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SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 13. 1913. ROSE SAYS BECKER THREE PERSONS WHO jpGUEED YESTERDAY IN" POLICE LTETTTEN- AAX 9 TK.IA1. OH JU.U.hVDxUi ViUUSAiii. Men Who Select Their Fall Clothes First . l . ' " - - ERED-M I ' QRD LIRDER Are generally the men who are first in all they attempt and they are the men who select Schloss Clothes. They are men who appreciate quality, the feel of fine fabrics who realize the import ance of individually hand-cut, hand-tailored garments, such as we are showing at $20, $25 and on Up to $40 Gambler Testifies He Hired Gunmen, Afterward Pay ing Them $1000. DEFENDANT IS STOICAL Ma a Who Has Turned State's Evi dence Says Crime Was Delib erately Planned at Police Official's Request. - I. (Continued From First Pag-e.) .- reded for them with the District At- 1. torney. Rose said he had no motive of his own for killing' Rosenthal, but I had acted solely at Becker's direction. Time and again Mclntyre quoted el leged conversations between Rose and men of the underworld, apparently In an attempt to prove that Rose himself desired the gambler's death. "No such conversation ever occurred.1 ' was his reply to these questions. "But you were Becker's' graft eol- -. lector, so you say. "I wis." Rose had testified that Becker had entered into a gambling: partnership with Rosenthal. Rose took charge of the police lieutenant's Interest In the I enterprise. Becker and Rosenthal fell out, and Becker made threats that he S j would raid the place, finally doing so. ! ; "lter," Rose testified. "Rosenthal ; , complained to Becker that policemen ! ' were still stationed in front of his J place, and aaid he was sore because his wife's nephew was taken In the raid." Rose said his nest meeting with Becker was at his own house. "He told me," Rose said, "that Rosen thal had been calling him up every day . asking a meeting to find out what be . was going to do about the indictments against the men arrested in Rosen trial's place. Be put Rosenthal off. '. Soon afterward, Becker said, Rosenthal j . had begun to talk around street cor i 1 ners that he was in partnership with : Becker and was going to show him up. Becker a few days later told me of ! having seen Commissioner Waldo, and that the Commissioner had heard of . Rosenthal's charges and had not be' ! lieved them. " "Becker said to me: That fellow Rosenthal is getting dangerous. I said Nobody will believe Rosenthal.' " 'Well.' be answered, 'so long as Commissioner Waldo doesn't believe him, I guess there's nothing to worry about' " "Beating Vp" Not Enough. . "Did you and Becker discuss news paper interviews that Rosenthal had given! tne witness was asaea. .The only thing to do now is to lay low a eai rjctnci iuiu uio uiai j, Biiuumn - till it DIOWS OV81". worry aoout tnat; tnat n6 naa jacK I Rose ald he nfa at Harry Pollock's """"u mo p.po. i.u home with Sam Schepps. Rose tele , mat Kosemnai couion t get anytning phoned Becker, and was told not to i ing paper had gotten an affidavit from I Rosenthal and was going to print it. " 'Guess Rosenthal means to do what ; he said he would to squeal and break me.' Becker said. ' I'll get a couple of gang men I .... .'i.v'",:. - Left, "Bald Jack" Rose, Who Accuses Becker In HU Testimony; Rlsht, Above, Lieutenant Beckeri Below, Mrs. Rosenthal, Widow of Murdered Gambler. 1 got it from a newspaper man.' he said. 'Are you coming down town?" I asked him. I'll be right down,' he replied. That was about 2:30 o'clock." Rose said. Becker came down "about dawn," and met Rob on the sidewalk with "Bridgie" Weber, near "Bridgle's" gambling place. , 'I'm glad it's done, Becker said, "Becker said he was late in coming down," Rose added, "because he had stopped at the police station to see Rosenthal's body. 