Evening journal., 1914-04-13
"Gunmen" SIayers of RosenfhaI
Expiafe Crime in Electric Chair
contlnued from Tlrst Page.

Douluutu from tlFSt rage.
ceased his declaration he seemed to
catch the drift of the rabbits prayer and
repeated after him the constantly re-
curing phrase of the Hebrew verses
"Ihere is one God d-only one"
Just as his lips f-Med the last syl-
liable of the confession Of faith, the at
tendants reached forward again. clasp
ed a flap of the electrode over the mans
eyes and buckled il across UNDER his
mouth
Through an opening which showed
the mouth and nose. The lips could be
sen moving slowly, evidently muttering
responses 20 the supplications Of his
priest. just an instant then Of tense
stiffness. Suddenly, Warden Clancy
raised his hand. State Electrician Davis,
concealed behind a switchboard, threw
over the lever and Seidenshner strained
against the straps with one convulsive
jerk. For some seconds, the mans whole
frame was rigid as the death-dcaling
fluid scared his fbres. His left hand
was clinched N grip which turned
the lnuckles white and his right hand
clutched a rrayerbook open at one Of
the psalms on which he pinned his faitn.
The only sign then that a man was
dying was the slow resurgence of folm
which hubhlcd up through his parted
lips. Then came another sign Of the
currents deadly work. just ove- the
mans left ear, a little wisp Of white
smoke showed. Steadily as the sec-
onds passed it grew in volume and dem
sity and in a brief space of time, II
ran clear across the front Of his skull
showing ghastlv against the blleS cap
which covered the skull. Two minutes
Of this and al $50 a. M, the current
was switched Oft. The body sank back
into the chair absolutely inert. Then
n brief wait and again the body leaped
to- the shock Of the electricity. That
contact soon passed and instantly the
prison physicians. Drs. Farr and Meren-
as. came forward; attendants tore open
the loose shirt and in just few sec
onds at 5.52 a. m. the stethoscopes re-
corded that life was extinct
No time was lost. The ready atten-
dants in a twinkling unclasped the
straps that held the body and the elec-
trode about the right calf. Then two
more attendants, clad in white, came
IN from the morgue behind the chair.
Each put an arm under the shoulder
of the corpse, each took an ankle aud
Jacob Seidenshner, gunman. went into
the prison morgue to a cold slab, while
the chair was hastily made ready again
for "Gvp the Blood"
No Confession from "Dago Frank"
"Dago Frank" Ciroici was the first
TO die. From 4.20 a. m. 20 a time not
given ont he had remained in the death
house in an agony of farewell with his
mother and his sister Mary. They. Il
I..,...I f,F ht,.. -, a,r,.
fess II he had ANYTHING to confess as
10 Rosenthafs murder, but 80 far as II
Is known he turned deaf ear 10 their
entreaties, maintaining his innocence to
the last. There was much sympathy
shown for Croaci by the warden and
his iailers and when he came through
the 'littlo green door" TO the chair, the
general impression was that his fear
was bcnumbed by drugs. Preceded by
Father Cashin, the Roman Catholic
prison chaplain. the boy stumbled to his
death. Not once did he lift his eyes;
dumbly he submitted to the pinloning
and. holding fast TO q crucifix in each
hand. died without visible tremor in
six minutes from the first shock.
Fear distorted the vsagc of Harry
Horowitz, (Cyp the Bloodl, the third TO
die. His ewes stuck out in terror. Like
Seidenshner be was preceded to the chair
hy Rabbi Goldstein and held the book
OF prayer in his right hand. Three
contacts were given Horowitz and FIVE
minutes was consumed from the first
swing Of the fatal switch until the
physicians announced that his heart had
ceased to bent.
Rosenberg Fights Death.
Louis Rosenberg Lefty Louiel, the
most intelligent OF the murderers, was
the haniest TO Kill II took four shocks
to drive life from his frame. The cur
rent was first turned ON for Lefty
Louie at Cos When it was switched
on the second time. there was still
evidences of life. The physicians then
examined him, and third and then a
fourth shock was given. He was finally
pronounced dead at 6l7.
One of the spectacular features of
the execution was provided by Rosen-
berg in the death house. Each of the
ginmen. as he left his cell, called out
'Good-bye' to his fellows and each
shook the hand of Head Keeper McIn-
erney and Warden Clancy. Rosenberg,
however, broke down as he passed the
warden on his way TO the chair; threw
his arms about Clancy and kissed him
on the cheek. The warden was so af-
fectcd that he could barely give the sig
nal for his death.
One of the most pitiful phases of the
wholesale execution was the agony Of
Mrs. Cirofci. When she arrived before