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BECKER IN DEATH
fll VET HOPEFUL
ro,0 Influential Friends, He
Savs, Have Pledged Funds to
Carry Fightto United States
Supreme Court.
60FF SETS WEEK OF DEC. 9
Sheriff Allows Prisoner Two
pays More in Tombs, but
Wife Objects to Friday
Start?Nearly $reaks
Down in Ossining.
Whm the hea\y iron-barred gates of
gina fing prison closed behind Charles
pccker at 1 .'io o'clock yesterday after?
noon his idcntlty was subnierged In
?Ao ftTflft-" By this number he will
he henceforward known, and any let?
ters be oddreoaafl to the outside worid
niust be?r ln tha Bppor left hand
lorner "So. ?>:*.. TtiV"
Becker's walk from the little station
lt (jssinin-*. followed by a crowd of
more than a hundred youths of tlie
?.illagc. ''?tth women polnting him out
is he passed and erying, "That's
?ac?M*!" almoat broko him down.
But he rcgatned his norvo when the
otoaA Aoon, one by one. opened to re
ct\\e hlm and closed after him. and
there was only the siifi-gestton of a
trcnor in his voice a8 he bade goodby
to Bkerifl Hartwrgar and the two dep?
uty shrrlffs who delivered him up to
James Connaufhton, the principal
keeper of Sing "-"irrj.
Then he had a bath. and hi? black
luit and other garments were taken
from him. He then put on prison
clothe? and when he was tallen to the
Beath call. in the little one story gray
llone plle in the south western part of
the prison > ard, he was woaring a sult
tf dul! gray, the conventional prison
garb, and a darl**, gray flannel shirt.
Death Wateh Day and Night.
From that time forward?it was
about u o'l-lock?until he is executed
Cutting"Overhead"
to a Minimum
E have spent
many millioni
of dollars to
build a model
industrial city,
where manu
facturers and
wholesaler s
can do busi?
ness under the
moat favorable conditions tha
ever existed.
Our tcnants" overhead and operat?
lng costs of every kind are cut to an
ab6olute minimum.
There is a plentifui supply of hap
py labor.
The cars of all railroads are at our
doors; the ships of all nations at our
docks.
The instant you gain such sweeping
sdvantages over your compatitors you
take a long stride in beating them to
tbe market.
Un't this worth looking into?
Our "Economy" booldet is sent on
request.
Bush Terminal Co.
General Offices :
100 Broad Street, New York City
Q New inserted tips make
Arrow
Wing COLLARS
strong where others
tn weak.
2 for 29 cents
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Send postal to Department
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Special Confidential Ofter of
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I.OAXS TO AV* AMOl.1T ON
ll Ifn.r OT rKKAONAL rnoi'KBrv.
._*'? _?"*? ? l".ri? ?Mortrn-iit of DU
mnnO ainfu. rXarnon-l Pln?. *<* , ?t prlce*
?nieit wiy s-ttsfy c-.r?ful purcha-xiM.
***
. BECKER ARRIVING AT SING SING.
Walking through the street- of Ossining, escorted l?v Sheriff Har
burger aud his deputies.
or receives ? new trlal, he will be
watched day and night hy ? priflOfl
guard, familiarly known as tiie deatli
watch. anil pennittcd to see only his
couneel, the priaoa phyalcian, a ihap
laln. if he deslrt s, and immediate mcm
bers of his family. These last may
come only within three feet of hlm, a
curtain of .steel mesh wire interveninp.
Ten feet from Be ker's ccll is the
death chamt.fr, with the chair ln whlch
he ls doomed t4> dle, and when he is
pormlttod to exercise daily in the three
feet of apace between the tlcr of eells
and the wire BCTCCn he can see the lit?
tle green door through whlch he has
been aeptapcod to pass.
There are ten other condemncd per?
sons In tho death house. On Becker's
left is the ccll of Corporal L. Fpohr, a
United States uoldler, who kllled his
aweetheart. On his right is the last of
thr empty (ells on the ground floor,
and two pncea further to the right ls
the little greon do'ir. There are flve
other empt* ceUa ta tiie death house.
