The evening world. Newspaper, October 11, 1912, Page 4

GUNMEN LAUGH AT IDENTIFIER IN COURT Widow of the Slain Informer and the Gambler Heard Becker Tell Rose That Gambler Must Be ‘‘Croaked’’ been written to Lieut. Becker by Lu-! | (Continued from First Page.) take judicial comnire that this min «& name of Harry Horowits, the Blood. ‘There wan a wrangie, but Justic permitted Mr main int | bee Gott] or Jack Roi | worked ban's brother, ‘The witness identi the letters as in his brother's tand- writing, but denied that he knew any- | thing abovt them Li emplo “Who was the next man? demanded | house Mr. Moss, and Laban point Rosenberg, who langhted in “What is your name?” “Louis Rosenberg, sir, ‘Sometimes known as “Yea, since my arrest ow know this 4 “Whitey Lewis.” A. I cannot identify him positively am not sure about him. ’ } Mos: : i @. D 4 Moss, pointing to DMITS TALKING WITH ROSE AND WEBBER. Q. (By Mr. Metntyre): You met Jack Rose in this butlding yesterday and talked to him? A. Y. Q. And aid m A. Yes, @ Did you talk to Jack Rose about jthis case? A. No, 1 did not talk to Q. Do you know this man? (pointing |Mr. Jack alone to Shapiro, the chauffeur) was the man who war driving the car | the men rode away in. The prisoners were Luban resumed the witness stand. Q. Did you ever know a man named Jack Rose? A. Yes. 1 used to see him around the Lafayette Baths, Q@. Did you ever see the defendant, Becker? A. Yer @. Did you ever wee Sides and Becker together? A. Yes. 1 caw them together in the baths. @ When? A. Two or three weks before the murder of Mer- man Rosenthal. Q. Did you hear any Detwen them. A. Yes. Q. What was said Becker say to Jack Rose “Bf Rosenthal is not croaked 2 will croak (kill) him myself.” Becker winced at the teatimony, the first that has In any way He became pate | him with the murder, and then a flod of color came over his) face, Perspiration stood out in beats ‘on his face, He hurriedly removed his! Then, | DENIES HAVING WRITTEN A replacing bis glasses, he sat bolt up| right, folded his arma and faced the wit: | stolid and indifferent again. Glasses and mopped hi ne THAT WAS ALL MR. MOSS WANT- ED, HE SAID. conversation t | ieut. Becker to ff you will get us out come over and show them up? A, No, The Witness said that he had seen the gunmen in court today when the four were arraigned at the forenoon and! session, He did not recall hearing their names were read. Q. When did you first see all the prisoners to-day, A, When they were brought into rt. Q. Where did you stop last night. A. In the Astor House with four of- ficers, Q. How does it happen you are a| witness here? A. I'd like to know my- relf, 1 talked to neveral people about | ‘this came.’ At Mr. MeIntyre's demand that Lu-| | van named several men to whom he had ked about hearing the statement of ‘ose about “croaking” Rorenthal. Q. Did the State's Attorney in New Jersey (Prosecutor Mott) talk about! this case to you? A. Yes. ten’ and your brother offered to come over h i cker If he could get you off" ‘The question was ruled out. A LETTER TO BECKER. O. Didn't you write Lieut. Becker "They are trying to frame you up, and hati, we will Mr. Moss turned triumphantly and) sir. faced the fury, a amile of perfect satis-! faction on hie face. ‘That ts ness," he said and turned Luban over ents forge Mr. Molntyre then produced letters and a postal card alleged to have 4 had bes Melntyre. 1 want to ask this wit- Mr, McIntyre began by asking Luban if he had not deen brought from jail in Newark to ‘eatify against Becker. Question overruled. The defense also falled to have the witness admit that he was @ prisoner in Newark charged with } do all hy “Will you swear to that," thundered Yes, sir, eald the witness, Q.—Did you and your brothers eause to be sent to me a letter sent you by Bam Paul?" A, No. Mr. Mcintyre falled to get the Sam Paul letter before the jury, Luban de+ nying having seen {t. Luban further denied that he had been promised im-| munity in New Jersey for coming to} New York to testify, but said that Dis-| n “promised to could for me If I could show triet-Attorney Whit ‘framed up’ in New Jersey.” Picks Whitey Lewis In Line of Gunmen as Rosenthal Slayer After one of the State's witne: furnished a sensation at the morning seasion by Calling down in his story of the shooting of Rosenthal, another wa put on the stand who walked cally to the gunmen lined up in court and placed his hand on Whitey Lew!s. @ was Glovann! Stanich, an | Inventor, who sald he had i This wi hooting, He devlared reemed greatly amused, had fired tw rhots, Stanich w. the identity of not recognixe “Letty k Hood, f The witness who collapsed | versed nis former Identith ' Whitey Lewis ax the actual #! Herman