New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
new WITNESS PUTS
MURDER ON WALTON
"COuscience" Forces But
falo Clerk to Make Afh-
dayit for Gunner.
PICTURE SERVES HIM
FOR IDENTIFICATION
Swears He Saw "lnformer' Leav-
mo Scene of Rosenthal Shoot
ing on Gray Car.

Harry WALTON. one OF the -FOUR III
,,,rrers AT the trial Of Charles Becker
ne on the running board Of the gray
p" with a revolver in his hand as II
10, tho econe OF the murder Of Herman
essential in the early morning OF July
~ 1912. according to the affidavit OF a
.o,v witness, given out yesterday DS
barles G. r. Wahle. counsel Tor inc
...,,,. men under sentence Of death Ioi
aooting Rosenlhal.
The eunmen's counsel SAYS TINS ehn-
.,,it tends TO support the statement
,- Lefty Louie" and his three COM
,anions. made in the death house on
Sunday. I'm which they accused NaIloh
and Bridge" Weber Of doing the
shooting. The witness identified WALTON
by a picture, he said.
Samuel kalmanson, clerk. OF Bul-
falo. made the affidavit. which was as
follows:
ON the nicht Of Monday, July 10.
1917 in company with youhe man
whom 1 know by the name OF Lon ~,
j visited the premises on We6Seettsn
street in the borough or Mdnhdt'%h'
civ of New York. which is oetWeeh
Broadway and seventh avenue ",liCn
premises We left about hal-pdsI oH
Inc morning of July 10, 1872. c tien
Walked cast on Both street and crossed
IN m, east side of Broadway We
walked up the east SIDE OF bIoauMa.
until ve reached the southeast coIuel
of sd street and Broadway, ana lhcI
ID
.9d street going toward sixth avenue.
Sees the Automobile.
A. We reached the entrance 10 90,
mans Theatre, on 45d street uO",Su
au automobile. OF a light color, the
.ood of which was up, standing on lhe
.oI.tb side OF 43d street at about tue
entrance 10 Conan 5 Iheaue' lny en
-me OF the automobile was Worhhs.
Ae proceeded east about MY Ieel
when l heard shooting, and botn my
uiepd Tony" and ! ran toward Skin
avenue When We got 20 distance ol
a1CU 80 feet west OF SKIN aNehue,
turned around. and as ] ala SO
saw the same light colored automoDiIe
which 1 saw .taudng in front OF the
entrance to COhan's Theatre, the en-
CINE of which was working come
Thcre stood on the running board OF
that automobile a man whom now
know 90 be Harry WALTON the said
when saw the machine cG0nl.ns
along. a pistol in his hand. Harry
WALTON was on tn running ooaru
nearest the curb as he machine
ra~~,d me.
lbout three or four months ago
told my present employer that J was
0r $50 street At the time Herman Ro-
seminal was shot and thaI / saw the
automobile and described 10 nm my
actions on that night, that after the
footing 7 saw the automobile come
toward me and that there stood on
fle running board OF that automobile
larry WALTON with a pistol in his hand.
ThercuDon he advised me that a. d
waiter OF justice ! should inform the
attorney for Becker what 7 know and
what saw ~ tho time Of the shooting.
Matter Of Conscience.
wrote to Mr.. Shay. Beckers coun-
sel on the 18th day of February, 1914
\ few days after writing 10 Mr.. shay
D received a letter from the office of
Wahie G. kriugel who. ] am since in
formed. are the attorneys for the four
men convicted for the shooting Of Ro-
senthal. and who are now iu Sing Sing
awaiting execution under the jude
1neut OF the Court Of Appeals.
~. Wahle and Jacob Rosenberg
r came 10 Buffalo on the 18th Of March.
1914 where ] met them. and | told
Alr. Nahle and Nj Rosenberg all
tina: T have embodied IN this affl-
York so that ! could 20 over the
ground and the ueighborhood which
7 traversed on the night Of July = and
the morning Of July 10, 1912. came 20
New York
make this afHdavit because 7 am
convinced that Harry WALTON did not
tell the truth and because / saw
Harry Nallon with pistol in his hand
on that automobile AZ the time ! have
heretofore stated and 7 make this aft
davit because my conscience comDels
me TO DO So In Justice 10 those who
await The judgment Of death
Mr.. Wahle said that Kalmanson had
heen shown the photographs % BALD
lack" Rose. Bridge" Weber. Sam
Schcpps, Harry WALTON and the four
gunner, and that he picked out Vallon
from this group of pictures as the man
ne had seen on the running board Of
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