South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-10
DEATH WATCH IS
BEGUN, GUNMEN
READY FOR CHAIR
Jewish ConViCtS in RoSenthaI
Case Will Celebrate Pass
over Feast As Preparation
for Execution Monday.

ALBANY, y. Y, April 10.-Gover-
nor Martin II. Glynn again refused to
interfere in the case of the four young
New York gunner" who must die in
the electric chair Monday for the muir
der Of Herman Rosenthal. Mrs. Will
liam Nanamee. wife of one of the at
torneys who defended the condemned
four, came TO Albany and pleaded in
person with Governor Glynn TO grant
a reprieve, but the executive refused
to change his attitude. With Mrs.
Vanamee came Mrs. Louis Rosenberg.
wife of one of the condemned men,
but the governor refused TO see her.
why should I see her and add to
her misery and mine?" asked Cover
nor Glynn. Il can do nothing to aid
those boys. My mind is made up"
This spelled the doom Of Lefty
Louie" "Dago Frank" Whitley
Lewis and "Gyp the Blood, so far
as executive clemency was concerned.
Il believe that Governor Glynn Will
live to regret that he did not grant my
request for a respite of ninety days, ="
declared Mrs. Nanamee, after leaving
the executive mansion. The woman
was greatly agitated and wept as she
talked.
Continuing she said:
Il explained that my husband was
too i'll TO come to Albany. Both he
and / are certain these four young
men are innocent. However, the gov
ernor believes that nothing would be
gained by granting a stay of execution
until after Charles Becker gets a Sec
ond trial"
Mrs. Rosenberg, her eyes red and
swollen from constant weeping, al
most collapsed when the governor re-
fused TO see her.
OSSINGING, y. Y. April 1O.-The
death watch" was placed today over
the four gunner who are condemned
TO die on Monday for the asSassina-
ton OF Herman ROsenthal At the
same time attaches of the Warden's
office placed in the mail the last OF
the official invitations to witnesses
who will attend the executions.
These were the final steps in the
preparations for the death of the
gangsters. whose hopes had been re-
vived by rumors that reached the
prisoners by the mysterious "under-
ground" operating in Sing Sing prison
TO the effect that the executions would
| be delayed until the end Of next week.
This delay is legally possible as the
men were sentenced to die Gin the
week beginning Monday, April 13."
That Warden Clancy would not post
pOne the executions was regarded as
certain when he notified the wit
nesses to appear Monday.
All the prisoners with the eXcep-
tion of "Dago Frank" CirOfci are
seeking consolation in religion. The
rumOrs that ''DagO Frank" would
make a full confession were revived
today after his three companions,
/ Harry Horowitz alias "Gyp the
Blood" Jacob Seidenschner alias
Whitley Lewis and Louis Rosen-
berg, alias Lefty Louis" had told
their religious advisers. DIR. Jacob
Goldstein, that they had nothing to
confess"
To Observe Feast.
The three Jewish gunmen will cele-
| brate the feast of the Passover to-
right. DR.. Golstein will officiate. but
none OF the prisoners relatives will be
present.
The food for the feast was ordered
| by Jacob Rosenberg father of lefty
Louie and the menu was prepared
as follows: Chicken soup and mac
aroni. Hudson River bass (stuffed),
roast chicken, mashed turnips. mat
zoths hard boiled eggs, peaches.
'Dago Frank" was invited by the
! trio to attend the feast, which is prob
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