Milford chronicle., 1914-04-17
GUNMEN PAY
DEATH PENALTY
EIGCtrOGuted in Sing Sing Fol
ROSSnthaI Murder.
"IkG0 FRANK" CONFESSED

An Hour Before He Was Executed
He Named Harry WALTON, Left,
Louie" and "eyp the Blood" as tn,
Actual Murderers Of the Gambler.
The four gunner paid the deatt
penalty in the electric chair in SIM
Sing prison at Ossining, n. Y, Monday
morning for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler, in New York
They we're Harry Horowitz, ALA,
"Gyp the Blood" Louis Rosenberg
alias Lefty Louie" Jacob Seiden
schener, alias Whitley Lewis" ant
Frank Cirofci, alias "Dago Frank"
They were taken singly from thel
cells, and four solemn professions
marched down the corridor 10 the
death room, where they met their fate
without fiinching. Three of them wert
attended by Jewish Tabbis, while
Frank CirOhci was attended by &
Catholic priest The witnesses of the
executions were limited to the mum
Der required by law, and all passed
of without any unusual incidents.
whitley Lewis" wrote a statement
which he asked the representative Of
a Jewish newspaper to publish as S
warning.
There are many boys on the Eas
Side," he said, who are well brought
up, and who have good parents who
do not look out for the company they
get in. Bad company is the cause Of
their fall. They get a bad record, nc
matter whether they are guilty or moi
they will be framed up. Keep away
from bad company, is the last mes
sage l can send to Jews"
To say their last farewells to the
doomed men their families came late
Sunday evening, and there were touch
ing scenes when they finally parted
from their young wives, who had ex
hausted every possible means to save
them from death.
An hour before he was executed
"Dago Frank" was taken out Of the
death house into another part of the
prison.
In the room to which he was taken
were his mother, his sister, Warden
Clancy, the principal keeper, McIner
ney, and Father Cashin, Catholic chap
lain of the prison.
At that time he was on the verge o.
collapse. He was able, however, tC
make his statement, and this state
ment was taken down and signed by
himself and by Clancy, the prison war
den. The statement was sent to Cover
nor Glynn, at Albany.
At the start of his confession Giro.
fici told how Sam" Schepps, Jack
Rose and Vallon went to his fiat in
Harlem on the ntyht of the murder
He went back with them to BRIDGE
Webbers gambling place at Forty-see |
ond street and Sixth avenue. There
they met the three other gunner.
He said that he left the other gun |
men in Bridge" Webber's place be
cause he received word that his girl
had been arrested uptown. He wanted |
to get her out of Jail. He insisted that. |
as a result, he was not present at the !
shooting, and then declared that the |
shots that killed Rosenthal were FREQ |
by Lefty Louie" "Gyp the Blood and !
Harry Vallon. Whitley Lewis" he
said, did not fire a shot because his
gun missed fire. He declared here and
at other stages of his statement that
he had never heard of Charles Becker
in the case, that none of the gunner
knew of Becker having any connection
with the plot to kill ROsenthal.
1t was recalled that the testimony
at the trial showed that the gunner
never heard of Charles Becker in theiI
transaction.
"Dago Frank" said the day following
the crime he received onefourth OF
$1,000 for the murder. !.
Clancy, as soon as he could, talked
with Governor Glynn on the telephone
and told him of the statement. He as
sured the governor that what "Dago
Frank" said made it certain that there
had been no miscarriage of justice.