Thev aie ..n a gallery just over
Bei ker's eell.
Juat before Becker aHghted from the
train he toid several newspaper men
thnt h- ?ar glad thc fortnalitles at
t. ridant :ipi>n hls coovlctloil were about.
over.
"I will i>e a free man yet," said
Becker. "I will flght this conviition
to thc highest court in the land if ne -
e-ssary. i was deprived of my constl
tutlonal rlghts, aiul lf the convlctlon
ls not set aside by thc Court of Ap
roala anri i am flrmiy oonvteeed it
will be?I will take the case to the
I'nited States Supreme Court.
?I dlil ii"t even have a tijrhting
chance."
Becker intimated to friends nn the
train that Alton B. Parker would prob?
ably l.?- retnired to urgue ihe ? ase on
appeal.
"I will not lack funds." said Beeker.
? Two influcntlal friends have promiseil
to bear any legal expen.se- caused by
my flght against thls unjust venii" t. '
HaatertB to Wifa's Side.
After the sentence of death had been
pronounced upon him he J4iined his
Xi ife in the Sherlff's room Just before
going across the Bridge of Sighs. He
kissed her arid then left her while he
talked wlth Sheriff Harburger boyOOd
her hearing. When he returned he
said:
"Dearie, I can etay here only two
days."
"Why ran't you have ten?" asked his
wife. "Thc law gives them to you."
"No. it Is optlonal wlth the Sheriff.
He will let me stay only two"
Sheriff Harburger nodded.
"No, I don't want you to go up there
nn a Friday." said hls wife, wlth a
shudder.
"I thlnk myself I may go up to-day
and have lt ovex with," said Becker.
It wan only a question of a few mln?
utes beforr Beoker was placed in the
"Black Maria," which tore up La
fayette street, paat Police Headquar
ters, and stopped only when the Orand
Central Station was reached.
To Live Near Prieon.
Aecompanylnk Mrs. Becker. Who will
make her home In a cottage al Ossln
ing wlthli. walking di.-t..n-e of the
prlson, where John Be.-kcr, thi OOO*
demned man's brother. his wife and
Patrolman Charles Shcphcrd. who was
on Becker'B staff when he raided
Itosenthal's gambling hOhae.
Becker was surroitnde.i by a laree
crowd that had been waiting for the
train. which had bfl New Vork at
U;66 and arrlved at Sing Sing at 1:1.1
,,',-lock. Mrs. Becker, ac-miipanlod by
Ueuteriant John Becker ami hls wife.
drove up to the prieor. in B four
whecler.
Sheriff Harburger walked his i*rls
oner by a short cut to the prlson, wlth
a noisy mob at his hecls and on elther
eide.
This walk was apparently a terrlbi.
ordeal for Becker. He seemed on UM
polnt of utter collapse. Sheriff Har?
burger could have put him int4. a COT*
riagc but he said that he declded to
walk hlm, to Impress tb* btbtb wlth the
netessity f.f provirtiti-r a van fur the
conveyance of prlaonera from ihe r.-tii
road Btatlon to tha prison, ? little nvore
than ,-i mlle hv drive. antl three-quar
tera of a mlle by the short eul
Tragic Little Procession.
After Backar was* led thrt.uuh the
crowd ?1 tln* station the little proces?
sion fuunfr lnti> an obacure stteet
known aa Souih Water itrost Ranklng
the railroad tracka aud thr Hudaon
River. Oppoaite a wholeaala butcher*i
Bhop. on the platform of arblck wera
dark BplotchOS, Becker was led up a
tortuous flifrht. BOVeral hundred feet 111
length, of rlckety wood steps. that
hroupht the prfaonar, sheriff s. news
papermen and crowd to the top of a
little i*rnin?**nce km.wn a.s Prison Hill.
Then doWII Dufatron avanUO the
crowd went. a acore of h?>B danelng
along the rriad Boekor i>*> this time
wa.s p"l*** Hli llpi were pai.hed, ar.d
he kept molotonlng them wlth his
tongue.
