The New York herald., 1922-12-04

shop keeper, who is alleged TO have &C
the murder of the latters wife, Mrs. .
body. The Grand Jury Is scheduled
called into session tomorrow At thatC
time the indictment will be sought.
Mr.. Cohn said that no revelation
NorlSin has made has been under
duress or promise, and that he is not
entitled to immunity.
The counter accusations of Becker
and Norl<in against each other stand
unretracted. Both were examined
yesterday without shaking either
story.
Cohn said Norkin has given his story
in such detail that he has even drawn
a map Of the lot on which his welding
shop stands. showing. he insists, where
Becker struck the fatal blow. the line
by which he dragged the body to the
vacant boiler pit. a spot at which Becker
became exhausted and dropped the body.
and the final hiding place of the body.
Becker to Reenact Killing.
Becker will be asked for similar
outline and will be taken to the murder
scene and forced to reenact the tragedy
probably tonight or tomorrow night
Norkin has revealed to the District
Attorney his belief that Mrs. Becker was
drugged before she was struck, as al
legged. by her husband. Upon that in
formation a second autopsy has been
ordered and the examination is being
made at Bellevue Hospital. A report is
expected to-day.
The second autopsy held up for a week
Mrs. Becker's funeral. Friends had ex-
pected to bury her body yesterday in
cemetery on Long Island. but were told
by the District Attorneys office that the
body could not be surrendered for an
other week Plans were then abandoned
until further advice from the District
Attorney.
Mr. Cohn, Detective James McCarton
and others of the staff examined three
more men in connection with the case
yesterday, but 1t was said that only cor
roborative stories were obtained.
Nicholas Carlo of SGT Southern Boule-
ward. The Bronx, bus driver, told Of
seeing Norkin and Becker meet at
lunch wagon at 140th street and South
ern Boulevard on the night Of the mur-
der. April 6. That substantiates what
Norkin already has admitted and what
Harry Perles of Newark, proprietor of
the lunch wagon. has told.
Woman Fearful to the Last,
The fear OF her husband in which
Mrs. Becker seems to have stood, ac-
cording to stories of friends and rela-
tives told to the District Attorney. ap-
pears to have clung to her to the last
moment Mr.. Cohn said Norkin told him
Mrs. Becker's last words indicated that
she was at that moment. while unsus-
pecting. still in fear of something. Nor
kin Is quoted as Saying that while he
and Becker were tinkering with the
motor of Becker's car preparatory to
asking Mrs. Becker to listen to the
motor to distract her attention as she
was being struck down. Mrs Becker
glanced around the welding shop and the
dreary fenced in lot. and exclaimed:
"Oh. my! What terrible place this
isi'
1t was Immediately afterward, accord
ing to Mr.. Cohn's statement of Norkin's
story. that she was asked to lean over
the hood of the car and listen to the
running motor for a knock" Then she
was struck on the back of the head
with an iron bar, and her body. still
into the improvised grave.
Mr.. Cohn said that he regards the case
as complete, and that little additional
information will be sought unless there
is an unexpected development. He con-
fidently expects that the Grand Jury will
indict Norkin. He does not think that
any other persons will be connected
with the crime.
He does not believe. either, the reports
that bodies OF other murdered persons
have been buried In the vacant lot In
which Mrs Becker's body was found.
The District Attorney Is continuing
his investigation into what previous re-
lationship induced Becker and Norkir
TO cooperate, as alleged. in the murder.
Mr.. Cohn suspects that the alleged deal
may not have been the outgrowth OF
recent business relations or friendship.
but that they may have had a hand In
other crimes. He will also sift further
the story Of the disappearance In 1915
of Fannie Bloom. who worked for Nor
kins mother.