The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-20
JACK SULLIVAN CHARGES INF0RMERS
WITH OFFERING HIM BRIBE OF $4,000
IN PLOT TO FASTEN GUILT ON BECKER
Becker. Dreading Fatal
Error if He Is Silent,
Begs to Testify.
FIGHT DAGO FRANKS
CONFESSION TO-DAY

, joke" At the baths they found Rose
WALTON and Schepps asleep.
For half an hour Sullivan described
| his movements the next day, bringing out
| nothing new or interesting. Then Mr..
Manton led him to tell OF his alleged con-
versatlons with the informers In the west
| Side court prison. Here sullivan was at
his best. Every sentence was an ex-
plosion.
O. Did Rose say shapiro is sduealing
whitman doesn't want us. lie wants
Becker and I'm going to give him Becker"
| A. He certainly did.
q. And what did you say? A. III tell
| you what I said, you bald headed -
what are you talkln' about? Are you
goin' TO frame Becker Mr.. Marshall
comes along then and he says, Jack.
what are you so excited about ana
says. THAT bald headed - Is goin
to frame Becker"
O. Did Rose say anything else? Yes.
lie says Il got to frame Becker. it's my
life he says, and I says. you bald
| headed - you've conned street won'e"
and gamblers and conmen and everybody,
but you can't get away with this. Ana
Rose says. well, whitman wants Becker
representation is the first law or ma
! ture. N.Y. head II Dustin and got To get
out Of this place. I'm sick man., ne
says.
q. Did Weber ever talk to you at
| about this time? A. He did. lie was
| I'm IT, He told me to get aboard the
band wagon. He said he would give
me s25 900 to start hotel with " l
would corroborate him and Rose about
| seem Becker in Forty-second street after
! the murder. lie said ought to help
! them out and I told him ! wouldn't
! frame anybody II had to rot In Jail
| Twenty-Five thousand" says. Il
wouldn't frame anybody for t25'ooo,ooo
You're talkin' about your FAMILY,
says What about my family md what
about Becker's family
sullivan described life In the West Side
! court prison when the informers were
/ the star boarders there. He said they
| had whiskey when they wanted IL, used
the peppers for messenger boys. ordered
| expensive meals. dined together and had
| a generally lovely time.
! He detailed a dozen conversations ne
said he had with Rose and Weber In
which they urged him to say that Becker
| was guilty and In which they admitted
| that Becker. as sullivan put It, was "as
innocent as whitman's baby" lie testi-
fed that in May. 1918. Weber admitted
| to him that Becker was innocent but
| declined to make an affidavit to that
effect
| Mr.. whitman began the cross-exami-
nation shortly before Justice Seabury sus-
pended court for the luncheon recess.
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ness.
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tnrnsv's ,nouIs,,ion lie OVERRIDE Mr..
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,,ondaa "a-. yn,, irving 10 annear sin.
nid or ara Won naturally so?'
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,,,t, ~ ,,,J,,.ss 4" nro,aa,ed Mr. Man
,nn
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,bro,,ab - .aid Mr. whitman
N"'o" ~
sullivan warned ny Judge.
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sidsrab,y ne 70 dates and places' but the
u.t,n.ss ;ora himself free nv main strength
Inst hofore the recess Mr. Whitman mn,
49, o,,ast,o,
"pnn.t WI, know that van are the most
ro,orIous cadet om the East side,
"That's a Joke and Won know II. Mr.
,y,,i,,nan " ranijsd s,ll,vsr .vour tIoroy
burning 10 Justice seabury). he's tryin