Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-14

part OF Cirofcfs mother and his sis
ter for the. truth.
Mr.. Clancy came to Albany yester-
day afternoon and told his story to
superintendent John b. Riley of the
state prison department and Gov
ernor Glynn. The warden first issued
formal statement rehearsing part
of what Cirofici told him, and later
added details which included Cirofici's
admission that he and other gangs
tiers had sought Rosenthal two nights
before the Staying.
The formal statement of the warden
follows:
About S o'clock Sunday night Ros-
enberg asked me to save Frank, say
ing he had nothing to do with the
shooting: he was not there. l went
over and asked Frank why he did not
tell the truth. He replied that he
knew what was going on, but was not
there when the shooting took place.
/ advised him to tell the whole story.
Fears for Brothers Life.
He said if he did they would kill
his brother. l asked whom he meant
by they He replied that there were
80 men in New York he could name.
He said: Il don't care about myself;
it's my family 1 care for
Il caused Frank Cirofici to be
brought from the condemned dollhouse
to the principal keepers office about 4
o'clock Monday morning. The chap
lain, his mother and his sister urged
him to tell the whole truth. He hest
tated and said:
".I don't want to make any state
ment for the public. do not care
FOR myself. but do fear for you
His sister replied Don't have any
lear for us; we will take care of our
selves. God will protect us"
HE said: L did not do the shoot
ng. The men who fired the shots
we're Gyp. Louis and Vallon. l was
i've miles away at the time. So far as
know Becker had nothing to do with |
his case. 1t was a gamblers fight
He mentioned several raids on !
gambling houses and said that the |
tory Shapiro told to Commissioner |
was true. He said: Il told |
ome lies on the stand to prove an /
Ilibi for the rest of the boys.
Part of Testimony Untrue.
THE testimony about the converse |
ion with Rose in the car on the way !
own was not true. l was in Bridgey |
Vebber's when the arrangements
we're made"
He admitted his knowledge of and
in the preparations for
he murder, but denied his presence
rhen the actual murder was COM
litted."
After making his statement to Mr..
fancy, Cirofici almost collapsed and
his was the cause of the sudden
witch in the warden's plans which
ent "Dago Frank to the chair first
lstead of "Gyp the Blood"
At no time, according to the war
en-, did any of the gunner except
irofici tell him that they were inno-
ent of the crime of killing Rosenthal.
Whitley Lewis always declared that
e did not fire a shot.
Mr.. Clancy said that "Dago Frank
nd Whitley Lewis always believed ,
lat they were not as guilty of STAY
Ig Rosenthal as were the men who
red the shots.
While Mr.. Clancy was sitting in Mr. =,
iley's Office last night the superin- ,
ndent of prisons expressed the hope {
lat no other men ever would pay the
analty of death in the electric chair ,
this state.
Warden Clancy denied reports that
= was on the verge of nervous ,
-eakdown owing to his experience
it'll the gunner.
Both Mr.. Riley and Mr.. Clancy ex-
Il
ined in Cirofici's statement would !,
i've any effect on the second trial of {
rmer Police Lieutenant Charles
ecker.