The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-19
BECKER, EAGER TO TESTIFY TO-DAY, HELD BACKT

nit their authorship. but Pitt hesnatcd
and evaded, and seldom directly admitted
writing the letters.
Taking up PUTS testimony that tho
letters cha rging frameup by tho Dis
trict Attorney had been prepared under
Becker's orders. Mr.. Manton showed that
Pitt had written to others than Becker
and had made tho saine charges.
Becker Denied seeius Rose.
The third big point ciaimed by the Dis.
trict Attorney was In the testimony of
George &. Dougherty. who was In charge
OF the police Investigation OF Rosentials
murder. He questioned Rose, he testified,
between and 10 60 A.. NJ. on July rs,
1912. He sent his secretary. George IL.
Young, to summon Becker to his Office.
Becker started TO enter tho private Office
but Doushcrty told him 10 wait In
Youngs office.
Q. Did you zoe Becker there? A. I d.d.
Q. Did you say anything to him about
Jack Rose? A. did.
Dougherty was swapping out his an
swers
.. want you 20 tell the Jury wha.
the conversation was? A asked him
when he had last seen or heard from
Jack Rose. and no told mo that no had
not seen or heard from him since the
Thursday or Friday prior TO the homicide.
Q. He told you he had not seen or
heard from him7
MIR. Manton: object TO that.
The Court: ] will allow IT.
Q. since the 18th? A. Since the Thurs
day or Friday prior TO tho homicide.
on cross-examinatlon, Mr.. Manton
| asked II Dougherty had sent out any or
der to Becker to try to find Jack Rose.
Dougherty said he had not, but that he
was not Beckers immediate superior.
Becker operated under the personal direc-
| ton Of Commissioner Waldo.
| Pollok Called TO Prove Lite.
| Harry Pollok, the promoter OF boxing
| matches and six day bicycle races, was
| sailed by the State for the purpose of
showing that Becker had lied to Dough-
erty Pollok has known Rose twenty
years. shortly before the murder he had
seen Mr.. and Mrs. Becker In Roses home
Rose hid at Pollok's after the murder.
said something TO Pollok and Pollok
went TO see Becker at Police Headquar-
ters the day after the murder.
Q. What did you say to him? A. I
told him Jack Rose was at my house,
and sent me down there to tell him that
he WAS there. Rose wanted Lieut.. Becker
to communicate with him.
! 9. Did he say anything more? A.
\ told him Rose was sick
| -. What did Becker say? A. He told
me to tell Rose to stay there he would
communicate with him; that he was all
| right.
| @. Stay there until he communicated
with him? A. Until he communicated
| with him.
| g. Did lie say any more? A. told him
| that Rose was sick. and he laughed and
said to tell him not to worry. that he
| would communicate with him.
.. That was the DAY after the murder?
! a. Yes. sir.
| Mr.. Manton endeavored TO ncutralige
| this testimony by inferring that Becker
| was sending merely n sympathetic mes
| sage TO "a sick man who wasn't wanted FOR
| any crime.
Mrs. Rosenthal Repeats Promise.
| Mrs. Lillian Rosenthal, the widow of
the sunmen's victim. was the first witness
| of the day. She described the house III
which she lived and her husband gambled.
She said that she met Lieut.. Becker for
| the first time at the EliIs Club on Thanks
giving night. 1911. and that she saw
Becker and Rosenthal In conversation that
night. On New Years eve. 1919. she
went to a celebration at the club.
=. Now. will you state what you saw
and what you heard there? A. We were
| all sitting around at the table and Mr..