The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-12
Shapiro, Driver Of "Murder
Car" Also to Repeat
Story of Tragedy.
FIVE WITNESSES HEARD
Policemen Again Tell of
Vain Pursuit of Flee
ing Slayers.
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WAITER DESCRIBES CRIME
Krause Testifies to Seeing
q. Rosenthal Shot and Web
ber's Retreat.
WAITER DESCRIBES CRIME

Tho trial OF Charles Becker proceeded
DO smoothly and rapidly yesterday after
the Jury was completed and District At
torney Whitman had outlined the States
case that the necessary technical testi-
ufony was disposed OF and the way was
opened for the appearance to-day Of two
important witnesses. Jack Rose and Willie
Shapiro.
Il was Shapiro who drove the gray car
for the murderers and the brokers In
murder. He will be asked whether or
not he heard Decker's name used to spur
or reassure the gunner. Most OF his
story will be new. because he was not
permitted to testify in the former trial
1t is Rose. that singularly clear wtted.
gentle spoken. domesticaliy inclined bar
gamer In assassination. who will connect
Becker directly with the killing Of Herman
Posenthal and who will repeat his con-
fession that the hard handed lieutenant
Of police pounded h.ri and Weber until
they got the word from Jack Zelig that
sent the gunner at Rosenthal. pistols in
hand
Rose Again Central Figure.
To-day. the sixth day of the trial. will
begin. therefore. one OF the great dramatic
features OF the case. Upon the accuracy
and steadfastness Of the chief informer
against Becker the States case leans
heavily. Will Rose tell the same story
and tell II as effectively as he did in
October. 1879? Can he Withstand the
battering OF Manton as he withstood the
aammering Of Mcintyre?
Five witnesses were examined yester-
lay afternoon In order to satisfy q
,anctiiious and precise record that there
had really lived. moved and walked on
,arth man named Herman Rosenthal
and that this Rosenthal had been mur-
tered and to describe the scene and the
circumstances OF the murder. Policeman
John J. Brady. Police Lieut. Edward b.
Frye. Detective Sergeant William J. File,
C-oroner's Physician Otto II. Schultze and
Louis Krause. a waiter, of brief fame In
the former trial. followed each other at
short intervals.
Something of the defence's tactics was
revealed by the cross-examination OF these
witnesses by Mr. Manton. II was obvious
that Beckers lawyers are going to try
to show that Rosenthal was hunted down
and pistolled by gambler enemes-web-
Der. WALTON and Schepps among them
and that Becker. hated by these chevaliers
of the wheel and green table. did not
have and could not have had hand in the
crime.
The defence will try to show by dicta-
graph records that the plot to put the
blame for a gamblers murder on Becker
was concocted by the informers in the
West Side court prison.
1t was equally obvious that District
Attorney Whitman means to strike az
Rocker with the same straight from I'M
shoulder blows that he delivered In th'
FIRST triaI--evidence that Becker ordered
the murder of Rosenthal because he wal
afraid that Rosenthal would ruin him.
uh,tman's Main Plan UnchanSed
The District Attorney will struggle u
rroye that the dead gunner ana thei
i,,,,ne procurers were merely tools In TN
.,.rd. NJ a dreaded master. Becker. lor'
OF the Tenderloin.
A was expected from n strategist o
Martin T, Manton's skill. the defenc
a,d mt let the trial get into Its swim
~,ithout making the most OF the G'ooe
.-ror in prematurely publishing the Dis
%rice Attorneys opening address, togethe
with a fanciful account OF the enect
The undelivered address on the feeiins
of Becker and Mrs. Becker
Mr.. Manton went to Justice Seabury'
chambers at 10 80 A. NJ. and moved tina
4. Juror be withdrawn and m,striai o
Asc,sred SO as to give the defence tim
90 prepare a motion for change OF venu
Mir. Manton based his motion not onl
on the blunder committed by the Gfoo
lut on the news story printed IN the Ne
FORK Times yesterday morning. stor'
-rr Manton contended. which was unfa
nd preiudicial TO the defendant
The District Attorney opposed the mi
zion and Justice Seabury. after considers
.ion. denied II.
Total of 500 Called.
Than the court settled down fer work
II A. NJ. Eighty talesnen Of an exit
Panel Of 100 were in the room, makir
500 men that had been called In u
dificult task Of finding twelve men WI
were willing to decide upon Beckers gul
or innocence. Seven talosmen were que
toned before the eleventh juror was q
tained. Talesman 3lS. the accepted juro
was Frederick A. sprock. bookkeep
who is employed on Pier "a, North Rive
Mr.. Sprock Is young, smooth shaven WI
dressed and alert physically and mental
He live. at AZ? West l5lst street al
IS married.
Robert +. Andrews, an advertising ma
eyer OF 2s Washington square. almo
became Juror ~. Under questioning fro
10th sides Mr. Andrews replied that
had found the Becker case too conpl
for him. and that he hadn't been al
20 make up his mind one way or anoth'
Mr.. Andrews was accepted by both sid
and Clerk william Penny was in the n
OF administering tho oath when Mr.. Ma
ton, for the defence, challenged.
The Jury was completed at uooE