The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-20
BECKER NEAR CHAIR;
BRINGS IN BIG TIM
Statement VOuchcd For by
Father Curry and Others
as Authentic.
TELLS OF A CONFERENCE
Sullivan Gave Rose $6, 900 to
Get Roscnthal Away. Says
Ex-Licutcnant.


EX-Licutcnant.
An outline and extracts from Charles
Rcsenthal became public yesterday.
The most striking thing in the story
as given out is the charge that Big Tiin
sullivan. at the time Tammany leader
and Congressman. tried to prevent
Rosenthal from making threatened graft
revelations to District Attorney Whit
man. into which the name OF Big Tim
would have been brought.
To prevent Rosenthal from making
his 'squeal' Big Tim gave to Jack
Rose $4,000. according TO Becker's
statement Rose was to use this money
in inducing Rosentha! to leave the coun-
try until the turmoil stirred By tho
Fast Side gamblers preliminary state
ment to Mr.. Whitman had settled.
Then Rose. excited by cupidity. de-
cided to use the money In way differ-
ent from that which Big Tim had d.
rected. Becker says. Rose arranged
with the four gunmen to kidnap Rosen-
thai, expecting to frlghten him out Of
making his graft and gambling revela-
t!ons, or else keep him prisoner in
some secluded spot In the country. Ros".
says Becker. paid the four gunmen
$1,000 and stuck the $1,000 balance o:
Big Tins contribution into his own
pocket.
says WALTON Fired First.
Rosenthal's murder was not planned,
according to Becker. and Roses inten-
tion was to blackjack him and carry
him Off in an automobile. But Vallon
got drunk that night and when Rosen-
thai stepped out Of the Hotel Metropole
Vallon fired. and the gunmen followed
suit. Becker says.
Becker's whole story hinges upon al
alleged meeting between him. Big Tim
sullivan. Harry VI. Applebaum. for
years Big Tins secretary. Jack Rose
and man whose identity is not dis
closed. The meeting IL alleged to have
taken place In the Columbia Theatre
Building. Seventh avenue and Forty.
seventh street. late In the evening u
sunday. July IL. RoSenthal was killed
at l.57 A. ~. Tuesday. July lG.
Big Tim sullivan Is dead. Jack Rose
Is alive and denies the truth OF the story.
Harry NJ. Applsbaum has this to say
about Becker's statement:
81 DO not believe that Charles Becker
made or authorized that statement. for
IL Is not the truth. II contains tissue
of lies. Timothy ID. sullivan never gave
Jack Rose $4,000 or any other sum for
any PURPOSE whatsoever.
IL do not believe that Big Tim ever
/ spoke two words to Jack Rose. MIR. Sui
/ iivan did not bribe. attempt to offer a
bribe or propose to biibe Herman Rosen-
! thai.
: at is not necessary to add that Mr.
/ Sullivan was not directly or indirectly
! interested in Rosenthars gambling house
/ or any other gambling house in his life.
/ Anything he did for Herman Rosenthal
/ he would do over again for any one else
were he alive to-day.
Il am not ashamed Of anything that /
: did in connection with this matter. and
II Charles Becker feels that anything
occurred In which Big Tim and ! were
concerned that would help him In any way
to prove his innocence he should state IT
over his own signature, and l Will gladly
corroborate him when my recollection
concurs with his statements
OF Doubtful Legal Value.
Even II Applebaum were to agree with
| Becker the value OF his corroboraton
would be doubtful from legal stand
point, as II could not be considered In
the light of new evidence. II the story
Is true Becker knew at the time OF his
trials all about the matters which he
now narrates. New evidence upon which
new trial may be sought must be
newly discovered evidence.
The parts of Beckers statement when
became public yesterday were not given
out by W. Bourke Cochran. Martin Il,
Manton or John +. Mcintyre. who are
Becker's present attorneys These three
had no news. they said. and refused TO
discuss the statement At all, to say
whether Becker made II or not or 10
comment on 1t in any way
Joseph A. Shay, the lawyer who
handled Becker's case before the Court
of Appeals after the frst trial. made
parts Of the statement public At the
same time Father Curry. Becker's
spiritual adviser. said that Becker had
given him as his tory OF Rosenthars
murder an account conforming closely
to the statement. and Deputy Warden
johnson of Sing Sing. whom Becker con
suited before the statement was written
and who read the statement Becker pre-
pared, said when extracts were read tt
him over the telephone that the extracts
were similar to the Becker statement hs
had read.
SO even II the language OF the state
ment is not exactly the language Becker
employed the story told is Becker!
story, according to these three men,
b. cker's lawyers refused to say wha
they intend to do. hut II Was Learned
that some proceeding in Becker's behal
will develop either to-day or tomorrow
II could not be learned what this pro
ceeding is, but 1t Is believed to be some
thing not yet limited at
statement Rs Ia t:RmbIinR.
Long before the Rosenthal murder
Becker says, Big Tim sent for him ant
told him that Rosenthal owed him, BiI
Tim. some money. To get II big Tin
purposed to lend Rosenthal money I,
start "a gambling house uptown. Tn
statement goes on
'I told him he couldn't do 1t, but be
cause OF Big Tins threats ! finally hat
to let Rosenthal open his house, 1t Wa
: running along fne when Bridgie Webbe
: got Jealous and wrote II letter to Com
missioner Waldo under the nan,s o
Harry williams. telling him all abou
the house.
= waldo called me in and told me t
!, Investigate the facts of the letter,
went to Big Tim right away and In
to,n,ad hin, of the order,