The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-13

| buildings, but there was no sound from
within. The hideOus noises. which con-
victs have been said tn emit when one
or more of their number is to die, were
spared those who waited. Dawn was
creeping over the hills when the wit
nesses were admitted TO the bare court
yard of the death house. Many Were
ashen faced and trembling. From a
printed list the clerk read the names OF
those who were to see the first mar
die. \ moment more and the doors OF
the death chamber closed behind them
"Dago Frank" First to Go.
Warden Clancy announced that Cyl
the blood" would die first, but it trans
pired that the man who first came
through the door was "Dago Frank.
He had shown signs of collapsng, and
it was deemed eXpedient TO shield him
from the ordeal of waiting. State Elec-
trician Davis tested the current.
Two of these men have told me they
will make "A statement" announced
Warden Clancy, but under no circum-
stances must any one ask them any
questions"
The head and leg sponscs were then
wet, and Head Keeper Mclncrney. act
ing on a signal from the warden, went
TO the death cell. There he found CT
ronCi i'm prayer with Father Cashin.
The condemned man clutchcd a cruci-
fix in each hand as he was led into the
presence of death. He had TO be sup
ported by two Of the keepers. In the
death cells could be heard the murmur
of the other slayers IN supplication.
The warden and attendants stepped
back from the rubber mat.
"Oh. God. | meet my Cod" gasped
the Italian.
The state electrician turned the
switch. Two shocks were given. At
5:43 "Dago Frank" was pronounced
dead and the witnesses left the death
chamber and the body was taken to the
autopsy room. The doctors said Circo-
nci had made little resistance to the
electric current which registered 1870
volts and between . ana 10 amprrcs.
OF the four he died the easiest He had
intended To make a statement, but his
mental process failed him.
whitley Lewis" Near 20 Hysteris.
A new lot of witnesses filed in.
Through the little iron door presently
came Whitley Lewis" He was garbed
i'm a black suit as "Dago Frank" had
been. The statement he never finished
was on his lips as he entered. The
attendants. fearing "A shocking spec
tacle of hyster.a, sought to soothe him.
\ current of ,920 volts, with "A slight
ly higher amperage than was used on
Cirofici, took his life. He was pro-
nounced dead at 5:52. At $3.50, "Gyp
the blood" was brought in. n Jewish
prayer book was in his hand. and Rab-
bi Goldstein walked 10y his side. List
en-, Israel there is only one God,
mumblcd "Gyp" in Hebrew. There were'
two shocks and at 6:02 he was dead.
Lefty Louie" was the last to die, and
accordingly he was the keenest sufferer
by reason of the interval of waiting. He
entered the death chamber at 6:O1. He
handed IA Jewish prayer book to Rabbi
Kupfstein before a guard strapped him
into the chair. lie mumbled prayer
i'm Hebrew. The theory that the
strongest shall die last was borne out
by his uncanny resistance to the cur
rent. The first contact was at Cos
and at 6:t7 he was dead.
The only relatives of the gunmen i'm
the prison at the time OF the execution
were Ciroficis mother, sister, brothers
and "Whitey Lewis" brothers. Mrs.
Ciroiici was borne To "a carriage in coll
LAPSE an hour after the electrocution.
All the bodies of the gunmen will be
claimed by relatives.
Mrs Ciroiici remained with her son
until a. M This was an unusual
procedure. She believed in her boys
innocence to the end She pleaded with
her son To confess. but he said he was
not present when Rosenthal was
killed
Governor Refused Clemenoy.
The last avenue Of hope for the four
gunmen was closed six days before
their execution when Governor Glynn
refused To grant "A stay, pending the
second trial of Lieutenant Charles
necker, who was convicted I'm the low
or courts of having plotted the murder
NJ Herman Rosenthal To prevent him
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