New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-29
Louis Capadanno Saw IN
Perjury Plot, a Scheme
to Make Money.
RARES DETAILS OF
AID GIVEN GUNMEN
Rockers Counsel Makes protest.
Against Stories Affecting
His Client.

Ionic Capadanno, q comrade or "HH"'n
= Rurweil. the "St. Louis KID "hoih
the latter mentioned as a confedera'e III
framing up" his perjured testimony NJ
tho hearing on a motion for ne" lria'
,or the four gunner before Jusuoe Soh'
vas located I'm New Haven by the Ponoo
=, that city yesterday. and brought mere
los, night hv Detective Maxwell OF DnS-
.r,c, ATTORNEY Whitman's ofHoe. Capa-
dsnno made a clean breast OF the "ho4o
matter and said that no susses'eo ~
Rurweu that they could make i1Ie
sum of money II Burwen would 'eS'iiy
f.l.e,y. expecting 10 share In the pro
ceeds
Csnadanno vas submitted 70 Ions en-
animation By Assistant District Attorney
C-oenI and Detective Maxwell AFTER 10
arrived here last night Distrlct Attoi-
nav whitman was too busy with other
-,a,,.rs 10 see tho Witness and take his
...t.rn.nt last night, but Capadanno VIII
n. taken 10 the District Attorneys once
to-day, and has promised TO make q COLI
plets statement
When BurweIl repudfated hts testi-
roo,,y he declared that he met Capadanno
IN Poughkeepsta. and that the latter sus-
so-ted 10 him the possibility OF making
good money by testifyins for tho gun
rnsn or Rocker. Burwell referred 10
c!apadanno In his confession" rs "a
ofronterfeiter." The Secret Service men
,,srched their records here yesterday.
but failed 10 identify him with this crime
According TO the detectives. Capadanno
made a clean breast of the affair. he
admitted that he and Burwell were IN
Poughkeepsis when they framed up inc
story 10 save the gunner, and then noti-
fed Mr.. Wahle counsel for the gunner
who asked them TO come TO New YORK
They expected large sum for their
story. Burwell admitted that ne had been
promised 81. 900 for his testimony, but the
latter only received $50, which he split
with Capadanno. the latter said
Cepadanno told the detectives that the
Hebrew rabbits OF Poughkeepsie collected
funds 10 pay their fare 20 this city at the
time Burwel made his false affidavit.
Probe Plot TO Aid Gunrer.
Confederation OF Burwelrs confession
Of pertury is being sought II was said
that II was unlikely that sufficient cor
roboration OF Burwelrs latest statement
could be obtained 20 warrant any crirnl-
nal action being taken against the law
vers whom the witness declared I'm
splred" his original affidavit and promised
TO pay him for II
There Will be no delay IN bringing former
Lieutenant Becker 20 trial for the second
time for the murder Of Herman Rosenthal
next Wednesday. District Attorney Whit
man appeared before Justice Seabury, IN
the Criminal Branch OF the Supreme
Court. Yesterday and moved for special
panel Of three hundred talesmen from
which 70 select the Becker jury to report
on Wednesday, the day set for the be-
ginning Of the trial. Martin T. Manton,
Becker's counsel, concurred in the motion
Of the District Attorney and said the de-
PENDANT would be ready 10 go TO trial on
that day,
Complains Of Becker Articles.
Mr.. Manton took occasion TO complain
20 the court in regard TO tho articles IT
the newspaper which 'Intimated' thai
Becker had attempted TO purchase testi
rnony. He declared that the District AT
torney was not playing fair IN the matter
These articles charge the defendan
with purchasing testimony" he said. 20
have that intimation- They have othe
false statements One is a quoted inter
view with tho District Attorney Sine
they arc false, and since this man ha
been tried before, and since IL has bee
said BY the Court OF Appeals that he hs
not had a fair trial. say this should b
called 20 the courts attention on the ev
Of rhs second trial for such action as IN
court deems proper"
Justice seabury said that he could nc
take judicial notice OF newspaper report
and could not assume that the Distrit
Attorney had made statement 10 n
press which was not true In the absenc
Of such proof. He said that II Mr.. Mar
ton would make any motion and preseI
the matter 10 tho court IN concrete for1
ne would consider It and take any prop'
action that might be developed. M
Nanton oid not take advantage Of the su,
Eestion OF the court.
Beckers counsel declared after cou1
that II the reports about his client cor
tinuod 70 DO circulated IN the newspaper
ne would appeal 10 Governor Glynn &c
satisfaction. When asked II Becker woul
take the witness stand in his own beha
the lawyer said that all depended on eli
cumstances"