Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-04-17

trocuted.
Albany, n. Y, April l5.-A few min.
utes before the execution Of "Dago
Frank" Cirofci, who was the first OF
the four gunner to go to the death
chair in Sing Sing prison. he told
Warden Clancy that "Gyp the Blood
Horowitz, Lefty Louie Rosenberg
and Harry WALTON. an informer, fired
the shots which killed Herman Rosen.
thai for which crime the four gunner
paid their lives
so far as | know, Becker had moth
ing to do with this case" the gunman
also declared. 1t was a gamblers
fight" Cirohci sverred he was FIVE
committed, and that Whitley Lewis"
Seidenshner, although present at the
scene Of the shooting, did not fire any
OF the shots.
ossining, n. Y, April 14-without
making any confession, the four young
New York gunner" condemned for
the murder OF Herman Rosenthal.
were electrocuted in Sing Sing prison
Monday morning.
The victims and the time of their
execution we're as follows:
Frank Cirofci, alias "Dago Frank. d"
6:3S to 5:44
Jacob Seidenschner. alias Frank
Muller" and Whitley Lewis" 5:4S to
$3.50.
Harry Horowitz, alias "Gyp the
Blood" 5:57 to 500.
Louis Rosenberg. alias Lefty
Louie" sos to GIT.
Seidenschner was the only member
Of the quartet to make a statement.
After beins strapped in the death
chair he began 10 deny his guilt but
the electric current was turned on in
the middle of his speech and he died
with the words upon his lips.
The quadruple execution passed off
without a hitch, all the condemned
men being buoved up with the splr-
itual consolation which was admins
tered continually during the closing
hours OF their lives Cirofci went
to the chair with q crucifx in each
hand shouting prayers and chanting
over and over again: God have
mercy"
Mrs. Mary Cirofci, mother OF "Dago
Frank who has led the fight in be-
half Of her son and the other con
demned men, arrived at the prison a
few hours before the executions,
after having made a final but futile
plea to Governor Glynn at Albany for
executive clemency
New York. April 1.-THE last hope
OF the four gunner was blasted Sat
urday. Supreme Court Justice John
W. Goff. TO whom a final appeal for
new trial had been made. declined
TO reopen the case.
The four products OF the Manhattan
East side, who paid the penalty of
their crime Monday. were convicted
on November 10, 1912, of firing the
shots which killed Herman Rosenthal
as he stepped from the Hotel Metro
pole into Forty-third street. i
Rcsenthal had caused the gambling
world Of the Metropolis to quake with
terror by his conference with the dis
trict attorney. Charles ;. Whitman
His promised confessions we're a
sequel to a gambling war, In which
the other underworld interests had |
tried 10 drive him from the fat field /.
OF the upper tenderloin Bomb out |
RACES, staying and assaults had /
marked this conflict. Relieving he |
was to be deserted by Charles Becker, |
police lieutenant in charge of a
strong arm squad" and a partner in /
the Rosenthal gambling house, the .
desperate man was now about to ex. /
pose the whole illegal conspiracy Of |
police and crime.
The gambler was sitting in the Met, .
ropole about two o'clock In the morn /
ing Of July 16, 1912. A man entered /
and asked him to come outside Lurk. |
ing in the shadows were "Bridgey"
Weber Bald Jack" Rose and Harry /
WALTON. Near by stood a motor car
with engine running. The policemen I
supposed to be on station near by had /
been lured away.
In the glare of bright lights and /
within 100 feet of Times square four
young men shot Rosenthal to death |
and leaped into the motor car. A fifth /
man also entered it is said by some. |
and urged the driver onward by hold. /
ing a revolver TO hts head and strik. /
inc him The car disa red IN tha /
direction OF Fifth avenue.