'If it wasn t for District Attorney Whitman being there, I'd have reached around and out his tongue out,' Becker said to me, slowly and deliberately. Don t worry. Jack,' Becker told mo. worry, but to stay where he was. Defendant Much Affected, Before Rose was' half through with his story, drops of perspiration were standing on the brow of the accused police defendant. He did not once take told Becker, "and go around and tell his eyes off the witness. Rosenthal that if he does not stop his I Mrs. Becker, who sat near tier hus attacks on you something will happen I band, looked steadily at the floor. to him.' Attorney Mclntyre, Becker's counsel ""Oh, hell." Becker said, I don't want volleyed objection after objection until tne reiiow Deaten up. ir 1 did i n beatine was reprimanaea oy justice uerr. him up myself or have him beaten up Twice he demanded that court be ad for resisting arrest. But a beating up Mourned-on the ground that it was I won't do for him. He must be put legal holiday, and each time the court - where neither you nor I nor anybody else will ever have to worry about him grain. "'What do you want done. with Ro ' senthal?' I asked Becker during the conversation,' " the witness testified. " 1 want him murdered, shot, croaked, dynamited or anything,' Becker replied. ; 'I want him put where we will never have to worry about him again.' 1 out his argument short. Bridgie Webber gave me f 1000 aft er the shooting at Fifteenth street and Eighth avenue, declared Rose, contlnu ing his testimony. "I gave it to 'Letts Louie . When was this done?" asked Mr. Moss. "On the Tuesday afternoon after the shooting. The shooting was early The witness here told of Becker's al- Tuesday morninsr.1 , leged instructions to him to get out "What did you say to "Lefty Louie' on nan nig iejig, me gang when you gave him the moneyr i leader then in the Tombs, and have -j told him, there'a 1000 for you, ; Zelig's men put Rosenthal out of the Louie. You and the rest of the boys lie waJ- low for a few days. Becker says abo-r Cunmea Agree to Flan. all things you must not talk and that Rose said he went to the home of the everything will be all right. four gunmen, "Gyp the Blood" and bis I The witness was then turned over to pals, and explained tie Rosenthal- the defense. Becker situation. He told them, he "You will nave only today to cross examine Jack Rose," Justice Goff noti fied Becker's counsel. "You will fin ish his cross-examination if I have to said, that Becker would "frame them up," if they did not "croak Rosenthal." They agreed to do it that night. Rose said they had delayed "doing sit here till midnight.' ;L: . ..k '. "Are You a Murderer Asked. nkn to kill the rambler at the Garden "Rose, are you a murderer?" was Me Restaurant. It failed, he said, because Intyrejs first question. were present and guarding Rosenthal. "Ild 7" Procure the murder of Span 1311 uuutB: "Becker got hot at this," Rose added "He kept asking, 'Why all this stall ing? Why don t they get himr "One day he said: "Now this is go ing on too long. Either you are stalling tnem or tnese lenows are stalling.' "I told Becker that a detective scared the boys off at tne Garden Restaurant.' Rose continued. "'Detective.' he said "wake up and shoot Rosenthal in front of a policeniam Get through with it; Ket it over.' " The witness then passed quickly to Becker at Pollock's home?' ! the events Immediately preceding the "He was. : murder. He told of going to "Bridgie i Webber's gambling place and thence to ; the Lafayette Baths, where he met ; Jack Sullivan. Decker Informed by Telephone. "I received a telephone message from Becker." Rose testified. "He asked me If I had heard of subpenas Issued by the attorney for "Dollar John' and if I had fixed It so that 'Dollar John would corroborate Rosenthal before the grand jury. I told him it hadn't been fixed. "I did not. "Were you guilty of that murder?" "No," shouted the witness. "Did you kill Kid Twist?' "No. "Did you ever see him?" "No: I've heard of him. "Did you procure his murder?' "No.' "Was Sam Schepps with you when you signed the affidavit sent you by You signed that parer under oath, did you "Yes. "And thereby committed perjury?" "Yes. I did." admitted Rose coolly. "Whv did. voa do this?" "I did ft for Becker. I would have done anything for him that night.' What is your name? 