New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-14
awvers Plan Sudden,
Sensational Turn in
Fight for Life.
FAMILY CONFIDENT
AFTER PRISON TALK
Counsel Visit Albany, but Keep
Silent on Results-New Help
Is Expected.

sensational turn in the case Of
r.,,Ies Becker is apparently to come
within = few days.
!, addition TO the fact that Becker's
..,o-,evs have become unusually and
GENEROUSLY active-particularly yes
...5,v-tbere is reason for entertain
=. the strongest belief that Becker's
.;,r,tion. though he is condemned to
IA two weeks from to-day. is more
,,,.fpl than at any time since he
,g.s indicted as a SLAYER Of Herman
Rosenthsl.
Of this it is not possible to give de-
tails this morning.
Yesterday Martin T. Manton. Of coun-
G., for Becker. and Joseph A. Shay
whose argument before the Court OF
a,neals won Becker q second trial,
ven, 70 Albany. What their mission
,bsre va. is without explanation. They
,s;d 70 The Tribune's Albany corre-
s,oDdeat that they were at the State
Cspitol on q matter that was not asso-
rated with the affairs Of the man IN
si,r Sing. Il was reported that they
went 10 Albany TO see Chief Judge
Willard Bartlett of the Court OF Ap-
reals. which body ended its sessions
YESTERDAY ,. -.
Albany or the Empire state Express,
which reached the Grand Central Ter
riral st 1910 p. m. Mr.. Nanton was
no. on the train when II arrived at
To-ty-second Street. Judge Bartlett,
vho was aboard TO that point, SAID ne
had not seen the attorneys at any time
Yesterday. The fact that Mr. Mantoh
lives on Long island and did not come
70 the Grand Central Terminal indicates
that he left the train probably at l25th
Street TO evade the reporters waiting
downtown. Mr.. Shay went TO Syracuse.
Mysterious Trip to Albany.
That they did not 90 to Albany to
zee Governor Whitman is made obvlols
hy the fact that the Governor was IN
Auburn during their short stay IN
Wr. Manton's associate. ". Bourko
CockYan. who is leading the legal hght
10 save Becker from the chair, went &c
Sing Sing early yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Becker and John Becker, the con-
deuned mans brother, were at the
prison about the same time. Mr.. Cock
ian and Mrs. Becker were with Becker
in the death house until > p. n, an =,
when they left, by automobile, their
fscia, expressions were indicative Of
confidence that Becker will not be exc
cuted Mr. Cochran would say abso-
lutelv nothing which would reveal what
his plans are. Mrs. Becker also refused
70 state what had passed during The
death house talk.
Il is believed now very recent de-
velopments may make unnecessary the
petitioning Of District and United
States Supreme courts for a writ Of
habeas corpus But none of the at
torneys would say anything about that
Their sole answer 10 questions on th's
and every other feature of the sltud-
ton was, "We cannot discuss the case,
Conference in Death House.
Mr. Cochran arrived at the prison
shortly after o'clock, and was fol-
lowed closely by Mrs Becker, the con-
demned mans brother reaching sing
Sing an hour later.
Becker had two other visitors yes
terday, members Of the State Prison
Commission. who talked with him in his
cell for half an hour When they had
finished DR.. Rudolph +. Diedling, Of
Saugerties. and James T. Murphy Of
0gdensburg. announced that they had
found the former police lieutenant calm
and firm in the belief that he would
not be Int TO death.
Becker says" declared DR. Diedling,
shat If the persons who framed him
could receive immunity and tell the
truth about what they gave at his trials
their stories would surprise even the
public He told us that Pitts testi-
mOny was a whole fabric Of lies, and
that he was never employed by the
man as his press agent. Becker looks
well and appears to have much faith
in the outside world to save him from
the chair"