The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-14

+hiFhA'Jf -Ff 'tf @APi n 4us AiOl bll before "Dago Frank Cirofici went tc the death chair in Sing Sing prison early today he told Warden Clancy that "Gyp the Blood Horowitz Lefty Louie Rosenberg and Harry Vallon, an informer, fired the shots which killed Herman Rosenthal for which crime the four gunmen paid the penalty.
 So far as know, Becker had nothing to do with this case" the gunman also declared. Tt was a gamblers fight
 Cirofici averred he was five miles away at the time the crime was committed and that "Whitey Lewis Seidenshner, although present at the scene of the shooting, did not fire any of the shots. Cirofici made no attempt, however to deny that he was included in the original plot to slay Rosenthal, even admitting that two nights before the gambler was slain he went with other gangsters to look for their intended victim.
 They were frightened away from Rosenthal on that occasion by men they thought were detectives. The condemned man also admitted that early on the night of the actual kill ing he was in the gray murder car with the gunmen. but he insisted that he left them before they shot the gambler. He did not explain precise ly why he left the other gunmen just prior to the shooting, but two req sons are advanced One is that he became frightened and the other that he deserted in order to bail out his sweetheart, Jean Gordon, who had been arrested.
 The statement, which was made verbally in the principal keeper s office about a. m. was the result of the insistent plea of Ciroficis mother and his sister for the truth. They had been here and made an un- successful appeal to the governor to save the prisoners life. Returning to the prison near dawn, they were met by the warden and taken to the office where Cirofici
 Mir. Clancy came to Albany today and told his story to Superintendent John B. Riley of the state prison de partment and Governor Glynn. The warden first issued a formal state ment rehearsing a part of what Giro fici told him and later added details which included Ciroficis admission that he and other gangsters had sought Rosenthal two nights before the staying.
 The formal statement of the war den follows:
 About o'clock Sunday night Rosenberg asked me 10 save Frank saying he had nothing to do with the shooting; he was not there. went over and asked Frank why Inc did not tell the truth. He replied that he knew what was going on but was not there when the shooting took place. l advised him to tell the whole story He said if he did they would kill his brother l asked whom he meant by they He re piled That there were fifty men II New York he could name. He said ! don't care about myself; it's my family | care for
 'l caused Frank Cirofici to b' brought from the condemned eel house to the principal keepers office about 4 o'clock Monday morning. H' made the following, among other statements in the presence of my self, Principal Keeper McInerney, th chapain his mother, and his sister Ihey urged him to tell the who'll truth. He hesitated and said: ! don't want to make any state ment for the public. I do not fea TOT myself but I do fear for you. His sister replied: Don't hay any fear for us: we will take care 0 ourselves, God will protect us.' His mother and sister continue