Rosenthal wax Thomas Ryan, # chsuffeur, and « \ragedy, A square-jawed oking young man, from the he took the stand he seemed to fering ® pante of fear, and the eution sought to establish that he i been scared after he left the courtroom | last night. ' An immense throng jammed lobbies of the Criminal Court Putld- ing in the hope of forcing their way into the heavily guarded tribunal and t listening to Jack Rose and the wife of the murdered gambler, who were to follow the witnesses of the murder on the stand. ; In order to expedite the trial Justice j Goff will hold court to-morrow GOFF INSISTS ON QUICK WORK) | AT TRIAL. | Justice Goff opened the day's proce ts ings with @ speech to counsel in whi he insisted that every effort be to expedite the taking of testimony “It is my desire,” said the Court, t this case to the Jury at the earilest | ' ‘elntyre, ““L would entered in the record that court was | adjourned last night rage past 6 o'cloc! Thomas Kyan, @ Did you know thal? A. ¥ Cadillac Hotel— “What?” in angrily. our men. of them fired. A to the tender mercies of Mr. | | | not Louls or Gyp the ithe gun ao chauffeur, formerly employed by the Cadillac Motor Com- pany, was the first witness of the day. Herman Hosen- by sight, @. Did you see Rosenthal come out of the Metropole Hotel the day he was killed? A. Yes. He came out of the rrupted Mr, “I mean the Metropole, de stepped out of the } door alone. I was about Afteen feet eway, Those men stepped up to him i Q What did those men do? A, One GAYS HE SAW ONLY ONE MAN SHOOT, @ Fou only saw one of them shoot? A. That was the way it ecomed to me. him shoot and I heard four hot ‘The chauffeur said he had seen four men on the street Just before Rosen- thal camp out. After the shooting the four men ran, but them very closely. Q. Did you see any automodtle in the street? A. Yes, there was one « few t away. Did you see the men who fired the hots get into the car? A. No, «ir. Q. What did you do after the shoot- ing? A, Ran down the streot. Q. Have you seen any of those four men after the shooting? A. No, alr, Q. Have you seen the man who fired c@ that time? A. I saw the four men you had in here yesterday, Q. Did you see the man who fired the shot? A. Mot that 3 can iden- shouted Mr. Moss, “Your » 1am surprised at this wit- Mr. MoIntyre waa on his feet in an | instant. object to thin atatement before the Jury,” he sald, "It ts wrong and the District-Attorney knows It Mr, MeIntyre's objection was suse tained “Did you not tell Detective File yes- terday that one of the men who fire the shot was in court yesterday?” asked Moss, Again Mr. McIntyre objected and Was sustained, Mr. Moss made fre- quent efforts to Ryan to admit that he had identified one of the four arrested gunmen as the actual slayer e| of Rosenthal, but Ryan proved obdur- | ate. Every effort was made by the As. | Mutant District-Attorney to get Ryan to admit he had told 5 tice Gon, ‘The Prosecutor asked for a description | People | of the man the witness had seen shoot Rosenthal, Ryan's memory was blurred | sai he and he admitted that he had been so | badly scared that he had not observed closely. stl suffering from some degree of fright, Mr. Mose asked the witne hom he had come to court y nd what thts person had said to his, | The defense objected vehemently and! | the question was ruled out. MO8S SEND8 OUT FOR THE GUN- ME! “Bring those four gunmen tnto court," ered, During the minutes that} ot Wy, his hands opened and closed spasinodi- cally, He fldgeted tn his chair until the Ryan was the pictui Gespair, His face twitched convulat court officers had to caution him to t sul, A worse scared witness could not THE EV NING WORLD, FRIDAY, OOTOBER at, 1912. eae a nv ene his attorney to give the witness a lu: np Who Will Be a Star Witness for the State eta spook tpg ngerous undertaking. When « man can do a@ th “you generally explain {t theory that {t's nothing f be proud of—he's mere ban also denied that he had ever din “Bridgie’ Webber's « gambling houses, He stavement to re-|knew them both well, though. He had in & Second avenue gambling COLD SUPPERS ead et and talk to Rridgie’’ Webber and Harry Valion? ‘MUSTARD | Maken Cold and Hot Meats Tasty. DELICIOUS on Sandwiches & Sa to ask as to my past. your business.” Q. Were you ever convicted of a crime in this country? A. convicted of a crtme in my life. T came to America I had 20,000 francs, Q. Where did you get none of your business. Q. To whom were you talking before the shooting of Rosenthal? Tt Is none of | (ESTABLISHED 1851) Storage Warehouses MOTOR VANS 290, 22, 284, 236 West 47th ‘Phone 62 Bryant witness finally admitted he had king with a woman. name did you come A. Barlo de Fleore. that your