The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-26
Gyp, the Blood and Other eanssters
Are Sentenced to Death In
Electric Chair on
January 6.
TO JOIN MR.. BECKER
Extra Precautions Taken by Sheriff
and the Court to Prevent Any
Trouble During the
Sentence.

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NEW YORK, Nov 26.-Justice Gotf
in the criminal branch of the supreme
court today sentenced Whitley Lewis
and Dago Frank, two of the four gum
men convicted for the actual killing
OF Herman Rosenthal, gambler, to be
electrocuted in Sing Sing prison dur
ing the week beginning January g..
Judge Golf few minutes later sem
fenced the other two, Lefty Louis and
Gyp the Blood, to die the same day
Sheriff Julius Hamburger preceded
the quartette into court. He had on
long overcoat with big army re-
volver In each OF his side pockets.
From the time he entered the room
until the door closed behind him, as
he led the four condemned back to
their cells, his hands never left the
pistols.
The four prisoners were surrounded
by deputy sheriffs as they were led
into the courtroom, every seat Of
which was filled. Outside of the rail
was motley aggregation of men and
come to hear the doom of the four
gangsters.
All were ranged in front OF the rail
with Whitley Lewis on the extreme
left, followed in order by Dago Frank,
Lefty Louie and Gyp the blood. Lewrs
| was the first to be sentenced. AS
sistant District Attorney Moss moved
] the Judgment of death When Clerk
i Penny demanded whether Whitley had
any reason to interpose, showing why
he should not be sentenced, counsel
for the men, former Magistrate Wahle,
read ten objections. Eight Of the ten
] were based on the fact that the legis-
lature had last February created a
4 new county of the Bronx, but that
4 despite this action, the four men had
n been indicted by a grand jury drawn
both from Manhattan and the Bronx
and tried before a jury drawn from
l,both counties, despite the fact that
the code provided that persons accus
ed of crime should have their cases
presented to a grand jury and tria
jury drawn from the county in which
/ the crime was committed. The Other
i two objections were that the verdic
was contrary to the law and the evi
dence and was due to public clamol
and prejudice.
Each objection was formally over
ruled and Justice Goff imposed sen
tence of death in Sing Sing prison
during the week commencing Januar.
! g. AS each man was sentenced Ii
, turn he was hurried out of the court
room and back to the Tombs. Their
! when all were together they wer
, handcuffed to deputies and with othe
deputies alongside were hustled int
4 an iron clad prison van and rushed t
the Grand Central station where
: train was taken to Ossining. Harbure
Y er had reserved an entire day coacl
I for his prisoners and armed me-
J stood on the platforms and inside tn
e doors ready to resist any attempt a
8 rescue
None of the men showed the sligh
l. est emotion. Dago Frank was the onl
n one to say good bye to their counse
y shaking hands with Wahle before h
was led out Of the courtroom.
i II is expected that formal motto
l. of appeal, which will automatically ae
II as stay, will be filed with the di
j. trict attorney and the warden of Sin
Sing prison within the next week {
| ten days.
Justice William Patrick Lawler {
r San Francisco, who presided at tt
" trial of Abe Reuf, and most of th
" graft trials In San Francisco, occ
If pied seat alongside of Justice Go
lr and was an interested witness Of I'll
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