The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-21
Condemned o1i ce m 8 II Makes Final Appeal To Governor, Giving Detail ed Story of Incidents Leading Up to Murder of Rosenthal.
Says "Big Tim" Sullivan Had Interest in Rosentha1 Place-Freeman Lost $6,- 900 in One Night and Gamblers Had Row on Division, He Says.

J nal appeal to Governor Whit man. Former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker last night made public his story" of the incl dents leading to the murder of. Herman Rosenthal, a gambler, in connection with whose death Becker has been sentenced to die. Becker asked the gover nor to interfere fin the. light Of certain facts that are now dis closed for the first time.' k Becker's own statement is supplemented by statement prepared by W. Bourke Gock-s ran, his chief counsel. The former polieeman's own state .ment. is in his handwriting and covers sixty pages of folscap.
 sBig Tim Sullivan is impli-I cated by Becker, who alleges that he had an interest in the gambling house conducted by RosenthaI, and later raided by Becker's squad, Becker said. in his statement, that he had refused to mention Sullivan's name because of a promise he. had made Big Tim to keep him out of it.''
 Rose As "stooI Pigeon
 s.Bald Jack, Rose, who is now liv-s ing. in Westport, Conn, plays an irn- porta1lt part in Becker's narrative. Rose is cited as ''stoo1 pigeonP who is charged with having furnished Becker with evidence prior. to many gambling house raids This was dur ing the time that Rose was a part -ner in RosenthaFs gambling enter prise, Becker charges.
 Rose. according to Becker's story, furnished information leading No a raid on John Freeman's gambling house at 1o6' West 38th Street. Free man is well known as the Bridgeport boy, and owner of the baseball fran c1ise here for several years.
 t'Freeman,s place was protected by two steel outside doors, says Beck CTS narrative, 'and by another. 1ead- ing into the gambling room. This necessitated quite some destruction of the front of the house to get in. In this effort a sledge broke from it's handle and flew through the front window and broke a mirror and a. piece of statuary in the parlor.
 Thenza story was circulated that my men had wantonly destroyed beautiful painting, and that Freeman intended to have me arrested for will full destruction of his property and on the ground that had exceeded my authority under the warrant. :,
 Becker says he understood Police Inspector McCluskey had an interest in F'reeTnan's place.
 Following other raids, Becker says, Rose and Rosenthal went into part nership. He says he was given to un-s interested in Rosenthals enterprises!
 About the first of March," the statement continues. Rose told me they had opened their house, and had a good nights play; that John Free man lost about s6, Goo, but that Rosen- thai had used half of it to pay off some debts he had contracted while he was closed. Rose said RosenthaIl had then brought in two gambler friends, to whom he ostensibly lost the balance, friends $10o each for their part as dunn mics, and kept the g, 800. Rose seemed very angry over Rosentha1's trick
 Shortly afterwards, Becker says, he received explicit orders to raid Rosen- thaPs place. He continues:
 'tIt was just at this juncture Rose showed his antipathy toward Rosen- thai, owing to the $6, 900 transaction. I having the order to raid Rosentha1. sent for Rose and asked him if he would like to get even with Rosentha1 Rose asked me if I had an order to raid Rosenthal told him had. Rose became very angry and said he now knew that RosenthaI had not only cheated him, but had also lied to him about the alleged protection he had from Big Tim
 Rose said the house still owed him about $500 S4O0, and asked me to wait a, few rays until he got the bal ance of his loan of $1, 800 out. I told