The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-14
Defence Forces InfOrmer to
Admit He Hated
ROsenthal.
WEBER AND WALTON
GO on STAND TO-DAY
Way Is Paved for Becker's Ap.
pearance on Witness
Stand.

he real defence Of Charles Becker,
tho theory relied upon to save him from
4 second conviction. ran through the
crcse. examination OF Jack Rose yes1er-
day as a brook wanders through a for
er, sometimes revealed, sometimes
concealed.
Tat defence, which Mr.. Manton.
Becker's lawyer. labored for FIVE hours
70 establish from Roses own statements
and admissions. is that Rose Is a vile
creature. who could not tell the truth
U save his life and who therefore cam
not be believed when he accuses Becker
Of ordering the murder OF Rosenthal;
that Rose himself caused the murder
Of Ro5enthal because Rosenthal had
spread the rumor that Rose had
framed Zelig. the gang leader. and put
zelig in peril Of fourteen years in Sing
Sing, gossip which would have caused
Zellgs gunner to pistol Rose II Rosen-
thai had lived any longer to spread such
talk. and tina. the interlocking stories
Of the four informers, Rose. Weber.
valon and Schepps, was mass Of
perjury concocted in the West Side
prison In weeks Of communication pro-
: y.ded by the District Attorney himself.
None can say whether or not Mr..
Manton failed or succeeded save the
twelve men who must decide upon Beck
erf guilt or innocence. Becker's lawyer
. confident that he guided the eyes Of
the Jurors TO the puzzle picture in Roses
testimony, the picture OF Roses guilt
hidden in the maze OF accusations
against Becker.
whitman Equally CONFIDENT.
hr, Whitman is equally confident that
Rose testimony about every essential
point Of Becker's connection with the
murder was mistaken. and that Mr..
Manton WAS able TO get before the jury
ony such things as the prosecution
would have conceded. that Rose was a
gambler a perjurer, Il blackmailer, and
;hese things, says Whitman, Rose could
not have done Becker's work.
II canno, he said that Rose faltered
OF broke under MIR. Mantons attack,
dozens M N N r.
aculars the cross-examiner brought out
variances from the testimony in the
former trial, but Roses reply was al
WAYS ready-he was giving the sub
Stance, not the details of his former
Story, In two important matters he
eoniradicted himself fatty, saying in
one instance that he was in Chicago at
'"e Time of tho raid on Rosenthals
sambNns house, when he had testified
1872 that he watched the raid with
"senthal; and in the second, that
DECKER had given money to Weber at
ne famous Harlem conference, when
n lsl@ he testified that he gave the
money. Mr.. Whitman expects TO show
'4'N'N'ls liltl hpN' was IN
'ago in April, 1911, and thought he was
saying 50, and that as regards the
money ne first gave graft collections
70 Becker VINO in turn handed part of
lie graft to Webber.
Rose maintained his composure even
ahd'r Manton's merciless analysis OF
NE past life, Certainly few witnesses
ever were subjected to such humiliation
"rdeai Fails IL Crush Rose.
Men Of less hardihood than Rose
WOUND have collapsed from very shame
.n'' mis- extraordinary being met Man
u" y S~nc" fully and without a blush
Sr!nac" endured Manton's indict-
"'n' That he had done about all OF the
'.'h jhnss man could do. Wher
VS. cornered ..Dout his lies, lies
"'"' ""r" proceed sIngly or IN clusters
'''N' Every thing ~ importance save
'' main i7sr"s In the case agains
"7'H'f, he admitted them without hest
"Vhs hundred times his deep vOic,
''"'4 'l'. Yves, that was a lie," bu
s"lH "a cam" Ia getting such admis
na on"ut his Becker story Mantor
"ad lo success.
'''r'ns that his only purpose wa
'u" truth because his conscienc,
No. Rose swore that Becker or
"''" 10 murder and that he and hi
H. Nrbb"r. WALTON and Schepp
y. Continued on IiJth PaQe