The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-22

murder. Rosenthal was killed because
he was coming to me TO tell the truth"
Then Mr.. Whitman devoted half ar
hour to an explanation Of why the state
was forced to rely upon the Testimony
OF men Of bad character.
One object Il TO Get Truth.
II don't pick witnesses" he said. 81
cannot be In a position OF vouching for
the records or the career OF the men II
is my duty to examine, trying to get the
truth--even from the vilest source. the
truth. A man is not necessarily lying
because he 10 q criminal, n thief or a
gambler or the lowest OF the low. II he
can be made through hope or fear or
through any motive or reason TO tell the
I truth II does not AFFECT the truth at all.
You have no right to discredit the state
ments because they come from tainted
sources. I am going to concede every
some OF the witnesses here. I am going
| to show. tainted as they are, many of
them with motive, no doubt. that you
| cannot expect them TO come here and
admit they are criminals for nothing.
IF held any brief for these men why
| pounded and pounded them--Rose, Web
Der and vsllon-day after day. con-
WINGED that they had the truth and
determined that II was my duty to
get It. Could choose where 20 got
| the truth? Don't you suppose from the
first that we knew that while those men
| probably were not the men who Killed
they are not that kind--thet they mist
know who did TT
at is not our fault that the mlddlemen.
| the three old blackg,iards compelled and
constrained to permit this awful crime.
are not high class gentlemen They are
| not Whtman's men. They are your wit
| nesses and the peoples witnesses. 7 am
| not saying that they are worthy OF belief.
We corroborated their statements"
Mr.. whitman defended the conduct of
| himself and OF his assistants, saying that
| In procuring witnesses and preparing tes-
| t.mony they had acted In an absolutely
ethical manner and that every cent which
| had been spent by the District Attorneys
once is shown In the records OF the Comp.
| tioller's office.
ut Is the old story--'r'sm not guilty.
| but the District Attorney is' That IL
Just what you hear here. II Is what you
always hear. The weaker the defence the
| ha rider they pound the District Attorney.
But Il Is your duty TO trust me am the
] man on whom the country imposes the
4 confidence that ] will use the funds and
| discharge the duties honestly and faith
fully and righteously. and am here to
say TO you that have
Mr. whitman answered Mr.. Manton'.
! between the Testimony OF the first and
! second trials by saying:
There are some discrepancies OF course.
why. II would not be truthful IL there
were not. II you were asked TO tell
what happened six months ago and to
| repeat the conversations verbatim. do you
! think you could? Most OF the variations
presented TO you. or claimed this after
noon, did not occur at all and / viii
show you from reading the testimony.
Bright spot for a Murder.
mir. Manton said, lie was killed In
the brightest spot in New York. No
policeman with the experience OF Becker
would pick out such a spot TO kill "A man
in Now think OF that would n gambler
pick out that spot? Don't you see how
that argument works against the defend
anti I am perfectly willing TO concede
that the defendant did not pick out that
, spot and ! am perfectly willing TO con-
cede that the gamblers did not pick out
that spot and I am perfectly willing to
concede that the gunner did not pick
out that spot.
why? Because they had cheap little
gambler Jack Rose. behind them What
could Rose do, Rose living on what he
could get from being a stooIpigeon? He
was behind the gunner But-desperado
gangster. a hired murderer knowing
thar behind him was the most powerful
3 element in the Police Department
'Becker's got the place Near'--would
have picked out the spot
Mr.. Whitman said that II he had
known that the defence would concede
that the gunner murdered Rosenthal II
would not have been necessary 10 have
called the walter. Krause, at all but that
since krause was called, the Jury must
see that he told the truth when no
identified the gunner IN the former trial
and repeated his testimony IN this trial
II remember Mr.. Mcintyre I remember
him saying. They had something to sell
that Whitman wanted 10 buy That is
absolutely true. They did have something
to sell to the people o: New York.
would have bought for a hundred times
what II cost what they had and what
II was my duty rs District Attorney TO
get well nlrh at any cost
But what did give for tho informa-
ton that has had such result: Do
you think that exult In the death of a
fellow man? Do you think I look with
Joy on the sentence which sends four men
to their doom? What did give
didn't give very much. These three men
entered into this agreement; the names
you are all familiar with the same three
we have all been talking about. had
better read that"
Immunity Promise Read.
Mr.. Whitman then read the stipulations
Of immunity granted to the in'ormers.
stipulations providing that the lnformers
would not be prosecuted II they had fired
no shots and II they told the whole truth.
Now. gentlemen, don't you see." he
continued, that II had called those three
men before the Grand Jury and mare them
testify they would have walked out of the
door free men. They would have had
immunity by the very fact of their testi-