New Britain herald., 1914-04-13
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Farr and Dr. Mereemo, with several other witnessing doctors, applied the stethoscope and made other tests for life.
 'I pronounce this man dead,' said Dr. Farr in a low voice
 It was 5:43 o'clock. The group of witnesses left the death chamber and the body of "Dago Frank was taken to the autopsy.
 The doctors said Cirofici had made little resistance to the electric cur rent, which registered 1920 volts and between nine and ten amperes. Of the four he died the easiest. He had intended making a statement, but his mental processes had failed him.
 "Whitey Lewis'' Second.
 A new lot of witnesses filed in. Through the little door presently came ''Whitey Lewis" He was garbed in black as "Dago Frank" had been. The statement that he never finished was on his lips as he entered
 A current of 1920 volts, with slightly higher amperage than had been used on Ciroici took his life after two contacts. The switch was first closed at 5:47:36 and he was pronounced OGdQ aL O.Ol.
 "Gyp the Blood" Third.
 Again the chamber was emptied and again filled with witnesses. At 5:56 "Gyp the Blood" was brought in. He had 8 Jewish prayer book in his left hand and Rabbi Goldstein walked by his side. Listen. Israel. There is only one God,'' mumbled Gyp in Hebrew. His staring gaze swept the faces but aside from the prayer he made no statement.
 The preliminaries were quickly arr ranged, the current was applied. Two shocks were given and at 6:O2 o'clock physicians pronounced the man dead.
 Lefty Iouie' Last.
 Lefty Louie," the last of the four to die, entered the chamber at 6:07. The first contact was given at SOS, but it was not until 6:17 that he was pronounced dead. Three contacts were necessary.
 The only relatives of the gunmen who were in the prison at the time of the execution. were "Dago Franks" mother, sister and brothers, John and Paul. and "Whitey Lewis brothers, Morris and Louis.
 Mrs. Cirofici was borne to her car riage in an almost total collapse, an hour after the electrocution.
 The convicts as they filed by the en-barred windows shouted words of cheer to the Seidenshner brothers as they left.
 To a stranger who offered to pay the cost of "Whitey's'' burial the brothers replied that they had enough money
 All the bodies of the gunmen will be claimed by relatives.
 Mother Proves Heroine.
 Mrs Cirofici remained with her son until four o'clock, hoping to the last the governor would grant a re- prieve. She believed in her boys innocence.
 Mrs. Cirofici pleaded with Frank in Italian to confess, but he said he had told all he knew, and he was not present when Herman Rosenthal was killed.
 One of the last things Frank said before he left his cell was to Father Cashin: Take care of my mother" he admonished.
 Hopes Were Overthrown. The last avenues of hope for the four gunmen were closed when Gov ernor Glynn refused to grant a stay of execution and Justice Golf refused a respite pending the second trial of Lieutenant Charles Becker, who was convicted in the lower courts of hav- ing. plotted the murcer of Herman Rosenthal to prevent him from mak- ing graft revelations to District At torney whitman. The court of ap- peals, in reversing the decision for Becker, declared itself unconvinced that he had directed the murder, but upheld the Judgment of the lower court that the four gunmen had been the instruments. Motions for a new trial, on the ground of new evidence, made by their attorney, were denied and they were sentenced to die dur ing the week beginning April 13.
 Four days before their execution delegation of New York rabbis visit ed Governor Glynn and pleaded in vain with him to postpone the execu- tion until after the second trial of Becker. The governor remained fixed in the opinion that he had already expressed that Becker's guilt or inno- cence could in no way affect the guilt of the gunmen who had been judged guilty by two courts.
 Real Names of Men. The real names of the men who have been known as "Gyp the Blood," Lefty Louie," "Dago Frank and 'sWhitey Lewis were Harry Horo- witz Louis Rosenberg, Frank Cirofici and Frank Seidenshner. The youngest. Lefty Louie, was twenty one; the old est, Dago Frank, twenty-seven All were Jews except Dago Frank. As the nickname implies. he was an Italian. Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie were married. Their young widows survive them.
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