The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-23

that Becker had been found guilty.
baiiirf had shouted tho news across the
: rotunda of the courthouse. But Mrs.
! Becker. sitting behind closed doors did
not know II until John Becker cutcrcd
tho room. lie did not say u word TO
her then. Ito did not have to. Ills
, face showed what had happened His
:. shoulders were bent and shaking. and
his checks were wet. Mrs. Becker col
lapscd. and was still sobbing when her
! husband was led into the room. She
threw her arms around his neck and
buried her face on his shoulder.
WIFE WI3EPS nIIvrENII
AS SHE Realizes NEWS
oh" she cried, Charlie, I'm so
sorry. so sorry. Poor Charlie. didn't
expect it
Sho could say no more. She released
her husband from her embrace and
, dropped into n chair
Becker stood looking down at her as
she wept
Handouts were then locked about
his wrists he was taken from tho room
ana around the corridors to the other
side OF the building. across the Bridge
Of SiGhs ANA into the Tombs. ON his
, way around the corridor, friends cx-
pressed their sorrow.
y am very. very sorry for myself"
lie declared. rrimly. II have nothing
more to say
Immediately after the court was ad-
jour!cd. Mr.. Manton said:
. IT fail to see how the Jury managed
10 convict Becker IN View of conflict
. ing evidence presented 10y witnesses
for the state, ana evidence that our
witnesses gave however, it has he"n
done. Immediately viii Sc; 10 Wort,
TO prepare an appeal Ne Will fight
aud fight hard 10 have Becker cleared
. OF this charge"
District &ttorncy Whitman EXPRESSED
, himself highly gratifed with the YER
dist. 1T speaits for Itself" he said.
"Beckcr Is guilty. u was proved lie
Innst pay the penalty OF his crime"
MIS-. Becker remained in tho ahcrire
/, o'ce long time after her husband
, lad heor returned to THE Tonbs. She
{ Was too overcome with grief. 10 leave
, Immediately. When she went at lart
sho had TO be- assisted from the build
. ing.
Tits, the sixteenth aud last day OF
tho second trial. was devoted 10 the
Judges charge ANA dcl!bc:atiou OF the
lury.
EMPHASIS CENTRED o>
TESTIMONY or I'ITrT
Ia his review OF The evidence, Justice
Seabury directed the jury that 10 ilnd
Tho defendant guilty They mus; decide
Mat tho stories OF Rose. Walton AND
Weber were supported by witnesses
. not involved In the crime. This cen
: tired emphasis on the testimony OF
Charles Pitt, Jr. who was Bec%cr's
prcss agent when tho former police
. lieutenant was master of tho old
strong Arm Squad" Pitt was Il Wit
ness for the defense ut the first trial
but ut the second he took tho stfnd nj
. the call OF the district attorney
ncckcr's attorneys tried to prove
that Putt also was an accomplicc, but
the court left this question to the hurry.
and their verdict showed they decided
lie was not.
This point, it was satd tonight.
might form tho basis upon which
Bcckcrs attorneys promised TO take
tho case once more to higher court
1t was similar question, involving
the status of sam SchcDus a witness
at the first trial. hut not at this which
cnaelcd Becker To gain Il new trial
from the Court OF Appeals after his
first conviction.
Becker's counsel Martin Il. Man,om
cuterei formal objection 10 Justice
Scabury's remarks 10 the jury Il
tire charge, on the ground that il is
an animated argument"
The verdic, caught Becker unpre-
pared. for when the jury first retired
HIS lawyer told him he looked for IN
ncquittai Tho defendant at that time
declared he did not believe ii possible
he could be convicted
- cannot conceive" she said, that any
twelve sensible men can give crcdcncc
20 such cookcd-up stories as those
told hy Rose. Weber, WALTON and
pitt. don't expect conviction. The
worst that can happen is a Disagree
ment Charles is innocent, and he
viii he cXoucrRtcd."
j'IusT TIME ~ niSroHY
or SECOND CONVICTION
The results mark the first time In the
HISTORY of New York County that n
second conviction has been secured IN
n murder case. after the first convic-
zion had been reversed There il but
one parallel To this record achieved by
District Attorney Whitman, ana Dele
lanty, his assistant In the criminal
history OF the state. Ana The Jury to-
daY consumed only forty minutes in
actual discussion as against eight
hours given to debate At the close or
The former trial!
No other jury, either. in tho iuGntary
Of the Oldes; court officials so closely.
guarded in its deliberations as this.
Until Foreman Meredith, in a low hut
clear voice. pronounced the word
guilty" there had been absolutely no
limitation as to tho nature Of the
judgment tho twelve men had PASSED
npon tho former police official who
Tas charged with having inspired the
murder Of the gambler for which The
four gunner paid the death penalty
short while ago.