The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-14
DAGO FRANK.
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he knew what was going on, but was
not there when the shooting took place
I advised him to tell the whole story.
He said if he did they would kill his
brother l asked whom he meant by
they; he replied that there were so
| men in New York he could name. He
| said: Il don t care about myself, it Is
my family l care for.
81 caused Frank CirOfici to be
| brought from the condemned dollhouse
| to the principal keeper Office about
| o clock Monday morning. He made the
| following, among other statements, in
| the presence of myself. Principal Keep
er McInery. the chaplain, his mother
and sister. They urged him to tell the
whole truth. He hesitated and said:-
81 don t want to make any state
ment for the public. | do not fear for
myself, but l do fear for you.
His sister replied: Don t have any
fear for us, we will take care of our
selves. God viii protect us.
A Gamblers Fight.
Ellis mother and sister continued to
urge him to tell the truth. He said /
did not do the shooting. The men who
fred the shots were Gyp, Louie and
Nallon He said. I was five miles
away at the time. So far as | know,
Becker had nothing to do with this
case. 1t was a gambler : fight.
"'He mentioned several raids on gam
bling houses and said that the story
shapiro told to commissioner Dougherty
was true. He said / told some lies on
the stand to prove an alibi for the
rest Of the BOYS. The testimony abou
the conversation with Rose in the, ca
on the way down was not true. | wa
in Bridge Weber 5 when the arrange
ments were made. ] did not know jus
! what the arrangements were. / knew
f something was coming off. ! did no
see Louie pack the trunk as | testified
on the stand. There were guns there
!, but not the ones they used. When ask
: ed how he gained this information. h
said. Il heard the bows talking abou
p it since l was here The converse
). tion then related to other matters no
directly connected with the Rosentha
murder. He admitted his knowledge o
Il and participation in the preparation
I, for the murder but denied his presenc
/ when the actual murder was con
mitted.''
Ao9O L dAAh 1NEdl SOlAdHScs
:" According to Mr.. Clancy. virtual
: everything that Ciro6ci said after /
started to make his final statement ";
voluntary. His defense of Becker can
absolutely without suggestion from an
one, the warden maintained. Cirofci
statement was not wholly unexpeete
1t was rumored Thursday that he mig
10 talk, and this caused the governor
Mr 70 -;
oner gave Mr.. Riley a statement WIFI
re contradieted the latter one in some II
re nor details, but it contained little mo
ty information than had been previous
ne brought out. After making his stat
ment to Mr.. Clancy, Cirotici almost q
'ss lapsed, and this was the cause of t
sudden change in the warden's pla
he which sent Dago Frank to the cha
ne. first instead of Gyp the Blood.
At no time, according to the warde
er. did any of the gunner except Cirof
led insist that they were innocent of t
crime of killing Rosenthal. Whit
,ok Lewis always declared that he did L
nar fire shot. and il is the warder
opinion that his dying words were.
am didn t shoot at Rosenthal. AR. Cli
to ~ said that Dago Frank and Whit
ear Lewis always believed they were not
guilty of Staying Rosenthal as We
an the men who fired the shots.
the Incidentally, while Mr.. Clancy v
you sitting in Mr. Riley s Office last mis-
ed. the superintendent expressed the he
ear that no other man ever would pay
Get, penalty of death in the electric ch
in that state 80 hope, he said,
Of see the next legislature pass law =
ing hitting jnries to fix life penalty. 3
un- that this reform viii succeeded III
ing away with capital punishment
ITO Warden Clancy denied reports that
aek was on the verge of n nervous bre
rop down owing to his experience with
gunmen. Gov. Glynn was greatly int
it'll ested, but he declined TO make {
ear. comment whatsoever on the case.