Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1915 — Becker Meets Death in Electric Chair Bravely. [ARTICLE]

Becker Meets Death in Electric Chair Bravely.

Charles Becker, who was put to death in the electric chair at Snig Sing, New York, Friday morning, for the killing of Herman Rosenthal, the New York gambler, went to his death bravely. The former New York police lieutenant retained his composure and protested his innocence to the last. He went to his death with a photograph of his wife pinned on his shirt over his heart. Three shocks were given before the prison physician pronounced Becker as dead at 5:55 o’clock. Becker led the way to his own execution. The condemned man sat up all night on the edge of his cot, calmly talking to Deputy Warden Chae. H. Johnson. “I have got to face it,” said Becker, “And I am going to face it bravely and without any troAle to anyone.” Becker’s last message to the world was: “I declare to the world that I am proud to have been the husband of the purest, noblest woman that ever lived—Helen Becker.”