The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-13


came to bid him good night. He
will be aroused at $3.50 O'Clock,
when Father Cashfn will return.
and a half hour later he will see
his mother. perhaps for the last
time. Upon what happens I'm her
brief visit Is his only possible
hope for life.
oSSINrNG, n Y. April f2,-Ths
four gunner will go to their deaths
In the electric chair for the murder
of Herman Rosenthaf at 5:4a tomor-
row morning In nearly every human
probability.
For Harry Horowitz. Louis Roseri-
berg and Jacob Seidenschner. Gyo tho
Blood Lefty Louie and Whitley Lewis
there is absolutely no hope
For Frank Cirohci, "Dago Frank,
there Is one chance In ten thousand.
His mother wiz arrive at the prison
at O'Clock tomorrow morning, and
she will give her boy the one last
tchance.
II he truthfulls can say that he can
confess that which Will have an i'm
pprtant bearing on any other case.
Becker or any other, he may not go
with the three men but there must
be no doubt of what he says or what
can be Corroborated.
In the prison today to prevent the ex-
ecution of the men by putting the
dynamo attached to the electric chair
tout of commission. During last night.
someone believed TO have been sec
ond-termer who had access to the
electric powerhouse with a wrench
and other tools, ruined the new ma
chinery. This fact was learned at
O'Clock this morning, when the cleo
tricians made their inspection of this
machinery.
Chair Again Effective.
The warden was aroused at once
and straiGhtway sent TO an electric
company, who sent a man up, This
man simply connected another dyna-
mo with the chair and tests showed
that it was effective. This dynamo
was tested tonight and is all right.
The powerhouse is in ahuilding back
of the lighthouse. and has nest Of
dynamos which supply light for tire
institution, Electrician Davis. the
State executioner, chose a new high
powered machine when he was here
on Saturday, and made his resistance
tests on that
There was no hope left the three
boys, al least, when the last day be-
gan this morning. They accepted
kringle were going up 10 Albany to
intercede for them, but they could
not believe there was any chance.
/ For the fourth. Dago Frank, there
was another situation. His mother
and sister were to go to Albany with
some sort of proposal they had oh,
tanned from him yesterday, He cut
loose from the other three last night
when he failed to join in with a state
ment. and today he still renamed
aloof
.'Dago Frank Shows Strain.
/ No one in the prison knew what
| the mother was to tell the governor
her son could reveal OF all the men.
4 Cirofici was the most nervous and APP
parently show ed the hardest strain
I The four men awakened early tina
Z morning They ate heartily OF a.
bounteous breakfast and made ready
for what they all said was the hard
est ordeal OF all their experiences, the
good byes.
They were braced- for this by the
early visit of Father Cashin, who
prayed with all OF them. and later re-
turned to give Cirofici communion
The men then prayed among them.
selves and later the visitors were an-
nounced. For Whitley Lewis there
were his two brothers, Morris and
Joseph. For Cirofici there were his
/ brothers, John and Paul with his
sister law, Mrs. Paul. Then upon
their heels came Mrs. Lefty Louie and
Mrs. Gyp the Blood. A
The young women, very soberly ~.
tired kept up brayely until they en-
tered the death house, and then they
gave way 10 their emotions. Instead
of comforting they were comforted ny
their husbands behind the bars. ono
of them became SO hystericat that she
lerdeavored to tear down the steel eraf-
Ing which separated her from the cell
door They remained one hour. and
as they came forth they were weep
ing violently They leftat once.
Whitley Lewis Resigned.
Morris Seidenschner said No.
brother was resigned to his fate. IN
told me that as II wsS the fAN eif94:
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