New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-22

that SPOT, Why? Because they had q
cheap little gambler. Jack Rose, pen iliii
them. What could Rose doF hose, h.,lltI
on what he could get from being stool
pigeon. lie was behind the gunner. ne
would have gone there TO commit muir
der. -
why. gentlemen. 1t IL grotesque that
policeman wouldn't pick out that place;
No. but a desperate. gangster, n hlreu
murderer. knowing that behind nm was
the most powerful element In the fonce
Department. "Beckers got the place
clear" / do not mean 10 use tna' eA
preston as evidence at all. The rae, Una.
Shapiro heard one OF these murderers
say. "He has got the cops fixed, that Is
not evidence that Becker had them hxed
but II was that that satisfied the guhiheh'
Could Jack Rose do that?
If they said that Whitman wants
Becker they didn't tell any lies. That
was true. / want not Becker. the man;
| respect human mature and human
life. But the man that is Responsible
for that awful crime. whose duty IL ~
to protect society. and who strikes IL
down makes an attack upon the people
witnesses in a criminal case.
| do want Becker. Why. / would be
ashamed of myself If didn't; Wouidn !
you be ashamed of me? DO want him
for my own personal exploitation? why,
gentlemen. what difference does IL make
to me? What possible gain In the
world is II to me? a few more months
labor going through records and ex-
aiming witnesses that j hate, toiling
as we had to In long and hard trial.
1t has been hard for you and for us;
And Whitman wants Becker. and COD
knows why.
WHY. isn't II silly, isn't II absurd?
Whitman is not after the little fish. He
wants TO get somebody big. and that Is
against a man. OF course | do. or
course ! want to get the big criminal
You let the little fish go? On the whole
- lnA q a.
sponsible for crime, that inspires it and
compelS II. and not the poor little CHAP
who is responsible under the law. but
who is, much the instrument as the
go not only in New York but every
where. 1t isn't any individuals fault.
but is largely due to conditions. condi-
tons for which no one man is RESPONSE
BILE.
RdicuIes Defence's Evidence.
Mr.. Whitman referred to testimony
which Mr.. Manton had cited as not hav-
ing been given at the first trial, but sup
piled" by the witnesses Rose. WALTON and
Weber at this trial to mako ;heir stories
stronger. The prosecutor read from the
record OF the first trial and showed that
Mr.. Manton had been mistaken in several
instances.
The District Attorney disposed of Reich
("Jack Sullivan'). King of the News
boys" and the star witness for the de-
Manton's description Of him as the
greatest character the country has pro-
duced in recent years" He declared with
emphasis that he Still believed Reich was
guilty OF murder as much as Rose or
Weber or WALTON.
Mr.. Whitman ridicued the defence
about the suggestion OF dctaphone evil
dence. lie bitterly attacked the defence's
witnesses Fischman, Becker, Charles
Reich, brother Of Jack Sullivan" and all
the rest who swore to conversations they
overheard OF Weber and Rose. in which
the latter are alleged to have admitted
they had framed up" Becker. He de-
clared they had framed up the CONVERSE
lions.
Referring TO the claim OF the defence
that Rosenthars death was the result Of
a gamblers war, he said:
A gamblers war. Did they show It?
Did they show anything that indicates a
gamblers war? / confess j am confused
Il
leve that. The crime is that Rosenthal
was killed because he circulated a report
that Rose framed up Zelig. Framed up.
| suppose, means Got the police" Don't
you see? I want to show you how many
absurd things there are about that
charge and how every one reflects upon
Becker.
That Rose got Zelig, that Rose was In
strumental in having job put on Zelig;
that some police officer slipped a pistol
In his pocket and he was taken TO the
station house and charged with carrying
a concealed weapon; and he was held
down here-and the subsequent proceed
ings you are familiar with.
Rose was charged with framing him
up. Ridiculous.
The Harlem Conference"
Mr.. Whitman took up the evidence Of
fered by the defence to contravert the So
called Harlem conference" which has
been one of the most important factors
in this second trial. Several members Of
Becker's former strong arm squad" fur
nished an "alibi'' for Becker on the night,
June q, 1912. on which the conference was
supposed to have taken place between
the defendant, Rose. Weber and WALTON
at the corner of Path ST. and Seventh av.
They testified they were with Becker all
that evening in making a raid on crap
joint in the immediate neighborhood.
Marshal, negro boy. who had been act
ing as stool pigeon. testified for the
people that he saw Becker there with
| Rose that night.
The Court OF Appeals. in its decision