The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-13
BY FRANK CHARLTON.

OSSINNING. n. Y. April 13.-Just
as day dawned over the gray walls OF
Sing Sing prison, the four young gun
men," convicted of assassinating Her
man Rosenthal In front of the Hotel
Metropole in New York city, on the
morning of July Is, 1912. were put to
death in the electric chair.
None of the men confessed in the
death chamber. True to their predic-
tions they died game"
1t required just thirty.nine minutes
to execute the gunner. who went to
their death in this order:
First Frank Cfrofici. alias "Dago
Frank
Second, Joseph Seidenschner, alias
Frank Muller" and Whitley Lewis"
Third, Harry Horowitz. alias "Gyp
the Blood" and Louis Rosenberg, alias
Lefty Louie"
Make No Confession.
Stolid and hardened to the last mo-
ment of their lives, none of the gun
men said a word that might be con-
strued in the light of a confession.
Whitley Lewis alone made a statement
in the death chamber.
1t was a hasty, ierky assertion that
the witnesses who swore that he had
shot Rosenthal were perjurers.
Whitley" was on the verge of col
lapse. He suffered an emotional
breakdown in his cell at the last mo-
ment. This unexpected turn Of affairs
compelled the order of execution to be
changed at the last moment.
Whitley" was shaking and his face
was ashen. Only the sounds of the
electricians strapping the electrodes
upon the condemned man broke the
deathly silence Of the death house.
Warden Clancy had been told that the
gunman had something to say. but #;
was not known whether or not it was
a confession. AS soon as he was
seated, Whitley" began:
Protests Innocence.
'tGentlemen, 1 am convicted Of NUT
der. 1 am not guilty of shooting Her
man Rosenthal. i did not fire the
to be electrocuted. People who say
they saw me shoot Herman RosenthaL
were perjurers. / want you all
The mans voice died away IN his
throat to a choking sob. for the deadly
current had suddenly been turned on.
The body writhed in the straps and
heaved until it seemed almost to be-
bursting. Suddenly it went limp.
Though the doomed men. comforted
by ministers Of their faith, betrayed
no emotion. the strain on the wit
nesses was intense. One man coll
the chamber.
Il left there because / was too sick
to stay any longer" he said as he
was supported out Of the gate by a
guard and staggered up the steps OF
the veranda leading to the warden's
office. He was taken inside until he
recovered and then staggered away
down the road toward the Ossinning
railway station.
The official time for each execu-
ton was as follows: Ciroficf, 5:3S to
5:44: Seidenschner. 5:4S to 5:53, horo-
witz, 5:57 to 500, Rosenberg, sos to
GIT.
Crowds About Prison.
For an hour before the time set for
each execution there was a steady
procession toward the prison reserva-
ton. Guards posted q quarter of
mile in each direction stopped every
person who did not have a written
invitation to be present at the execu-
ton.
The mother and sister of Frank Cir
ofici and the father of Rosenberg ar
rived at the prison shortly before
O'Clock The old man fingered out
side refusing to enter. The women
went to stay until the last moment
with the condemned son and brother.
They had come on an early train from
Albany where a last appeal was made
to Gov. Glynn to act. The prison
officials showed the women to the
death house. There they remained