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of coming out and telling everything, ) -9%e dodges and evades here and there and that makes a bad impression. However, I will say that if all his statements are as reliabie in the main ‘as those be makes about ‘Big Tim’ his plea i# entit!=2 to serious con- , sideration, “All the latter day connections be- oy tween Senator Sullivan and Rosen- thal were carried on through age owed Senator Sullivan money. There was nothing strange about that, Thousands of persons in epthis city and all over the country » Owed Senator Sullivan money. He was lending and giving away all the ume. “Rosenthal wanted to see him when he got back from Europe. I told Rosenthal he had better not try to ipee the Senator until after he had >» settled his money matters, I can tell all about things in this respect “that Becker does not make clear. “I don’t know if ‘Big Tim’ went to himostf friend ot Commis- ‘Waldo, The ‘Big Follow’ would front for any friend. hat I know about Memory agrees with some things Becker says and decidedly dis- with others.” 10 ROSE TELL WHITMAN OF CONFERENCE? ‘That the Circle Theatre conference Foy SOE FOF BOR BOTS Equal to any and better than fr 4 grows. 2. In the distin bury blend of ish tobacco. 1. In the quality of the Turkish leaf, which is the richest that 3. In the value 20 Lord Sa! Sauer} in a simple fof et e an doing away an, with elacewebber and ‘an |a with costly boxes, coupons eee cat ini nin Med As Seedaiss Ae Lads $8 Buy a package today *':: 20 for 15c BECKER SAYS GOVERNOR'S FUTURE RESTS IN HIS DEATH; READY 10 DIE, ASKS NO FAVOR &: Striking Statement Written in the Death House by Condemned Man Is Handed to Whitman To-Day. The most striking feature of Charles Becker's appeal to Gov. Whitman is bis declaration that Gov. Whitman's prosent high official position is due to the prominence he gained through his prosecutions in the Rosenthal case and that Gov. Whitman's political future depends upon Becker's execution. This declaration is made over Bocker’s signature, but was written by Bourke Cockran of his counsel, Mr. Cockran quotes from a newspaper editorial favorable to Becker and adds—the statement being made in the first person as coming from Becker: “I beg you to believe that this language is not quoted for any other reason than because it shows with a clearness which I could not command (and with a frankness which, perhaps, might no be seemingly in me) that any which my prosecution was conducted must be the work of a man whose present political eminence is built on my conviction and whose political future must depend on my execution.” Becker makes a strong appeal in declaring that it is not reasonable to suppose he would entrust the carrying out of a murder conspiracy to a man like Jack Rose, his “stool ‘pigeon,” who “would give up his mother.” The statement was placed in the Governor's hands to-day. If {t fails of its mission, counsel for Becker will next appeal to a Justice of the Supreme Court for an order for a new trial on the ground of newly dis- covered evidence. viewed numerous@amblera and othere land it i understood scme of the Potvite raised by Becker have been proved by them. Henry C. Terry, & Plans were changed by publication Monday of an outline, Becker wanted {t held until after his death. Nowhere does Beoker make ad- mission of dereliction of duty of grafting. He explains his fre: quent dealings with crooks wi necessary In his werk. Me de- clares he had been warned monthe before Rosenthal’s death that gamblers were trying te “frame him up” and that Pellee Commie- sioner Walde laughed at hie feare and promieed he and Mayor Gay- nor would stand by him. It was because he would not in- votve the late Mayor and Commission- er Waldo, @ays, that he was “pounded.” “I have not now and have never police officer and had nothing to fear ‘from the gambling investigation. ANTS DCTATEMENT HELD TILL AFTER DEATH. Becker's own story te more com- Plete than it would have been if told om the etand, because much of it would have been ruled out ag irrele- ‘vant, It is a complete apcount of his relations with Jack