Tho avenue for a bnef Btretch com*
nr.anda a beautiful panoratnlc vlew of
the Hudson and the Palisades, rlch In
their auturonal tlnta of gold ami brown,
imt Becker kert hlfl oyea jriue.i on thi*
jrrniind until the prison araa reaehed.
Mra, Becker and ber companloi paaaed
the prtaoaei In ? carrlage, bu! lie dld
not see her
The oaIy remnrk paaaed to Becker on
Mi aralk to the priaon came frDin a
raggod indiviiiiiai, who abouted*
?Keep ,i stiff upI-Tr Up, Old man'"
Mtf. Becker wa.-* ln the chlef clork'i
rooan arhen her buaband wai lad
(hrough the piist.n dOOT I.' SheritT
Harburgcr. Bha dld nol look hli iray.
Sht aeemed ln b daae. Bhe waa dry
ayad. Her brother-ln-law, John
Beeken waa aobblna*. uneble tn rea traln
i.is ftrlef.
All WibH Him Good LucU.
Becker ihnoi band arlth Bherlfi
Harburger and hli two deputlei aa he
araa turned owr to Prtndpal Keeper
Connanghton. Ali wished hlm luck,
and Connanghton. wl.ften niet hlm
before when he broughl prlaonen up
the hlll. said:
"i'm aorry t" aoe you hen-."
??N'o iiii. li .-.iii'i than i atn,M aald
Backar. whu i.> this tlme hnd rei-.-iineti
bla ooinponure and was nnfllng.
At 4:80 O'ClOCk Mis* Becker, who had
lonohoon in the villaire, saw her li'is
hand ln the deatb bouae, Bhe was
areapbif dnrtag the better parl of the
hour she remained there Lnter Becker
was visited by father Caahln, the
OatholiC chaplaln Of the -rison.
Becker ls a Protestant, hut the prison
has heen without B Protestant chap?
laln since Juni*.
To-day lhe prison physi'-ian will vislt
him. Warden Keunedy said Mrs
Becker arould Le permitted to vlsit hei
buaband daily.
FIFTEEN APPEALS PENDING
Condernned Men in Sing Sing,
Auburn and Clinton.
Albany. Oet ",o.- When tha foon of the
tiealli bo*?M at Slnic Bt-f prison close.I oa
former POMPfl l-i.-utenaiit Charles BadtST,
eonvletod of tne murder of Herman r.>
mathal bla amda the Bfteeatli murder
. ,,-e awaitinr**; iletermlnatlon hy the Court
of Appe-al*- Of Uie ten nien aln-ndy ln
"murdei-i rs' rOW*" at Si'its' Slnx. the case
of only one haa h"cn declded by the eourt,
that of Matteo Uair Oi. whom eqavto
tlon for the murder of three member.*-* of
hls fatnlly ln New Ynrk BM Ophald bf
the t-ou'rt yesterday. There are four con
.ltiiinerl men ln Aulmrn prison and one
ln 4'llnton.
The case ..f iir. k.hi.i I'ailni. a W*M'
oheater County murdarpr, aou peadtog
befori the I ourt of Appeals. Is an illuB
uation of tbe ijalaTB la tb.* dlapeettloa of
murder cases. Patini was convlcted of
shootlnK a fellow 00 intryni. n on Decem?
ber IR. 1910 Ha "a.-* aantoaood m dlc m
the week of March 1::. illl. but tlie execu
Hoh wae atayed by niing a n-ottca of ap
paal Th.- ca.**. has not **el beea argued
nur has a dui> for arifuVhciit been flxcd.
BECKER IN AGONY AS
HE HEARS HIS DOOM
Ashy White, He Clutches at Railing for Sup?
port?Wife Praying Meantime in Adjoin
ing Room?Week of Dec. 9 Set.
