Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-12

Iof July i8. 1912, me wax standing at
ifticth street and Seventh avenue
from O'Clock until shortly altot
O'Clock .. m This was three Gays
before the murder lie MId ne NV
Rose, Wchbcr ana WALTON iH 'front.' OF
cnfe and hoard Rose urge Nephei
.and WALTON 10 put Il over ON toseh-
thai, whom tho latter emerged from
Die place with his wife.
saw Murder Car Drive Away.
Coming down 10 thc time If the
murder, Drcsucr sworp that be- was
standing on the steps of the flks
club which o. diagonalIy across the
street from the Hotel Mctropole when
he heard shots and then % gray car
raced by him through Forty third
street gam Schepps was on the run
ming board ana in the car he saw
! "Hridgio' Webbcr Harry WALTON ana
shapiro. Two other men were in the
car. said the witness. but they were
not any " the gunmeu nov ln sing
Sing. lle said he told Policeman
James Kelly what he knew during the
week Becker was convicted.
Drcsner insisted that he had kept
lstill because he had been IN fear OK
! his life. He had lost that fear now.
he added
He was Taking No Chances.
! District Attorney Whitman tried to
I got the witness 10 tef1 just vino he
was afraid would kin him. Dressner
Iaaid there were plenty Of people IN
/ New York TO bc afraid ~ lie was UNI
able, however, to give lfny names.
/ why didn't YOU come TO me and
ItolI me the stOry2' asked the district
attorney
/ The witness laughed laldly why
he said, ~ ! had gone TO you then
|Id never even had a chance % get
out of the criminal court building
without being shot ! doubt whether
! would have been alive fifteen min
Htes after started 20 ten you the
story Jack Roses friends would have
put Il over on me quick You can de-
pend ON that"
Feared lie Would BE Killed.
The district attorney asked Dress
ncr why be failed to warn ROscnthal
when he heard Rose say 70 Webber
ana WALTON, go put Il over on him
The witness said he did not want
60 got into any trouble
when Mr. Whitman concluded
Attorney Wahie. for the gunner, then
questioned the witness about his fear
Of Rose, Wcbher and WALTON Drcssner
repeated that he had been afraid that
those men on their friends. would
have got me If ! had told story in
yolving them
The next witness WIS william u
Burwell. q professional billiard player
or Waterbury, Conn
Like Dressner. Burwcll stuck TO the
text Of hts affidavit as made public
yesterday which described how he had
seen Rosenthal shot down The Wit
ness was shown pictures NJ tho four
gunner and ne sworc that the man
ne saw fire at Rosonthal was no;
among the four
BurWcH's Straight Story.
Before beginning his cross-eXami-
nation District Attorney Whitman in
strueled iyc mon hi the court room to
stand up.
DO you know these men, heI
asked
IF do. said uurwcH They are
Connecticut policemen l have known
them ala six years or more
Mir whitman then plunged into the
witness police rreord. Burwell adj
mittcd that he had been arrested many
times and mat In sporting circles hc
WAS known as "St Louis Kid
Questioned hy counsel for the de-
Tense tho witness sIid he realized no
would BE- asked about bis police rec
ord hut that hc knew he had ina
portant evidence ana mat IL Wns his
duty to come forward ana pre-
sent q
Describes Alleged Assassin.
Justice Gou asked BurNell for "a
minute description of the man he saw
shoot az Rosenthal
Burwo|i said ho was about 2 feet
s inches taL of medium build. had
a dark sore hat on and was sharp
faced" The witness did not know
th. man had high sharp
nose such as Harry WALTON has
Samuel kalmanson, formerly clerk
I'M am east side store. WAS next called
in. Ho testified that he ana a friend
wcrc walking through Forty-third
street near the scene of the murder
Ahen they heard shooting a man
with smoking revolver bumped into
him, he said.
Here tht witness was shown
photo of Harry Nallou and ne idepti-
fed Il as the man who had held the
revolver
failed to shake him
While there appeared 90 be little
chance nf The governor taking any
hour action In the gunner
case. il WAS regarded as significant
that thc secretary Of states office
planned go keep open late tonight ana
D.