Rose, Rosen- thal, “Big Tim” Sullivan and others whose names have figured in the case. Whether true or not, it ts a doou- ment of intense interest, The pases Mayor Gaynor,” saye the convicted man, PREFERS DEATH TO FELON'S LIFE IN PRISON, Becker saya that although he pleads for his life he would rather die o felon’s death than live @ felon’s Hfe in prison, He says in his appeal to the Governor: “In these days when we read of men dying by tons of thousands every bewdl Pe {n battle, the disposition that may be made of one poor human life seems scarcely worth the trouble which the Perusal of these very voluminous Dapers must entail. “If I am to die, I am as ready now Aim, to hie written by the latter and signed’ by Becker, The eeoond part, the most interesting, consists of fifty-six pages in Becker's owd handwriting, prepared in the fleath house. The third section ts Mr. Cockran’s appeal to Justive Hughes for @ writ of error, which wae denied & week ago Saturday. Mr. Cockran eaid it had been their intention not to make public the statement for several days, but their to think that I ever will be, I do not desire a delay that can merely serve to prol an agony which is already almost unendurable. Becker's own story begins with a recital of bis anti-gambling crusades ‘and his meeting with Jack Rose in 1911. He had raided a place in Second Avenue. Rose, be said, approached him and later proposed if allowed to reopen the place to assist Becker in getting his men into any gambling house Becker wanted to raid, Com- missioner Waldo turned down the broposition. Rose later offered to help Becker if Becker would help get Rose's men out of the charges them, Becker says he nel; and Rose became his stooipigeon, Com- menting on one raid, Becker said: At the same Ume Waldo directed me to procure evidence against Free. man's gambling house, 106 Weat sith Bt. Bustud’e at 168 W. 44th Bt, Weise cold wai wore One Mayor's rT geet oF was rumo! the lai gin intoraet in Proc wae oF 4 nv inte in Freeman's Matthew Corbet selninates T asked Comm.” Waldo to let me out * doing this work and told him, at atraid of bein, FSF ‘and | sent for me because h ctive Lord Salis- high-grade Turk- lng Roventhal: BY: am not sure, but 1 think I told ‘ome of my intention to attend thi Elke Banquet New Year's Eve, Kt ‘ound It out some way and @ told his old parti r, Hosen- gained packing under the circumstances made no protest. I at once divined the mo-+ tive and tried to avoid Rosenthal the rest of the evening, review by the Executive of the evidence against me or of the maaner in | how It ia known the lawyers have inter- @———_______________., | ree: had anything on Waldo or the iate | be to meet my fate as I have any reason |h | would call me at my office, Later At! me hag Fad Ayal ona then ejreutatel the! Shee- connected "8s America: whom | pion of the world, who is summering it, he—Rosenthal—had ar at the ison Square fi | . henand Waldo righ, that they were [late In the evening, intormeame that [ners When told to-day of Becker's rotect him, and then opened | the District Attorney had said to fim [Plex to Gov, Whitman, which was ng house. b ime J Cy course of the day, while | publiahed in all the morning news- middie, or latter part, of | dl these charges of M- | papers, said: 1913, I attended w ‘Mgnt at| thal, “If you mee Bec you can may | oa t spanery Square Garden on a Satur. | there is no judice whatever against ‘I was in the vicinity of the Metro- oy night. deine me . and ERG, ne heehee ppt I] pole on the night of the murder of np yd wrence Mulligan rd na singular: | Herman Rosenthal and I saw Rose, wanted me to meet him at Luchow’s, ly eMcient . His raid on the {on lath Bt, at 10.20 p.m. 1 went, Lincoln Hotel was a splendid piece Véllon, Webber and @ fourth man, there with Rose and met Mulligan. Mulligan said “Big Tim" ted | day—Sun- | to see ie the next |day—at his office in the Shanley Building, at 43d st. and Broadway, at) 1ia.m, Mulligan said “Big re, joased with the wi foreed “Tim's” law on dengeroes ‘weapons. SAYS BULLIVAN TOLD OF AR- RANGEMENTS WITH berries 1 went to "Tim's" office, quested. I think