The evening world., 1914-03-26
WHITMAN SAYS
GUNMEN CAN'T PUT
MURDER ONvALL0N
Campaign for Sympathy, He
Declares, Will be Followed
by Appeal 10 Governor.
READY TO GIVE AID.
Will Welcome New Evidence,
but None Has Been Produced,
and Condemned Are Guilty.
READY TO GIVE AID.

% for The Evening World to-day tho
Degree Of importance which no At
tAchsd 70 ths campaign Of tho four
sunmen undsr ssntsncs of death for
the murder Of Herman Rossnthai 70
gain postponemeut OF their execution
or pardons BY olsmsnoy Of the Gov.
Arnor.
In his opinion. he aid, the STATE
msnts by the convicted men and their
counsel and the versions OF state
msnts which ARE to be made" By
witnesses are part Of . general At.
tempt to work on public sympathy
and-through public sympathy--on
the fsslinss Of the Governor. Mr..
Whitman said he believed that had
tie Court Of Appeals allowed Q new
trial for the glnsnsa no new evidence
would b brought bearing on the IN.
noosnos Of Whitley Lewis. Lefty
Louie. oyp the Hood and Daso
Frank.
In all the matter which has found
~ way into print in the last few
days." said the District.
there 10 but one item which 10 now
to VI. II 70 the statement said TO
have been made BY . man in Buffalo
10 The sfEsot thA& hs saw WALTON ars
ths shots which lallsd Herman Rossn-
shal. II may b thAA the Bunaio man
NV ne murder. But he never aaw
WALTON bsfors--if he saw him thsn-
and has never seen him sincs.
CANNOT % ioGNriPigo ~
PICTURE.
The Identification. II made, was by
. picture which ! could not myself
Identity - . photograph OF vallon.
Those men are much Of . type. ssps-
daily oyp the Blood and Lefty Louie
and valloo. We say Of Cinnamon that
they al look alike; In that sense. In q
murder brawi. those two men misht
sith~ Of them have looked a. much
like vailon - his photograph locke
NIKE him"
Assistant District. Attorney Groshi. II
In known about the istrict-Attornsy's
once. sent an investigator to Buffslo
He reported that at the address givon
a. that Of the now witness no found
q vacant lot. Mr.. Whitman would moi
comment ON his report.
Those boys have admitted that
they were at the Metropols." he con.
tinusd "rhsy had never bssn thsrs
before. They had NO business there
Shapiro. tho chauffeur. identified oil
OF them. Krsss. the walter. who wa
o distntsrested witness, saw them, and
" a. Arm a. q rock In his idsntifica-
ton. Shapiro u quoted as saying tina,
Vallon stood on the running board
and put a pistol to hts head. He viii
not swear to any such statement HI
tDdned that he did not know which
one OF the four held tho revolver q,
his head. because he was afraid 4
turn around to look. Valion, ~ ",
know BY various witnesses, was to,
drunk 70 stand. much less to balanc,
himself on the running board OF al
automobile. A few minutes after tn,
murder. when he was taken to tn,
lafayette baths. he had to be carried
across the sidewalk and up the steps
Tho revolver. not even cleaned, wnl
found In Lefty L0uis's trunk whei
he was arrested. No. those younl
mon arc guilty.
WILL WELCOME ANY NEW evi,
| pENcg IN CASE.
TT thero 10 any way of proving
them not guilty; n there 10 any rea
new evidence which would fro,
them. I should welcome Il. ! w0ul,
not put straw in tho way of thei
having a fair deal. am not bent o.
their execution. I want the whol'
truth"
Mr.. whitman aid that II was evi
dent TO him thar an organised cam
paign 90 gain sympathy for the con
demned mon was being skilfully con
dueted. The great revulsion Of feel
ing which has affected tho Fyank cas-
In Atlanta showed what such Q cam
paign could accomplish. II there wa
In II any real color OF truth. Mi
whitman believes that al the time o
the condemned mon grows short thi
appeal will resolve itself into praye
20 the Governor for mercy On accoun
OF tho youthfulness of tho four.
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