New Britain herald., 1915-07-08
CONVICT MAY WIN
 RESP|TEFOR BECKER
Claims Ex-PohCe Lieutenant Was Framed Up by Rose Clique

hour squeaI by an under-worider, now a prisoner at Sing Sing, may save Charles Becker from the electric chair. The former intimate friend of Jack Rose and companion of Bridsle Webber and Harry Vallon, whose story may yet win a reprieve for the former police lieutenant, is known as Dan the Dude. His real name is Louis Harris.
 Dams revelation of the way Rose, Webber and Vallon put Becker across" for Governor Whitman. who was then District Attorney, comes as confirmation of the accusations made recently against webber bv Harford T. Marshall, who was once his lawyer. It is tho more convincing because Dan had outlined his story to Deputy Warden Johnson at Sing Sing before MT. Mershall's charges were made public.
 Twenty -four Pages.
 When Dan made. up his mind to. tell what he knew of the inside story of Herman Rosenthal's murder he confded first in MT. Johnson, who was so impressed with his apparent sincerity that he thought best to have the story made into formal statement. After three nights of la borious compilation Dams affidavit was ready. It covered twepty-fonr typewriter pages.
 Dan has repeated his story at tho prison to a representative of the New York Tribune His intimate know'- edge of the lives of the men he ac- cuses of being the real conspirators and the fact that he himself has notn- ing to gain by telling what he knows impressed his nearer as 1t had Mir. Johnson with the apparent truth Of his story. He spoke with an earnest ness and force that were convincing.
 Told Whitman of Conversation.
 Shortly after Rosenthal was shot. Dan said, he went to MT. Whitman and told him of a conversation he had overheard between Webber ana Dollar John Langerman on the way back from a Sam Paul association pie. nfc just before the murder, in July, 1912.
 "If you string along with Herman" Dan said he heard Webber threaten ng, we'll take you the same way we're going to take him."
 This was the first clew MT. Whit nan had to the identity of the mon who were responsible for Rosenthars ieath about three days after the pic, 1ic, according to Dan. At that time, 1e explained, MT. Whitman promised lot to bring him into the case at all. That is the reason, he said, that he vas not summoned as a witneso a. either Becker trial.
 Concoctcd at a Midnight Meeting.
 Tho story which finally sent Booker ! 0 the deatf, ho;se at Sing Sing, Dan ;ays was concocted at midnight meeting in Jack Roses cell in the rombs not long after Herman Roscf- hal's murder. A keeper had been ,rfbed to let Webber and Vallon come Town from their cells in another tier This is briefly the account of that meeting as Dan swears Rose has told to him. his only confidcnt, not once, ,ut a dozen times.
 Through bank robbcr friend who vas confined on the same tier in the rombs. Rose had learned that Web ,cr and Vallon were likely to run ut on him" Gossip of the district ttorney's office which drifted back o the Tombs with prisoners who cere taken over for examination con ' irmed Roses suspicious Little by title he became convinced that his wo inmates were about to make clearing themselves nd placing the blame all on him.
 Rose Convinced Them.
 "One night Jack gave one of che crews (keepers) s10 to let Bridg;e
 4~ l.s- . ,ari said It was after midnight. ack he puts it up to them straight fere they goin to run out on him? t first they denied it, but Jack kept t them, and pretty soon they broke own and cried and said they'd bought about it. Jack had con inced them.
 Rose has a way of convincing his