Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-04-13

osSinlnB, N. T., Aprll l5.-FrOm
the electric chair In the gloomy death
house of Sing Sing prison, the souls
of the four New York gunmen today
were sent out at the sunrise.
This was the order of their execu-
ton:
Frank Ciroici, (Dago Frank
shocked at 538, dead at 5.44.
Jacob Seidenshner (Whitey Lew
is) shocked at 5.48, dead at 5.52.
Harry Horrowitz, (Gyp the Blood
shocked at 5.57, dead at 6.O2.
Louis Rosenberg, uefty Louie)
shocked at a. M, dead at GIT.
Not one of the gunmen made con-
fession of the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, gambler, Three died
grimly, silently. Seidenshner, who
was the second to be executed, made
the following remarkable statement
In the death chair.
Gentlemen, l want to say few
words for the sake of justice. Those
people, those witnesses who swore
they saw me shoot, are purjurers
swear by God did not shoot Herman
Rosenthal."
Dn6o aim was tuo uTsl 10 uJS
From 1920 a. m. to time not given
out he had remained in the death
house In an agony of farewell with
his mother and sister Mary. They,
1t is understood, begged OF him to
confess II he had anything to con
fess OF the Rosenthal murder, but
SO far as known he kept deaf ear
to their entreaties, maintaining his
innocence to the last.
One of the most pitiful phases of
the wholesale execution was the
agony of Mrs. Cirofic1, Dago Franks
mother. When she arrived before
dawn two strong men were needed
to support the aged woman sent to
the building. There for more than
an hour she wept over her son and
as the witnesses of the execution
were leaving the prison the means
and walls of the woman and her
daughter, Mary, could be heard
echoing through the otherwise silent
house OF death.
There was much sympathy shown
for Dago Frank by the warden and
his jailers and when he climbed to
the chair the general opinion was
that his fear was benumbed by
drugs. Preceded by Father Casian.
Roman Catholic prison chaplain, the
boy stumbled to his death.
Whitley Lewis" who made the only
statement went to his death In full
control Of himself. Fear distorted the
vistage of "Gyp the Blood the third
to die. His eyes stuck out in ter
ror. Like Whitley Lewis" he was
preceded to the chair by Rabbi Gold !
stein and held the book of prayer In
his right hand.
Lefty Louis" the most intelligent
OF the murderers, was the hardest to
kill. 1t took four shocks to drive life |
from his frame. The bodies of the |
gunmen will be surrendered today to |
their relatives, who according to |
Warden Clancy asked for them be- |
fore the execution.
Relatives Claim, Bodies.
Mrs. Horowitz and Mrs. Rosenberg |
remained here all night to watch In |
the early morning at the gate of the
prison for the cheap wooden collins in |
which the bodies of their husbands |
will be brought forth after the sur
geons finished with them. At the |
prison gate on the same errand will be |
Mrs. Cirofei and her daughter and the
father and mother of Whitley Lewis"
The first of the men to see his rela
tives for the last time was "Dago |
Frank" whose mother and sister had |
arrived at Ossining last night. Later
the wives of "Gyp the Blood and
Lefty Louie and the father and
mother of Whitley Lewis dull eyed
and weeping. passed through the gate
Of the prison.
Between the doomed men, each In his
prison made death suit of black, and
the relatives to whom they were speak
Ing for the last time we're the bars OF
their cell doors and heavy meshed
grating two feet away. There was no
opportunity for a farewell shake of
the hand. last loving kiss. There
could be no whispered word of parting.
no secret word Of cheer and courage,
for there at the cell door sat a keeper
In their last moments the men were