The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-20

JACK SULLIVAN,
One Time King of the Newsboys,"
who testified for Becker yesterday.
them an injury Cthey are gentle creatures
| and sullivan Is rough) II Mr. Whitman
| hadn't sent him back to the Tombs
When he appeared as "A witness In the
| former trial he was then under an indict-
ment charging him with completely in the
| murder OF Rosenthal. At that time Sulli-
van testified lnsanely. lie roared,
shrleked, beloved. Judge. prosecutors,
| everybody save Becker and Rockers law
yers. he yelled. were his enemies. There
was no justice in the world. Justice
| John w con, the kindly old gentleman
who presided then. was powerless to over
awe this extraordinary witness because
| sullivan was already In Jail and had
nothing more to fear. Sullivan's East
| Side friends laughed over their beer at
the antics Of their admired gorilla.
Tanned Gorilla This Time.
It was tanned gorilla" though. who
| appeared yesterday to testify once more
4 LOT 'nbTlPS BECKER. lie SIM ftEHfntu
| the District Attorney as his personal
enemy and he replied with such heat and
| fervor that you would have thought he,
| not Becker was the defendant at the bar.
| Occasionally he was noisily impairment
| to Mr.. Whitman. but tho fire went out
OF his eye when Justice Seabury. with
cold dignity, bent ever so slightly townrd
him and told him he would he Jailed
for contempt " he didn't mend his man
ners. Thereafter one could hear from
the streets the song of the steam riveters
| and the rumbling of the heavy trucks.
Mr. Manton began his opening address
| to the jury within a few minutes after
court convened ut 1890 A. Vi. His man
| ner was easy. His voice was restrained.
| He talked to the twelve as II he were
| actually acqua hitting them with the secrets
| OF the murder. secrets meyer before limited,
The spirit OF his address was that nothing
whatever had been produced against
Becker except the accusations OF con-
fessed perjurers.
"Of course you know" he began. that
n man Is innocent until proved guilty.
The evidence up to date is just words,
| words. words. There are some things
| about which there cannot be any dispute
for example, that Rosenthsl was muir
dered. that he was shot by the gunfnen
and that Becker was member of the
police force. ] shall satisfy you that Rose
! was what Is commonly called stool
pigeon for Becker and that ne got evil
dence which he gave to Becker and on
! which Becker made raids.
Rose Alone Had Motive 60 KIM"
Rose alone had the motive to Kill
Rosenthal. Ho had been accused by
Zelig of framing Zeiig. He was afraid
OF the gunner. and he made Zellg believe
that Roseuthal was to be feared. not him
self.
~ will show to the satisfaction OF the
jury that Becker did not meet Rose and
Weber in Forty-second street after the
murder. I will establish that Becker
was with newspaper reporter from the
time he came downtown until he went
home. II was only on the morning OF
July IS that Becker knew Rose was in.
volved in the murder. Then he went &c
Commissioner Dougherty and told wha'
he knew about Rose The only reason
that Becker sent his lawyer, John Hart
to Poliok's house on the night Of July II
to get an affidavit from Rose was tina,
Rose was sick and unable to keep al
appointment to be In Harris office on tn,
afternoon OF the 18th
There isn't any action in this case
II is Just words. words, words. You can see
how difficult II is to produce evidence 10
contradict some OF these conversations
testified to. because the times and places
could not be established. We have the
have men who admit that they have sci.
dom told the truth coming into the Dis.
trict Attorneys office and signing In
strunents In writing obligating them q
tell the truth. Can you believe them
All ] want IL the truth. Bring me all
the facts In this case and II they are
brought In this man will leave the court
room free man"
Jack Sullivan, the first witness called
testified under friendly questioning thai
on the night of the murder he went &c
see the. boxers In Madison Square Garden
met Becker there and accompanied Becker
to the World building Becker took him
back up town and dropped him at Forty
second street and sixth avenue at ;3t
A. NJ lie went 10 Wcbber's poker rooms
left shortly and was having glass OF
soda when he heard the yelling In Forty
third street.
Bent over RosenthaI's body.
THE crowd was so thick" said Sui
Ivan. that I was afraid of Gettnt
| crushed, but | pushes and edges through
cittin' knocked down once and dustin of
me clothes and then | sees u man lyin
on the sidewalk that ] knowed was Rosen
, thai, I'd knowed him twenty-five years
bent over and shook him and I says
Herman, Herman. Who done IT,
But Rosenthal was then beyond answer
, ing.
sullivan said he called up news
paper. telephoned information about tn
murder and then went to Webberi
gambling house.
, @. Did you see or talk to anybody
there? A. Yes, 7 sure did, ] seen Jacl
Rose and he says to me, Jack, I'm tn
, happiest man In the world and my wiz
! will be the happiest woman In the world
+ That wanted to have M
croaked and now he's dead and I'm JUS
. goin' home and take off me clothes AM
\ lay down and then I'm goin' up to tn
, station house and take last look at tn
0 - -" Then I went up to the Lin
0 coin Hotel. where Sam Paul lived, AM
. left him some money ! owed him ant
r told him Herman WAS killed and he sayf
Y IT don't believe H."
I O. Where did you go then. A. wen
4 back to Webber's and had a drink.
o Sullivan testified that he went IN tn
y Lafayette Baths with Bridge Weber
0 who told him that the murder was e.