The Washington herald., 1914-04-13
FOUR GUNMEN
DIE AT Dawn
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1T will do no good" said "Gyp the
Blood" I'VE did not have the slightest
hope that the appeal to Justice .Goff
would be successful
'Gyp" was right. At 6:T p. m.
separate kilograms to each of the four
They read:
.'Grieved TO inform you that the gov
srnor has refused to interfere"
Then, as though any words of theirs
were necessary to carry further the ex-
ample that they themselves stand for,
Lefty Louie" and Whitley Lewis"
issued warnings to the boys of New
York. who are treading the paths that
ed the gunmen TO Sing Sing. ''Whitey's"
warning was:
Warnings to Others.
There are many boys on the East
Side who are well brought up and have
good parents. but who do not look out
for the company they get into. Bad
company is the cause of their fall They
get a bad record and then no matter
whether they are guilty or not they will
De framed up. Keep away from bad COM
pany is the best message 1 can send
them.
CSignedl JACOB SEIDENSCHNER."
Lefty's statement read:
Accept my statement that a fellow
OF than he who gets 81 900 a week If he
does not get it straight. I had the best
father and mother a boy ever had, but
] was not a good son to them. went
the wrong way. To the boys on the
East Side. 1 would let them know the
synagogue is the best home. and God
their best friend. We know II. Tell
them that we were supposed, the three
other fellows and 1. to have as many
frio dc
but when It comes to a show down it
was only the school (synagogue) that
stood by us outside OF our parents.
stick to the school and your parents.
They know best. II l had my life to
live over again 1 surely would follow
my own advice.
(signeO LOUIS ROSENBERG"
Wives Say Farewell.
There came to Sing Sing today to bid
farewell to their husbands. Mrs Lillian
Rosenberg, the little blonde wife of
Lefty and Mrs. Harry Horowitz,
frail brunette, whose eyes burned un-
naturally and whose cheeks were pale;
John Cirofici, brother of ''Dago Frank"
other brother: Jacob Rosenberg. father
OF Lefty Morris and Joseph Seiden-
schner, and a regiment Of cousins.
The emotional natures of the visitors
broke forth in lamentations and protests
against fate. The guards say that the
condemned gunmen watched their agon-
lied kinfolks in a spirit of impatient
pity. Let me kiss him, please. please.
just once pleaded Lillian Rosenberg.
For Gods sake pity me-"
The armed guard at the door moved
not a muscle.
Brace up. Kid" said Lefty Louie
s.E no L
''Dago Frank" to whom no woman has
come like this, looked on with lowered
eyes.
Fight Mt Station.
Against the heavy screen that bars the |
way to "Gyp" HorroWitz's cell, the little
woman, who will be this gunman's |
widow tomorrow, had thrown herself, |
begging .'Gyp" to tell her that he loved |
her.
An hour later the two forlorn women |
came out Morris Seldenschner half car |
ried the hysterical Mrs. Lefty" and
Mrs. "Gyp" clung to Paul Cirofici.
On the return to the station a squad |
of photographers began to snap their
cameras. A red-haired man who had met
them darted across the street and
a photographer on the jaw. |
The photographer scrambled to his feet
and fed into Harry Hershfield's cafe and
a armed himself with a chair. The red |
haired man explained that ''the police |
were looking for one OF the men with the
women, and therefore he objected to
having his picture in the papers"
In the melee ensuing. a sugar bowl
went through a window and several |
tables were overturned. Hostilities came
to a halt when Hersfield mounted a table
and pleaded for peace. Meanwhile the
were too busy defending
themselves to get pictures. Y
Wills of Men Made.
The condemned gunmen have made |
their wills. "Dago Frank" gave the
Tslisman basket given him by Young
Hing, a fellow occupant of the death
house. to his sister, Maria Whitley
Lewis" gave his album to his wife and
his scrapbook to a newspaper reporter.
"Gyp the Blood" gave all he owned to
his wife. And Lefty Louie after
writing several souvenir notes to his
everything he had collected TO Mrs.
Lefty"
Rabbi Goldstein and Rabbi Kopstein
will remain in the prison all night and
accompany their charges to the chair.
Father Cashin has promised Frank Giro
fci TO be with him at o'clock tomorrow
morning and lead him on his journey.
ana MeTenS v Ill
spend the entire night in the death house
and keep constant watch on the men.
The man whose nerve fails at the last
will go first
There is a guard at the door of each
OF the four cells watching lest any one
of the condemned Hlen try to cheat the
chair. There is no sleep in the death
house tonight. Occasionally one of the
gangsters is heard praying alone in
whisper
Father Turns Back.
Jacon Rosenberg. father of Lefty
Louie" appeared at the gates OF Sing
Sing tonight. He left here today os-
tensibly for New York.
I've come back to say good-by to my
boy once again." the old man muttered. |
He stumbled rather than walked. Rabbi /
Goldstein took the old mans arm and led
him toward the warden's office.
I've come" Rosenberg said. ito say
good-by to the boy for his mother, but |
1 can't go in again. The boys mother |
is desperate She is at home and I am
afraid she will die. 1 must go back to /
her now, could not go back to her IL
saw him again. 1t would kill me-"
A motor was called and the old man |
was taken back to the station and put on |
q train for New York.
Mrs. Cirofci, mother of "Dago Frank" |
will arrive in Ossining at 4 a. m. ready |
to be in sight of the death house when !