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Show m GDFF HiTii JflHTIL Convicted of Mur-Herman Mur-Herman Rosenthal, Sjftfew York Gambler, W e onca5r REFUSESTO 1-make STATEMENT k'Seui Effort of Several f-iKet to Prevent the Ex-jwKon Ex-jwKon of Doomed Men nBomes to Naught. SjBflOBK, April 11. The last -.JHlta four gunmen condemned to .'Ijwotej ior the murder of Her-ijKftbal, Her-ijKftbal, tho gambler, seemingly JjKid tonight when Suprome Muiee John W. Goff, to whom a llKwl for a new trial had been IlBtltaed to reopen their caso. I IHpoIoD;ed hearing today Justico i' Ba tb tho presiding judge at i' jBoitie gunmen, listened to the 1 By of new witnesses produced at I jB' moment by counsel for the 1 jretn. -Late in the afternoon, 1 Bk& Attorney Chnrlos S. Whit-rjBktn Whit-rjBktn given his opportunity to jBcUofrly offered ovidonco with Hjr-by -witnesses of his own, Jus-iook Jus-iook tho case under advise Btooneing that he would give a JHjt.Four Hours. He Hian four houra tho justice (jHir tho lccord of tho day's pro--B 'Theu, a moment or two bo-jMrctock bo-jMrctock ho appeared at the door yBkabeTe and briefly announced yBlthij crowd of newspaper men JBri denied the application for a MKr'dding merely that his opin-Ble opin-Ble .given out as soon as copies jBbe prepared, 'PjQoff, in his opinion denying 'Hn'for a new trial, pointed out ,JKjj-&lf of tho defendants nine-: jBF8 had been prcsonfced, flf-Hich flf-Hich should be disregarded as Bf. ''mainly of hearsay, iraprea-ji&aiters iraprea-ji&aiters that are irrovelant jg&s Affidavits. .MfMh of tho four affidavits, manson IjBu'J court said, must include 3B7 initiation and cross-exam- sIm Tn court Cout5uuiug' tho J.jjBint of importance dwelt upon 'iBffl 'mt was present1 iKiurd Hoso say to Vallou and afBt'''ierc ho comes, go and put fffi' that Dresner, undoratand-.-Mr Ineant, crosscd tho atreet to lB?r' nnd tliat oso took Brfo dotettive. Koso did not so im m triaL Whnt Koso ttiflod f K begn" t0 look t0 Inuch I SB&55 nd 1 callod Louio asido ' JK' Porting to tho man acrosa KBr,'J)o3iou see that fellow over K said, "Yes." 1 '3Kwalm?8t positive that is a -tiVQ that District Attoraoy 'Mu? ""JRaed to watch Bobou--Btathou tho llint and dPart' Made to Fit. wmony 01 Dresner bears the e atamp of being made to Jstimony. It is somewhat ro-notwithBtandiug ro-notwithBtandiug the ap- n!n ucs,ner tha something U happen, nothing did fuse of tho wordfl alleged to '09 tcbtimony of Eoso at the fni9K !ht incident at that anrant was compotont to Ration and combination ou J,o main dofondanta for rtfnl -o A crime, it was I lP m, lio progression of Mnta iction that, oven Tiof ltBoU b wholy iu-y iu-y warrant tho granting of of Credence. (i(JSblo, that this witness r iSSSr l1 Present at two Minotnat is on the 13th KrtvVC8iau5nnt' aud on -tbo rthird street at the time &.itlltriti81cally this tosti- nvrt?y of crodenco and if fflrS;Jor,nVnt for that convic- C8, hed ,b5' tho tncM him- ori;K?s.know;ng tho wido- 8,v to tho murder tt 1(1 ,a Itnowledgo on his iftSfrtanco of fiis fosti- ItShfi M0;v"n t0 counsel for Wuu V to thc district at-ao at-ao had heard and ob- f1 testified that when in H"k SGff un vtho morning of L'tta SLth h? hcard two flhots fcte$n5 w,0 f5rod the shotB -iSri.hS did not know tho fcd to some extent his a Pago Tlueo.) I 4 1 Ice goff llES GUNMEN Jjffl TIL dfrlS to Reading of Affida- Argument, but Re-JBy Re-JBy to Save Con- T?pcedfroin Pago One.) rJSStfranco. The point of his KJjt8 on his statement that Kf tie our defendants wna tho M fired tlio feliots. Bunvoll Br cither one of the four do-dfitFud do-dfitFud the only knowledge ho -ti n-as derived from Ins Bee- i$3dnDt3 in a chpplllpr rrom KS'ecesary to dwell for a mo-i