Sentenee of death was pronouneed upon
Charles Becker hy Justlce Ooff at the
openlng of the extraordlnary term of the
Supreme Court yesterday Becker was
sentenced to die in the electric chalr at
Sing Slng some time during the week be
gfnnlng Decernber %.
The entire proceedlngs ln court occupied
only elght mlnutes. A noUce of appeal
was served on Dlatrlct Attorney Whlt?
man by Hecker's counsel Imniedlately
after sentenee. whlch operates as a atay
of execution for six months.
There have been three ?'blg" moments
ln the Becker case. One fell upon the
nlght of July 29. when, following the con
fewslon of "Bald Jack" Rose and hls ap?
pearance before the grand Jury. that body
found an lndictment for murder ln the
lirst decree against the police lleutenant
Bt a nlght aesslon. Another, and perhaps
more .Iramatlc moment. occurred when
the Juiy at hls trlal brought In at mid?
night of october 24 the verdict of gullty
as eharged In the lndictment. The third,
and probably the most harrowlng inomei-t
of all, was when Becker recelved hls
death wanant in court yesterday.
As Justlce Goff read ln a low. eolemn
volce?which penetrated every part of thc
courtroom because of the deep alW-nce
whlch prevailed-the statutory Judgment
of the court against tne convicted man,
Becker ahowed tbe first real emotion
slnce hi waa placed on trlal. Hls usual
swarthy <*olor turned to aehy palisneaa,
and he elutched the ratllng ln front of
hlm for support. fhe musclea ln hla
throat contracted and he awallowed hard
three or foiir tlmoa. Then the paroiyam
passed He pulled hlmself together and
wa!k"<l hrlskly out of court shackled to
Deputy Sheriff Kiernan. The condemned
man wss aoon ln the priaon van and
headed for the statlon, accompanled by
BbeHfi Harburger and hls deputles. on
the way to the "death house'' ut .Stiis
Slng.
Wife Praying Near.
During lha laal ordeal of the prisoner
in rourt Mrs llcleri Becker, hls wife. waa
lu aa anteroom adjommg Justbe Goff's
ehambera with rather Corry of st.
Jamea a Remaa CathOhc Church, and the
prteoner'i brother, John Beckef. it was
tbe aame place from whlch Mrs be. ker
' had heard lha verdl-t of gullty pro
Dounoed againat her husband the nlght
Of hls ...nvi.-tlon. Tha BfMel knelt In
prayer witb tha Btrlckea woman as her
husband was being dOOOBBd. She said
aftrrward that the Btraifl of heailng the
?entenca pronouneed waa the bardeal thal
ahe 01 her husband bad fheod -in. e
he wae plaoed Ofl ln.il. A ? ?rtaln lelaxa
tion after tha Mat Bfld har.lest ordral
was over made them both feel better,
| ;,ld
A CTOWd of tWO thousand persons gath?
ered in Franklln street. over whlch the
Bridge et siaha peaaea from the Tomba
to the <*rtmlnal I'oiirir Buildlng. long ne
fera Beeker araa broughl ovei from hia
eell t'i 4. room adjolntag Justlca OofTa
courl Tha corrldora of Ihe .oun build?
ing on the lower floor. where the Crlml
nai Braneh of the Buprenaa Courl la sltu?
ated, irere fllled wlth ewtoua peraonfl who
?ought entran< a M the eourtroean. Cap?
tain Tlerney and the roeortoa from the
Bllaabeth atrael station were oa hand
to prej.-rve ord. r. It wa*? a hnrd task
for the peUeeaaeB
ti,<- apeelal panel af IM taieamen who
? ,i beea Bumaaeoed as preepecttvn Jurora
foi the trlal of "Red PhO" DeeMeon, who
later plead-fl gullty M murder la the see.
ond degrw for kiuing "Big Jack" Zellg.
crowded lh< courtroom when Juetlce Oolf
appeared on the beneh at MJI a ox Many
,.t the t.,le men wete standlng, being un?
able tr, g< t seats. and Justlce Unff ord.-ie,!
tiie courtooaa <jMated ot tho*". itandlng
before Beekar wafl called M lha bar.
