New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-22
Mr.. Whitman's Speech.

The DlStllCI ATTORNEY SdiN, az
This case is very different from any
case of which / heard in this county
The man charged with the ASSASSINATION
is the man whose sworn duty II was 10
protect human life. lie is an olllSer VI
the law Don't you see the extraordinaIs
condition that existed IN winch .ls liz
trict Attorney OF this county found MINI
self? 40,
The man toward whom suspicion was was
directed was one of the most powerful
men holding one OF the most p UMei 10y,
positions in the one department throush
which | must, if j work, be successlui'
| am not charging the Police Department,
as a department, within the c0hpdssea
of trying to injure the cause Oh justice
That is not true. " ,;
circumstances under which we had 10
act We had to take such means as we
were able TO protect our own Wlthessea
against those who ought TO have peen
With MS. we had to fight not only those
who openly were against us, out those
who were secretly against us.
1t is the duty of the District ATTORNEY
to gather in all the evidence that ne can
get of a crime that is under inveslga-
ton from any source, from every
source. from every person. from every
where in New York. don't PICK Wit
nesses If we did know beforehand that
a crime was going to be committed, per-
haps we could pick the witnesses.
cannot be in position of Vouching Tor
the records the history, the FAMILY or
the career Of the life of the men whoh
and examine. and examine, trying 10 get
from them the truth, from the Vilest
sourCe-the truth.
| am going TO show you that not
withstanding the lies, notwithstanding
those motives. their statements are true.
And the very lives that these people
have lived: the very conditions under
which they have lived. the very crimes
they have done they themselves must
establish that they have been In a posi-
ton 10 know whereof they speak, that
no clean man can know.
Defends Testimony.
Don't you suppose from the first It
was clear TO men with our experience
that we knew that while those men
probably were not the men that killed
they are not that kind-that they must
know who did 1T; and they did hght
we'll Rose did stand and so did Web
Der stand, and so did WALTON stand for
hours and days OF examination ana
pounding just as Mr.. Manton says. for
hours they stood and tried to protect
the man who conspired with them. and
they did try to protect the man who
had compelled them to be what they
were There is no question about it,
And IT is not our fault that the mid
dlemen, the three old blackguards. COM
PEELED and constrained TO permit this
awful crime. | say is IL surprising that
they are not high-class gentlemen-tust
as bad as could be? There is 10 ques-
ton about that. We never can do any
thing else. They are not my witnesses
They are not Whltman's men. they are
YOUR witnesses and the peoples wit
nesses
Rut want to say to those of YOU who
have not served before that i want you
TO trust me. IL Is your duty to trust me-
| am a man whom the city has chosen
10 discharge the duties of this office. |
~ IL.
York have committed this trust | am
the man on whom the county imposes the
confidence by q unanimous vote, that |
will use these funds and discharge these
duties honestly and faithfully and right
eously, and / am here 10 say 10 you that
/ have.
The District Attorney dwelt at length
upon the variations" and discrepancies"
pointed out by Mr.. Manton in the testi-
mony OF Rose. Weber and WALTON at this
trial. compared with their stories in
the last lie declared that II there hadn't
been some variations their stories would
not have been true. No human could be
expected TO repeat conversation six
months after II took place, verbatim, let
alone two years afterward. he said. But
he declared that he had shown that most
Inc dltStu iicoCHtSu ~ eho
Jury by Mr.. Manton did not occur at all.
"Man Behind the Gunmen."
'.Mr Manton says Rosenthal was killed
in the brightest spot in New York." con-
tinued Mr.. Whitman.
l am perfectly. willing to eoncede that
the defendant didn't PICK OUT that SPOT;
and ! am perfectly willing 10 concede
that the gamblers didn't pick out that