I met Mr. ‘App baum there, too. After waiting al hour or 90, “Tim” came ia and took me into his private room and thanked | me for the way I had been enforcing the law be carrying of conceaied Sullivan said that he ha hed jue on seeing Caetgren geod : Wart talk with Wal neue niecine Rosenthal te run hie nat erm Sullivan sa terested Rosenthal’ 12,500 losenthal, in eaid Waldo told him that if any other 9 houses were allowed to do Rosenthal was to be allowed the same 1 oneene Waldo's word, he need not worry about me, as I only raided when and where Waldo o7 me to. About a week or two after this meeting with Tim, Rose came and asked me (f I had seen ‘Tim?’ Then Rose told me that Rosenthal told him that Tim had fixed it with Waldo for him te open his gamblin jee, Rose nA that Rose: athal has to become his partner, asked, bim A short time after this, Rose told att the Motropole when he ‘was + eee tne i |of police work, and enabi to gain co “While I sha! these charges they are oorroborated the! of thomselves be sufficient to justify an indictment, ai Becker that this office will da nothing unfair but full justice to him and every one else.” I. waa after this conversation that I offered to take Mr, Terry home. He lived in New Jersey. mid. inatead of which events att publication which force me to address you now, are entirely unfounded. T never aid Val- Jing | lon fired the platol shot that killed Ro- mbting | senthal, or that the killing was unin- tentional, or that it was the result of ep ye cyper se! berets id] id Sullivan t! he di | slayers. ow nothing w: rer—! ae an ¥ never hs ge know anything-—about that | dreadful crime. It 1s, indeed, matter of common re- VA I isavteee’ oh ‘ised, away; ae 0 in waid to le this nd you can It was he said it. Hi jo” I could not have re- turned to New York City until be- tween 4and6 A.M. I would not thi have gone to the station house imm« after the murder, nor wou passed Forty-second St and dropped Sullivan there, both ime strong fea ted to me the ciroumstances immediately Rosenthal'’s murder in the and ti informed) in joe that # eum of money bably by Rose prot that Rosenthal refused the eum offered, but consented to go for er sum. It was for tae odes) sealed have bee: oMce who wore eye-glasses. I talked with | Rose at the moment, but in the ex- citement we all got swallowed up in the crowd. Becker was not near there when I saw them.” ———— WHITMAN RECEIVES BECKER'S STATEMENT; REFUSES TO COMMENT. tell then “yea” ALBANY, July 11.—Charles Becker's final plea to Gov. Whitman to save him from the electric chair for the murder of Herman Rosenthal was handed to William Orr, Gov. Whit- man's privace @ecretary, to-day by tures stoly |Z: Manton, Becker's counsel The Governor said he would make no statement until he had time to examine the document o-day of WABASH ROAD SOLD FOR $18,000,000 UNDER FORECLOSURE ORDER every me they were going to ‘open thelr ‘out, and instead of getting the money Bid in by Robert Goelet for Re- Foon abcat the Gret_of March, int |Caae by the presen” uation Commi Rose promised to continue to do stool |” Of course, If it could be shown that| OFSanization Committee of pigeon work for me, and said there would be less suspicion of him when ‘was not in business. loee told + ee reasen Rosenthal wanted | partner was because Rosen. that hy sure | would not raid him if Rose was hie pa: About the neat of March Rose tol me they had opened their house an had a good night's g that Joho man joat about sh Tt was just at this time Waldo sent for me and said he had heard Rose: thal was open and doing business, Thinkin ‘aldo knew as much about it ae 1 did, from what Tim had told me. I told Waldo I_heard so too, hekged ned sald he wanted Rosen- rise ok thie yee in of reams “ae ene mnt Iked of “rim'e part in Bega roe he, | w: yigde, be had ordered me te close it.