Al a i.od from Juatka Oofl Clerk
Penn) ialh i
"Charlea Becker to the bar."
There was a moment of tetision as
Decha were craned towaid the back of
the courtroom, where Becker and the
sh'-riff - eeeort Been oaaae through lha
dooi
'. kei aralked Bteadlly along the rallad
alale at the side ef the room snd awung
around i.> the rlght M Baea Justlce Ooff
before tha beneh. Sheriff Harburger
mgg at tha prtoener- side neputy
SherllTi Bpellmaa and Kelrnaa brought
np tbe mar Of the party. Beeker wore
? dark ult. The Unea ln hls face were
?el ami there waa a sad gllnt In hls j
,,m he looked ahout the courtro..m
ln a bewildered eort of way. and flnally
let his gaze rest on the Judge.
Dlstrlct Attorney Whltman broke a
palnful sllence by arlslng and movlng
for Judgment on the verdict against
Beoker. John W. Hart, Becker's lawver,
interposed to explaln that John F. Mc?
lntyre, chlef counsel for the defence,
was too 111 to appear in court, and he
desired M make the usual motions to
set aaide the verdiot. Justlce Ooff
llstened patlently to the aeven or elght
brief grounds on which counsel based
his motions and then denied them.
No Effort to Tell 8tory.
Clerk Penny then turned to Becker and
asked:
"Charlea Becker, have you anythlng to
say why Judgment should not be pro?
nouneed agair.at you?"
There was no response from the pris?
oner. Justlce 4,off forthwlth pronouneed
sentenee.
Becker looked squarely at the venerable
Justlce whlle the latter spoke. He turned
his head a little as lf better to catch the
words of the court. Tho prt.oncr fllnched
and lost hls accustomed aelf-control mo
mentarlly aa he heard the dreaded words*
"To do execution upon you."
In sentenclng Becker Justlce Goff said:
"Charlea Becker. the Judgment of the
court ls that you, Charles Becker. for
murder ln the flrst degree of one Herman
Roeenthal, whereof you are convleted, be
and hereby are .enteneed to the puntsh
ment of death. And lt ls ordered that
wlthin ten daya of thla day's aesslon of
the court the Sheriff ef the County crf New
Tork, dellver you, together wlth the war
rant of thls court, to the agent and war
den of the Btate prleon of the State of
New York at Sing Sing. where you shall
be kept In solltary conflnement untll the
week beginning Monday, the nlnth day of
Decernber, 1?12, and upon some day wlthin
the week so appolnjed thc said agent
and warden of the state prlson of the
State of New York at Slng Blng Is com?
manded to do execution upon you. Charles
Becker, ln the mode and manner pre
?erfbed by the law of the State of New
York ?'
Justlce Ooff then commsnded the HherUT
to take tha prisoner frjm the courtroom
Deputy Sh.tifT K.-irnau anapped the hand
cufTs on Becker'a rlght wrist. whlch stlll
clasped the ralllng. The cllck of the cuffs
was dlstinctly heard by those ln thc
courtroom. Becker iocked down at his
wrist. and the-.. a* the deputy sheriff
qulckly ard wrt.ho-it changlng hls oxpre*
slori. walked briskly after Sheriff Har?
burger. who had started ahead from the
courtroom.
Be;k?r tttepp-d out so rapldly that the
chain ">f thc handcuff attached to the
deputva wrist was kept taut. and the
latter had to hurrj to keep np wlth the
prisoner.
Beeker waa taken acrosa the bridge to
the Tombs at 10:40 and twenty mlnutes
later was In the prlson van and started
?n the flrst stage of hls Journey to Slng
s'jng MH Becker and B-r-ker's two
brothera, John and Jackson. went to the
,ram |? !t taxi.iab and were waltlng for
thi prl oner al the statlon when be ar?
rlved
Sheriff Goes Armed.
