The evening world. Newspaper, December 20, 1922, Page 6

New Witness Repvats Pit "Slayer’s Prediction That - Wife Would Never Return. ‘The prosecution neared the close of ‘Phe presentation of its cane against Abraham Becker, on trial for the Murder of his wife in the Bronx ‘County Supreme Court, to-day. Two ‘BAditional witnesses testified that Becker after the disappearance of his Wife confidently predicted that she ould never come back. “They were Rose Blank, a social worker employed by the Jewish Board of Guardians, and Nathan Simonowitz, who conducts a cigar Stand at No, 623 Union Avenue. - . Mr. Simonowitz testified that he met “Becker at 7 o'clock on the morning of April 7. The prosecution contends that Becker killed and buried his wife @nly a few hours before. “Becker appeared to be excited,’ tmiduthe witness. ‘He said ‘I told ydu I'd get rid of my wife. Well, she's gone and won't be back s0 soon. She Went away last night.’ Becker's assertion that his wife . Would never come back was maie to ‘Miss Black on April 6, He had called to enlist her aid in procuring the adop- tion of three of his four children. Other witnesses were Louis Pas- kus, partner of Reuben Norkin, near whose welding shop in Southern Boulevard Becker, it is charged, Killed his wife; Detective John Wat- erhouse of the Bureau of Missing Persons, and Abraham Mierenburg, No, 888 East 156th Street. Their tes- timony was of routine supplemen- tary) nature. The cross ecamination of Harry Monstein, the chief witness for the + prosecution, was finished during the morning session. Hfs direct testi- Mony was unshaken. Monstein admitted that he acted as the tool of the District Attorney and the detectives in trapping Becker into & partial confession while the accused murderer was in the Bronx County Jail. He repeated that he accepted $10 from Becker on April 22d and ‘wrote a telegram and « letter signed “Jennie Becker'’ which he sent from _Philadelphia and which Becker re- ‘eetved und showed to friends to sup- Port his story that his wife had run 48 ‘collar and Mink Wraps Ermine Cape 40 inch Coats 45 inch Coats inch Coats Australian Opossum Coats (J0 in.).. . Natural Raccoon Coats (45 in.) Mole Coats (46 in.)......... Trimmed Mole Coats (46 in.).......... Hudson Seal Coats (Dyed Muskrat), 40 in Trim’d Hudson Seal Coats (Dyed Muskrat), 45 in. Soar, when tn fant che wne Anal and burfed In a Bronx vacant lot. Early tn June, Monstein sald, be met Becker, who was under the tn- fluence of liquor, and they talked Li Mrs. Becker. “Jonnie will never come back,” be said Becker told bim. “I paid two ‘ellows $100 each to do away with her. They beat her on the head ané buried her by an automobile road in the cheese nen = Hooch Hounc Hounds? No, They Deliver Coal to Barkeep Visitors Looked Like Izzy and Moe, but They De- livered, Instead of Taking. Two shabbily dressed men, looking for all the world tke two Prohibition agents disguised as coal handlers walked to the bar of a one-time saloon not far from Times Square last night. The boss looked significantly at the bartender, whose hands at once dropped below the upper surface of the mahogany. The men sidied up to the bar, look- ing keenly about them. “Where's the boss?"' asked one. “Here I am," said the man at the end of the bar. “And what do you want?” One of the men drew documen' from his pocket and, asking, ‘You the party?" handed it to the saloon keeper. The frown of despair gradually gave way to a beaming smile, “Set ‘em up ull around!" cried the |) boss. “There's threo tons of coal outside.” WITHDRAW CHARGE AGAINST SELLICK |’ U. S. Commissioner at Porte Mico In Dismissed by Court. The charge of shoplifting against Jo-|' seph E. Sellick, United States Commis- sioner and Referee at Porto Rico, made in Brooklyn by detectives of a Brooklyn department store, was withdrawn to- day and Sellick was discharged by Magistrate Dale in Adams Street Court, Brooklyn. The store detectives had alleged that they saw Sellick take four neckties from m counter at the store and that these tles were later found J: ‘his possession, although he had not paid for them. Sellick denied the accusation and said some mistake had been made. Louis Kuhn, counsel for Sellick, ar-] | ranged with the store detectives and officials of the store for withdrawal of the charge. Sellick has been visiting No. 389 West 1234 Street, The four ties alleged to AAI TE CAP Bar TROOPS HURRIED TOMERROUGE, LA. TO CURB KU KLUX Gov. Parker Sends Armed Guard for Officials at Kidnapping Hearings. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20.%- Com- pany G, National Guard of Monroe has arrived at Mer Rouge, La., and pitched camp in accordance with the order of Gov. John M. Parker, fol- lowing activities of the Ku Klux Kian. Other guardsmen lave been ordered to Bastrop. They will await further wders. District Attorney David L Garrett at Monroe sald he had been informed by the Sheriff o Morehouse that all was quiet there He said he was with- out official inférnuation of the troops. The troops carried twenty days’ ra- tions. Gov. Park Attorney General Coco, at a ry ference at Baton Rouge decid ‘onduct open * hear- nes at Bastrop in connection with the disorders incident to the kidnapping of five Mer Rouge citizens by hooded men last August, Two of their num derful locomotive coe locomotives of VERY boy knows that the last word in toy railroad perfection is the beautiful Lionel "Twin-Motor” Locomotive: SG: SRNR RNERE 6 net 28 : A ean TT Richard have disappeared. Efforts by authorities to discover the perpe- tes “PHANTOM HANDS” trators have falled, and the open hearing course was determined upon The movement of the troops to strop Court House ts re as signifying the im- mediate acpi Desa of the hearings, CONTROL OF - OF CONGRESS PLANNED BY | BY KU KLUX Statement Imperial WASHINGTON, Dec, 20.