| thal. to wait for further orders Seley acting. In @ week or ten daye Waldo asked) m: me what I had done to close Rosen- decided put it up Waldo and told him that I “Big Tim" wan backing Rosenthal. [ did thie to see if Waldo was sincere. When tote Waldo Cay hy he ecald. it, made no difference who backed Re-| eenthal, he must close. Rose had been intrusted with a sum of money (whether $6,000 or $16,000) to be given Rosenthal, it would shed the whole transac- lain the source of the $1,000 which “a admittedly he paid to the gunmen for committing the murder, while the disappearance of the balance, taken in connection with @ flood of lig! tion. It wou! his known hostility to Rosenthal and his fear of him, would amply explain the assassination. INTERVIEW WITH GAYNOR AND WAI He goes into details about his move- ments the night Rosenthal was fed most of which forthe i ast I explained in in pintennean abeves ae 32 LDO. hae already and tells of being summoned layor’s office. ‘or Gaynor asked me why it ne gat to pooped with Rosen- The Mayor said e foun Company’s Creditors, ST. LOUIS, July 21,—The property, franchises and all other rights of the Wabash Railroad, a $220,000,000 cor- poration, were sold under the hammer for $18,000,000 to the Joint Reorgan- ization Committee of the road's cred- itors under foreclosure here to-day to satisfy a $41,000,000 mortgage, of which the Equitable Trust Company of New York is trustee. ‘The road wi knocked down to Robert Goelet, who bid for the Pur- chasing Committee of the Joint Re- organisation Committee, As soon as the Federal District Court, which au- John B. Johnston, partner of Martin | der, BECKER TO WHITMAN: “1AM AS AS INNOCENT OF MURDER AS YOU p> f stan’ whe 'HELD THREE MEN ON U. 8. CHARGES OF $00,000 FRAUD One of the Prisoners Is Jack Levy, Husband of Late Della Fox. the Inty: year: tor Jack Levy, well known In theatri- cal circles & diamond broker, vaudeville agent and husband of the | late Della Fox; Joseph B. Schwartz- berg, a lawy ind Henri P. Alexan- , An optician, were arrested to-day by Post Office Inspectors Barber and | Schaeffer on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Evidence has been obtained, it was asserted this after- | noon by the postal authorities, in-| volving more than a score of other persons in a swindling scheme in which the moving factor is said to | have been Leon Bamberger. Post Office inspectors secured evi- dence against Bamberger, and Asaist- ant United States District Attorney Roosa was presenting the evidence to the Federal Grand Jury several da: ago when there was accidentally un- covered evidence of what appeared to be @ conspiracy. The investigation which led to the arrest of Levy, Schwartzberg and Alexander was im- mediately set on foot. Warrants for others are in the hands of inspectors. Bamberger. the Post Office authori- ties charge, would answer advertise- ments calling for salesmen on a com- mission basis and secure employment Then, according to the inspectors, he would order large quantities of goods sent to certain persons at certain ad- dresses, representing that the pur- chasers were financially responsible. The persons to whom the goods were delivered would sell them, it is charged, and divide the profits with | Bamberger. | Simultaneousty with the filing of the orders, Inspector Barber states, Catharine Riley of Amenia were tne struck by a Harlem Division t: heart, was also in the automobile, but escaped with slight injuries. MeoArthur, telegraph operator in Beacon end later at Copake Junction, was twenty change. |] NOT OVER TWO TOAC A’ tly killed at © nm McArthur's © last night automobit as New York Central Rallron It is reported here that Miss Edna Me~ re of Amenia, McArthur’s sweet- who was formerly sold, Miss Riley w in an opera- the Amenia telephone ex- TIAL BLE’ 10° MAKE. T THESE 38 STORESONLY 34 East 23d St.. Manhattan 2906 Third Ave., Bronx 53 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn Go to the store nearest and there you will find the great est bargains of a lifetime. Bamberger would collect his commis- ston nd when the merchants sought pay for the were unable to locate the swindler'’s alleged con- federates. This scheme, Inspector Barber | has been worked successfully | the ns ae at mf ae me was | thorized the foreclosure, confirms the sale, the road will be turned over to Inst nme TerheThh et the purchaser. Plans for