Becker and hls lawver, Mr. Hart hoth
rrrpiested SherlfT Harburger to allow the
prisoner to remaln ln the Tombs the Mat
Utory ten days before transferrlng hlm to
htnte prlson. The Sheriff conferred Wft
Dlatrlct Attorney Whltman, and flnally
refused the request The Dlstrlct Attor?
nev aaid B-tBTWaid that he had not aug
gested that Becker be taken to Slng Slng
yeaterday. but dld aay to the Sheriff that
he bellved lt would be for the beat to re?
move hlm aoon. Fherlff Harburrer car
rted a large Celt revolver ln hls pocket
when he atarted on hla Journey. He
showed lt to some persons as he left the
courtroom The deputy sherlffs were also
armed.
Aaked how long it waa llkely to he be
fore Becker'a eaaa came up for argument
before the Court of Appeals Dlstrlct At?
torney H bttmaa BBJd yebterday that lt
would probably take a year. Tha aver?
age tlme elapslng between sentenee and
argument on appeal of sueh cases was
about tl.irteen months. he said. 'The tlme
was PSUatly extend.d beyond the statu
torv Ix months by the court at the re
quest of on* slde or the other.
I H*-trI>-t Attorney Whltman wlll appear
before Justlce ('off to-day and move for a
speclal panel of talesmen from whlch to
eeleet the jury for the trlal of "Whltey
WARRANT THAT SENDS
BECKER TO HIS DEATH
Former Police Lieutenant Must Remain in
Solitary Confinement Until He Goes
to Chair Week of December 9.
People of tba state of Weu york.
to the Bhertfl of the iV.U.,IV .rf 1How
Vork and the AK?*nt and W arden of the
Btote Waowof R5n Vork. at MaB **???
0riw?Saa, at an extmordlpary Mat
i, rn <>f tbe Supreme f oiirt of tl.e BUt*
?t New Vork. beffun and holden n
i_d ror the Connty of New fork, ?;
V, lat Judlcial Watrlcl of tho mM
Mate Ol N.w Vork. at the Buiiding for
Orlmln-1 Courta. In the said County of
New fork. punuent to aa oraer or
,,,*.raiwvr of tba state ot Kew
?ork bearlns date ot Augpat lt, M-.
,,? Tuesday, the thlrd da> Of Bt*
tember ln tbe rear **t Our L_rd.
,;,,.-"?? hundred and twelve ... -vli
on Thursday tbe tw.niy-fourth day of
October, in tha rear rt-rorceald -before
lohn v. Oolf. ona of tha Justice* of
ff's.i|.reme Court of tte-tfd State
of New Y.rk. duiy daalgnuted h>
said order aa prtaldlng Juatlceottbe
said . xtra.-rtiliiary term. harles
Becker was in due form convlctwl by
the verdict of th- Jury of the .murder
of ou- Herman Kimcnthal
Wln rea.-. on tbe thirtleth day of
( )t tober. ln the year of Uur lx?d. nlne
t.en hundred and twelve. at the eald
.?xtrai.riilnary term of the said court.
h-ld In and for the ?*ounty of Net
Vork, at the *al?l Bulldltlf for t rtml
rml Courta. befora tba said Juatfea of
tln* Suprenu* I'ourt of the .stat.- Of
\>v. Vork. 4H aforesaitl, JtiilKment was
thereuoon jlVen Ot the aald Supreme
Court on the said .?onvlctloti of mur
c|.*r in the flrst dejeree of the said
Charlea He**ker to auffer the punlsh
m*nt of deatb ln tba mod. and man
ii. r prescrlbed by the laws of the
State of New Vork. and tbe said
etiurt dld t|iereiipon appoint the week
cominenclntir Monday. the niufh of De
i-i mh- r, in the YeHr of Ourl.ord. nlne
teen hundred aml twelve; the week
?wlthln whlch the nald judKiiient ahould
ba w?d-uic-J. _nJ dld alao Uecrce that
within ten days after the iasuing Of
this narranl to you, the aald Shej-lff.
that you, thc sahl Sheriff, shall de
llv. r th. said Charles Becker, together
wlth thls warrant. to the agent and
ward.-ii of the State Prlson of New
Y,.rls at Hlng Slng.
