Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-13
WHITLEY" LEWIS.

! death without confessing
Outside in the moonlight armed
sentries paced back and forth and
! inside the penitentiary every guard
was on duty to prevent an outbreak
Of any kind OF the 800 prisoners a
majority believed that the execution
/ Of "Daeo Frank" Lefty Louie, "
! Whitley Lewis" and "Gyp the Blood"
/ was an injustice because a new trial
! had been granted to Charles Becker,
! the eX police lieutenant. who had
been found guilty at his first trial of
| inspiring the murder OF Herman Ros-
| enthal
No Sleep in Death House.
There was no sleep ina the death
| house Not one Of the sixteen men
waiting electrocution enjoyed any
restful slumber Throughout Sunday
afternoon there had been such dra
matte hysteria attending the fare
wells Of the relatives Of the gun
men" that affairs were all atingle.
A small army Of newspaper CORE
/ spondents and photOgrap piers occu-
! pied the outside offices Of Warden
! ClanCys quarters but few tried to
| sleep There was a sort of electric
] vibration in the air that forbade
+, slumber There was expectancy and
| feeling that something would hap
pen
Would one Of the gunner con-
| fees9 Would Governor Glynn grant
an eleventh. hour reprieve? ?" These
We're questions in which was horn an
uncertainty that existed until the
| electricity was turned into the bodies
! of the young slayers
1.,s4fuItg ~ tho AIanhAT-
tan East Side who paid the penalty
Of their crime to-day We're convicted
en- November 10. 1912, of firing the
shots which ldned Herman Rosenthal
las he stepped from the Hotel Metro
pole into Forty third street, Just off
| Broadway.
Rosenthal had caused the gambling
world Of the metropolis TO quake with
! terror By his conference with the Dis
tuct Attorney Charles 3. Whitman.
! His promised confessions We're a Sc
/ cuel to a gambling war in which the
| other underworld interests had tried
90 drive him from the fat field Of the
upper Tenderloin Bomb outrages,
| slayiugs and assaults had marked
this conflict Believing he was to be
deserted 10y Charles Becker, police
! lieutenant i'm charge of strong arm
squad and a partner in the Rosen-
I tina gambling house the desperate
man was now about 10 expose the
whole Illegal conspiracy Of police and
crime
The gambler was sitting n the Met
Ircpole about o'clock I'm the morning
OF luIy rs. 1912. A man entered and
asked HIM TO come outside. Lurking
! iu the shadows were "Budgey' Web
! .,. mia FoaLH Pove auI Harry Val -
Ion. Near by stood a motor car with
engine running. The policemen sup
posed to be on station near by had
been lured away
Rosenthal Shot to Death.
In the glare Of bright lights and
within 100 feet Of Times Square Cour
Young men shot Rosenthal to death
and leaped into the motor car. A
Nth man also entered st is said by
some and urged the driver onward
by holding a revolver to his head and
! striking him, The car disappeared in
! the direction Of Fifth avenue, But 50
| sure were the murderers that Charles
| Becker would protect them that they
! left the correct license number OH
the murder car and this was noted
| by a man who happened 10 he Wit
pess TO the shooting
The next day New York was in a
| turmoil The District Attorney and
! Becker were on the scene long before
/ dayhreak There were ugly rumors OF
| police attempts to cover the murder
ers' trait Il was recalled that Ro-
4 seminal was TO tell q complete story
20 Mt Whitman the very day OF his
death The motive OF the murder
could not have been more clear.
Not for several days were the
names Of the four put to death to-
1 Cay mentioned The murder car
( was found and tire two owners. one
1 OF whom had driven that night. were
arrested a general alarm Was sent
out for Jack Rose. who lay in hid
ing in fine Riverside apartment. Or
july rs he strolled into police head .
quarters nouChalanuy and was locked
un on July 20 a newspaper pub
/ Gs1ed the names OF Lefty Louie
and Whitley Lewis as two OF the
four gunner.
In the meantime Governor Dix had
appointed Justice Con- 20 try Becker
for murder Sam Schepps had beer
caught al Hot Springs. Ark. and
brought back 90 New York On Oc-
I tobpr "a Becker was found guilty
had been murdered Tn street car
Ills death may nave been an outcome
of the RoSenthal case
The four gunner came TO trial No
yember s. They elected 70 be tried
together. Eleven DAYS later the jurs
after only short dehperaton, found
them guilty.