Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-23

court that he would be granted a req sona,ble time in which to make any ] motions he deemed advisable, asked for one week and received it Charles Becker, you are remanded 1 to the Tombs prison until May 29," the court announced.
 The whole proceeding from the time l Becker was pronounced guilty until recess was declared occupied scarcely l four minutes.
 Meanwhile Jackson and John Beck 1 CT, standing at the door to the court l room had heard the verdict. Jackson l sank into court attendants chair and buried his face in his hands. Mrs. Becker coilapses. Mrs. Becker's brother, John Lynch, !, , and John Becker. both of them show ing their grief, hurried to the room i where Beckers wife was waiting. Everyb body in the building, and even 1 a crowd in the street outside, knew l that Becker had been found guilty. A bailiff had shouted the news across the rotunda of the court house. But Mrs. Becker, sitting behind closed doors, did not know it until John Becker en- tered the room. He did not say a word to her then. He didn't have to. His face showed what had happened. His shoulders were bent and shaking, his cheeks were wet Lynch begged his sister to be calm, but that did no
 good. She collapsed completely and
 was still sobbing when her husband
 arms around his neck and buried her
 face on his shoulder.
 "Oh." she cried, s.Char1ie, I'm so
 sorry, so sorry. Poor Charlie! didn't
 expect it"
 She could say no more. She released
 her husband from her embrace and
 dropped into a chair.
 Becker steod looking down at her as she wept.
 Handcufrs were then locked about his wrists: he was taken from the room and around the marble corridors to the other side of the building. across the Bridge of Signs. and into the
 Tombs.
 On his way around the corridor friends who had known Becker for years expressed their sorrow.
 T am verry, very sorry for myself"
 he declared, gTfmly. T have nothing
 more to say
 Immediately after the court was ad-
 journed MT. Manton said:
 T fail to see how the jury managed
 to convict Becker in view of the con-
 f1icting evidence that was presented by
 the witnesses for the state and the
 testimony that our witnesses gave.
 However, it has been done. I will im- . mediately set to work to prepare an appeal We will fight, and fight hard, to have Becker cleared of this charge'' District Attorney Whitman express ed himself highly gratffied with the verdict 'It speaks for itself.' he said. Becker is guilty. It was proved. He must pay the penalty of his crime" Mrs. Becker remained in the sher- 1 iff's office long time after her hus- ! band had been returned to the Tombs. i She was too overcome with grief to 1 leave immediately. When she went at i last she had to be assisted from the l I,.fI yJ,S1 |, <,fv I<,c 1 day of the second trial, was devoted i to the judges charge and the delib- l erations of the jury. In his review of the evidence Justice Seabury directed i the jury that in order to find the de- i fendant guilty they must decide that l the stories Of Rose, Nallon and Web 1, Der were supported by witnesses not l involved in tine crime. This centered :! emphasis on the testimony of Charles P Pitt, Jr., who was Becker's press 1 agent when the former police Heuten- ant was master of the old strong arm squad. Pitt was a witness for the de- 1 fense at the first trial, but at the sec 1 ond he took the stand at the call of 1 the district attorney Beeker's atter- 1 neys tried to prove that Pitt also was question to the jury, and their verdict l-showed that they decided he was not 1 This point, it was said tonight, might form the basis upon which BeckeTs l attorneys pTOfI1SeO I0 ldLtA6 l1S GdSe ] once more to the higher court 1t was l a similar question, involving the status of Sam Schepps, witness at the first
 trial, but not at this, which enabled | Becker to gain a new trial from the i court of appeals after his first conVic- 1 ton.
 l Beckers counsel, Martin r. Manten entered formal objection to Justice i Seabury's remarks to the jury. T taSf exception" he said, ito the entire l charge on the ground that it is an anl- ] mated argument
 Becker Looked for Acquittai. The verdict caught Becker unpre- pared, for when the jury first retired i his lawyer told him he looked for ar acquittal The defendant at that time i declared he did not believe it possible he could be convicted on the evidence presented at the second trial.
 Mrs. Becker was even more hopeful
 q cannot conceive" she said ''thai any twelve sensible men san give ere
 dence to such coo4ed-up stories as 1 those told by Rose, Webber, Nallon and i Pitt. I don't expect a conviction. The
 worst that can happen is a. disagree l ment. Charles is innocent and he vii be exonerated.''
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