Now. therefore, you, the said Sheriff.
ara hereby roQinred n ten dnys aft.-r
the Meulng te you 4,f this warrant to
the agent flind warden of Ihe St.tte
Prlson 4>f New York at Slng Slng. and
VOU, tbfl said agent an.l warden. nre
hereby **Ommanded to recelve the aald
Charlea Beeker from the aald Sheriff.
and from the tlme of the dellvery of
the said 1'harles Becker wlth thls
warrant to vou by the said Sheriff.
and untll the Inflictlon of the pOn
Ishir.ent of death Of the said "Charles
Becker. unless h4> shall be lawfully
dlsi-harged from such Imprtsonment,
vou shall keep and detain the said
Charlea Becker ln solltary i-onflne
menl anil ;illow no person acceas to
hlm wWhout an order from the court,
except the offlcers of the prlson. hls
counsel, hls physli'ian. priest or min?
ister. If he shall deslre one, und the
members of hls famlly. and you, the
aald agent and warden. are r***<|tilred
by theae preaents atrlctly eommamled
to do execution on the said Charles
Becker ln the mode and manner pre
scrlbed by the lawn 4>f the State of
New York on a day wlthin a week so
app4ilnt4?d by aaid Judgment. and for
so dolng thls shall be your sufticl-nt
warrant
In witness whereof. I. John w. Goff.
Justlce of the Supreme t'ourt of the
State of New York. and who i-onstl
tute th?* said court and the prealdlng
Juatlee thereof. have here.unto sun
Bcribed my name, thls thlrtleth day
of 4ietober, lu the year of Our Lord.
nlin'teeii hundred and twelve.
[fleal I JOHN W. OOFK.
Justlce of Supreme Court, State of
aN'ew York.
T.ewls. whlch ii aet for November 8. Roee.
Weber, Vallon and Schepps, as well as
Mrs. Lllllan Rosenberg, wife of "Lefty"
Loule. wlll testify for the state at thc
trlal.
The trial of th* flrst of the four gun?
men ls expected to last about four days
The others will be tried aiterward. Rose
and the other witnesses in the West Slde
court prison are anxlous to get out, lt is
said, as they considtr that tbey have ful
fllled thelr obllgation to the District At?
torney by tcstlfylng at Becker's trial.
lf a dertnite move is made ln that dlree?
tlon, however, lt is underatood that the
Dlstrlet Attorney will have them appre
hended and held in heavy ball as raa
terial witnesses untll after the trlala Bf
the gunmen.
BECKER MARRIED 3 TIMES
First Wife Died from Tubercu?
losis After Eight Months.
(Tiarles Becker, the former police lleu?
tenant, 4:onvicted of the murder of Her?
man Rosenthal. was married three tlmes
instead of twice, lt was learned yesterday.
ft was when he was a patrolman?ln
fact, when he had been on the force little
more than a year?that Charles Becker
was married to Mary Ann Ma.ioney, of
No. 117 Washlngton street. The exact
date was Kcbruary 6. 1S95. The mar?
riage took place at St. Peter's Church. in
Barday street Monslgnor Janirs EL Mc
Oean. pastor of the church, performed the
ceremony.
Thelr married life wa* short. On Oc?
tober 15 of the same year Mary A. Beck?
er dled from tuberculosis. She waa burted
ln Calvary Cemetery on October IS, 1S95.
When Becker married Mary Mahoney
he was twenty-flve yeara old. He met hls
rlrst wife whlle dolng patrol duty ln the
nelghborhood ln whlch ahe lived. It was
usual on Sundays for Becker, who wore
a high hat on auch occasions, to take the
daughter of Jeremlah Mahoney to -t
Peter'a Church.
It had been supposed that Becker waa
married for the flrst tlme. instead of the
second, as is the case, on April 28, lf.S.
Mrs. Letltta Becker, hla second wife, ob
talned an absolute divorco on, June 4,
1*>05. and flve years later married Paul,
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