The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-13
CHARLES BECKER's NAME
is NOT EVEN MENTIONED.
,nv Aasoc1ATEp pREssl


SING SING PRISON, OSS1N1NG,
N. Y. April 13.-The four gunner
convicted of the murder OF herman
Rosenthal, died in the electric chalr
at Sing Sing prison at the orcak OF
dawn this Easter Monday morning.
None confessed his CUNT anu p noIe
mentioned the name of Charles BECK
err. the former police Lieutenant
found guilty of instigating the MUIR
der. but saved by the courts reversal.
or the four who died, Frank Seiden-
shener made the only statement. Even
he did not fatty assert his innocence.
Gentlemen, he mumbled as tney
strapped him to the chair, II did not
shoot at Rosenthal. Them who SAID
I did were perjurers. For the sake
Of Justice, gentlemen, / say l didn I.
The witness, Stann1sh---. WhleeS
Lewis did not finish the sentence.
The strange harness had been ad-
4,,stad and the current shot his body
forward in the chair. He had meant
to say that Stannish, waiter ana
witness at the murder trial, hau ueu
but death interviewed. He was the
second man to die. Frank Cfrotlci
came first. Harry Horowttz was tnlro
and Louis Rosenberg last.
Done in Forty Minutes.
In forty minutes fat ali four We're
EespatchSc. This time would have
keen shortened had 1t not been Ior
tn, cvercrowdlng of newspaper re-
porters. Their number necessltateu
q sitting Of witness Tor each eSesu-
ton. There was no untoWard met
dent throughout the procedure. All
waited cr.tIiJ to the chair and oE.y
their cIiaE.rg knees and the sickly
groom nn'.or of their faces at. ca
that the realization of death was
upon them.
pawn was Just creeping over the
tho I1yffnnSgaS were admit
ted to the court yard of death mouse.
Many were ashen faced and tremD-
ling. From a printed list clerk
read off the names of those who were
to see the first man die. a monnen I,
more and the door Of the death
chamber had closed behind them.
Warden Clancy had announced that
Gvn the Blood would die first, fol-
lowed by Lefty Louie, Dago Frank
ana Whitley Lewis, but as 1t trans
pired the man who first came through
the little iron door at the right was
colIapsing and it was deemed exped.
lent to shield him from the ordeal OF
waiting.
Head Keeper McInerney, acting on
a signal from the warden, went 70 the
death cell. There he found Clroncl
in nrayer with Father Cashin. The
condemned man clutched cruclhx
in each hand as he was led into the
r7resenca of death He had to be sup
ported by two keepers. In the deatn
cells could be heard the murmurs OF
the other s1ayers in their supphca-
tons The warden and attendants
stenDed back from the rubber mat
"OIl+ God. 1 meet my God" Gasped the
italian The state electrician turned
the switch A new lot OF witnesses
AIed in Through the little door
presently came Whitley Lewis ne
Vas garbed in a black suit as Daso
The statement that he never fin
Jshed was on his lips as he entered.
The attendants fearing shocking
snectacle of hysteria sought TO soothe
him. A current of 1920 volts, with
slightly heavier amperage than had
been used or Dago Frank took his
life. Gyp the Blood was broushI IN.
ne had a Jewish prayer book In ms
1eft hand and Rabbi Goidstein walk
cd nv his side. Listen Israel. Ihere
is only one Cod, mumbled Gyp IN
Hebrew. Two shocks were gwen ana
Ieenest Sufferer.
Lefty Louie. the last Of the four
N die. and accordingly the keenest
sTfFerer by reason of the interval OF
waiting, entered the CHAMBER. Inc
Jewish prayer book, which ne
RraSped, ne nanueu " iSaOS X
stein before he was strapped in the
chair. Like Gyp the Blood ne mum tLa
bIed a prayer in Hebrew. The the
o-y that the strongest shall die last
vas borne out by his uncanny resist
ea ~ the current. The first con
fact was given at sos. At 6:17 he
vas pronounced dead.
The only relatives OF the gunner men
Who were in the prison at the time
~ tbe execution we're Dago Frank s
naotber. sister and brother. and
Whitley I,ewis's brothers. Mrs. Giro
f,ci was borne to her carriage in col
1anse an hour after the electrocution.
All the bodies of the gunner viii pc
claimed by relatives.
Last Avenue of Hope.
Tba last avenue OF hope for the
fo,Ir runmen was closed six days be-
fore their execution when Governor
1Sirnn refnaed to Grant stay, pend