Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
eUNMEN GUILTY ! SAYS CIROFICI
psoker Not in Plot So Far As "Dago Frank Knew
NAMES vALL0N AS SLAYER
Harry VaIlon Helped Kill Rosenthal-- awhitey Lewis's" Gun Missed Fire, paIs Deelared-Cirofici Called
 Away Before Shooting.

Albany, N. Y.-The actual murder or Herman Rosenthal, for which the four annmen were executed at Sing Sing, was committed by Harry Vallon, "Gyp ,ba Blood" and Lefty Louie,' accord inc fo the confession made by "Dago Frank" Cirofici before he was led to the chair. This confession was made nublic by State Superintendent of Prisons John B. Riley, after Governor Glynn had read it.
 The pleadings of the mother and sister of "Dago Frank" and the hope ef the young Italian for a reprieve induced the confession. It came too late. however, and indicated that Frank was equally guilty with the others. and for these reasons it failed to save him. While making his con- fession of the whole affair ito Warden Clancy, Principal Keeper, McInerney and the Catholic prison chaplain, Fa- tber Cashin, Cirofici broke down com. pletely.
 'sThe men who fired the shots were aGyp." Louie" and "Vallon," he said.
 This statement and the declaration that as far as he knew Becker had nothing to do with the case are two things that stand out in the confes- sion.
 He made the statement about Beck CT while Warden Clancy was out of the room. When the Warden returned
 tLa xvltr t,rrp ad ta and said:
 Warden, there is an important statement he just made which you should hear, it is about Becker"
 Clancy turned to Cirofici and asked him to repeat it and Cirofici weigh ing each word and looking straight into the eye of the Warden repeated:
 "So far as l know, Becker had noth- ing to do with this case. It was a gamblers fight"
 Briefly, in his confession Dago Frank disclosed:
 The four of them were hired not to kill Herman Rosenthal, but John Langer or Dollar John," gambler who was about to corroborate the statement made by Rosenthal to Dis trict Attorney Whitman.
 The four journeyed to Rockaway in an automobile early on the evening of July 15 to kill Dollar John. They met him, but it was in a situation where it was impossible for them to do what they were sent to do. They talked to the man, but came away.
 They rode first to a cafe in Second avenue whence he, Cirofci, went to his home at 145th street and Seventh avenue. Later he was awakened by a whistle which took him to win dow. He espied on the sidewalk be low Jack. Rose, Harry Vallon, and Sam Schepps who told him at Bridgie Webers poker-room, 42nd street and Sixth avenue.
 He was informed by Gyp the Blood that there was something else to be done. Rose and Vallon were present. Bridgie Webber came in to say that the-was at the Metropole. Lefty Louie told him it was to be Herman AlOS6ulHall lllS uidli NiiO hhu oduOoiNo- All started downstairs, but on the sidewalk a messenger of the Tender loin whispered to him that Jean Cor oon, his companion, was under arrest uptown whereup he left the party.
 Later that morning the three men came to his fiat where they talked about the murder and told him that Harry Vallon had fired one shot, but that Whitey Lewis had been entirely useless because his revolver had missed fire. The following day he re- ceived one-fourth of $1,000 for the murder and which, by a grewsome coincidence, was just the reward re- ceiyed by Electrician Davis for the four executions.