The evening world. Newspaper, October 16, 1912, Page 5

TESTIMONY OF On Beforehand, Defen eyes and firm mouth, who has the State seeks to pile up against her “Tam afriad I am not of of romantic turn of min “and that what I might have to say about the trial of my husband will not be of interest to any one. You see, I have carefully weighed the evidence as it has been given and though I may be sald to have a blas—what wi wouldn't In similar circumstances?—I think my opinion must be, in a great! measure, the cpinion of others who have followed the trial, “The testimony of Rose, Vallon, Web- ber'und Schepps, of course, did not sur- prise me. I had read so much of what they have already said in the newspa- pers that nothing new was deve! by them, so far as I could see, I quite prepared for what they ‘They swore to lies on the stand, “rE think the jury will find the test!- mony of Sam Schepps destroyed what- ever value there might have been in the evidence given by the other three. Schepps was manifestly so eager to protect himself as to be led into @ ridiculous position. “It was, of course, to be expected that, , these four men would corroborate eac cther. They are actuated by the desire for life and liberty—the greatest spur in the world. They have had ample| opportunity to confer together, with the, ald of the keenest counsel, so that their stories will dove-ta!l, one into another. “But, by their admissions on the| stand, their evidence is destroyed in BECKER SAID RAI (Continued from Page Four.) She tossed her head in the air, smiled complacently and shot back her answers without a moment's hesitation. She spoke somewhat brokenly, but slo’ distinctly and emphatically. When Mr. McIntyre asked the girl if she knew “Becker bad a home, she grinned broadly and replied: “I never asked him.” Jury and spectators Jaughed at Mr. MeIntyre's discomfuture and the witness fixed her grin and held it. Here Miss Stoter was excused and Edward E. Coe of No, 218 West Fifty- first street, an actor, was called, Q. Did you ever see Lieut. Becker in Mr. Rose’s home? Aree Either late ril or early in May rg What were you all doing? A, We were at breakfast together. We were at table about an hour. I think I saw} him twice at Mr. Rose's home at break- ft There was no cross-examination, Bernard Rudiger of No. 498 West Thir- ty-sixth street, a waiter at the Jnion Square Hotel, was called. He swore he knew both Becker and Rose. Q, How did you happen to know Beck- er? A. By an expression he used on the firet day IT saw him. The witness saw Becker and Rose to- gether three or four times a week last March and April. They came into the hotel together, generally at five in the afternoon, but sometimes in the morn- ing, They sat in the back dining room at a side table—mostly at a corner ta- ble behind ‘the desk. SAYS HE SAW ROSE PASS; MONEY TO BECKER. Q. Did you s¢e money pass he- tween Becker and Rose? A. Yes. Twice I saw Jack Rose pase money to Becker. @ How much? A. I could not see. | This was the first time any person “Had ever told positively of the passaxe | of money between ker and his graft collector, and the waiter'a testimony straightforwardly given, made a deep impression on Recker. On cross. amination by Mr. MeIn- tyre, Rudiger said he was born in Ger! many. Q. Did you have trouble with TAeut Recker in the Union Square Hotel? ALT did. Q. You did not lke Tleut. Becker? | A. T afd not dislike him; I simply did not like a remark he made. 'SECOND WAITER SAW ROSE AND BECKER TOGETHER, (. Frank Savell, a walter at the Union Square hotel, said he knew both Rose) 4 on and Becker and that ho had wat them togetner mamy times in the; Union Squar . | } How long before the murder of| 1 did you last see them to- A, Just one week before he killed. They were fn the rear! room an hour and a half, said had heen seven times the District-Attorney’s office, but | ed that he had rehearsed his story on cach of those occasions. | Jack Rose, immaculately clad in a! handsome new brown sult, was brought into the courtroom and confronted by | tha witness. ' “Ia that the man you know as Jack we?” demanded Mr. Moss. t is, 1 Sarell your Honor,” said Mr, Moss, “may we ask 4 recess? We have expedited the case as raplily as possible and expect to close this. afternoon At 1.10 recess