'For 20 years, the witness said, Tte been known as Jack Kose. Did you know James M. Sullivan In "Becker said: 1 told you what this Connecticut?" pursued Mr. iicintyre, thins- would mm n if vnu didn't E-et I ref errlnc to Rose S attorney. rid of this fellow. Why don't you do "Yes; he was my press agent when It tonlahtr I said I'd do mv best. T nued to aet un prlsefights In Kew I remained at the baths until that Haven. W aterbury, Hartnora ana otner night and bad dinner with Sam I rifle.' Schepps, Vallon and Plitt. They came "And when you were apprehended In a machine." for murder, he became your lawyer. Flltt has been described as Becker s I didn't he?" reus agent. Rose testified that Val- -i W.B never aonrehended ." Rose re- ' Ion. Schepps and himself went to Four- pne(j emphatically. ' i gave myself up ulH new ,i 0c.-u,iu ,cnw I at ponce neaaquarxers. got an automobile. Then they went to w.re you held for murder in this ingw r I ail iv a iiuunr. lease'" . neu 1 lonn wucie lu. lODl V L 1 the crowd was, Kose continued. He I T, . i am tn icw York from said he had received a message to come p j d whon he waa ,H year8 old. He down to 'Bridgie' Webber's place. We t. w . ,dd.d. went there and saw. 'Bridgie, "Gyp the Blood, 'Lefty Louie and " bltey Lewis on the sidewalk. We all went up into 'Bridgie s place and had drinks. 'Brlda-le said: "Herman Rosenthal is m the Metropole." Everybody got up then and went out.' "Who went out?" Frank and 'Bridgie.' I stayed behind ttTS? "a .. A wnlteri- when word jLm In t h . r I l,K " Rosenthal had been shot." Rose said he went to the Lafayette batlis and telephoned to Becker. " 'Did you hear the news?" I asked him. "Yes." Becker said. 'I congratu late you.'" '"How did you get the news so soon?1 I aoked Becker. Is now 87. he added. Mr. Mclntyre sought further to un fold Rose's history. The witness said that about 20 years ago he ran two gambling houses in New York and that three or four years ago he had an interest In a gambling house called the Hesperla. Was Rosentnai lnieresiea in mo "Was that vour first business con nection with Rosenthal?" Rom -employed ly Rosenthal. .""No. 1 was employed by Rosenthal in his gambling house in East Broad way II years ago." Rose added that he had also been engaged In theatrical business and had variously been a gambling house pro prietor, bookmaker and play producer. "Did you not swear in a lawsuit against Rosenthal in 1907," demanded Mr. Molntyre, reading from a printed record, "before a Supreme Court jus tice that you were not interested In gambling houses?" "I did." "Did you tell the truth, then Y" "Yes." 'I made up my mind," Rose volun teered, "to quit gambling for the sake of my family, and lead a respectable lire. "How did you -terminate your inter est in Rosenthal's gambling house?" pursued Mr. Mclntyre. "It terminated when Becker raided the place." Relations With 'Gambler Strained. "And you and Rosenthal fell out then?" 1 "Yes, our relations were strained after that." "Weren't you known as stool pigeon ror the ponce r- "No, I was known only as a col lector." "When Rosenthal told the District . Attorney about alleged relations with I Becker, did you learn that Rosenthal ' had given your name to the District Attorneyr "Becker told me so." - "And you felt that Rosenthal had squealed on you, didn't you?" "I felt so, yes; I felt that Becker's interest and salne were the same." "Did you tell a newspaper reporter that you resented Rosenthal s squeal ing on you?" "I did not" "Didn't you say that the squealer should be put out of the way?" "No." "Or anything resembling that?" "Yes; I told that to Becker." A moment later Rose declared he had told Becker no such thing. "Dollar John" Not Friendly. "When did you tell Webber that Rosenthal ought to be put out of the way?" asked Attorney Mclntyre of Rose. "At a meeting between Webber, Val Ion, Becker and myself later.'" "Did you tell 'Dollar John' that some thing should be done to Herman Rosen thai?" "No, "Dollar John' and I weren't friendly." "Did you say that Rosenthal had put you out of business and that be ought to be done up?" "I did not." "Did you see Rosenthal in Luchow's restaurant on July 14 and offer him money to leave the cityr' "I did not" "Didn't you tell him that if he didn't make himself scarce you would have him done up?" "I did not" "Did Rosenthal say that you were engaged in the white slave traffic in this city?" "No, no, no," rejoined Rose. "Defense Seeks to Show Motive. As this line of examination continued. it became evident that Becker's at torney was endeavoring to show to the jury that Rose had a desire on his own part to see ttosentoai put out oi tne way. "Did you say to Becker that you had a great fear of Rosenthal because he was a man who worked in tne darar I might have said that he worked in the dark, but I didn't say I was in fear of him.' "You were afraid of him? "No, I was not." 