Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-23
Only PARDON
Can STAY The
DEATH PENALTY
FORMER LIEUTENANT'S At
ToRNEYs ANNOUNCE THEY
WILL APPEAL
ANOTHER Big tight AbElD
Convicted Slayer Of Rosenthal
Deeply Affected BY Force Of
Jury's Guilty.

New York, May 22.-Twelve men
decided today for second time that
Charles Becker, arch conspiratOr, Is
responsible for the ROsenthal murder,
which, nearly two years ago, awoke
New York to a realization of the cor
'ruption in the police department ana
opened q new era Of police reform.
Becker, once police lieutenant, was
found guilty of murder in the first de.
gree. Only pardon or interference
again by the court of appeals will
save him from following to the cleo
trio chair the four gunmen who shot
Gambler Rosenthal, and whom the
jury today decided were Becker's
agents. . E
Only One Ballot. I
One ballot decided Becker's fate.
1t was taken almost Immediately after
the jurors returned from luncheon.
It was unanimous for conviction.
Tears streamed down the foreman's
face as he announced the decision,
and tears stood in the, eyes of several
jurymen, but sympathy did not warp
their Judgment. They agreed that
c0rroboration the district attorney
failed to present at the hfstl trial sup
porting the Sstorlesraof Rose, Yallon
and Webber, accomplices, who turned
infOrmers had been furnished by the
witnesses at the second trial.
VIII Appssl Case.
Becker's counsel announced he Will
appeal He gained q weeks stay for
a preparation Of his future campaign.
The defendant was granted short
meeting with his wife and brothers,
and then taken to 9 cell in the Tombs.
Newspaper men, court attendants,
the defense's counsel, District Attor-
ney Whitman and the defendant wera
the only persons allowed admission
to the court room. Justice Seabury
was on the bench and the jury in
the box when bailiff was sent for
Becker, who was still with his wife
in an adjoining room. Becker kissed
Kisses His Wife.
his wife, who was not allowed to en-
ter the court room, but he told her.:
ITS all right, don't worry; they'll
free me-"
His face colorless, Becker walked
briskly to the rail, facing the justice.
Foreman Blagden, young man,
brushed his eyes with handkerchief
already damp. and, replying to. the
Justices question, he said, almost in
a whisper:
1--WE find this defendant guilty as
charged in the indictment; guilty of
murder in the first degree"
Face Turns Pale.
Becker's face grayed. He gripped
the railing tensely: the muscies in his
neck jumped out in heavy rolls and
lie swayed; then became himself
again. Motionless, he stood while
each member of the jury verified his
vote. )
Pedigree Taken.
Then Becker's pedigree" was TAX
en- by clerk, and the prisoner was
remanded to the Tombs until May 20.
Becker's brOtLers were informed of
the verdict; both showing grief, hur-
rfed to Mrs. Becker, who was still in
ignorance of her husbands fate. I'M
mediately when they entered the
room she read in their faces the YER
dict and collapsed completely. She
was sobbing when her hus band was
led into the room. She threw her
arms around his neck and buried her
face on his shoulder; then she re-
leased him and sank into chair. She
wept as Becker was handcuffed and
led away.