reorganiza- seen him in person tak to, but hed just eeen ore ia the receivership, then will be worked Commiasioner tion, having in view a termination of but office had not spoken to him. I told the| Ut: | Mayor I had beard tre from Rose on| Among the New York financiers in phone. The vurdered me/ addition to Mr. Goelet who attended mayor then io report back to Waldo for duty. it 1 then decided to pay ne more at- | 7 t Col tact Wi the sale were R. H. Neilson, repre- tention to, Gullivan, even the | might rent at the interview. ne? 8! senting Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and Law- grow between upper Then the mayor came out in open| rence Greer a G. W. M ft nether atone, | letter to Waldo telling him to transfer yc ay. Bia TELLS OF ROGE’S SERVICE AS] me no matter what the papers sald. I believe that statement made the papers think I had something on the mayor and villified me in the hope that I would tell it. tell and was damned because I would Jury like Rose, ‘general belief that I something on Waldo and I was STOOL PIGEON. He tella of .' .cr raids made. on evidence obtained by Rosé, and says he did not see or hear from Rose from May 1 to 18, 1912, On the 18th Rose telephoned him, and Becker continu Rose asked iS be could meet me at to hot committ aides it was t he. pounded for that too, I didr't his. | anything, yet I was damned downtown with him, On the rae do Rose told me of Zelig’s arrest and said that Rosenthal had cl story down on the East Rose was roapeng oe for Zalle reat. Owing to this a pled ee was in danger and hea asl oo ae and see the gunmen a square for him. 1 told Rose the proveatice was out of reason and that I thought he had lost his nerve ani wes unduly id Rose I would not have anything to do with the matter as it was Insp. Hugh's case. Rose seemed much worried and disap: Dointed at my refusal. He saw Rose July 8 and obtained some information from him about @ poolroom, and continues: 1 recall told This was the last time meeting Rose in person, Rose me he would do no more stooling as be was going away. But to my sui prise Saturday, July 18tb, roorni! the papers published the first ai a inting at me, Rose called m Arverne, L L, and aid he “was coming into town and) about 2 P. M. be did on me up and| wanted to know what I | ard rd Apple- baum arrived in auto and came to our apartment. Mrs, Becker saw him. Ap. | or plebaum eaid he bad been sent by ‘Big Tim" to bring me down to meet him at 60th et. and Bwdy. I rode down wit Agoiepenie 0nd and when we ar- rivi im got out of hi Tim asked me to go wow on the south side of thi we ae worri to seath about ane al that would invelve Rie it ol Oe sald sce het woela do hit this moss, Tim said he had sent for in relation to Rosenthal pening |" his gambling house, Tim said if I di mention it {t would ruln him. I prom. ised not to do so, no matter whi Hosenthal said, Tim anid that he hi App! im te eee Rosenthal him 000 to leave irr pplebaum had seen Mi ond a iven her a, which it was, that net only in eel | gambling house pet also ins some elec: | immense harm if he dragged him into | #3) Court.” ment against ine, the hogy preme Co! po my oon w to invade i ind scan my injury. All ceedings as th anol ore) tial trial innoce: perhaps eastern) r) PBxeellenc Governor of County, in for murde that my least asnerte: sukied to execution your hands, nwo hun red al ‘deft are, Fo ar Rosenthal Sreinine to cass Oa band from maging any more oharges. ‘Now, | want you to as- 1 had very few words thal, who seemed overanxious to know me, But as I knew of his past troubles with the pol id that he had been a Attorney Je answers | mad YOBs000 Company to Sak Is 6 ae same matigt re me you won't bri @ in this. it you don't I am all ri I made promise not to do so, and I hi that promise until now. i tl for home at about 1.30 A. M. Mi chauffeurs of Ti Apple ba im an Bead this, potaing get ee the fol- und on irt could be Depoeedl Biate, verse and in some respects ee conduct of Pi feed (res Matt ete Siete torn : : an jentomens r agains me, neverthiess at ie rights may be because te vewanls tell something, I dida't ‘in coal bd appeal Mr. Cockran ir, Manton ts of the opinion that 2 he has done all in his power for his client and he asked for @ reprieve in order that other counsel may have ample time for preparation in the ef- fort to take the case to the Vederal CHARGES CONSPIRACY TO CON. vier. if That part of Becker's statement edited by Mr, Cockran saye it was ‘3 intention not to have it pub- shed until after bis death, and goes) QUEENSTOWN, Ireland, July 21.