The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-04-16
CUNMAN Names
HARRY WALTON
CirOtiCi Says He Was Far From
SC5n9 OF Murder
STORY TOLD BY nOiGO FRANK"

"Whitey" Lewis Gun Did Not Ex
pIode, Says Crofici, Who Accuses
"Gyp the Blood Lefty Louie" ano
WALTON of Being the Actual Murder.
ers of Herman Decentralization
Exonerated by Confession.
Albany, N. Y, April 1.-THE actua.
murder of Herman Rosenthal fo1
which the four gunner were executed
at Sing Sing was committed by Harry
Nallcn, "Gyp the Blood" and Lefty
Louie according to the confession
made by "Dago Frank Cirofici before
he was led to the chair.
This confession was made public by
Superintendent Of Prisons John 3
Riley after Governor Glynn ha4
read it.
The pleadings of the mother and
sister OF ''Dago Frank" and the hope
of the young man for a reprieve in,
duced the confession. 1t came too
late, however, and indicated that
Frank was equally guilty With the
others and for these reasons it fail Z
to save him.
Fear that terrible consequences
would result from the confession
caused Cirofci to collapse when he
ended his recital.
Cirofici would have confessed sev.
eral days ago, but for the fact that
he had been terrorized by the other
three gunner with threats of death 10
his mother and sister if he told any.
thing. The gunner were fearful lest
he should tell and communicated 10
him these threats.
Once when Father Cashin was
talking to Cirofci he heard the three
other gunner talking in Jewish. The
priest understood the language and
heard Gyp say: Frank is going to
pieces; he's telling on the rest Of US"
Warden Clancy, knowing that Giro.
fici was terrorized, brought him from
the cell to the Office of the keeper
where he made his confession.
Warden Clancy pointed out that
Cirolci really thought he was limo
cent because he did not take part in
the actual shooting.
Whitley Lewis thought he was in.
nocent because he did not fire a shot
Briefly Cirofci declared:
The four of them were hired not to
kill Herman Rosenthal but John
LANCER. or Dollar John" a gambler
who was about to corroborate the
statement made by Rosenthal to At.
torney Whitman. Rosenthal had shot
Lis bolt and they were to prevent any
harder blows.
The four iourneyed to Rockaway in
an auto early on the evening of July
Is to kill Dollar John" They met
him, but it was in a situation where
it was impossible for them to do what
they We're sent to do.
They rode first to a cafe in Second
avenue, from where he (CirofcD went
to his home at 145th street and It'll
avenue. Later he was awakened by
whistle which took him to the win.
dow. He saw on the sidewalk. "Jacl"
Rose, Harry WALTON and Sam Schepps.
who told him the other BOYS were
waiting for him at Bridge Webber's
poker room.
He was informed there by "Gyp the
Blood that there was something
else to be done Rose and Vallon were
present.
Bridge Weber came in to say that
the - was at the Metropole.
Lefty Louie" told him it was to be
Herman Rosenthal, the man who had
squealed.
On the sidewalk messenger
whispered to him that Jean Gordon,
his girl companion, was under arrest
uptown whe~eupon he left the party.
Later that morning the three men
came to his Tat, where they talked
about the murder and told him that
Harry WALTON had fred one shot, bat
that Whitley Lewis had been entirely
useless because his gun had missed
fire.
The following day he received one
fourth of 600 for the murder.
Suprlementing all this was a re-
mark dropped four days ago by Rosen-
burg. the most intelligent and the
leader Of the quartet, that Frank was
not present at the killing and Whitley
Lewis had not shot for a very good
reason.