true name Q. Enti to thls country? ot removals In town ‘oe County, at week you it w fact that last week you Q. Why did you take an Itallan name came to America? a name I had assumed in publt> to hide my fdentity, re and testify in behalf of Lieut, | BOSmrreAL. Urniture an ware, was of noble birth, nd’ Work og adfing that his mother was noble, of from Stanich In answer to insinuations | pald to testify District-Attorney, questions bearing on this line were ru! . but to all of them Stanich replied swith a laugh that he didn't need the be found in a ten days’ The four gunmen were court and arraigned at the defense objected, but the objection was Aueht into | tention to It becaure of Its peculiar cons le Did you see at whom the various on the sidewalk, many persons did you see! 4 in their hands? A. I think it was three, “Tring In the prisoners, Frank faced th smiling derisively Sarees WITNESS COUPE TO SAIL FROM ENGLAND FOR BECKER TRIAL. Thomas Coupe, the enthal murder, witness, all of Half a dozen of Moxs's questions by which he sought to compel the witness to Mdentify one of th defiance, came back befo gangsters were for the defense, interposed a strenuous | . Moss asked If Ryan had not told Assistant District-Attorney Grill yester- \day that he could gunmen as the murde town!" ordered Justice Goff, | WITNESS IDENTIFIED “WHITEY” LEWIS AS SHOOTER “Do you recognize these mer eye-witness of the R iw expected to sail for New York to-| morrow on board the Mauretania, in the company of Assistant District-At- | torney Willlam De Ford, It is understood that Mr. De Ford has of Rosenthal, backs of the four n “Didn't you look at these four men over in the Tombs Prison,” yelled Mr. | “and say that you Were afraid to |lay your hand upon any one of them?" The chauffeur wriggled and writhed and finally choked said he wan afraid to identify any of them because he could not be positive. at him and evidently enjoyi " wald the witness, "The first to “Whitey” Lewts,"" | an, on whom Price $1 Other Victrolas $15 Up A full stock of all thelatest It, Eastman Kodaks on Easy Terms qmiled broadly and shook ble he Tam tn doubt," Stantch The others I do Q. Why did you say you were afraid to pick out the man? afraid I might pick 4 were led back, A. Because I was ing Sporting Goods foue, out the wrong 123-126 W. 125th St. Between Lenox and 7th Aves, Open Every Evening ‘atten ieee front. Made Stanich resumed the witness stand, Frank Muller fire two shots, I) |think,"” he testified. ‘The witness sald he was sure only of | he had seen a| but he was unce ped Madras—ex- on Gd 2 for 2c ‘ARROW COLLARS Q. Didn't you tell the Assistant Dis-| triot-Attorney yesterday you men was the man who fired third man shooting, INSISTS THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW, Q. Which is the man? cross-examinatton | dense his *arri al in he was unacquainted with the witness | had Identified th He had never seen “Is there any reason why you should @uddenly interposed cum Neatly Bean oe not tell the truth?” 1) and unperturbed witness Ryan had been nervous and ratiled in the gentle hands | of the Court. witness was living at No. 20 West Ryan wheeled in his chalr and faced “L am telling the truth,” except lettered, eng! aved to orderor monogrammedarticles, PUT THE OTHER But goods in engraved patterns are exchangeable. FIFTEEN CENTS IN THE BANK. Sauce| Per lOc Bottle IT’S WORTH A QUARTER ‘an you swear,” in his wenue, pur one of those four that killed Herman Rosenthal? sly and give asked the Court en fired the shot took his own cool time before sh question put by Mr, McIntyre | Tong. second, | thtough the Interpreter turned back to Justice Goff, nglish Uuce SOURCES OF INCOME. Stanich was asked of hiv income. “I am not going to tell you," “beoause it is nobody's busin “Wil you stat Justice Goff sank back in his chair and Mr, Moss turned away in disgust, Mr. McIntyre was asked If he desired to cross-examine, r convicted of a crime “That 4s all then," sald the : Ryan fairly Jeaped out of the chair and went on hls way at the delighied gunmen but they swung round to grin ath | he hurrtod fro his shoulders Jand spread out his palms, any personal ques- | Fan RAYS. NO FADE |e. Pritchard, Maker, 331 Spring St., ‘Letters of a Slim-Made| Woman to Her Fat Sister | Sixth Letter: On the Slim-Made Man | Who Found a Harml I. SAY 80 YOURSELF, herded out of the courtre 18 UNMOVED BY DRA. MATIC SCENE. The defendant had gat through all this | hout @ change of » features set and je one of he pris-| oners fired the #hot, but Mcintyre's con-| stant objections were sustained by Jua-| Fat Remedy Sou remember bi nd what a fig ‘here was that in the attitude! 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