— a some woul erioe Wi ting your lie Mapitll ee pm fr the ies time, Rete y- 4 my execution on @ ground that m: Jit of thie ‘murd cote that T donot ask ‘an It I have actually committed the crime of which I have been Bic uly no criminal ever wo ution who more Spofopably, oeerved the punishment inflected on hi a JACK M’AULIFFE SAW INFORMERS AT SOB! boll OF MURDER: meee De Me, “Ju M—-Jack Meo-" I had nothing to om By cual eens itements to i noe, ae conspiracy, te bring. about my convictions it involves the unpre> asking timer, to review, ondem! the Equitable Trust Company. ders were required to put up $1,700,000 or Wabash bonds to the arsount of $3,500,000. A few minutes before the scheduled gale of tho road the New York Trust Company filed suit in the United States District Court here against the railroad company for $1,575,000 for the rental of cars and equipment. It 1s alleged in the suit that a con- tract exists between the Wabash and the Continental Trust Company of Now York, in which the latter agreed to furnish equipment for years for $3,800,000, The New York Trust Company is successor to the Continental Trust and claims the right to the contract. poll ae LUSITANIA VICTIM FOUND. rt Asho Be- have "s Bedy Washed Teish Coast, The body of Herbert 8. Stone, a Lusl- T have asked my counsel to state|tanta victim, has come ashor: frankly whether in hie judgment the eof Supreme Cours (it the case were % before babeas corpus: would be ‘ikely, to reverse the thers He answered that ich the Su- sus | by auc asked to aside my Sonrionen Lad rom the other belongin, t when, at the open of m; gecond, trial, 1 ag het sagem tl x4 District Attorney, ineten Ballybunton, at the mouth of the River Shannon on the west coast of son of Melviite. he | manager of the A Deli Dr. Fra Noreton, tate of more than 1,000, to bie vai filed tothe urt. The estate is Ste ece hie four child ela WE Filed. id, who died at july 16, left an es- #4 orn, id aay | Whit. ered attention to all orders received. exe- te Mickness. re ‘undefeated lightweight aham- twenty | "/TWO KILLED.IN AUTO SMASH. reton an BREVER YOU GO ON YOUR VACATION, whether the most or hardest-to-reach penton LOFT CANDY is not denied tae te mak op wer with ce wal Parcel Feat Py othe li Tink which will connect Cg it nas ant Sas ajnce his release from the tentiary on Blackwell's Island, and during that period merchants of this and other cities have been duped out of goods worth more than $50,000. Arraigned before Commissioner Owen Daven-os Houghton, Alexander and Sohwartz- berg were held in $2,500 bail and the bond in Le case was fixed at $1,000. Levy said he proposed to pay Eéward J. Murray a custom tailor of No. 143 East Twenty-third Street, the | rice of the goods ordered for him by Baniberger. cincaceipialissstan’ “ABE” LEVY CANDIDATE. Asks Well-Known ‘Tam- many Nomi Lawyer tion as Prosecutor of New Abraham Levy, the lawyer who has figured in many of the biggest trials in the Criminal Courts Building and th rk County, qT part in Supreme Court as counsel for the de fendant, is ambitious to try the ot ide of the profession. He announced to-day his candidacy for the nomination on the Democratic Ucket for the office | riot Attorney, wevy is a resident of the Twenty- | frat “A omy District and has lo | och with Tammany taken an active ian for the last twenty-five and hia friends believe he ls, entitled to | the consideration of the organization He je an east side product and is par- | ularly strong with the people of that ity. evy's candi- Ae 9 has strong in- usiness men Ls rm on the Supreme Cou: Prete isto. get the regular Dem- ocratic nomination for a full term. 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