The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-04-13
FOUR GURMEN ARE.
EXECUTED At
DAYLIGHT
One Of the -Four Is Said To Have
Confessed
UAGO FRANK WENT FIRST
whtsy Lewis Second. oype the
Bleed Third md Lsf.e Louie
Was Last

orsiuing. X. Y- April l3.-Haru
Horovitz. Louis Rosenberg. Frank
Clrcaci and Frank lleiienshnor were
executed carly ,his morning in the
death house at SING sing for the muir
der Of Herman Rosenihal
Three cf them went TO their death
quietly but Horowitz -Cyp tho
Blood" broke Gown and Nept and had
to be half carried 10 the chair
"Dago Franh" (C.rcdcD was tho
0rst 20 die. His execution took
Place ct 5.li followed by Whitley
Lewis" Wcidenshnerl o 552, "Gyp
the Blood ulorowi,p az G.o3 and
Lenle Louie tRoecnbofsl last q.
6.1L
Ciro6crs mother arrived at Ossin
ing at i.f0 from Albany where she
had made q lass vain ctempt 90 see
Governor Gilnn. She WAS almost Ia
state of collapse but was hurried
20 the prison for O last visit 90 her
son Go whom she chung until the time
arrived fer the execution.
Whitley Lewis was Che only one to
make statement before the oxecu-
zion he declared that the witness
cs at The trial had periurcd hemseiy
cs anu sWoro that Dee was not guilty
Roecnhurg showed the most
biayado AS he WAS taken from Dds
cell % the elocirocution chamber ho
called "gocd-nyor to the twelve men
Def, 90 the death house an Of whom
axe awaiting execution.
BE- took just 80 minutes 20 complc'o
the execution cf the four men.
Father Cashin administered thg
last rites of the Catholic church to
Dago Frank just before the execution
while the other three were attended
l5 Rabbi Goldstln
Daro Frank SIS believed TO have
confessed TO Father Cashin as tht
priest stated after the execution that
he believed that justice had not
miscarried
Tine bodies viii be turned over 10
the relatives OF the young men tomoi
row.
Albany, April 1S.-Supt Reilly Of
prisons This morning SEATED that one
o. the men had confessed to Warden
Clancy and that his confession bad
settled any doubt and that The men
executed were the men who killed
Rosenthal
Ossining. April 12.-On the eve Of
the execution-set for tomorrow
morning between 5:45 and
c'clock-of the four Rosenthal gun
men. "Gyp the Blood Horowitz
81 CITY Louie. Rosenberg "whiieN
Lewis" seldenshner and "DagC
Frank Cirofci an attempt was mad,
TO Put tire electric chair In the deau
chamber at Sin Sing Prison out o
commission and thus delay the carry
Ing out OF the sentence.
This was admitted al the prison
late tonight. 1t was learned that th,
special dynamo connected with tn,
electric chair had been pounded tC
pieces by blows with a hammer early
this morning or late last night 1
the damage had not been detected b'
fore noon a postpcnement of the exc
cution would have been necessary.
A prison employe is under suspic
ion, and an investigation Is now be
ing carried on by Warden Clancy an,
Principal Keeper McInerny.
E. c. Davis, State electrician o
Massachusetts. the inventor OF tn,
electric chair and the chief execution
er at Sing Sing, tested his apparatus
on Saturday and found everything
working satisfactorily He went t,
New York city on Saturday evening
and had not expected to return unit
shortly before the time set
Through the underground system
in Sing Sing, however. il was learno,
that some one had wrecked the deli
1 cate electrical apparatus. \ numbe
of bolts and nuts we're missing alio
gether Mr. Davis was called on tn
telephone when the discovery wa
made He made a flying trip TO TIT
/ prison and sent to New York for al
entirely new dynamo. and with
number OF assistants, spent tn
whole Of the day in installing TIL
new apparatus.
At II O'Clock tonight the chair wa
tested and found to be in perfec
condition. Current to the amount o
$500 volts, considered an extr,