was (aken until 2. DEFENSE GETS READY TO PRE- j SENT ITS SIDE. With the prospect for an early close of the State's case, the defense's at- tornevs busied themselves during the | luncheon recess preparing to begin | their defense, Chief Counsel MeIntyre | declared he had thirty witnesses to call and that he believed tt quire five days to hear them all 1d re- | At} COLDS CAUSE, ¥ LAXATIVE BOM) Gatine onl’ one WL. for signature of E,W, GROVE, 23: j them, not eve GANGSTERS FRAMED,” MRS. BECKER SAYS, Stories of Schepps, Webber and Others Worth- less as Evidence Because Evidently Agreed dant’s Wife Declares. Mrs. Charles Becker, the slight little woman with the quick, perceptive it day after day in Justice Goff's court and heard the four witnesses, Rose, Webber, Vallon and Schepps, attempting to swear her husband's life away, still believes, as implcity as she did before Lieut. Becker was put on trial, in the happy outcome of his ordeal. To-day, in an interview with the reporters in attendance upon the trial, Mrs, Becker discussed at length her beliefs as to the weight of the testimony husband, the eyes of any fair-minded jury; the: have admitted that they are unmoral and devoid of any good character. 1 admit each of them possesses a low order of cunning, but I deny any of Schepps, is intelligent.” Reverting to a discussion of the lat- ter's testimony on the stand yester- day, Mrs. Becker alluded to the pas- sage wherein he stated he had visited Becker's house as an emissary of the timorous Rose after the murder. “T never saw Sehepps until he took the stand terday,” she said, “He said he was in our flat, talking to my husband; I do not belleve It. The meagre description he gave the jury of the 1! terlor of our flat was what Rose gave him. It ts true Rose made several visits on my husband; he wae an fu- former- stool pigeon-—for Lieut. Beck- er, H was fully competent to tell Schepps what our flat looked like. SHE RIDICULES SAM SCHEPPS'S STORY. Mrs. Becker characterized as absurd | 8e hepps's story about being warned jagainst Hghting a match in the living room of the Becker apartment because a@ shadower across the street might see it. She said that because of the un- certainty of her husband's hours she always has night light burning in the apartment; furthermore, if there were a shadower across the street he surely would have seen Schepps coming in and out of the house, Mrs, Becker thought, WIDOW OF ROSENTHAL SWEARS D CANCELLED DEBT that rate, with another day for argu- ments, it will be Wednesday of next week before the case can go to the Jule I do not know even now whether I will put Lieut. Becker on the stand,” Mr. Mcintyre this afternoon. will decide that point a little later, ‘The first witness called after recess was dames E. Hallen, a lawyer, who 1s ser’ ing @ sentence in Sing Sing for swind- Ing. Hallen was called to testify to a conversation he overheard while Hallen was a prisoner in the Tombs. Q. By Mr. Moss—What 1s your name? A, James E. Hallen. Q. During last August were you tn the Tombs? Q. Did you Yes. Q. Did you see Officer White when he was brought there? A. I did not know . Yes. meet Becker there? A. who the man then. I simply heard his name. . Q. Where was that meeting? A. In the bathreom, Q. Did you hear them talk? A. Yes, air. Q. When? A. I cannot recall the date. If I look at the memoranda 1 made then I can tell. (He was permitted to see the papers.) It on Friday, the day I wgs sentenced to prison HIS VERSION OF BECKER'S TALK WITH WHITE. What was said? A. White 1 “Chief, X am told they ha Zefty Loule and he ts going to give up all he we.” Becker sat down on the side of the bath. Then I he him say to White: “On, —--, suppose they have! That 4s only one more criminal they have got against us. They have no men to testify against us but criminals, After this sensation pa over the public will give me medal.’ Here the prisoner-witness halted. “I iwrote the exact words as I heard them and I should like to read from my notes,” he sald, ‘The Court gave ‘him permission and Hallen read from his ne Becker,” he declared, “said to ‘White: ‘T tell you that after all this that —— thourh I wrote it Mosenberg on my notes at that time.’ | BECKER GLARES AT THE DAM- AGING WITNESS. Fecker sat bolt upright, folded his arms and glared at the witness as he told of the Strong Arm Squad chief's conversation with his trusted Leute ant, Detective White, While Hailen was testifying the Jurors were unabl to hear his faint, hollow volee he Jurors called several times for th ading of the testimony, When M Moss finished with the witness Mr, Meintyre went after him savagely. Q. You've be a crook for @ number of years, haven't you? A, Yes, str, Q. You were convicted fourteen years ago, wern't you? A, Yes. Q. For how long were you sentenced? A. My memory ts That it eight years and two months, : Q. You Were a lawyer at one time of your life? A. Yes, sir. Q. You were recently convicted of forgery? A, No, #ir, of grand larceny in the second 4 08, Q. You pleaded guilty? A, Yes. Q. And you were sentenced for how long? A. Pour years and three months. Q. On the day you were to be sen- tensed did you send word to the Dis- trict-Attorney that !f he would let up on you you would testify against Becker? A. No, air, M'INTYRE EXAMINES MADF. BY WITNESS. Mr, MeIntyre demanded the notes Hal- lon had made of Becker's conversation and scanned them eagerly. Q. Did Becker send you @ marke copy of a paper? Look at this paper. » of yellow paper), Ts that your e? A. L do not think so, 11 you swear tt Js not? (shouting) (Handing him NOTES THE HE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, oe OCTOBER 16, 1912,~ President Taft and His Extra Guards on Fifth Avenue (Specially photographed to-day by an Evenitige World Photographer). Tt 1s surrounded by motorcycle policeman. The police guard extended for half a block before and after the anto. two motorcycle policemen — oan be seen at the extreme right. ‘The advance guard — A.T do not think it ts. ‘The paper was marked for \dentifica- tlon, but not read, and a second docu- ment was handed him, on which he fdentified his signature. This, too, was marked for identification. Q. Where did you get the paper on which you made the notes of the Becker- White conersation? A. In prison in the Tombs. (The paper on which the notes were made and the other paper on which Hallon was not sure of his sig- Nature, seemed identical in size and co or, Q. Did Recker speak to you in the Tombs and ask you ‘what about that article in the newspapers?” A. No. Q. Did he ask whether you made a statement tn the newspapers? A, No, sir. Q. Did you say to Beoker that you overheard nothing and that you gave out no statement? A. I sald part of that; part of It I did not. Q. Did you say to Becker, ‘If any statement such as that appears in the papers as having come from me St is ut- ter rot? A. Positively no such conve sation ever took place between Becker and myself, Q.Did you say to B this {s utter nonsence rot of use to any one. Some one is trying to injure you or me. As for I have trouble enough of my A. TI made no such statement to Becker, Q. Did you write such a communtca- tlon to Becker? A. I did not. Q. Pid you cause such a communica- tion to be sent to Becker? A. No. Mr. Molntyre got out a piece of yel- low paper and passed it up te the witness, “Will you," asked McIntyre, whether or not this paper is tn your handwriting?” Hallen studied the papers for a few minutes, * he sa! not in my handwriting, “Very well!” snorted the lawy shall see." The cross-examiner then got a yellow | pad and presented it to the wi 1 “IT want you,” sald Me Intyre, “to write on that pad as I read from this paper.”” “I will,” assented the witness. The Distric test, but the Court overruled the objec- tion, Then Becke:'s counsel read and the witness, ‘began to write. The lawyer did not read to Hallen the writing he r. “We very solemnly, read to refresh his mem: versation he had overheard Becker and Detective White. WITNESS WRITES AS BECKER LAWYER DICTATES, defendant's Attorney dictated lows: Friday—Chief—tI looked for you in your cell. I heard straight from Whitman's man that Loule had been found and that he told Whitman everything. Oh, hell, and suppose he has. It's only the Say-so of mere croks, Now, see here, Jimmie, we have no one to knock us but professional crimi- nals, No jury on earth will be- lieve them, Sit fast. Just sit fast and deny everything. I tell you, when all this sensation 1s over the public will give me a pension for Killing that damned skunk, Ro- senthal.’ Hallon handed his second copy of the notes to Mr. Melntyre, after it had been marked for identification. | Mo- Intyre at once offered {t in for “use as a standard of comparison’ with other of Hallon's writings, “Did you," he asked, “forge the name between The as fi of John W. Block, of No, 9, Maiden $1547" * sald the Witness, MoIntyre asked the witness about various forgeries, all of which he de- nied “Oh,” ghouted Mr. MeIntyre, “don't | tell me dnything, I know all about} you Hallen stiffened up in his chair, stuck his head out pugnaciously and shot this one at Mr. MeIntyri “Oh, of course you know about me, Mr. McIntyre. You were my personal lawyer, and the questions you are ask- ing me come from what you learned tn the confidential capacity as my attor- ney.” WHITMAN BUSY WITH AN OB. JECTION. Attorney Whitman was Distriot- a his feet In an instant, “May It please the Court,” he shouted, “Mr. Melntyre has gal or moral right to nine this ss, his former client, previous relations,” about their “That {# not so,” retorted Mr ty! "I got out of the case and never paid me ‘That {¥ not so!" retorted the witness, t Is positively | Attorney objected to the] began to} had failed to fdentity, | t but the memoranda from which he had| yon the con-| evidence, | MoIn- “I paid you with a check for $00 and you know it.” WITNESS ADMITS CASHING A BOGUS CHECK. The witness admitted that he had cashed a bogus check for %3 at Brokow {Brothers and that it was for that crime he was now In Sing Sing. Mr. Mcintyre asked that Indictment against Huller fourteen years ago and in 1900 and 1901 be produced by the Clerk of the Court, Justice Goff replied that he did not think it was necessary to de- lay the trial to that extent. Becker's counsel then read off a long list of alleged complaints against the witness, “L ask the District-Attorney,” he said, “to produce those complaints against the witness.” I am sorry,” responded the Pro- secutor, “but I have no such com- plaints, and, therefore, cannot produce them.” McIntyre started an argument, the Court cut him short. “The District-Attorney has answered and that is sufficient,” sald the Judge. Q, Where was White and where was Recker at the time of the conversation but you say you heard? A. Just inside» the bath. Q. Where were you? A. In the other shower bath, right alongside them. Q. Describe this other man? A, T have no idea what he looked like. I only paid attention to Becker—not to the other man, Q. Was the in a loud tone of volce? A. 3 but very distinct. Q. How soon did you make your memorandum? A. Within an hour. | Q. When Delancey Nicol was District Attorney, were you convicted of forgery Jin the second degree? A. I was not. (Mr. McIntyre looked further at the |{ndictment he held tn his hand and for |the first time learned that Hallon had |really been acquitted. He promptly begged Hallon's pardon, which the pris- oner graciously granted. > LAUREL WINNERS. | FIRST RACE—Two-year-ol six furlongs.—Lewin, 109 (3chw | to 5, even and 1 to 2, won; Miss 108 (Teahan), 13 to 5, even and 1 to ond; Early Light, 100 (Butwell), 4 to 1, 8 conversation carried on pt loud, selling eR). 13 5 and 3 to 6, third, Time, 114 1- Carousal, Arcene, Ringling also ran, SECOND RACE—Two-year-olds; furlongs.—Yankee Notions, 108 (« |even, 2 to 6 and out, first; Frederick Ts, 8 (McTaggart), 6 to 1, 8 to 5 out, | second; Tartar, 108 (Butwell, 7 to 1 |9 to 6 and out, third; coupled with | Hester Prynne. | Time—1.12 Leo- |chares, Hester Prynne also ran | THIRD RAC —Three-year-olds and lun; selling; five and a half furlongs.— | Miles O'Connel, 115 (Hopkins), 6 to 5, 1 to 2 and out, won; Orbed Lad, 111 (Small, 9 to 1, 4 to 1 and 2 to 1, second; Spin, 118 (Martin), 15 to 1. 6 to 1 and 5 2, third. Time, 1.08, Auto Matd, M Ami, Exealibar, Manheimer, Kearney, Hand Running, Astrologer, Cheer Up, The Busy Body, Madman also ran, FOURTH RACE-The Canvas Back selling stake; three-year-olds and up; jsix furlongs.—Agyiad |13 to 5, 6 to 5 and 1 to 2, first; Rosseaux, | 112 (Butwell), 12 to 1, 4 to Land 2 to 1, econd; Isadora, 108 (Glass), 7 to t, 3 to 10 (McTaggart, 1 and 6 to %, third. Time—1.13, Ivabel, Star Jasmine, Right Easy, Spohn, Perth- shire, Marjorie A and Hilarious also ran, —_——>_— LAUREL, Ma. 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