The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-14

Is located in the corridor which ends in
the door TO the death house near By. IL
Is really several cells thrown into one.
furnished only with chairs. n table, a
desk and rack for documents.
The mother and sister, with the warden
and the principal keeper, were awaiting
the boy when he entered and for the
first and las, time from the DAY he had
entered until he died tina; was the only
embrace allowed him. The mother and
son were wrapped in each others arms,
both weeping. both well nigh overcome.
II seemed as II neither would be able
to speak, but the voice OF the warden re-
called them.
The time is short"
IL was then within an hour set for the
execution. The warden could not say
then whether II would be possible for
him to save Frank under any circum-
stances. They separated at once. The
mother swung to one side OF a table
standing and leaning forward the SON.
with the principal keeper at his back
sat with his arms stretched over the
table. as II to grasp his mothers hands
AT that moment Supt. Riley at Albany
stood beside his telephone and IL Is be-
lieved that in the Executive Mansion the
eyes OF Gov. Glynn had not yet closed
for the night
Prisoner nt Last speaks.
Frank" said the warden. hurrIedly.
there IL n chance. "A bare chance
The boy leaned further forward. staring
at the big superintendent looming above
him.
What can you say" repeated the
warden
What do you mean. warden" came
huskily from the boy
Frank. you've got to come across"
The boy raised his hands to his head.
His mother bani forward. grasped them.
crying in Italian and English upon God
to make her boy See what IL was right
for him to do. The sister. stepping for
ward, threw her arms around his neck with
her voice broken by sobs and added her
prayers to those OF her mother. The boy
Strengthened up and looked a, the warden.
What was II that night Frank" asked
the warden.
The boy moistencd his lips with his
tongue. cleared his throat as II It were
hard to speak. and then:
I'VE didn't start after Rosenthal at all
that night, warden. We didn't think Of
him"
Then. as II those two sentences had I'M
locked the long closed closets OF men,
DRY. he shook himself free OF his sister,
half rose from his chair. faced the warden
steadily. and the words poured forth.
After Dollar John. lie says.
They sent US after Dollar John. you
know--the guy who was going downtown
to squeal to brace up Rosenthal.
They weren't worrying after Rosep-
thai. He had gone az far as he could with
everything. I tell you they sent us after
Dollar John. the guy who was going TO
squeal next"
Clancy. now bending forward. all ready.
had the prison telephone in his hand to
call his assistant. Daniel McGrorie, who
was in an outer office with "A long dis
lance phone at his right hand. Frank
continued.
They wanted him. tell YOU. Well. We
went down to Rockaway. where Dollar
John was. the four of us He was Twin;
there We found him. but there was moth
ing dong. II couldn't be pulled OF. We
went around him and a couple OF the boys
went up and talked to him. We stalled
around till We saw 1t was no use and We
beat ii back.
1--WE went on back to the Central Cafe.
&c Second avenue. where We split UP. l.
| wanted to go uptown. because
He looked at his mother and sister. but
continued Il wanted to see Jean. you
know. Jean Gordon. SO | went up to the
Hat at l+jth street and Seventh avenue
and she wasn't there. l went on to bed.
The boy was talking SO hurried!y now
that II was difficult TO follow him. the
warden standing before him. the phone
still in his hand.
Summons to Join ASA ssins.
Walt. said Cironci lit was about
twenty minutes after IL. think hear
"A whistle outside and stick my head out
of the window. First thing | seen was "A
car. which was down below the house.
out in front OF the house on the sidewalk
was Jack Rose Harry WALTON and Sam
Schepps. They were right in front OF the
house. They said, Come on downstairs.
and / went down. Somebody says, don't
know who il was, The boys are down at
BrIdgy's: they want to see YOU l 20
back and put on my clothes and then
come down and get In the machine, and
we go down to Bridges. you know. Forty
second street and Sixth avenue. l don't
know when We got there.
Louie. Whitley and Gyp were all there.
and we all set down to a table with Rose
and Vallon In comes Bridgy Webber
The - IL over at
the Metropole.'
Lefty tips me on We're ,o!ng to 20
out and get Rosenthal
Then we go downstairs. and down on
the sidewalk boy runs up TO me with "A
tip that Jean had been arrested uptown.
and i beats IL away. / was Ave miles
away when that shooting took place
Says whitey's Gun Balked.
The men who fired the shots were
Gyp. Louie and WALTON. They told me
that afterward. Whitley didn't do any OF
the shooting His gun wouldn't go on"
II was now O'Clock. within "A few min
utes more than half AN hour Of the time
for the execution. Clancy ordered that
Supt. Riley be called on the telephone.
He waited for one last word. II was a
question that he called back as he went to
the door
Had Becker anything to do with thls?"
mo. 80 far as I know" answered the
boy. at was a gamblers fight"
Clancy hurried through the corridor to
his office. got the State Superintendent Of
Prisons on the phone and laid the state
ments of Cirofci before him. Supt Riley
asked him to hold the phone while he
talked to some one else. who that was
has not been stated. II was at 10 that
the superintendent called back again:
~ am sorry. The Governor will no,
grant reprieve."
The mother and son were permitted one
last embrace, the daughter and brother
We're allowed to say farewell and the boy
was marched back to his cell to await his
summons 10 death just twenty minutes
later.
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