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Forth Alder Str7 CflJAiig CO. Grant Pfcegey. Mmqtt meeting between Schepps, Vallon, Plitt and the witness at the home of Dora Gilbert, Rosenthal's former wife, on the Sunday before the murder. "Did you say at that time that Rosenthal was going to be killed?" "At no time did I ever say that" "But you knew all the time that there was to be a frame-up to kill himr "Yes." Warning- Telephoned to 'Wife. "And did you ever during all this time rive warning to Rosenthal?" "I telephoned to Mrs. Rosenthal and told her that her husband's life was In danger." "At that time, when you were be tween two fires, Becker and the gang sters, why is it that you did not res cue- yourself by telling somebody?' "In the world that I round, no one would pay any attention to me," re plied Rose. "I had a part In the mur der, but I tried to keep them from do ins: it." "When did you instigate tms mur der?" "It bee-an some time in June." "When did you first see the men who did the shooting?" "The latter nart of June." "Did you ask them to shoot -to death Herman 'Rosenthal?" "I asked them to murder him, to croak him." 'Did you mean for them to do as you asked?" "i dia.r Price of Crime Hot Fixed. "Were you on intimate terms with these thugs?" "Yen," "Did you ask them that night to kill Rosenthair "I did." "Did you pay them any money?' "nii urm fix a nrice for the crime?" "No. none except that they should tint ho framed-up. like Zellg wae.' Von have been promisea immuniu to ome here and testily, naveu v 'Yes; I signea a iupuiuvu effect." . , Tou value your niei- repeaiea uie attorney. 'Ts, t n o. 'And- you are testifying now to save your own lifer "Tou are willing to swear Becker into the electric chair to save your own life, aren't you?" 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"Is the object of your 1 testimony given here to escape punishment for your own patt in the crime?" 'I have two objects," Rose said slow, ly. "First I want to establish the truth. Second I want to get consider ation from the District Attorney." - Mr. Mclntyre then switched his at tack back to the murder plot. H"o called for the production by the Dis trict Attorney of a letter written by Rose to Schepps in Arkansas. Mr. Whitman handed over such a letter, which Mr. Mclntyre perused eagerly with bis associates. The letter was shown to Rose, who acknowledged writing it, and it was placed in evi dence. "Dear Sam," the letter read, "I don't know what you have heard or read, but it had gotten down to the stage where the electric chair stared us all in the face. The first man who tried to get from under was Becker. There were many people who saw everything that night and the next day the District Attorney knew what part everybody played in the thing and nobody could have gotten away. I was deserted like a dog by Becker. When I saw what the situation was I opened up negotia tions with the District Attorney, who offered me a sort of cover that I can not go into details about in writing. I insisted that the same protection given me be extended to Vallon, Bridgie Webber and you and to this he finally agreed. We are all pleased with the arrangement. Our only worry has been to get you to come in to get the same friendliness we got before it is too late. Third Degree Guarded Against. "My advice is to let me send a re pre sentatlve of the District Attorney to bring you back here. That will pre vent the police from getting you and putting you through the third degree. Don't say a word to anyone. You know, gam, you have been too loyal a friend of mine for me to ask you to do this If I was not positive that you did not have a chance other wise. On receipt ot this letter wire me at Louie's house." 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