The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-25
Under d Sentence,
WilI Be sen New
kfeayzElg.
CONVICTION or THE
GLJEs AFFIRMED
Dissenting Opinio Says States
coatensioss Were Amply
Proven to Warrant
Congictipn.
.IBy Ass;lniafe1f t,ress.)

Albany. N. ebs 24e-The con-
viction Of Charles gccker former
New York POLICE iieutenant of the
5iitIfyier or ttier1a 10 Henthsl. was re-
yersed and tie conytctions OF the
four eunmen Tor the same crip-a, was
affirmed today sy ths court of ap-
pealB. 4
in many of ii:s rulings In Becker's
trial and appeafsa t6a be pfajudioiai
In his ettltude sthe defendant
The reversal tstis 81 ed solely ON
these grounds No aki mpt was made
by the coitrt 70 sal her The weight
ioiast TO warrant is 8nYiction. It
was pointed out hosf es that the tes-
tinfouy against Iiiia given By witt
nasees Of low class an d as mach OF it
was open TO doubt lie therefore was
entitled 70 q faireY III than lie re-
ce!ved. IS
All of the seven ID smhers of the
scnnrt, except Ili5 Werner lsito act
ed IS presfdihg 3l 80 sgt en- the appeal
WAS argued. coIle ii the pregaii-
& Ing Becker opIH CHI WAS writ
2 ten by Judge = I d Ia 8 iil5iient-
ing opinion Jud arneE sal that
the main epnteH the Isl u had
been amply prov 70 warralt eoa-
sietisSs.. Y - -
The quest on a. % tie Htafs OF
San ScGepps, pllo s Jury IA the
j Seeker case dpei 2 satl ae-
S5Il ~ q Set-
lied. he PREV en
Maid s. IS e e mo min = oT
come of the coHTt Is ito tie nrcnEsety
Sof excluding Sci pps q an aeeun-
plire. Is So
3 The decision ID l1e case of the four
gnhnssn. i tGyp tile niood, = nitey
Lewis, Dago E'ranlx. and Lofty
: Louie, was una nsiaaiis. Thsf had
saverFed !, that tho eyidepes a.eis,At
them was insufIleieHt 70 Warrant cpn-
i!viction and a5so me court had erred
in handling their eases, hat these5 con-
tentions were held to -bea gfonhdless.
The date for the execution Of the
glinna.eess sss,ssilii be- 6xed by the
court. ~.
| Regarding sam schepps. the opin-
ion said: ~
| "Waifle the residing justice por-
! mitted the jury TO find that Schepps
was not an acepmpliee OF Rose and
the others, and therefore guilty like
them, of the nlurder OF Rosenthal,
some of The members of the court be-
lieve that the finding wes opposed to
the oyerWhel Ginning weight of the evi-
/, dence., ~
Attention was called to the fact
! that Becker never was directly com
nected with the crime but that. the
| Testimony OF the others who were
| jointly suspected convicted him. & q
| Becker ts hoa entitled 10 q new
trial, but tonight it seemed probable
that iie might 20 free without facing
ia second ordeal IT was made known
that District Attorney UharIes s.
Whitman belieges that under the pre-
sailing opinion handed down BY the
court conviction q second time will
ibe iTnpossible
The district attorney IS the faas
1 nlaR in tEe world, said Mr Whitman
tonight who should want a convic-
ltion 10 stand which lie not justifiable
lby las, That Is all tue Sonlnent
that Iscare TO make
The district attorney had not re-
ceiyed the full text OF the opinion
tonight. but IL was learned that form
ling his Judgment on such OF iE as was
available, Sle haIt5 little hope of pre-
,senting slalctent evidence 20 convict
4 Becker at d ssooDa trial. z Z.
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