The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-11-22
TO DEATH CHAIR
GuNMEN MUST GO
Four New York Thugs Con-
victed for the Murder Of
Rosenthal, the Gambler.
Only 20 Minutes to Reach
a Verdict.


and "Whitey" Lewis who killed Her
man Rosenthal, the gambler, at the
instigation of Chas. Becker, and must
pay the penalty of death in the elec-
trio chair. The jury which has. been
hearing the evidence against the -FOUR
gunmen so declared today when it re-
turned verdict of murder in the
first degree after but 20 minutes; OF
deliberation. ~
The gunmen heard the verdict pro-
nounced against them without show
of emotion. They stood at the bar
looking straight ahead as the fore
man of the jury made known the re-
suit of their deliberations and they
continued to stare stolidly in front Of
them until the formalities of the pro-.
ceedings were concluded.
Pass Out Calmly.
Remanded to their cells in the
Tombs until tomorrow, when Justice
Golf will fix the day for imposing
sentence, they turned and filed ~. Of
the court room with as firm steps I.
when they had entered.
Whitley" Lewis was the most dra.
matte of the four, as when he testie
fled on the witness stand. AS they en-
tered the door leading over the Bridge
of Sighs "Gyp" said something to
Lefty" in sullen undertone which
none could hear. Outside "Lefty'so
doll-faced wife, "Lefty's Lillian, as
she is called, wept on the shoulder or
her husbands father, who vainly tried
to comfort her. 4.
"Gyp's" wife, known asa;"G Gyp,s LII
lian," received the news I'M the house
of detention. The two other gufiffiek
are unmarried.
Will Appeal Case.
Former Magistrate Charles G. F.
Wahle, counsel for the gunmen,s an
nounced that he would appeal from
the verdict and as in the case of Beck
er, months may elapse before their
ultimate fate is determined. Mean
while they will occupy cells near thar
of the former police, lieutenant in the
ueatn mouse at SlngSlng.
Although the jury was actually out
of the court room an hour and five
minutes, it was but 20 minutes after
their retirement that word reached
the clerk of the court that they had
arrived at verdict. This was at 1:15
o'clock, but Justice Golf was at luncr
and he did not return until three.
quarters of an hour later.
The final day of the trial opened
with Justice Goff's charge to the jury.
which occupied three hours. The
charge emphasized many points in the
testimony of the gunmen which the
prosecution in it's summing up hao
declared were discrepancies fatal TO
the credibility of their stories.
Was 1t Likely?
If the defendants contention were
true that Rose and his companions,
Weber, Vallon and Schepps, shot
Rosenthan, would he have invited
them around to the Metropole hotter
to the scene of the shooting?" Justice
Golf asked the jury.
"Did the defendants tell the trutb
when they said they saw Rosenthal
shot and were near enough to dis.
tinguish the faces of those who did
the shooting, but did not see Rosen-
thai fall? Was the testimony of the
three defendants in support of the
alfbi of Dago Frank interposed by
prearrangement?"
What l shall say applies to all
these defendants, and in only one case
shall l separate one from the Others. |"
said Justice Golf.
Remarkable Situation. y
Herman RosenthaI was shot u
death under circumstances of excep-
tional recklessness, Rose, Webber,
Vallon and Schepps say to these -four
defendants: you did the murders
These four defendants say: But
you committed it. 1t is q remarK-
able situation, these two groups Of
men accusing each other.
"Rose has taken the witness stand
and acknowledged participation in the
crime. 1t was a remarkable narrativs
that he told. Can you say that thai
man constructed and conceived this
plot, without there being foundation
of truth in II? From the defendante
moths themselves, we learn ttas
Rose feared them. The defense a.
cuses Rose of constructing the Story