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Show ATTORNEY FOR . , BECKER QUITS New York, N. Y., April lSWhlJo i District Attorney Whitman was. Usu- ( , lng a statement today declaring that hellfeV& iffi&Dfcbrffesalon made' by. a?4 Htf lAjffW et6V safweht xfl to the electric" chafr, Hvould aid, rs w i (her than hinder the prosecution in the case of former Lieutenant Chas. S. Decker, tho latter's attorney, Joseph Jo-seph A. Shay formerly resigned as trial counsel. Tho district attorney' Bald ho believed be-lieved Dago Frank's mental state was such when ho mado tho confession confes-sion that no faith should he placed I on It. 1 Shay said ho resigned as trlnl coun- 1 Bel for Decker, becnuso tho latter's "J brother, Dotectlro Lloutennnt John L. 1 Decker has Insisted on listening to ( tho ittorlcs of nn assortment of potty 4JL, crooks who wanted to soil nlloged Information. In-formation. Shay said ho could not proparo tho dofenso of Decker with tho brother Interfering. mt m II |