The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-14
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| enDeTB asked me 10 save fTanks say
 ing he had nothing to do with the
 shooting, he was not there. I went over
 and asked Frank why he did not tell
 the truth. He replied that he knew
 what was going on. but was not there
 when the shooting took place. I ad-
 vised him to tell the whole truth. He
 said if he did they would kill his
 brother. I asked whom he meant by
 they" He replied that there were 50
 men in New York he could name. He
 said, I don't care about myself; it's
 my family I care for
 Brought From Cell
 T caused Frank Cirofici to be brought from the condemned cellhouse
 to the principal keepers office about
 4 o'clock Monday morning He made
 the following, among other statements, in the presence of myself, Principal Keeper McInedney the chaplain, his mother and his sister. They urged him to tell the whole truth. He hesitated and said:
 @I don't want to make any state ment for the public. I do not fear for myself, but I do fear for you
 His sister replied: l /" Don't have any fear for us; we will take care of ourselves; God will pro- test us
 His mother and sister continued to | urge him to tell the truth. He said: I did not do the shooting. The men who fired the shots were Gyp, Louie and Vallon.'
 He said: was five miles away at the time. So far as know Becker had noth- l ing to do with this case. It was gam bler's fight
 He mentioned several raids on gam bling houses and said that the story l Shapiro told to Commissioner Dougherty was true. He said he told some lies on the stand to prove an alibi for the rest of the boys. The testimony about the conversation with Rose in the car on the way down was not true. I was in Bridgie l Webbers when the arrangements were made. I did not know just what the arrangements were. I knew something was coming off I did not see Louie pack l the trunk as I testified on the stand. l There were guns there, but not the ones they used When asked how he gained 1 this information he said: I heard the l boys talking about it since I was here.' Was Not Present 1 "The conversation then related to other matters not directly connected with the l Rosentha1 murder. He admitted his knowledge of and participation in the preparations for the murder, but denied l his presence when the actual murder was committed"
 l According to MT. Clancey. practically everything that Cirofici said after he started to make his final statement was voluntary. His defense of Becker came absolutely without suggestion from any | one, the warden maintained. l CiroficiS statement was not wholly un- 1 expected. It was rumored last Thursday | that he might talk and this caused the governor to send MT. Riley to Sing Sing. l The prisoner gave MT. Riley statement l xxbi biPI ipta tad ha Ia ona in, minor details, but it contained little more 1 information than had been previously brought out. After making his statement I to MT. Clancey, Cirofici almost collapsed and this was the cause of the sudden switch In the warden's plans which sent | ''Dago Frank" to the chair first instead of "Gyp the Blood'
 l At no time. according to the warden, did any of the gunmen except Cirofici l insist that they were innocent of the crime of killing Rosenthal. "Whitey l Lewis always declared that he did not l fire, a shot. and it is the wardens opinion 1 that his dying words were: 'T did not 1 shoot at Rosenthal." MT. Clancey said that "Dago Frank and "Whtey Lewis' always believed that they were not as guilty of staying Rosenthal as were ths men who fired the shots, Against Capital Punishment
 Incidentally, while MT. Clancey was sit l ting in MT. Riley's office tonight the l superintendent expressed the hope that ! no other man would pay the penalty of death in the electric chair in this state. q hope" he said, ito see the next leg 1 islature pass a Jaw permitting juries to l fix life penalty and that this reform will | succeed in doing away with capital pun 1 ishment"
 1 Warden Clancey denied reports that he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown n Fitapr h nnria xrfth tlan | men.
 Governor Glynn was greatly interested l in the report of the warden, but he de- elined to make any comment on the | case.
 Both Mr. Riley and MT. Clancy ex- pressed the opinion that nothing contained 1 in Ciroficis statement would have any effect on the second trial of former Po- | lice Lieut.. Charles Becker. MT. Clancy , said that the statement was made only after relatives of the condemned man had | pleaded for the truth. The warden added that he had had no desire to make the l statement a legal record and therefore l did not take ''Dago Franks words down in writing and had not placed him under | oath.
 | Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N. Y, April | 13-The four gunmen convicted of the murder separately of Herman Rosenthal | prison at the break of dawn today early. Of the four men who died, Frank Seid- .enshner alias "Whitey Lewis" made the only statement.
 "Gentlemen," he mumbled as they strapped him in the chair, "I did not shoot at Rosenthal. Them who said I did was perjurers For the sake of jus justice, gentlemen, I say l did not. | "The witness Stannish -" l "Whitey" did not finish the sentence. | The electric harness had been adjusted and the shock shot his body forward in 1 the chair. He had meant to say that Stannish, waiter and witness at the murder trial, had lied, but death inter- vened.
 All Die in 40 Minutes ! All of the convicted gunmen had been l electrocuted at 6:2l a. m. ''Dago Frank" Cirofici was the first to be executed. Cirofici was transferred to | the chair in a state of virtual collapse. l He made no statement and after two shocks of identification was pronounced l dead.
 Frank Seidenshner, known in the crim- | inal world as "W Whitey Lewis" was the