New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-20

! with the gunner in the murder plot.
4 1t remains to be seen to-day how well
the testimony of Frederick II. Hawley,
in contradiction to the prosecution
t contention that Becker met Rose. VAL
lon and Weber a short time after the
murder and congratulated them on
their good work." will stand up under
, cross-examination by the District At
, torney. Hawleys testimony is very
important for the defence, if true but
at the first trial his story was consid-
erably discredited by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Moss.
Con.radicts Rose.
Hawley was a reporter for the
= Evening Sun" at the time of the muir
der and had become well acquainted
with Becker in his work on police
stories for his paper. He testified yes
, terday that he called up Becker on the
, telephone from the Times Square sub
T way pay station a short time after the
! murder and told him about it.
} Rose testified that he called up
Becker from tho same pay station
about the same time and the fact that
a call was registered from that pay
station at the time in question was
shown by the call records Of that sta
ton which were put in evidence. HaW-
leys testimony tends 10 destroy the
documentary confederation Of Roses
story on that point, and tends to Gre
ate a doubt in the jurors minds as to
who actually did make the call.
Hawley testified that he tried first to
get Becker by the telephone number OF
the apartment where the Beckers lived
and being unsuccessful, he called Beck
ers private telephone number and got
him. He related the conversation over
the telephone. as follows:
Hello, Charlie, is that your
Yes, who is this?'
This is Hawley; have you heard the
news?"
What news?"
Herman Rosenthal has been shot and
: killed in front of the Metropole Hotel"
r what are you trying to do. kid me?'
n Hawley said that he finally convinced
@NSsN>.
said
We'll, l am sorry he is shot; wanted
to show that - up
Hawley wanted to get Becker to maxi
10 a statement over the telephone for hi
. paper. he said, but finally persuaded
- Becker to come down town. He me
&c Becker at $3.50 a. IN. at the corner OF 4S
u st. and Broadway, he said. and the
nj walked over to the Metropole Hotel ar
1t stood in front of it for few minutes
es Everything was dark there at that time
ar and Becker appeared to be still skeptics
N about the shooting, Hawley testified, an
- didn't stop teasing him about IT until the
=, walked back to Times Square and bougf
'i a newspaper telling Of the murder. The
as they went to the West Eth ST. police sts
er ton. arriving there at 3:45 o'clock
Hawley swore that he was with Beck,
to from that time on until about s o'clocl
sc with the exception of five minutes. whe
., he called up his paper. and intervals {
=, a few minutes when Becker was insid
the police station. He took breakfa'
10 with Becker at restaurant near the u
lice station, he said.
T. During all that time were you {
as Becker in AID St. near Sixth ayr aske
IL Mr.. Manton.
l." I'VE were not" answered tho witnes
he positively.
he To Deny "conferenee."
as The prosecution introduced evidence
an show that Becker met the three inform
4" ers in front Of the Murray Hill Baths
~ 42d ST., near Sixth av., before dayligf
= on the night of the murder and had
protracted conversation with them. 1
| which he told them not TO worry, tina
| everything would be all right. and to 81
| the gunner out Of the city for a fe'
| days. The defence expects to call othe
| witnesses to-day tending to refute tn
| contention that Becker was at any sue
| conference. Evidence will also be pre-
| scented by the defence to-day in refuta
| ton of the famous Harlem conference
| lsidor Fischman. former friend @
| webbers. was called yesterday to sup
| port Sullivan in some OF the alleged con
| versations he testified no heard betwee
| Rose. WALTON and Weber, when he sal
| the informers acknowledged they wer
framing up Becker to save themselye
and tried TO persuade him, Sullivan, I
| corroborate their story
| Charles Reich. Jack Sullivans" broth
| err and Morris II. Beecher. a lawyer
| with Offices at 800 Broadway, who said h
| Indirectly represented Sullivan a
| counsel when Sullivan was confined II
| the West Side court prison with Rose
| Weber and Vallon were called for the
| same purpose. Roslyn u. Whytock AND
| Richard II. Rooney. ship news reporter:
| for two evening papers. were called &
| testify TO an interview with Weber wher
| he returned from Cuba, In January. 1913.
District Attorney Whitman attached
| little Importance last night 10 the dis
| covery yesterday that some one had
tapped the private telephone wire ir
his Office. Lloyd d. willis. Mr.. Whit
mans secretary, after an investigation
said that the wires led from the District
Attorneys Office TO a vacant room in a
tenement house at l22 Centre st, across
from the Criminal Courts Building. II
was assumed that some one had intended
10 put a dictagraph plant in the vacan;
room or wanted to listen in" on the Dis