mo-i 'tie uttor insecurity ol such ' j jK as tending to anything hko M ef Little Value. ''Wfatificd to tho delivery of a 'SmL'n fomnlo friend of Cirofici SKa-sc The only bearing that Kdoo'v can have is upon tho Hffpo5cJ uV Cirofici ut the trial. Ko sustain an alibi on a 1110-new 1110-new trial, whero the alibi ffBfriissud upon by a jury, is jJmto all authorities standing SB unsupported by questionable ifEd oi little or no value. This ipEle the preceding witnesses, w'tomo forward until the last Bivc bis testimonj-. though ho questioned by a doputy com-'Sr com-'Sr of police, to whom ho ad-Q ad-Q jBned in respect to the delivery 1 iEuon testified that ho was in Ej street, saw an automobile iVqlEuzed Vallon standing on Lho sWWd, holding a pistol in his did hot know vallon, had jEa him, nnd tho only means VEtition that he had was that fffmli later he saw in a Clcvc-KBntaper Clcvc-KBntaper a picture purporting to UBof Harry gallon. This testi-femiiar testi-femiiar to that of tho tcsti-IHkh tcsti-IHkh by Bunvell before referred lKilike worthless. This witness JHbtlinod ailonco until uftor tho Rthe court of appeals in the Balth Doubted. Hfly have I touched upon tho point in tho testimonj' of u witnesses; and in doing so 1 ujiijBt teferml to tho testimony of jiBttTita iu contradiction, nor to fBMuion which was produced up-UBdnd up-UBdnd durinir their examination u-mmiuation. That impres-a"BiD(ut impres-a"BiD(ut persuasive of disbelief in H7 said. If no other clrcuni-iBtxistcd, clrcuni-iBtxistcd, but that of their HjBkiI delay in coming forward 'Htbst inomeotj notwithstanding public flT.eitemcut and wido-""iHWjpapcr wido-""iHWjpapcr reports and com-rHi! com-rHi! which the court of appeals MHw judicial notice, it would of t sufficient to create grave IgjHtbcir truthfulness and good JBMd bo a violence to my con-MiBisd con-MiBisd judgment to any that the evidence given by the wit--SPjlom I have seen "and heard, .-iiBSttbly have changed tho vcr-Uivcu vcr-Uivcu upon tho trial which ro-jP ro-jP convictiou of the defend- vjSjjBllaw and tho facts thoy have JjBjk i'i and a jury of their Bljucns has pronounced them flL?i court 01 last 'csort has !5Bll.r affirmed that conviction. TJfcw been made for executive 3fcnd in these last moments, a riuilBL. u D10,1ths after the eon-iflBen eon-iflBen the crime itself is almost :LM5. l human sympathies are JMpichcd at the prospect of four rtR!?"3 T'yic the highest pou-i pou-i to the law, strenuous ef- iuB? SU,C Ill!lle to arrest the :.T-MH the law. these efforts directed alone Kynipathy there -would be but MjFr' B"t thev are not directed yiiipathy. Thev are directed "?ut. of 11,0 ,aw "'ll0s0 snIe ''Bju0 administer justice, and no .lifltai harsh it m'av seem to be, Mjmbeles justice." to deny tho I; J;aWc, tho gunmen 's attor-whl attor-whl that the application had while waiting in tho cor-tne cor-tne judges' chambers. JIo went to his office and 211 the relatives of the four ncn he announced that the He. both the men and women ' broke down and wept. Moved tho munon would bo iB trial when the new wit-UBirc, wit-UBirc, discovered. Mr. Wnhlo 3Bul1) Ho tn Albanv early to-1fcni?2 to-1fcni?2 antl would' make an-i,tKDa!, an-i,tKDa!, i'PPcal to Governor Bsaid he would take all tho fn'ch were presented to .Tus-;iBf"l,l,,W'i .Tus-;iBf"l,l,,W'i them before the rtJ.Bj"! hib consideration. !TRa v''e have now practicallv flB?i fca-viC tho men from pttJV,n,h,c saJl1. I" shall fight Yn GUNMEN WHO MUST DIE FOR ROSENTHAL MURDER. Left t. r;,Lt, ' ago rrak, yp the Llo.d, Lsfty Lome and Whitey Lswi., the four New York gaagsters wto ! murdered n.rman Ro..ntlial J wko.e k.t ckace f.r life h been removed by Justice Goff'. denial or motion for a new trial. |