The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-02
Governor Indicates at Same
Time That lie Will Not Ex-
tend Clemency.
MANTON TO QUIT CASE
Doomed Mans Wife Says Jack
Rose Lied About Inter-
view With Her.

The Governor not only declined to
commute Becker's sentence TO imprison-
ment for life. but also refused a request
to appoint a commission TO examine the
condemned man and witnesses who tes-
tilted against him at his last trial. He
told Martin T. Manton, VINO spent an
hour In the executive offices at Albany
yesterday afternoon. that he would hear
anything Becker had to say or that
any OF the witnesses desired to say TO
him personally or by filing affidavits
with him. but II Is understood he did
not hold out the slightest hope that he
will grant clemency.
Mr. Manton told the Governor that
he was to retire as Becker's counsel
and that his successor. whose name has
not been revealed, will endeavor TO In
duce the United States Supreme Court
to entertain an appeal from the state
Court OF Appeals judgment sustaining
the conviction. The granting OF the
two weeks respite by the Governor. II
IL believed, was done more with a view
to marking the end of Mr.. Manton's
connection with the case than anything
else.
MantOn DOwncast.
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last evening ne seeiued TO pe down.
cast and persons who talked with him
got ehe impression that he expects little
from the brief delay granted by the
Governor.
Convinced OF Becker's innocence. l
have done all I could do to perxuads
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| require some sort OF rehearing or the
case said Mr.. Manton. Becker was
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| Mr.. Manton would not admit that
| Becker had offered to tell Gov Whitman
| who the men higher up were In the graft
| dealings In which Becker was connected.
II was reported from Albany that Becker
had offered TO tell the Governor the
| names OF half dozen men who had
benefited from blackmail levied on gam
bling houses and other resorts. but the
Becker lawyers have maintained all
| along that Becker had nothing TO tell 80
far az they knew
1t was learned from Mr.. Manton that
Mrs. Becker will not go TO Albany to
make a personal appeal to Gov. Whit
man. The Governor. II is known. desires
that she be spared the pain OF making a
| futile appeal.
| Lawyers familiar with the procedure
necessary to transfer an appeal from
the States Jurisdiction to the Supreme
Court OF the United States said a consti-
| tutional question would have to he raised
In case OF a Becker appeal and that II
would have to he passed on either by the
United states District Court or by JUS
| tice Charles +. Hughes, in charge Of this
Federal district, before II could he certi
fled TO the supreme Court An applica-
tion for appeal would not act as stay
| OF sentence
wicLersham's Views.
Georee " wickerS,em formsr,, A..
torney-(ieperal OF the United states nou.
ON, OF tho Leaders, in tho Consti,u,,onal
| C.onvention exnressed tho view ac.
Albany. that Judging from tho Sunrama
Courts action In the Frank case. II Is
unlikely that Becker's counsel will be
able to obtain from any Judge Of that
| tribunal an order staying Becker's exc
| cutlon so "a 10 permit an appeal In
that court. which does not meet until
autumn.
Becker himself apparently does not
share the dependency OF his attorney
When Deputy Warden Charles Johnson
went to the death house at Sing Sing
prison and told him Gov Whitman had
| granted n repr!eye the condemned man
exclaimed:
Gee. that's good news. So far SO
good. II strengthens nv hopes,"
BECKER spread the news to Hans
So midi. Carol Dranowitz and others.
who are I'm the shadow of death. and
,hev wers quick to congratulate him.
w!tz, convicted OF a barre, murder on