The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-14
CRIME EXP|ATED
BY -FOUR SLAYERS
MumbIing Prayers, They Go to
Death in Electric Chair
at Sing Sing.
DRAMATIC SCENE IN PRISON
OF Condemned Men, Only One,
Whitley Lewis" Makes
Public Statement.
HARRY
:HORO WIZ

Sing Sing Prison, ossining. y, y,
April 1.-THE fopr gunmen convicted
died In the electric chair at Sing Sini;
Prison at the break OF dawn this Easter
died. Frank Seidenshner C'Whitey
Lewis") made the only public state
ment. Even he did not hatly assert his
innocence.
strapped HIM him in ~ tic CHAIR chair, II did not not
shoot at Rosenthal Them who said
Justice. gentlemen. say did not. The
witness Stannisl--"
Whitley" did not finish the sentence
The strange harness had been adjusted
and the current threw hts body forward
in the chair. He had meant TO say
that Statnish. a waiter and a witness
intervcncd.
as seidsnsnner sI9.,." ,,S Was the second man TO
orowitz5 @ was ihird iie and 'I"I Lefty aI% Louie
r.ouis RosenberD last.
In forty minutes flat all four were
dispatched. This time would have been
shortened had ii not been for the over
crowdinS OF newspaper reporters. Their
heSscS FOR each execution.
Wink With 4uakinr Knees.
:, There waS no untoward incident
quietly 10 the chn!r. and only their
quaking knees and the sickly green
palior OF their. faces attestcd that the
William +. Cashin. Roman Catholic
CHAPLAIN OF the prison. accompanied
"Whitcy Lewis" and :C;yp the Blood!.
was. Rabbi Joseph Goldstein. Of New
York Rabbi Mayer Kopfstein. long the
lily. stood by Lefty Louie"
Dawn WAS breaking when the wit
neSses were admitted To the bare
courtyard OF the death house. From n
printed list clerk read or the names
o. 9f those who were TO see the first man
me death chamber had closed behind
them. Warden Clancy had announced
fniIowcJY f1nt GJYp tn ,he nlo@a would die first
nrank' and Whitley Lewis" HUT az
~ y, transnired. The man who first came
right was 'baeo ago Frank" 9 "'or lie a' haS ,ns
SHOWN signs Of collapSinG. and it wa.
Ieenied zee eYpe,lient To shield him from
the ordea! OF waiting.
state Electrician Davis cnrefullv
tested the electric current
TWO OF these men have told ma that
warden Clancy. but under no circun,
sthhccs must any one ask them any
Supported by Keepers.
The head and leg sponges were then
wet, ana Head Keeper Mclncrncv. act.
ms on q signal from the warden. went
Iiei i" me IS dsa,. cell Tier he found Gro
condemned man clutchcd a cruci6x IN
e@ucn @ hand as he was led into the pres
H.. c"tH' ire nau 10 be supported
py TWO Keepers. In the cells could bo
heard the murmur OF tie oticr siavers
In their supplications The ,yardrn n,,I
bcr mat. w
>, on God: / meet my Cod gasped
thc ittiiai. The state electrician turn
Ell the switch.
The first contact was gradually re-
Muced. then n second shock was given
inc prison physicians. Or. Farr and DR.
Meremo, with several other witnessing
doctors. applied the stcthoscope.
, pron4unce this man dead" whisp-
cred DR.. Farr 1t was 5:l3 O'Clock The
group of Witnesses left the death cham
her. ana the hody OF 'DaEo Frank was
removed to the autopsy room
The doctors said Cirofci had made
littie resistance to the electric current.
winch registered 1920 volts and be-
tween nlIc ana ten amperes. OF the
Iour. he died the easiest. lie had In
tented making n statement. but his
mental processes had failed him
new lot OF witnesses ilcd in Then
through the little door came .'Whitev
Lewis. The statement that lie never
mnished was ON his lips as he entered
The attendants fearing a shociiina;
spectacle of hystcria, sought TO soothe
him.
y current OF 1890 volts with a slight
ly higher ampcragc than had bcen used
on Cirohci. took his.lifc. lie was pro
nounccd dead at 5;52
"Gyp" Ia Third TO Die.
AT 500 "oiyp the Blood" was brought
in. II. had a jewish prayerbook Il, IN
his LETT hand. and Rabbi Goldstein
wulllcc by his side. Listen Israel
There IL only one God" mumblcd .:C;vu
tho Blood' In Hebrew. Two shocks
Continued on Second f..Ae1