—In ao statement issued last night Dr, W. H Evans, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, virtually confirmed re- ports that his real mission tn visiting the capital is to lay the groundwork for ultimate contro! of national legid- lation through Congress. REPORTS AGAINST PASSAIC HAR~ BOR PLAN EXTENSION, WASHINOTON, Dec. 20.—The chief of army engineers reported to the House to-day that improvement of Passaic Harbor, New Jersey, from the Montclair and Greenwo d Lake Railroad Bridge to Garfield Bridge, Passaic, was not deemed advisable at this time to greater extent than authorized in the existing project. scennscctliipncneniions INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIS- SIONERS RE-NOMINATED, WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Prestdent Harding to-day renominated Interstate Commerce Commissioners Charles C. Me-Chord of Kentucky and Joseph B. Maseachusetts, whose terms Eastman of expire shortly et this won- no more than single motor kes. If you nt to please your boy give ey a Lionel Oueit for Christmas (there's a gteat variety of outfits—one to fit every murpe) ‘The seandard o€ the world for over 22 years. Tree on Lionel—told by the bes electrical, separ sportiny stores. Manufacture fe by ment, toy and and guaranteed for li The Lionel Corporatio: 21st St, New York City Service Station, Ath Bnaainer York. Most Radical Reductions—Thursday This Season’s Stock of At About 14 Former Selling Prices " Lustrous Persian Lamb Skins with collar and cuffs of Skunk 400.00 .... 500.00 .... 575.00 Formerly Formerly Formerly border. (GBAN.) cece eee eee -Formerly 350.00. 575.00.. 525.00...... NATURAL MUSKRAT FUR COATS igo CLASS PERSIAN LAMB COATS “oe Full Furred Sport Models, 40 inches long, with deep | Regular 150.00 value | “ 850.00 . Luxurious Fur Coats 225.00 295.00 325.00 | 08.00 ..250.00 365.00 seston 575.00 595.00 CAUSE ARREST OF FOUR AS BUR BURGLARS Bluecoat Sees Sees Them as He Tries Door of Store—Calls Help—Rounds Up Youths. Stepping up to try the door at the Parisian Shop, No. 315 Grand Street, early to-day Policeman Frank Can. non of the Clinton Street Station, saw two phantom hands reach up from behind the counter, remove a box of silk lingerie and disappear into the depths Cannon does not belleve In ghosts and watched while several other boxes were whisked away by nimble fin- THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1922. gers. Then re ran to the nearst box and telephoned his station, frora which were sent 16 uniformed men and de- tectives. While they were on thelr way Can- non picked up Policeman Schillin, and Detectives Hayes and Herbert They held a hasty council of war Cannon went to Alien and Grand and Schilling to Grand and Orchard Streets and through bulldings on these cor. ners reached the roof. They met on the roof of No. 815. but when they tried to open the scuttle they found It secured with a chain, which they broke. Cautiously descending they turned on the lights on each floor until they reached ao furniture store on tho street levei separated from the lingerie shop by 4 partition. The safe in the furniture store was open but apparently had not been forced. Quietly clipping down to the cellar. they found four ycuths at work un der a hole they had sawed in the floor of the lingerie shop, Cannon suddenly turned his pocket Nght on them ana ordered them to put up their hands. | $5 TO EVERY NEW BABY, and Senuing Bred two shots mto tne floor, The youths surrendered withuut Siow of fight. They had packed ‘nty ‘ags between $5,000 and $10,000 wortn of silk Shery, according to the police. On the floor were saws, braces wad ‘ts, Jimmies and gloves. The pris oners were marched up to the roo: by the same route by which the Do- ficemen had descended and over to the Orchard Street side, where they were brought to the street. Other pulice men «nd detectives carried away the ‘oul and burglar outfit the same way Cho prisoners described themselves as Hyman Stromberg, twenty-one, No. 87 Hester Street; Joseph Gold. twenty-one, No. 388 East 7th Street, Samuel Dean, twenty, No. 72 Sherift Street, eat ao Ginden, twenty. Strect. All id said they make a police itted previous arrests. The youths, according to the said they had entered the building through the scuttle and chained It Police. from the inside. They denied having btained anything fron. the furniture store safe the police found open. RAILWAY CO. PROMISES Employees Get Novel Christmas ‘im West Virginia. PARKERSBURG. W Va. Dec. 20.— Five dotlars for every baby born to an employes next year of 1923 was the Christmas gift promise of the Monon- gahela Power and Railway Company, innounced to-day ‘The company operates here, in Pair mont and elsewhere tn West Virgiafa. _NEW EDISON PHONOGRAPH icon, rem any other phowser # you to buy EDISON SHOP The value of a smile It enriches those who receive, without impover- at Christmas! I+ COSTS nothing, but creates much. Ce ishing those who give. PN] It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. ee None are so rich they can get along without it, and none so poor but are richer for its ‘benefits. antidote for trouble. er Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly é oe It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, «and is the countersign of friends. pre) It is rest to the weary, daylight to the dis. our- aged, sunshine to the sad, and Nature’s best good to anybody till it is given away! re) And if in the last-minute rush of Christmas buy- ing, some of our salespeople should be too tired to give you a smile, may we ask you to leave one of yours ? om We wish vou For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give! A Merry Christmas | > SS ESS OPPENHEIM. (@LLINS & ©