New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-14
Killed as Protest,

nj. .,,,n,or were killed because 'ha'
D.. ar host means the people nave Ee'
devised TO protest against 'ne mp
chile notion that hired assassh''
en- ont into the streets oil ne"
"a shoot down whomever they picaSe
thew would go out TO pot jack rao-
hits or club seals. They were N'''ou o.
q nrotest against another ana Tar '''o'
s,nis,er tbeory-of which theE WI.
oroalv more than the mechai''0a
..,,,-,s--tbat those whom the peopio
=. =, enforce the law may first preaN
4, themselves and then hire
,o murder whoever gives thcu ave-
.,a;,st the notion that ponce iou
tenant may. as the testimony s'd.ou'
the Jury decided and the people W
roved after the conclusion OF becNei
,r,oI no so sure of his power TO thahe
"a uruake evidence that he couid 'e'i
III sorfs 70 get" their victim ~he'e
over they coul6-no harm co"'u
20 them-"shoot him in front OF d po'
uceman. if you want to-!
,r,ara arc some things for the poo'
H., 60 ren,ember-and not merely '"o
woes Of the gunner. There is inc rs
uro of Becker-Bccker, the magniiioe"'
"a s,rn-standing, or seeming ai'er
So. conviction TO stand, behind 'n''
astonishing drama. There y no ~.
Ia, tho moor grimly comical vic'l'h,
r.ho was set I'D in business, then raiueu
nv, those who had started hiih' on"
hon according to the testimony, VI
dered murdered by his ralder'
= WALTON and schepps and briosie
wehher-Webber. who went INTO Aii0
,,ot-ono,e on that July evening a year
ard half ago and clapped his soou
friend Rosenthal on the snouiue'
fore pointing him out TO tiie
waiting across the street
And there are the gunner 'hei"
.o,,.oa ,be third link in this strange
conspiracy. Not the chalky' cruiiio''ne
,,,rotcbes OF Yesterday morning oao
Ming their newly learned prayers, 0u'
tha e,nmen in their pride OF lie DIS
they went out to kill-dashins SoD"s
fellows in spruce clothes, fresh In
manicure shop and Turkish pain
oIos,rS IN on the helpless Rosentha'
shootins and leaving him dead on 'ne
novement. and disappearing IN their
Loud Of automobile smoke IN the "a'in
summer night.
calIina tho Witnesses.
While the Easter crowds sun hiie'
the New York streets, rejoicing IN 'he
spring and each other, neWsooys pouieO
ont among them crying the last WORD
"Gunmen mus die! Uxtry. Gunner
mus die" They were calling 'heni
ont at the 18th ST. station as we star'e
for the train. and at Brooklyn Bridge
and at the Grand Central. Al inc
prison. when we got there in the ia'e
afternoon, tired reporters were feeoins
tjreless telegraph instruments Win 'iie
last struggles Of counsel and irlehos'
the last morahzings Of the now sopereo
bows. the more or less maudlin pathos
and dramatic condolences whlch 'ho
closing moments Of such drama prlns
forth
The evenIng trains brought uneasy,
self conscious appearing strangers
doctors some of them, OF witnesses
or those curious friends of the frlenus
az somebody in authority who come
Al such a time as invited guests. one
for instance, was a man in a top nat
tan shoes and a funereal black tie
who appeared to have no other reason
for being there than to see what ne
could see. The prison town itself
used to such things, received these
guests with the air of those to whom
such sombre events are but shop ano
part of the days work.
Lodgings are scarce in Ossinlng
Cots were set up in sort OF par
room restaurant near the railroad sta
tion. more in the little hotel on the hill
and others who came too late foun'
beds where they could. The landlord
wife at the hotel explained, genially
that she could not serve breakfast L
those who were going to the execution
people always Just Jumped out Of BET
and hurried off to the prison, the.
were that anxious 10 get there. one
she had got up at o'clock and mad
coffee for everybody, and only tire
had taken It, so never would she d.
Y that again. a young fellow runnini
a night lunch cart down the street
hearing with apparent surprise tina
something unusual was afoot, made
swift calculation Of two or three hour
he might get for sleep, and announce
that he would be at his post at
\ o'clock. Thus, with something of III
N holiday air that accompanies the ar
II rival Of people in town for boat rae,
gathered the spectators Of the morn
irg's drama. Night fell black am
windy: the clock began TO strike tn
hours for the gunner for the last tim,
At last all seemed asleep but the prise
guards and the reporters in the hose
house across from the prison sti
pounding out their endless column
FOR comfortable people, far away, I
read at breakfast time
The moon was still bright and tn
sky full Of stars when a sleepy servar