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


death without confessng
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 1900 prisoners q
ma iority believed thar the execution
of "Dago 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 sIeep in the death
house Not one Of the sixteen men
" aiting electrocution enjoyed any
restful slumber Throughout Sunday
afternoon there had been such dra-
matte hystefia attending the fare
wells Of the relatives of the gun
men" that affairs We're all atirgle.
A small army of newspaper CORE
spondents and photographers occu-
pied the outside offices of Warden
C'lancys quarters but few tried 10
sleep. There was a sort of electric
vibration in the air that forbade
sIumber There was expectancy and
a feeling that something would hap
PEN
Would one OF the gunner con-
fess? Would Governor Glynn grant
an eleventh hour reprieve?" These
were questions i'm which was born an
uncertainty that existed until the
electricity was turned into the bodies
of The young slayers
The four products Of the Manhat-
tan East Side who paid the penalty
OF their crime to-day were convicted
On November 10, 1912, Of firing the
shots which killed Herman Rosenthal
as he stepped from the Hotel Metro
pole into Forty-third street, just off
Broadway.
Rosenthal had caused the gambling
v Grid of the metropolis to quake with
terror by his conference with the Dis
triCt Attorney Charles S. Whitman.
His promised confessions were Sc
quel to a gambling war in which the
other underworld interests had tried
to drive him from the fat field OF the
upper Tenderloin Bomb outrages
slaYings and assaults had marked
this conflict Believing he was TO be
deserted BY Charles Becker. police
lieutenant in charge of a strong arm
squed' and a partner in the Rosen-
thal gambling house, the desperate
man was now about to expose the
whole Illegal conspiracy of police and
rhine,
The gambler was sitting in the Met
rCpole about o'clock in the morning
of July 49, 1912 A man entered and
asked him TO come outside Lurking
ia the shadows We're "Bridgey' Web
Ell Bald Jack" Rose and Harry VAL
Ion Near by stood 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 tour
Young men shot Rosenthal to death.
and leaped INTO the motor car, A
fifth man also entered, it 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 so
sure were the murderers that Charles
Becker would protect them that they
left the correct license number on
the murder car and this was noted
10y a man who happened To be a wit
resS to the shooting
The next day New York was In
AA HloUt ne AflHlIAil Attorney anu
Becker were ON the scene long before
dayhreak There were ugly rumors Of
police attempts TO cover the murder
ers' train Il was recalled that Ro-
seminal was to tell a complete story
20 Mr. 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-
Gay mentioned The murder car
was found and the two owners. one
! Of whom had driven that night. were
arrested. \ general alarm was sent
! out for Jack Rose. who lay in hid
/ ing in fine Riverside apartment On
/ july lS he strolled into police head
quarters nonchalantly and was locked
| up on July 20 newspaper pub
/ lisued the names Of Lefty Louie"
and Whitley Lewis as two OF the
! four gunner.
In the meantime Governor DIX had
/ appoiuted Justice Goff TO try Becker
J for murder sam SChepps had been
caught at Hot Springs. Ark. and
/ brought back 10 New York. on Oc-
/ tcber "a Becker was found guilty.
] Two weeks before Big Jack" Zelig
/ had been murdered in a street car
| His death may have been an outcome
of the Rosenthsl case
The four gunner came 10 trial No
I Nember s. They elected TO be tried
together Eleven DAYS later the jury
after only "a short elaboration found
! them guilty.