The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-14
CirOfici, as Weeping Mother
Pleads. Tells Story of
COnsp.l-.,y.
OPENS LIPS TOO LATE:
LEADS WAY TO DEATH
Word Quickly Comes From
Albany Gov. Glynn Will
Not Interfere.
'GYP AND LEFTY ARE
SILENT TO THE END
Whitley Lewis Frantically
Calls His Accusers
"Perjurers."
DOLLAR JOHN MARKED
CirOfici. in story Of Crime. Says
Harry Vallon Helped
Kill ROscnthal.
DOLLAR JOHN MARKED

The electric current has done it,
work of Justice. the four gunner are
dead.
An eleventh hour confession, last
dramatic possibility Of this horror
world, failed to delay the turning Of
the death switch.
Frank Cirohci ,Dago Frank in one
last endeavor to save his miserable life.
crnging, pals!ed by the fear of some
unknown gang vengeance on his own
family. gave in q, last. violated the
ethics of murde,ous gang existence and
told on the brink of the grave the
story that he hoped might save him
but served only TO show how unerring
had been the arrows OF the laws
vengeance.
Il was not there. Harry Valion. Gyp
and Lefty Louie did the shooting" was
It's brief import.
Never was confession made amid
more dramatic circumstances. At dawn
of a sunny day removed from his COM
panions in the tragedy and placed in
a private room before his mother, his
sister, his priest and his jailer he made
one last desperate effort to save him
self from the fate that few moments
later he was nevertheless to meet
within tho cold walls of the Sing Sing
house of execution
Roster Of the Dead.
simply 10 complete the all TOO
familiar record may be added the names
Of Dago Franks companions in the
murder OF Herman Roscn,hal. the
gambler. who were also put 10 death
They are Harry Horowitz (Gyp the
Blood. Jacob Seidenshner Whitley
Lewi>) and Louis Rosenberg Lefty
Louic)
What the Italian lad gaspcd out to
Warden Clancy, Principal Keeper Nc
lnerny, his mother and sister. braced
over a narrow table IN the narrow con-
fines Of the principal keepers office at
> o'clock in the morning. may have An
important bearing on the retrial of ex-
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker. but
it. was not enough to persuade Gov.
Glynn 20 grant Ia repricve or to induce
boy a minute of grace.
Briefly, according TO dispatches from
Albany, the boy declared
!. The four of them were hired not to
Kill Herman Rosenthal but John
lauEor or Dollar John, gamble.
who was about to corrobornte the
statement made by Rosenthsl to
District Attorney Whitman
Tells Of Assnssins' Pians.
.. Tie four journeyed to RockawAy
in an automobile early on the eve
ming Of july IL to xiii Dollar John
3, They met him, but 1t was in
situation where II was impossible
for them To do what they were sent
to uo. They talked TO The man out
Vamr away.
!. They rode first 10 cafo IN Second
aVomle. where he, C.rohcl. went To
h., home n, ll6th street anu
Scvolth avenue Later he wac
awakened 10y 4 whistle. which tooh
HIN to Il window He pSpicd on the
sidewalks below jack ,osc Harry
WALTON and sam SrHcpps, who told
him the other boys We're waiting
To- him a. Bridg!c Webbers poker
room, ror,y-second street and sixth
avenue.
.. He Went there
I. lie vas informed by Gyp the B.oou
THU there was something else TO be
duar. Rose anl Nal,uT werf
| present,
:. Bridge Weber came IN TO cay
that the was Al the Ncty
! pole,
s. Lefty Louie t-'d ann q wa b.