The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-23
VERDICT MEANS GUNNEN WERE HIS TOOLS
Tears Screamed Down the Cheeks of the Foreman as He Announced
 the Decision of the Jury.

New York, May 22.-Twelve men today decided for the second time that Charles Becker was the arch conspirator responsible for the Rosen- thai murder. which nearly two years aso woke New York to a realization of corruption in the police depart ment and opened a new era of police reform.
 Becker, once a police lieutenant was found guilty of murder in the first degree. Only a pardon or inter- ference again by the court of appeals can save him from following to tue electric dhair the four gunmen who shot Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, early on the morning of July 16, 1912. The jury today decided that the gun men were Becker's agents.
 Five baP ts decided Becker's fate t was taken almost Immediately after the jurors returned fram hneh. e2n-at an uptown hotel, where they Ilit when Supreme Court Justice Samuel Seabury had finished his charge. It was unanimous for convic- .tion. Tears streamed down the fore mans face as he announced the de- cision and tears stood in the eyes of several other jurors. They had agreed that the corroboration which the district attorney failed to present at the first trial to support the stories of Rose. Vallon and Webber, the three accomplices who turned in formers, had been furnished hy new witnesses at the second.
 Becker's counsel announced that he would appeal and gained a weeks stay for the preparation of his future campaign. The defendant was granted a short meeting with his wife and his brothers and then was taken back to his cell in the Tombs.
 Becker and his wife were talking Shortly before , o'clock in a room adjoining the sherifrs office when a .eourt attendant announced that the jury had reached verdict. Mrs. Becker was not permitted to accom- pany her husband to the court room. Newspaper men, court attendants, counsel for the defense and District Attorney Whitman and his staff were the only other persons allowed ad- mission. The defendants two broth CTS, Jackson and John Becker, the latter a detective lieutenant hurried tc a side entrance, where they stood awaiting the verdict.
 When the little group in the court room had found seats the twelve men who alone knew Becker's fate filed silently in with Foreman F. Meriden Blagdon at their head. All twelve faces were eXpressionless.
 Justice Seabury mounted the bench. He glanced quickly at the faces Of the jurors but he learned nothing there. old court attendants who de- clared long practice had made them able usually to tell the verdict by che jurors looks, admitted that on this occasion they were at loss.
 Becker in the room overhead was still talking to his wife when Justice Seabury took his seat. A bailiff was sent for the defendant Becker kissed his wife as he left her.
 "It's all right he told her. Don worry. They'll free me
 Becker walked brisl1ly through the courtroom to the rail facing Justice seabury and gripped it with botf hands. His face was colorless. He glanced hopefully at the jury but he did not catch the eye of single man To all outward appearances the jury did not even know the defendant wai in the room. The clerk asked th' jury Co rise.