New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-14
'RECKER CONTROLLED MY
CONSCIENCE" SAYS ROSE

posed to have occurred In April 1877 A.
That Is the record. u..,or, AIN
o.-Is that your recollecuon'
the N sPT"E YOU GU sworn it was in April
1912. yesterday before this jury a ,oorn.
| O-Dont you rememoer it t'iiS NV"
ing? Al do. very diat i, ,,,o that when !
asked you? A.-Why, don't know. al. ali
trying TO tell the truth and II you wiz
give me a chance -
Motion to strike out denied.
o-D,dn't YOU steal diamond ring ana
q watch In a. stuss gameY A.-No'
Rose Asked About Becker.
Odd you play in a stuss game Win
Mike pike in Chicago? A.-No. h.r
Odd you know Ghice ago. sd rs live in
New York? A.-Neyer heard Oh Dun"
pe o~When did you say you lived in Con-
necticut? A.-When l was se'e"'e'"
o.-How long did you I've IN Gohnect nr
cut? A.-On and off about Twelve VI
o'DWhen did you come back to live IN
New York? A.-About seven VI
'e o.1pid you live in New York continu-
ously since? A.-On and on
o.OHave You done anything else but
! gamble? Ayes.
eS oiWWhat did you do' Al was in the
'" omsince the last trial? A.-oh. no.
S-Before the last trial? Ayes
0-And YOU were in the prizeflghting
business weren't you? A.-Managins Oh
DIDO YOU think that has higher
| tone than prizeflghting? Alt was III
the interest Of boxing. / wanted 10 get
It right. ,...,o.,o,, Al can
explain the difference. ,,ho,o
O. when did you first meet Rosenthai'
A.-Twenty odd years ago.
Q.-Where did you iirst m Wv h''h'
| O.-Did YOU see him frequently irom
that time up to the time Of his deathF
! Ayes. .,,
o.-And were you engaged In business iness
with him at any time? A.-Two or three
o'~when was the first time you were
engaged In business with Rosenthal! A.
About twenty years ago. IN East
O. Where was that? a. - On East
o,WWhat was that. card game, gam
bling? "A card game
Rose said he later went into partnership
With Rosenthal in the Hesper Club,
gambling organization on the East Side.
THAT was two years before Rosenthal
onened his gambling house In West Soth
st in which Becker owned an Interest,
the witness said. Rose denied that he mad
acted as ''steerer" for other gahiole's
after the Hesper Club broke up
Mr.. Manton spent some time In bringing
out contradictions in Roses testimony IN
relation to stories Of the underworld
wb,cb he wrote for some Of the news
naners after the first Becker trial Rose
admitted that he "lied' In some OF these
stories in describing his relation WIN
gunner and notorious East Side charac-
ters Rose said he seldom looked over
these articles before they were sent out
N the morals of the community as MI.
Manton suggested, although he signed
them. Parts OF them were rewritten III
the newspaper Offices, he said
Admits He "Lied"
Counsel for the defence brought OUT
three specific occasions when Rose admit
ted that he "lied"-the first at Ponce
HEADQUARTERS, when he talked with Dep
my Commissioner Dougherty after ne
! (Rose, had given himself up; secondly
| u,hen he made an affidavit at the home OF
Harry Pollock, where he was hiding after
,ha nurder. swearing that he furnished
! the 81. 800 for the opening OF Rosenthai
gambling house. instead or Becker ,f'ose
oxnlained that h. made the AFFIDAVIT AT
Racker's reouesu: thirdly, in the stories
NJ his life that he had written Tor the
naners since he had been released from
/ prison and INDUCED in lecturing ana re-
I CtfUpaCfR0
/ AT this point Mr.. Manton took up inc
qualifications in Roses testimony thiS
time as compared with his story at the
first trial. He pointed out several as
crenanc,es but Rose was quick to explain
them away. and get 1t over 10 tne jury
| before counsel could stop him. Justice
seabury cautioned Rose 10 CONNIE MN
self strictly TO answering the quesuohs'
Now and then a tilt would occur between
Mr. Menton and the District Attorney
when the latter objected TO the lawyer
tactics in handling the witness.
Frequently when asked If that was 'he
best answer he could give 10 INC queS-
| tion," Rose would reply;
IF you will permit me to make more
/ detailed one. ] will do So.
Az one point Rose replied to question
that he met Harry WALTON ION 1ith ST
and talked with him about the murder
but Mr.. Manton could not pin Rose down
to the time or exact place.
O-Do YOU remember where you found
/ him on nth st? A.-Not TO say go posi-
| lively o, found
/ him in a barnyard or IN house, or on
the street. . ht,, g.,
one of those three places before that.
O.-Can't you specify 10 this Jury IN
which OF the three places you met MN
Al can help You In that part OF IL
was not in a barnyard | met him.
Odd you meet him anywhere else?
Al met him on 18th ST
O.-Do you know where in 1ith ST. A
Either a restaurant or the place that ne
conducted, or standing out on the street
O.-And you don't know which? A
No.
Mr. Manton questioned Rose closely IN
regard to the circumstances OF the So
called Harlem conference" which Is
TO be a crucial factor on both sides on ac-
count Of the reference to II In the de-
cision Of the Court OF Appeals granting
Becker a new trial. The cross-examina-
ton on this point follows:
The Harlem Conferences
Q.-Do you say that after that CONVEX
sation you went up TO Harlem, E4th ST. I!
A-Not direct there.
Q.-You said yesterday that you stopped
at l23d st. and Seventh av.? A.-The au-
G-Apd yot, pot out thera3 A-Yes