The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-04-16

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Two shocks were given and al 900
o'clock physicians pronounced the man
dead. sH# 4 r. g.
Lefty Louie" the last to die and
accordingly the keenest " sufferer by
reason Of the interval Of waiting, en-
tered the chamber at 6:07. The Jew
ish prayer book which he grasped, he
handed to Rabbi Kopfstein before the
guard strapped him in h chair: Like
"Gyp" he murmured a prayer in He7
brew. The theory that the strongest
shall die Lefty bore u by his un-
canny resistance to the current. The
first contact was given at sos. At
SLY he was pronounced dead.
Only Few Present.
The only relatives Of the gunner
who were In the prison at the time OF
the execution were "Dago
mother. sister and brothers, whitley"
Lewis brothers. Mrs. Clrofci was
borne to her carriage in collapse, an
hour after the electrocution.
All the bodies of the gunner Will be
claimed by relatives. 49,.
This Easter Sunday and the night
that followed was almost n continu-
Gus prayer for the condemned. Ihey
were on their knees nearly all the time
that they were not talking to relatives.
A prisoner in a distant cell. blew from
a battered cornet the ~quavering notes
Of Nearer, Ny God, to Thee" and In
the lighthouse a monograph played
sacred music. On the walk in front OF
the prison the curious t~ownspeople
passed to and fro. whispering, and
every now and then a party of dusty
Automobiles swung down from their
car to urvey the building.
OF the scenes in the lighthouse cor
ridors Sunday that which stood out
boldest concerns the visit of two nuns.
Il 49, h
prison chaplain, led the -four gunner In
prayer, two Italian Franciscan sisters
| who had come from New York to see
"Dago Frank" whom they had taught
in his boyhood. knelt outside his cell
Raised curtains. showing he cells pare
and Immaculate after Saturdays clean
sing, disclosed, the four gunner also
kneeing. Suddenly the spirit Of de-
votion spread to the whole death cham
Der. Every one of the 16 con-
demned, among them Hans Schmidt,
slayer Of Anna Aumuller, Joined In the
Lords prayer, which concluded the
services.
Messages to tho Boys.
To the boys of the east side in New
York the Jewish trio OF the gunner
sent a final message through Rabbi
Jacob Goldstein. Whitley Lewis
wrote:
There are many boys who are well
brought up and have good parents who
do not look out for the company they
get into. Bad company is the cause OF
their fall.
Keep away from bad company is
the best message 1 "a send
Lefty Louie" said:
What ] said the other day about
bad company: A fellow who honestly
earns So a week Is better off than he
who gets 81, 900 a week II he does moi
get it straight.
I'VE are supposed to a as many
friends as any fellow that was on the
east side, but when 1t came to a show
down it was only the school (syna-
gogue) that stood by us, outside Of our
parents. Stick to the school and to
your parents. If I had life to live over
again 1 would surely follow this ad-
vice."
"Gyp the Blood" said he had nothing
to add to what had been said.
Wives Pay Last Cali.
Mrs. Rosenberg, Lefty Louie's'
young wife, and the wife of "Gyp the
Blood; Mr.. and Mrs. John Cirofici and
Paul Cirofici, relatives Of "Dago
Frank: Morris and Joseph seiden-
sinner brothers OF Whitley Lewis" all
spent the early part of the afternoon
in a last visit to the death chamber
The women walled aloud as they went
u of the prison. On the way to the
station they said hat the men about
to die had never maintained their in.
nocence so strongly as in this last re-
monstrance. They were calm and re,
signed, and 1t was the gunner whc
played h part of CONSIDERS.
II must die sometime" Lefty Louie
told his wife; "1f 1t pleases God thai
l die now I am ready"
Whitley Lewis" asked his brothers
IN Fall thnip nathan fhnk cha 1uoa M.
the mother of a murderer. Il have
never been more than a little Wild
he said.
Near the railroad station a photo.
grapher who tried to take a picture OF
the weeping wives Of "Gyp'' and Lief
ty Louis" was set upon by the Seiden.
sinner brothers. Morris and Joe. He
was knocked down. The prisoners
were not left alone for a single instant
during the day or night.
All Pleas in Vain.
The last ven of hope for the fouI
gunner was closed six days befor,
their execution, when Governor Glynr
refused to grant a stay, pending thu
second trial Of Lieut.. Charles Becker
who was convicted in the lower court!
Of having plotted the murder Of Her.
man Rosenthal to prevent him from
making graft revelations to Distric
@ASNN - w AAO SSN1I "a Cp'
peals, in reversing the decision fol
Becker, declared itself unconvinceC
that he had directed the murder. bu
upheld the judgment Of the lowe
court that the fou gunner had beer
the instruments. Motions for a new
trial on the ground of new evidence
made by their attorney, were denied
/ and they were sentenced to die during
the week beginning April Is.
Four days before their execution
) delegation of New York rabbis VISITED
} Governor Glynn and pleaded in vail
with him to postpone the execution
until after the second trial of Becker
The governor remained fixed in tn
t opinion that he a already expressed
I that Becker's guilt or innOCenC
could in no way affect the guilt o
the gunner, who had been judge
guilty by two courts.
The real names of the men VIII,
have been known as "Gyp the Blood,
Lefty Louie "Dago Frank" an
Whitley Lewis" were Harry Horo
WITT, Louis Rosenberg, Frank Giro
fci and Frank Seidenshue. TIL
youngest, Lefty Louie" was 21; tn
oldest, "Dago Frank" q. All wer,
Jews except "Dago Frank" AS tn,
nickname implies. he was an Italian
"Gyp the Blosd" and Lefty Louie
were married. Their young widows