Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-22

REVIEWS THE CASE
Names Tim Sullivan As One
Of the Principal
Actors.

NEW YORK, July 2O.-An effort
~ to save the life of Charles
Becker, the former New York police
lieutenant who is sentenced to die
July 2S for instigating The murder
of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler
was made tonight when a 5000
word statement prepared by Becker
in the Sing Sing prison death house
and said to contain new facts, was
placed in the hands of Governor
Whitman at Albany.
With the statement was a request
that the governor grant the CON
demned man a respite "in the light
of certain facts now disclosed for
the first timc' The publication Of
this statement here tonight followed
the announcement by Martin r.
Manton of counsel for Becker, that
within the next few days an applica-
tion would be made before supreme
court justice for a new trial for
Becker on the ground of newly dis
covered evidence.
Becker's statement, done in his
own handwriting is chronological
history told i'm plain language of
what he says were his dealings with
ROsenthal and the others mentioned
in the murder case. This communi-
cation was accompanied by a copy
of the argument used by BourkC
Cochran Of Becker's counsel, before
United States Supreme Court Justice
Hughes for writ of error. The lat
ter document Was included i'm the
documents sent to the governor in
order that he might know the
grounds ON which Mr.. Cochran
! sought a writ of error.
Tim Sullivan Named.
The name of the late Timothy d
Sullivan, at the time of the Rosen-
thai affair a state senator, is
Ready for Death.
brought into Becker's statement al
length. Becker claims Sullivan had
/ interVened with the police in an eff
fort to get permission for RosenthaI
| to run his gambling house and
wanted to help Rosenthal
Later, after ROsenthaIs place was
! raided and the latter being angry
began publishing charges against
| Becker, Sullivan, according to the
statement, called the police lieuten-
| ant in and said that Rosenthal must
| be induced to leave town, because if
an inquiry were started it might reach
into election matters, a situation he
wished to avoid. This was not long
| before the assassination Of Rosenthal
Becker says it is common report
that sum Of money was raised, pre-
sumably by Rose, from the gamblers
to get Rosenthal away ROsenthal re-
fused the sum offered, but consented
to go for a larger sum. 1t is said
that it was for this larger sum that
he was waiting at the Hotel Metro
pole when he was shot. Becker adds
that If it could he shown that Rose
| had been entrusted with a sum of
money to be given ROsenthal it would
shed a flood of light on the whole
transaction and would explain the
source Of $1,000 which Rose admit
tedy had paid to the gunner.
The statement is accompanied by a
supplemental document, also framed
by Becker, and really a part of his
story, but revised somewhat by his
attorneys. In this second statement
the condemned man declares at one
point that if he is to die he is as ready
now to meet his fate as he Has any
reason to think he ever will be. He
adds that there Is only one service
that can he rendered him now and
that is aid in finding evidence which
will establish his innocence, and con
tinues:
Although it involves the unprece-
dented (perhaps some would say pre-
posteroUs) proceeding of asking his
eXcellency. Charles S. Whitman, gov
ernor Of the state, to review, reverse
and in some respects condemn the
conduct of Hon. Charles S. Whitman,
district attorney Of New York county,
in prosecuting an indictment for MUIR
der against me, nevertheless that my
constitutional rights may be at least
asserted, ! ask your eXcellency most
respectfully on the record submitted
to Justice Hughes to forbid execution
of capital punishment"
Guilt Not Proved.
81 ask Your Excellency further. in
the light of certain facts. now dis
closed for the first time, to forbid
my execution on the ground that my
guilt of this murder is not established
SO clearly as to justify the taking Of
human life by the public execu.
toner.
Here. sir, let me say that / do
not ask any indulgence at your hands
"If l have actually committed the
crime Of which / have been found