The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-16

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accordingly the keenest sufferer by
reason of the interval Of waiting.
tered the chamber at GOT. The Jew
ish prayer book which he grasped, ne
handed to Rabbi Kopfstein before n
guard strapped him in the chair. Like
'Gyp" he murnured a praye in He
brew. The theory that the strongest
hall die lefty" bore out by his UNI
ann resistance to the current. The
first contact was given at sos. At
SIT he was pronounced dead.
Only Few Present.
The only relatives OF the gunmen
who were in the prison at the time OF
the execution were "Dago
mother. sister and brothers, Whitley
Lewis brothers. Mrs. Cirofici was
borne to her carriage in collapse, an
hour after the el~eetrocution.
All the bodies of the gunmen Will be
claimed by relatives.
This Easter Sunday and h night
that followed was almost one conGnu-
Gus prayer for the condemned. They
were on their knees nearly all the time
that they were not talking to relatives.
A prisoner in a distant cell blew from
a battered cornet the quayering notes
OF Nearer. My God, to Thee" and In
the lighthouse a monograph played
sacred music. On he walk in front of
the prison the curious townspeople
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every now and then a party OF dusty
Automobiles swung down from their
car to surNey the building.
OF the scenes in the deathhouse COR
ridors Sunday that which stood out
boldest concerns the visit of two nuns.
AS Father Cashin, the Roman Catholic
prison chaplain, led the four gunner in
prayer, two Italian franciscan sisters
who had come from New York to see
"Dago Frank" whom they had taught
in his boyhood. knelt outside his cell.
Raised curtains. showing the cells bare
and immaculate after Saturdays clean
sing, disclosed the -four gunner also
kneeling. Suddenly the spirit of de-
votion spread to the whole death cham
Der. Every one OF the IL con-
demned. among them Hans Schmidt
slayer of Anna Aumuller, Joined in the
Lords prayer. which concluded the
services.
Messages to tho Boys.
To the boys OF the east side in New
york the Jewish trio of the Eunmen
sent a final message through Rabbi
Jacob Goldstein. Whitley Lewis"
wrote:
There are many boys who are well
brought UT and have good parents who
do not look out for the company they
get into. Bad company is the cause OF
their fall.
Keep away from bad company Is
the best message / can send"
Lefty Louie said:
What / said the other day about
bad company: A fellow who honestly
earns Sc a week Is better off he
who gets 1000 a week If he does no
get it straight.
1--WE are supposed to have as many
friends as any felow that was on the
east side, but when it came to a show
down it was only the school (syna-
gogue) that stood by us, outside Of our
parents. Stick to the school and to
your parents. If J. had life to live over
again l would surely follow this adj
vice"
"Gyp the Blood said he had nothing
to add to what had been said.
Wives Pay Last Call.
Mrs. Rosenberg, Lefty Louie's''
young wife, M the wife of "Gyp the
Blood; Mr.. and Mrs. John Cirofici and
Paul Cirofici, relatives Of "Dago
Frank; Morris and Joseph Seides-
spent the early part of the afternoon
in a last visit to the death chamber
The women walled aloud as they went
out of he prison. On the way to the
station they said hat the men about
to die had never maintained their in
nocence so strongly as in this last re-
monstrance. They We're calm and re.
signed, n it was the GUNNER who
played the part Of CONSIDERS.
Il must die sometime" Lefty Louie
told his wife; "if it pleases o. thai
l die now I am ready"
Whitley Lewis asked his brothers
to tell their mother that she was mo-
the mother of a murderer. Il have
never been more than a little Wild
he said.
Near the railroad station a photo.
grapher who tried to take a picture o.
| tho N-nN ~ ~, n-
ty Louis was set upon by the Seiden.
sinner brothers, Morris and Joe. He
was Knocked down. The prisoners
were no left alone for a single instant
during the day or night.
All Pleas in Vain.
The last avenue of hope for the fou,
gunner was closed six days before
their execution, when Governor Glynr
refused to grant a stay, pending TIL,
second trial of Lieut.. Charles Becker
who was convicted in the lower court.
of having plotted the murder of Her.
man Rosenthal to prevent him from
making graft revelations to Distric
Attorney Whitman. The court OF ap
peals, in reversing the decision 70
Becker, declared itself un~convince,
that he had directed the murder. bu
upheld the judgment of the lowe
court that the four gunner had beer
the instruments. Motions for a ney
trial on the ground of new evidence
made by their attorney, were denied
and they were sentenced to die durini
the week beginning April Is.
-Four days before their execution
delegation OF New York rabbis visite
Governor Glynn and pleaded in val
with him to POSTPONE the executio,
until after the SECOND trial of Becker
The governor remained fixed In tn
opinion that he had already expresse
that Becker's guilt or innocenc
could in no way affect the guilt q
the gunner, who had been judge
guilty by two courts.
The real names of the men VIII
have been known as "Gyp the Blood,
Whitley Lewis were Harry Horo
WITT, Louis Rosenberg, Frank Giro
iici and Frank S~eidenshue. TIL
youngest, Lefty Louie" was 81; TIL
oldest, ''Dago Frank" 81. All wer
Jews except "Dago Frank" AS til
nickname implies, he was an Italia,
"Gyp the Bloed" and Lefty Louie
were married. Their young widow
survive them.
All Cleared "Daeo Frank"
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