Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-20
InformerS to
 Be Liberated
WHITMAN PLEASED WITH CON-
 VICTIoN OF GUNMEN.
"IS END OF GANG RULE"
Jury Out Only Twenty Minutes on Case-CounseI for the Quartette An nounces His Intention to Appeal.

New York, Nov. 19.-tLefty Louie" 'Gyp the Blood" "Dago Frank" and "Whitey' Lewis killed Herman Resen- thai, the gambler, at the instigation of Charles Becker, and, like him, must pay the penalty of death in the cleo tric chair. The jury, which has been hearing the evidence against the four gunmen, so decided today, when it re- turned against them a verdict of mur- der in the first degree after but twen- ty minutes of deliberation.
 Gunmen Show No Emotion. Like Becker, the gunmen heard the verdict pronounced against them with out show of emotion. They stood at the bar looking straight ahead as the foreman of the jury rose to make known the result of it's deliberations, and they continued to stare stoically in front of them until the formalities of the proceedings were concluded. Remanded to their cells until tomor- row, when Justice Golf will fix the day for imposing sentence, they turn ed and filed out of court with as firm | a step as when they had entered. HWhitey'' Lewis-he who was the most | dramatic of the four when he testified on the witness stand-alene walked | with head bowed.
 l E0ILy WHS AH0CSS0s As they entered the door leading over the bridge of sighs, "Gyp" said something to Lefty" in 8 sul1en un- side "Lefty's" del1-faced wife, '1efty's Lillie," as she was called, wept on the shoulder of her husbands father, who vainly tried to comfort her-fer the verdict was quickly flashed from the courtroom te the waiting crowds cut side. 'Gyp's" wife, known as "Gyp's | ''Lillie,' received the news in the house of detention. The two other gunmen are unmarried.
 Case to Be Appealed.
 Former Magistrate Charles G. E. 1 Wahle-counsel for the gunmen, aR- nounced that he would appeal from the verdict, and, as in the case of Becker, months may elapse before their ulti- mate fate is determined. Meantime, they will occupy cells near that of the former police lieutenant in the death house of Sing Sing.
 Verdict Reached in 20 Minutes.
 Although the jury was actually out of the courtroom an hour and five minutes, 1t was but twenty minutes after their retirement that word reached the clerk of the court that they had arrived at a verdict. This was at L.55 o'clock, but at the time Justice Golf was at lunch, and he did not return until three quarters of an hour later.
 Judges Charge Occupies Three Hours
 The final day of the trial opened with Justice Goffs charge to the jury which occupied three hours. The Icharge emphasized many points in the testimony of the gunmen, which the prosecution in its summing up had de- clared were discrepancies fatal to the credibility of their stories.
 Court Raises Questions for Jury.
 If the defendants contention were true that Rose and his companions Webber. Vallon and Schepps, shot Ro- seminal, would he have invited them around to the Metropols hotel to the scene of the shootingr' he asked the jury, Did tho defendants tell the truth when they said they saw Ro- senthal shot and were near enough tt distinguish the faces of those who did the shooting, but did not see Ro. seminal fall? Was the testimony 0. the three defendants in support of tho alibt of Dage Frank interposed b5 pre-arrangement%
 End of Gang Rule.
 The verdict was just enc and WI meet with the approval of all righ thinking eitizens," said District Attor hey Whitman tonight. "It means tn beginning of the end of gang rule il New York city, From new on this of flee will push the ease of every mal arrested as being a gangster, The, will receive no mercy, and the pubH opinion that has been reused by tn killing of Herman Rosenthal will SUD port the prosecuting officer of tn county in his endeaVors to remev these pests from the city.
 . lnfermers to Go Free. fWehber, Rose and Vallen will D released as soon as their atterne makes application for such release , They will not run aWay-that I ar sure of. As for Schepps, he was enl , held as a vagrant and he eeftai44l ? has served hs term, I shall not CD I pose his discharge. The jury that de
 cided the case of the gaInmen did nd
 seem te regard Shapiro as an accom-
 pliee, and I shall move tomorrow fo
 his discharge"