The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
No. Whitey Lewis No 3-"Lefty Louie No. 2-sDago Fran No.4-"Gyp the Blood.

ed quickly to their doom and only their quaking knees and sthe sickIv green pallor of their 1aces sattested that the realization of death was upor. them.
 Wi1liana E.. Cashin; Roman Catholic g6 Frssssk, to the chair. With sYYlaiEey LewIsY and ssGyp the Blood was Rab- bi Joseph GoIdstefn. Rabbi Mayer Kopfstein, long the spiritual adviser of the Rosenberg family, stood by. Priest and rabbi alike ayerted their eyes from the chair of death, mean time struggling to control their chok- ing utterances as they intended a Eprayer for the dying
 .tGentlemen,' said Rabbi Goldstein, as he left the death chamber. If you ask me whether the Jewish boys were did not confess to me As for tho. Italian, I do not believe he was at the scene of the crime. do not think any of them should have been con victed on the testimony offered.'
 An anaemic moon still hung in the sky when those who were to witMest the executions gathered in front of the prison. The air was chill and swept across the Hudson which bounds the prison on the west. Lights glim- mered at corridor ends Of the build ings but no sound came from with in. The hfdeous noises which convicts have been said to emit when one OF more of their number is to die were spared those who waited.
 CLOSE TO. COLLAPSE
 Dawn was just creeping over the hills when the witnesses were edmit- ted to the courtyard Of the deatn- house. Many were asYien faced and trembling. From a printed list a clerk read off the names of those who were to seesthe first man die A mo- ment more and the door of the death chamber had closed behind them.
 Warden Clancy had announced thai FssGyp the BIood" would die first, fol- lowed by Lefty Louie '.Dago Frank and sfWhitey Lewis But tho man who first came through the little Frank" He had shown signs of col Iapsing and it was deemed expedient to shield him from the ordealio of wait ing.
 State Electrician Davis carefully tested the electric current by sending lights that glowed brilliantly on a board which lay across the stout arm of the electric chair.
 Two of these men had told me that they will make statement" an nounced Warden Clancy, "and under them any Questions.' 2
 The leg and arm srongss were then wet and Head Keeper ATcInerney, act ing on a signal from the warden, went to the death cell. There he found Cfroffci in prayer with Father Cashin The condemned man clutched a cru cif1x in each hand as he was led into the presence Of death He had to be supported by two keepers.
 In the death cells could be heard the n1urnn1rss Of the other prisoners as they made their complications. Then the attendants stepped back from the rubber mat
 EsI MEET MY cop.
 "oh. God, I meet. my God!' gasped the Italian. The state electrician turned the switch.
 The first contact was gradually re- duced and theKl a second shock was given. The prison physicians, Dr. Farr and Dr. Mereenno with several other witnessing doctors, applied the stethoscope and made other tests for life.
 CT pronounce this man dead" said Dr. Fsarr in a. low voice.
 It was 5:43 o'clock. The group of witnesses left the death chamber and the body of ..Dago Frank was taken to the autopsy.
 The doctors said Cirohcf had made little resistance to the electric cur rent which registered 1920 volts and between to 10 amperes. Of the four, he died the easiest. He had intended making a statement but his ncentaI processes had failed him.
 A new lot of witnesses filed in. Ekxasakh the little door nrazazzt1x aAaaA