Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-14
WHITLEY" LEWIS.
leath without confesslng.

death without confessing.
Outside in the moonlight armed
sentrles paced back and forth and
inside the penitentiary every guard
was on duty to prevent an outbreak
Of any kind Of the 1000 prisoners
majority believed that the execution
of "Dago Frank" Lefty Louie"
Whitley Lewis" and "Gyp the Blood
was an injustice, because new trial
had been granted to Charles Becker.
the ex-police lieutenant, who had
been found guilty at his first trial OF
inspiring the murder of Herman Ros-
enthal.
No Sleep in Death House.
There was no sieep in the death
house. Not one OF the sixteen men
waiting eleetrocution enjoyed any
restful slumber Throughout Sunday
afternoon there had been such ora-
matte hysteria attending the fare
wells OF the relatives OF the gun
men" that affairs were all atingle.
A small army OF newspaper corre-
spondents and photogra piers occu-
pied the outside offices Of Warden
Clancys quarters but few tried TO
sleep. There was a sort Of electric
vibration in the air that forbade
slumber There was expectancy and
feeling that something would hap
pen"
Would one Of the gunner con-
fess? Would Governor Glynn grant
an eleventh hour reprieveT' These
were questions In which was born an
uncertainty that existed until the
electricity was turned into the bodies
Of the young slayers
MI. &C. ha p
tan East side who paid the penalty
OF their crime to-day were convicted
en- November 49, 1912. of firing the
shots which killed Herman Rosenthal
as he stepped from the Hotel Metro
pole into Forty third street, just off
Broadway.
Rosentha had caused the gambling
world of the metropolis to quake with
terror by his conference with the Dis
triCt Attorney Charles S. Whitman.
His promised confessions were a Sc
Quel to gambling war in which the
other underworld interests had tried
to drive him from the fat field of the
upper Tenderloin. Bomb outrages,
slayings and assaults had marked
this conflict Believing he was to be
deserted by Charles Becker police
lieutenant in charge of strong arm
squad" and a partner in the Rosen-
thai gambling house, the desperate
man was now about to expose the
whole Illegal conspiracy of police and
crime
The gambler was sitting in the Met
rcpole about . o'clock in the morning
Of July l6, 1912. a man entered and
asked him to come outside. Lurking
ga the shadows we're "Bridgey' Web
er. Bald jack Rose and Harry VAL
Ion Near by stood a motor car with
engine running The policemen sup
! POSED to be on station near by had
| been lured away,
Rosenthal Shot to Death.
In the glare Of bright lights and
W ithin 100 feet Of Times Square four
young men shot Rosenthal to death,
and leaped into the motor car. A
fifth man also entered, II is said by
some, and urged the driver onward
by holding revolver to his head and
striking him. The car disappeared in
the direction OF Fifth avenue. But SO
sure were the murderers that Charles
Becker would protect them that they
left the correct license number on
the murder car" and this was noted
by a man who happened to be a Wit
ness to the shooting.
turmoil The District Attorney and
Becker were on the scene long before
dayhteak, There were ugly rumors of
police attempts to cover the murder
ers trail It was recalled that Ro-
seminal was to tell n complete story
to Mr. Whitman the very day of his
death The motive OF the murder
could not have been more clear.
Not for several days were the
names Of the four put TO death to-
day mentioned The murder car"
was found and the two owners, one
Of whom had driven that night were
arrested, A general alarm was sent
ont for Jack Rose. who lay in hid
| ing IN a fine Riverside apartment. On
! July rs he styolled into police head
quarters nonchalant,y and was locked
up on July 20 a newspaper pub
| lisned the names 81 Lefty Louie"
and Whitley Lewis az two OF the
( four gunner.
I'm the meantime Governor Dix had
appointed Justice Gon to try Becker
Tor murder sam Schepps had bean
caught az Hot Springs Ark. and
brought back 20 New York on Oc-
( tobcr IA Becker was found guilty
/ -'Wo weeks before Big Jach' ZeNg
, had been murdered In a street car.
( His death may have been an outcome
( ~ the Bosenthal ease.
The four gunner came 70 trial No
Vember s. They elected TO be tried
I together Eleven DAYS later the jury
after only a short elaboration found
them guilty.