The Becker scandal

In other time,other era, sometime very apropos for today a policeman committing murder with an ethnic group in cross hairs very upset.
The Becker scandal was worst scandal in NYC police history. It lead to execution of Charles Becker in 1915. Who was Charles Becker? He was a lieutenant in NYC police Dept., and get this name, Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo made Becker head of vice. Becker ran a criminal ring from police Dept. One of Becker's criminal enterprises was doing business with Herman Rosenthal, a well know gambler. Becker demanded more and more money from Rosenthal and when Rosenthal refused to pay, Becker shut down his operation. Rosenthal went to the new squeaky clean district attorney Charles Whitman( the grandfather of husband of former New Jersey Governor).To chagrin of many powerful people Whitman went after Becker.  Becker order his thugs to kill Rosenthal which was done, Becker and his thug were arrested.
The trail open 10/7/1912 the prosecutors were Charles Whitman and his assistant Frank Moss. Becker had impressive team John Mclntyre, Lloyd B. Stryker, and George Whiteside.The judge was hanging one by the name of Goff.
The jury found Becker guilty, however, the conviction was overturned in the Court of Appeals.
The second trail started on 5/2/1914 this time the judge was Samuel Seabury( years later gain fame from the Seabury commission) Becker had new defense team: W. Bourke Cockran( who was lover of Winton Churchill's mother, it's said Churchill copy his speaking style from Cockran) and John Johnson, Martin Manton. Whitman this time handled the case himself.
Whitman changed strategy instead depend on witness you turned state evidence,he depend on testimony of James Marshall, a young black,who had been on Becker's payroll as informer but had not participated in Rosenthal murder, however, so there when Becker give order to kill Rosenthal. The defense belittle Marshall, mock him, as black man who can't be trusted to tell the truth. the jury didn't buy it again Becker was found guilty and sentenced to death.
Whitman was elected Governor and ironies of ironies the only person that could save Becher from the chair was Whitman by pardon it didn't happen and on 7/30/1915 Becker was executed in Sing Sing prison.