The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-30
WHY BECKER Is
TO BE EXECUTED

Unless there comes from GOV. WHIT
nAn some saving word-Which SCENE
beyond the realm OF prohabiluy-a little
group of Witnesses early Tomorrow NOR
nlng viii see the one-time police lieu
tenant shocked 20 death IN the electric
And. thus. with the sudden devitaiira-
tlvn OF six feet and 200 pounds OF health
arrangement OF the DEAN - g.r,en
hosenthal, gambler. another powerruI
sbseinen OF manhood who was hurried
OUT OF NE on July nc. 1912. with cure
- much s~uddenness. though In a DIFF
ferent manner.
want RosonthaI croaked." said
becker, fearing revelations he yam
pier was 20 make. And at his
hossnthal was slain.
The four actual siayers. who poured
shots Into the victim after he had been
Iured TO the front OF the Motel Metro
pole early that Summer morning. long
< paid with their lives FOR their
For those mercenaries who blitheiy
murdered for money there was no sec
squirming around the law bV lcsai
nkhts. They were convicted. their con
victions were sustained and they were
Ing OF April 10. isi4, saw the end Of
"Gyp the Blood" who was Harry Horo-
Hitz; Lefty Louie who Was Louis
Rosenberg 'Dago Frank. who bore the
name OF Cirohci. and Whitley Lewis
less well known as Jacob Seidenshner.
nov. more than three years after the
~ AAAAA |AA Tvs ANA~
matte carrying out. comes the turn Of
me death director. who had the master
mind. 10 walk from hts cell to the little
chair room and 10 bring about the ulti-
mate climax OF the tragedy.
Two trials had Becker. Twice a Jury
SAID quickly and unh~esitatingly Gull
- me court or appeals refused 10
set aside the second verdict The United
states supreme court declined 10 ex-
anime into the case. Charles :. Whit
man. twice the prosecutor against Beck
tNs now the EnNgTmnH HnHumaH 80
commute his sentence 20 life imprison-
ment refused TO grant him a few years
breaking.
No one who knows his New York. and
especially his Tenderloin. VAS greatly
surprised at a statement made 10 "A
Newspaper reporter on July ~. 1912.
by Herman Itosenthal and printed the
ioll3winE morning-to the effect that
rambling houses were running wide
open In the Forties and that the police
were protecting them.
hossnthal did not keep to generaIi-
tes. lie named a name--and u was that
Lieut.. Charles Becker. the man who FOR
a couple OF years had been al the head
OF the Particular squad Of policemen
upon which deVolved the dutv Of raid
ing gambling houses and prosecutinF
their proprietors. Becker. the strong
Arm ehteftian. n supposedly incorrup-
dioie otticcr. the pet Of Rhinelandcr
waldo. then police commissioner
To give his statement ali the strength
~ might possibly have. RosenthaI svgoro
10 ~ And why did he do all thiss Not
or because he wanted to see the law up-
held. oh, no. But he had been double
crossed becker. according 20 this
sworn statement. was not only the pro-
tector OF Bo~senthal's gambling house i'm
forty-hfth street. but he was actually
a partner In ~.
sation. Becker. through n lawyer. John
W hart. issued a rather dignihed de-
MAJ lie vowed that proper legal action
would De against the gambler for
Ills slsnderous accusations. AZ the prop
es time ne said the public would be
honest and efficient police ofncer per.
forms his duties In this city"
An arrangement vas made for Her
office OF the district attorney at 10
O clock on the morning Of Tuesday. July
10. and tell MN. Whitman every thing
grand jury. The -newspapsrs and Inc
public looked forward with great inter
Staying Of the Gambler.
The Hotel Metropolis was home
sweet home" for the gamblers.
II was just the place where one
might have expected 60 % Herman
kosenthsl early in the morning N Juiy
~. later iu which day he was 90 visit
low might have kept away. fearing a,
the very least. the sueers that foIlov 4
squealer Ana Rosenthal had been warn.
him not t. leave his house that n1ebt
other gamblers met with on hts way o.
The hotel advised him that he'd be- bet.
Ter on ~ he didn't show himself toe
much In public under the circumstance
But. whether from bravado or berauas
Of genuine fcarlessucss. Rosenthal went
the restaurant about I o'clock. "HridFIc
W ehber who ran a poker house az For.
y,econd street ana sixth avenue above
= ,iEar store. said Hello f1 him us nt
entered Then Weber departed.
kosenthal talked with several PERSONS
] There was only enc tonic ~ DuuVrrrH.
ton. 81 course-his troubiea De Wa Z.
ruled with his grievance against Heckai
that he spoke ~ nothing else. Ho aeem
~ r ~ a"tlllhE eagerly hif oppurtuui
while partner by showing him up fot
The Erafter and douhle-crprser that D.,
The gambler had some food and som.
drinks Along about r. quHrfrr before
] o'clock. the ueWahONa outside began call
y spbSseSi w 7s is gsp'- "a Eosgntna
bought I set ~ them. o. goo what fHrt
bad 90 cay about him and hIs forthcom
lls metilF WIN whitman Al the na
front n fhr stories about the rr1
rperfife r~efeiffioue Of police craft lna
r2' ser proud of this g1'
amount ~ publicity BE- wac getting
Just about q M Hoaeuthai threw
dollar hin ON the table Co. pay Tor 81
cents worth ~ drinks. rHfhrrcd Up hII
papers started f1r Tho door tom.
Ha} De wac summoned thrrr-fhnf
stranger approached him and aaIf Her
man. some one wants fn COO sou outside
lf such "a mnrenEn really was given. fhl
LcraUu who delivered If never haH beer
Found. Iuf az all rErnfa tho gambler
etfrrcd from the doorway Of The Mr
] trurulU alone.
There vas RI uttie group 81 four msr
7 standing cl0rc hY tho doorway in fh.
glnrc nf several powerful electric lamp.
which made The spot na Unnf az Hav
This group half rlunrd shout Che sam
nl0r InIr shots crashed ont. aIm1a.
lkr au ordered rolier
NoefufhnI fuuuIrd forward o. fha side.
WaIF with nlH farn downward Urf b..
fore hia body bad struck fhr unrrIns
one ~ The mnu-H IHff. handel MAN u
vas remembered afferward- Tired araIr
directly DC Die head The hIfv half
Huun around and ZEN or ifa side
Across tnn street was o. low mav
automobile Toward fhia ron enc f1ur
mon who hrd been standing farafHrr
90 motor was running Ifa driver had
foot on clutch pedal and hand on ahift