South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-28
NE W WITNESSES
FOR BECKER To Be
CALLED IN TRIAL
Atty. J. A. Shay Says TeSti-
mOny Will Prove SCheppS
Held Door and WALTON Was in
Car After Murder.

NEW YORK. FEB 2S-The second
trial Of former Lieut. Charles Becker.
for the murder of Herman Rosenthal.
is likely 10 prove more sensational
than the first
According to ATTY. Joseph A SHAY.
who fought Becker's case in the court
of appeals. the defense has uncovered
between ID and 16 new witnesses
whose testimony VIII utterly discredit
that of Jack Rose. sam StheppS.
Bridge Weber and Harry Nallon. the
four men who the state charged con-
Spired with Becker 90 commit the
crime.
we have enough new evidence 90
shatter the states case beyond re-
pair, said shay Friday we are now
able 10 prove beyond any doubt that
Weber WALTON. Rose and Schepps
lied at the former trial We viii prove
that Schepps held open the door or
the murder car for Nallou 10 jump I'm
after the shooting. which makes him
an accomplice i'm fact
We are able 10 prove further that
much of the story of these four mon
concerning incidents prior TO the muir
der is false. am as confident ~
becker's acquittal as I am OF the COM
ing of another day.
Meet Before SqueaI
After the prosecution has pre-
scented its case. which viii naturally
come first. I viii move for dismissal
of the case on the ground that the
evidence is insufficient and also on the
ground that the alleged meeting at
Harlem at which the murder was
planned took place before the devel-
opment OF the -Rosenthals
Sc ueal. This point received much at
tention in the decision of the court Of
appeals.
IF my motion for dismissal is not
granted l viii proceed TO put my case
and il viii difle~ very materially from
that of the ii trial. In the first
place Becker himself viii take the
stand and tell the whole story OF his
connection with the men who swore
away his life / expect his testimony
under direct and cross examination 20
be one of the strong points of our
case.
Another difference is that our wit
nesses Will DE almost entirely new
ones. The most important OF them 3
Patrick Ryan. employed as waiter
i'm an uptown place Ryan was pass
irg the Metrople when Roscnthal was
shot.
Schepps Held Door.
Gle saw Schepps holding open the
door of the so-called murder car and
saw Harry WALTON run across the walk
stamp Sam Schepps at least as an ac-
ccmplce and when il Is proven that
the other three We're actually present
at the scene OF the crime. they VIII
forfeit their immunity. one or the
conditions upon which Whitman gave
il TO them is that they were not pres
ent.
"Schepps rode away on the running
board OF the murder car and WALTON
was in it, I will not go on record
now as saying that WALTON did the
shooting. but I think the testimony Of
Ryan and other witnesses VIII
prove sensational.
we also have witnesses who VIII
swear that many Of the alleged meet
ings of Becker and the squealers old
not take place. Altogether Our case
seems 10 DE impregnable. Becker
was convicted before by virtue n
popular clamoT against the system.
not by sworn evidence This time We
Will show what "a tissue OF lies the
testimony against him was.
WALTON j. Alarmed.
Harry WALTON. whom Becker saws
witness swears he saw across the
walk and Jump into the car after the
shooting. is much alarmed at the
turn affairs are taking.
"I lost my job Thursday AS a result
of this business" he said. 1T was
the first real job I ever had My wife
is sick. too. and / am in heap of
trouble. but 7 suppose il is one n
those wages of sin cases YOU read
about"