The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-04-14

Other Gunmen Go to Elec.
trio Chair in Silence.
NO DELAY in EXECUTIONS

Four slayers Of Herman Rossnthal
the New York Gambler, Put q, Death
in Thirty.nlne Minutes - seiden
schner Declares Witnesses Against
Him Perjured Themselves.
ossining. N Y. April IA. The fou,
gunner convicted OF the murder Of
Herman Rosenthal. the New Yorl
city gambler, were executed in SIM
Sing prison ISL
d It was just thirty-nine minutes from
the time the FIRST shock was given
'Dago Frank" Cirotlci the first to die
until Lefty Louie" Rosenberg, the
last Of the four, was pronounced dead
Whitley Lewis Jacob Ssiden
schner) was the only one Of the gun
men to make q statement in thu
5deathhouse and none made comics
sion. Ssidenschner declared the wit
nesses against him had perjuret
themselves and swore he was no
guilty. He was the second man exc
cuted.
'Gyp the Blood" Harry Horowitz)
was the third. He went to his deatl
terror stricken and apparently on thu
verge OF collapse. e
"Dago Frank was pronounced deat
at 5:44, Whitley Lewis" at $50
"Gyp the Blood" at 6:O3 and Left,
Louie" at 6:17. It required four
shocks to kill Lefty Louie two wer.
sufficient for the others.
Father Cashin, the Catholic chap
lain of Sing Sing, walked to the deatl
chair with "Dago Frank" rabbi
Goldstein was with each Of the tire,
Jews.
selder,schner Asserts lnnocenee.
Whitley Lewis" last word was ,
denial Of his guilt. He was calm ani
fully aware Of all that was going OF
about him. He stepped into the dealt
chamber, preceded by Rabbi Gold
stein. Before taking his place in thu
chair he said: ...
Gentlemen, / want to say for thu
sake of justice the witnesses wht
swore against me perjurad them
selves. swear before God that (!
did not shoot Rosenthal"
Seidenschner died hard, his body
convulsively jumping as the curren'
was applied.
"Gyp the Blood" Horowitz seemed
paral7zed with fear when he wal
strapped to the chair. His eyes pro
truded. Two shocks were given him
Lefty Louie, y the last, died hard
est. The preceding had been give1
two shocks each, but four were neces
sary before Rosenberg was pro
nounced dead. 81: . s -
In addition to the two ministers
Father Cashin and Rabbi Goldsteir
and assistants, twelve men were IL
the chamber at each execution.
RosenthaI Killed for "squeaIlna."
Herman Rosenthal was murdered
at 2 a: m. July 16, 1912. He had beer
furnishing District Attorney Whit
man with evidence of police grating
which connected Police Lieutenant
Becker with gamblers. He had beer
warned to "hold his tongue"
While dining at the Metropole, 10
Gated just of Broadway on West For
ty-second street, he was called to thu
pavement by a man never identified
As he stepped to the curb he was shot
through the brain. s.1.
The murderers. calmly walked to 6
waiting automobile and rode on to
ward Fifth avenue.
A policeman recorded fictitious
number Of the car, A bystander tool
the license number and was arrested
when he gave it to the police Of the
Forty-seventh street station. Only
the fact that District Attorney Whit
man took Immediate personal charge
of the case saved this man and his
memory of the car number to the
prosecution. It was this slender
thread of evidence from which Whit
man traced the real slayers.
Informed Becker Of Killing.
It was subsequently learned that
Becker received word OF the shooting
from Jack Rose, Becker's stoolpigeon
by phone. The police lieutenant I'm.
mediately rushed from his apart
ments uptown to reassura the men
who had engineered the shooting. II
was also learned that Becker, In an
automobile, had passed the MetropOle
a few minutes before Rosenthal.waa
killed.
Up to the very last "Dago Frank
"Gyp the Blood" Lefty Louie and
Whitley Lewis" asserted their limo.
cense. Becker was tried before they
were. They were confident Becker
would not be convicted. When he
was, however, they did not lose hope.
Becker was convicted of first de.
gree murder az insttgator OF the
crime and sentenced to death. For
over year he sat In a cell on the
life side" Of the little green door,
which leads to the dread chair. Then
he was granted a new trial BY the
court of appeals on technical
grounds. He Is now in the Tombs.
Becker was arrested July 20, 1872,
but nearly two months elapsed before
the apprehension Of the gunner. Their
trial before Justice Cor marked 9 rec.
ord Of speed in criminal procedure.
Found q Cure for Rheumatixm