New Britain herald., 1914-05-08
BECKER JURY BOX
 IS NEARLY FILLED
Eleven Of Twelve Chosen 10 D.
 eide Fate Of Accused.
ATTY COCHRAN NOT IN COURl

Warden Clancy and Rev. WiIIian{
 Cashin of Sing Sing Prison sub-
 ponaed by Dcfense-New Phase Ap-
 pears in Case of Former LicutcnantI
 New York. May s.--Five jurors were added to the six already in the box after an hour and a halfs examina ton oftalesmen today at the trial o1 Charles Becker for the murder of Her man Rosenthal. 1t was considered probable that the list would be com pleted before today's adjournment.
 No mention was made during thd early proceedings of the reported move to have w. Bourke Cochran. of counsel for the defense, held in con tempt of court for a remark attribu ted to him. He had been quoted az saying: Tt is not trial: 1t is an as. sassination"
 MT. Cocrran was not in courtX Whether he had permanently with crawn from the case was not an nounced.
 Two Witnesses Summoned
 Process servers for the defense yes terday subpoenaed Warden Clancy and the Rev. William Cashin, the Catholi( chaplain at Sing Sing prison. Thil action gave rise to the supposition tha the eleventh hour confession of "Dagd Frank" Cirof1ci. in which the con demned gunman was credited with t,u kat n. ' nothing to do with the murder oM Cirofici made this statement. it ha been stated. in the presence of th( warden, Father Cashin, and hi mother and sister only few minute before he was led to the electric chair Whether or not tn confession will b( admitted is problematical It was no written nor signed. and to be of valu tc the defense it would have to D, proved by those who heard it., and even in that event it might not be ad rnissible unless held by the court be a dying declaration. District Att tcrney Whitman 1t is known. wi contest the admission of the comics sion.
 Room for Consultations.
 In view of the order of the commis sioner of corrections denying Becke the privilege of consultation wit counsel except in his cell, Distric Attorney Whitman has arranged fo a room in the criminal courts build ing where the accused, his wife an counsel may meet during recesse and after adjournments. The actio on the part of the commissioner o aost. fzlI Aa .tyxt xxf petition complaining of conditions the Tombs, which was characterized as plot to discredit the prison ad ministration. Becker, according the alleged confession of felloy prisoner, was leader of the movement
 Seventh Juror Accepted.
 Because he had not been allowel to receive his wife in the Tombs Becker came into the court room half hour before the forenoon sessip opened to talk to her The pair dreJ away from others in the room an talked in low tones. At 10:30 tn work of selecting the six men to com plete the jury was resumed Tn tenth talesman examined was Pau D. Gamers, a bond salesman. He wa accepted as juror No. z.
 Eighth Juror Selected.
 Robert Baxter, a clerk, was seiect ed as juror Number &.
 Willoughby R. smith, a clerk enl ployed by the New York Centrs railroad, was accepted as juror No. after three more talesmen had bee examined.
 bio L. Holbrook, marine engin ger. was chosen as juror No. 10.
 Philip Loff, a civil engineer, too his seat in the box at juror numbe II.
 Panel Is Exhausted.
 The panel was exhausted shortl before o'clock and adjournment wa taken until 2.30 ana new panel one hundred talesmen was summoned Only one seat in the box was vacau when the recess was taken.
 Asks to Be Excused.
 Mrs. Rosenberg, wife of Left Louie," one of the four gunmen ex ecuted at Sing Sing for the part the played in the murder of Rosentha arrived at the criminal courts build ing shortly before the recess In re sponse. to a subpoena asking her { appear as witness for the stat She went directly to the office of a assistant district attorney, where sh begged to be excused, saving sh wanted to forget the entire affair an it a closed chapter in he life.
 ''The very mention of the case like turning n knife in my heart. said the wife of the dead gunmal "I know nothing that would be any value either to Becker or to tn 
 Taken Under Consideration.
 Her request was taken under consid eration.
 If was announced during reces thaf Dwight w. Custer, juror Numbe