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Show PLANS FOR HIS DEFENSE Becker Will Claim Rosenthal Ros-enthal Died in Gambling Gam-bling Feud. N'ew York, Aug. 29. It was learned learn-ed today that lawyers for Police Lieutenant Becker will try at his trial to show that Herman Rosenthnl I was killed In a gamblers' row and ;that the assassins sought to shift tbo responsibility for the killing on Becker. District Attorney Whitman tried to trace information that the whereabouts wherea-bouts of the much-wanted gunmen "Lefty Louje" Rosenzweig and Harry Horrowitz, alias "Gyp the Blood," was known to certain members of the police department Report had it that the two men will bG kept in hiding until the trial and then will be brought forward as witnesses for tbc defense to swear that Rosenthal was slain in a gamblers' gam-blers' feud and that Rose, Webber and Vallon themselves took part in I the killing. -m-- Tbo grand Jury was prepared to coneno today o hear evidence of police corruption |