New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
NO MERCY PLEA,
SAYS COUNSEL
Defeat of Justice by Trial
Atmosphere Basis
OF Appeal.
WIFE BREAKS DOWN
Doomed Man in Final Effort to
Save Life Nay Turn on
Police System


The "Ntt,e green door leading
.-or, the death house 10 the electric
.,.ir which Charles Becker can see
49,, he coll virtually opened for
O' ...-,.,. Tho Court If An
MN ,.,.,. - oo,,.;o+io,
peas Oi'-''' ~ ,..,..o.. g.
OF the lol'''' P-,'o1 '' ~ '''''' ~,
the murder OF Il'i''''''' i'0s''' '''''''
the gambler.
A year ago last month, as the
s,r was rising ON a glorious spring
5.v Beoker saw the four gunner,
b;s bi-eIirr r,lrderers. pass through
~ r.,. 5..~ 90 tho drorinq Of
U'' 49,, - - - bo,.orl 20
nluH'''''. f-'' 49, -
suffer the peh4-.E Ioi '"e I%'"o
crime. In all prohaoNI.F ne viii ''
going that way wltnln SIX weeks 'lie
time prescribed hy law in which the
death sentence must he executed
a.. e.a1 doc;sio,,
aiter 'he 4'iIa' 0'0''''-''
Apparently nothing now STANDS pc
,rs.- clio once vigorous leader Of the
+..- ....~l-.,. s.,,, so1s6" and
oic IeA1e'' '''"
the c.ectyc chair except Governor
Vbr7,s0 There IS no reason TO be-
-. ~. .to co,.-ro- who as Dis
"s'e '.'"' '' .-.,.l a. 80,
'rict Attorney IIoSt0-.'4 -'V
iemned man, VIII exercise EHecutiVe
,'sre,cv In fact. Martin T. Manton,
~, -, fo- poctar g. his second
ohie' .'U' Ia
irisl, declared last nlgh1 'ha' ne 00'''O
say for Becker that ne would never
-, r.......,., clor,orcv from Govern
sven
or whitman
There IS some suggestion that Beck
49,, l.,.,.,~s ma, s.to,opt 10 carry the
r--:..4 c...os c,,,re-,e
case 20 me O"'''D
Court, but such course is coi.S'Dei e4
,rse,ics''- irrDosslble By those familiar
- r., = sycb action
VII" '"' N"''' ..,,
were taken, II was pointed ou' u "ou'u
no; sct as a stay Of execution. Gov
error Whitman is now the only one
who car grant such stay. An appeal
70 the highest court in the land could
not be taken except that constltu-
tonal question was involved.
Mr Na~ton said last night:
"We WILL 80 20 the United states Su-
pisme Cour. with the Becker case on
te grounds that his constitutional
rights were violated by the adm .sSion
Of improper evidence a. the trIai ana
an =. "s,o Sas,s 'g'' t. ,c.,g fair trial
'' ", ''..--. -'O',1 III - Tor
=. -. ~ -. .,;a1"
~ to,os b~oye5 rr+ii Che felt that
&, y.,. ,,l,.. -,st,o~ rs a. fevv davs nm
~ b., b.sI.rG ,rorl4 ioin her. the
,a,.. o4 .Lo -.s,s.1 ~ +be Cont Of
An,esIs o., g-s-. him "a new trial came
'frs .is 90. 80. i-.,. NJ Reckor
30, .be r,.. .;,-e s.-co tbe arres, of
49, e. -.->..a l...,,o~srt tbe E+,le
ro,,. ,-V ~ 'i ,.r .rr5 ~. Nm eo hrave.
" dr,i,g tts .v.o triaIs COLLAPSED
csr,iD.o,
IL. 49,. .,... ...ct;,c bor class
whom rs.o~,nr +cTSnbored the de-
e;sio, - t.. g.. t,~,,,d "a ,be Office Of
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"a. "a" .+an'o5 e"U 5, zen ~ o'o,-e o,oe
,NiS SIs 'Ay Ia" w, -
w '' ..o. ~ wa an o'Sit Ne
BsrLs,,. 49, f,t.o'vu ,to ,ras .aken n
bsr So. 80, anu 81 Iii Sowever
20 20 ne 5.o.b tonsc to-roorrow TO
see BeeLsr s-5 ,.,cr vii confer with
he lpsbsrd er5 Luce as 20 what the
per, CO. ,,.,, -. 80 ec,bt "a save
hia from 49,, ,1oc,,,c cbair
r., -, -. u.,1
"a" lriaI Nour' hoiuN'
Ihe Court Of Appeals clearly DIS
posed Of the question Of violation
o. ne defendants constitutional rights,
Shieh figured so prominently in the de-
eslon Of the same court when II re-
ve'sed the verdict Of the first jury Tor
the reason. among others, that Becker
i&a not had tair and impartial trial:
willard Bartlett, presiding Judge OF
ue present court. wrote the prevailing
opinion and Judges Hiscock, Chase,
Ool.ln, Cuddeback and Cardoza con-
CURED. Judge Hogan dissented, but
oiq not write an opinion. Judge sam
; se. oeaoury' Who as supreme Cour!
;;-stiee presided al beckerS seconu
bisla u.o nov SII on lhe case j" '"e
inS.a' ''gI. -,,u. .,.hou,h
the fys, ;,%,,. ,.F'J s Ja,L - 9.o;nst go; re
~V.enNdhl was reverse because ne Glu