" baiSned before the noon recess.
Al Z. NJ, according TO the prese
pan, Mr. Manton will begin his clC
n" .ddross, lie expects TO speak
HNo hours or two hours and a half
;7. Whitman will occupy about
much time. Then the jurors will
sent 10 their quarters In the MUIR
h1l Hotel and will have an opportun
70 sleep over counsers logic and sen
ncnt
When the last session of court