The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
Repeats Lefty's Denial of
Shooting-Accuses Gyp
and DagO Frank.
TWO OF BECKER'S AIDS
ACCUSE HIM TOMORROW
= Pitt and Marshall Will Go on
stand to Aid Prosecution
Of Old Master.

Lillian Rosenberg told the whole
story yesterday OF the confession her
husband made to her on the night OF
Easter Sunday, the last night Of his life.
Lefty told her that the gunner muir
dered Rosenthal at Roses demand be-
cause they were afraid Of Lieut.. Becker,
and that the shots were fired by Gyp
the Blood and Dago Frank. while he
and Whitley Lewis looked on.
He spared his wife until almost the
last hour. although he had confessed
his guilt and Becker's responsibility to
his father and to two rabbis. So he
only around the corner, that he had
cleared his conscience and that he
wanted her to tell the truth about the
murder whether she was called as a
witness or not.
Mrs. Rosenberg confirmed by her
complete statement yesterday the fact
published by THE Sun alone yesterday
morning that the condemned guninan,
tn. leader Of the four killers. had asked
her To- tell the truth t.1.satthe murder
Ind the reasons for 1t and that she
nad given her promise.
story Was ON Her Lips at Trial.
When in the course Of her testimony
on Friday afternoon in the Becker trial.
testimony that thrilled a city, only five
persons in the world besides herself
anew what She meant when she cried
out. Il promised my husband" and
was not permitted by the court TO finish
the sentence. The five were Lefty
LOuie's father, two rabbis Of prominence
Mrs Inez Milholland Boissevain, her
counsel and the District Attorney.
On Friday the little Of her story that
the rules OF evidence would allow utter
aucc !n court had to do with what She
saw or heard; that Rose came to hel
home in the Southern Boulevard a few
weeks before the murder told the gun
men that Becker wanted Rosentha
killed and would send them to Jail Il
they refused to do the murder, and tha
sAe saw the blood money divided on the
very day of the murder.
That and her instant reply To Mr.
Manton's demand as to why she had tol,
q different story in the trial OF the gun
men. 81 lied TO save my husband "a
lAat time was considered by many 1,
he The strongest evidence that had eve
been produced in the District Attorney
y effort to connect Becker squarely viii
! the actual murderers.
But yesterday, with the necessity 70
secrecy removed, because she had dom
her part as a witness, Mrs. Rosenberg
"Lefty's Lille" "Lcfty's French Doll.
as they used to call her when she wa
honestly trying to persuade her hus
band to break away from Zeligs gam
and go to work. revealed a great dea
more than was limited at in her testi
moHy.
More than any person has ever done
she unveiled the secrets Of the dealt
house At Sing Sing. Obviously withou
intention, but simply and naturally a
she always talks, this girl OF 10 use
her husbands own words to give the Ii
to Dlgo Franks alleged confession, tn
denial Of nago Franks presence at tn
murder and the eXoncration of Becker
Rocker Famed Hope, She Says.
sas went still further, She said tha
NN'' Becker and the gunner were month
together in the death house Becker fr'
qana',y smuEgled hopeful and reassurir
messages to her husband and to the 9th,
y mpIIrrors, writing them that they mu
hot despair, that things would come OF
gN sight She said that Becker slippe
tos" notes between the pages OF bool
tUot hc lent the gunner and that Il
Keepers never detected the trick.
she told II reporter for THE SUN thi
size was fond OF Mrs. Becker and tn
She ala everything she could to keep fro
'es'iiying, because she didn't want MI
Becker 10 suffer as she had done. but tn
Mrs IneZ Milholland Boissevain had az
. Vised ncr to do what her conscience to
her was right, and that the truth VI
BEST In the long run.
Lefty Louie's widow, who Is not mere
one of the prettiest girls that ever can
our Of the East Side. or any other qua
L! Tor that matter, but who has an |
iel"sent mind behind her blue eyes, W
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