Evening journal., 1914-04-14
confession OF
GUNMEN MAY
HURT Becker
Continued from First Page.


the last of "Gyp the Blood" was large
ly composed of the riff-raff of the east
side. Every pickpOcket I'm the neigh
borhOOd is here" one policemen said
and those Of the crowd who looked as
through they had anything to lose
we're warned to keep a close watch
Of their valuables.
IL was generally reported that the
funeral expenses OF the dead man
were being paid by Jacob Rosenberg,
father of Lefty Louie" who was exc
cuted with HOrowitz. No one outside
his own family knows where Lefty
LOuie's" body lies nor whether it will
be buried today The body OF "Dago
Frank" Cirohci will be removed today
from an undertaker's to the home of
his father at No. 300 East One Hun
dred and Eighty-Fourth street and
Will be given burial from there to-
morrow. Whitley Lewis" was buried
yesterday.
May Hurt Becker.
"Dago Frank" Cirofcis dying con-
fession as to the sensational murder
Of Gambler Herman Rosenthal will
aid materially in sending former Po-
lice Lieutenant Charles Becker to the
chair as the master mind in the
slaughter plot, according to the view
of District Attorney Whitman express
ed today.
Whitman declared that in no essen
tial detail had Cirohci's ante-mortem
statement contradicted the stories of
Webber, Vallon and the other inform
ers and he said it had almost abso-
lutely confirmed the story of the trag-
edy told by BALD Jack" Rose. the
principal alleged go-between for Beck
er and the gunner who slew Rosen-
thai. Tomorrow, the district attorney
will move to have Becker's second
trial set for the first Monday in May.
There may be opposition to this, but
4 is believed that date In May is
certain for the opening Of Becker's
last fight for life. No Importance was
attached to Cirofci's declaration that
he had been told" that Harry Nallon,
one of the infOrmers, aided In the
shooting when Rosenthal fell. Neither
was the district attorney impressed
with the dying gunman's declaration
that $50 far as he knew" Becker had
nothing to do with the murder plot.
Whitman has taken no steps to ar
rest Nallon. nor, il is said, will he do SO.
Nallon himself admitted he was present
when Rosenthal was killed in front OF
the Hotel Metropole, and the only two
men who can swear he fired one of the
fatal shots are dead They, Horowitz
and Rosenberg, are believed in the light
of all that has tmnspired, We're the ac-
tual murderers of the gambler, whose
"squealing' to Whitman caused his
murder.
As to CiroGci's statement aiding
Becker, the district attorneys Office
pointed out that nt no time was it be-
lieved the band of gunner who died
yesterday in thV chair had any direct
dealings with Becker. The former car
of the Tenderloin, il was said, dealt
only with Rose, Webber and Nalion, and
the four actual killers simply went
forth 10 slay on the request OF the men
to whom Whitman alleges Becker had
given the word that Rosenthal must
die.
There was strong indication today
that Joseph A. Shay. Becker's counsel
lnay retire from the case following q
scheduled interview in the Iombs viii
his client. just at what hour this was
to take place was not known, but il wa:
expected before night. Shay refused tC
say why he contemplates retiring, anC
/ would in no way comment on Cmodci'i
confession.
Certain things have occurred which
are not to my liking" was as far a.
Shay would 20 in explanation.
Becker, in the Tomhs, so far abso
mtely has refused 10 discuss the gun
men or their fate. lie is busy on th'
evidence adduced at the final hearing il
heir behalf before Justice Gof. search
ing. searching, searching il in the hop'
that some shred of aid for himself ma!