Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
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N HEC|R|C CHA|R
sLAvxAs or HERMAN RosEN-
TsSAL ExEcurEn IN SING SING
UNISON At DAvsREAk.
NO CONFESSIONS MADE.
ONE PRorEsTs INNOCENCE
cirsNes Dselarss In Deaf, Chair He
Firsd Ne shets-All Near Collapse
Wssn Talssn 70 Dssth Chamber
Rabbi and Priest Stand BY and Offer
Prayers % osntsres 10 Carried Out.


Rabbi and Priest Stand BY and oms
Praysrs % ssntsnes 10 Carried Out.
Albany, N. ", April 13.-sems Of
t,e aunmsn are believed 70 have
oerfesssd before they died.
s8upsrintsnAsnt Jshn Bryisy. OF
The ststs prisen department, said
&hsi statements would arrive here
from ossinine today which would
sl.cN that mo injustice had been
devse BY the execution" He know
nothirs Of the nature Of the
statements.
The statement 10 said 70 impsi.
este none but the men who died
today. Governor oiynn refused to
discuss the subject. alths 4 .
knssNn the contents Of the state
mont are known sy h:.,- The
ooveenor 10 said TO b satissisd
that the four sunmsn vssrs ouilty.
No word was forthcoming 40 to
whether the "ss.:ee.:en" was made
by. aii or one Of the eondsmnsd
men, Il was given 20 Warden
CLANCY this morning about
o'clock. No promises we're hssd
out to the writer, Il IS said, but
IN their last hours thsre was 2
voluntary change in the attitude OF
sosno Of the eondemned.
The report persists that the
statsnsnt came from "Dago
Frank. For days there has bssn
= constant rumor that he would
tell al bsfors he died. A remark
made by Mr.. Riley strengthened
the belief that 1Daso Frank" con.
sesssd.
.Ths men had the sau,s spper-
tunity % make this statsment
when was down at Sing Sing
lest .esek," ]" Ne said. "but they did
net cl,eess 20 avail themselves ef
4 it.n
NJ Riley vssrt to the prison un-
der fks impression that "Daoe
/ Frank ysaNtsd % make . final
ssrssssisp. b0t IN prissasrs ~asuld
- Sallk "a. !.
No. ~ trslssn s1lsnss, L ssas
ssNstally esdlesoEssd, .xhs death
psnalty Ss1ld nst hsvs bssn M
Aietsa teddy. Ne ssser;svs would
have been granted, 4 is declared,
but the execution would not have
taken place until next Saturday.
liops that such delay might give
time for new court action was held
cut TO the sunnsn by their rsIa.
tivoo.
Mr.. Reilly said today that he
would issue . formal statement as
soon a. the messenger arrived.
Sing Sing Prison, Ossinlng. n. =
April 1s.-The four gunmen convicted
( the murder Of Herman Rosentha
lied in the electric chair st Sing Sin,
,rison at daybreak this morning. Nom
confessed his guilt and none mentioned
he name OF Charles Becker, the form
r police lieutenant found guilty Of in
tixatinR the murder but saved by tn
.ourt OF appeals reversal.
OF the four who died. Frank Sci
lenschner ("whitsy Lewis). made th'
,nly statement. Even he did not flatl!
.ssert hts innocence.
Gentlemen" he mumbfed. as the!
strapped him in the chair. Il did no
,hoot at Rosenthal. Those who said
i'd were <per5urears. For :he sake o
ustice, gentlemen, say didn't. Tn
witness 6tannlsh
Whitey did not finish the sentence
rhe strange harness had been adjusted
md the current shot his body forward
n the chair. Seidenschner WAS the sec
md. to die. 'Daso Frank (Frarl
yirofioo) came first. "Gyp the Blood
Harry Horowitz) was third ant
.Lsfty Louie Louis Rosenberg last
exe>~tjon Occupies Forty Minutes.
IN forty minutes all four were dis
,atchad. This time would Eavs beer
lhortaned had 1t not been for th'
Of newspaper reporters
rheir numbers necessitated = shiftinl
ar witnesses for each execution. Their
- ma .untoward incident thruout tn
procedure. All, walked quietly to tn
hair and only their quskinS knee'
md the sickly green pallor OF theil
,acss attssted that the realization o
leath waa on them.
Prieat and Rabbi Stand BY Chair.
William z. Cashin. Roman Catholi'
Of the prison, accompanies
.D9xo Frank" to the chair. WITT
.whiteys Lewis'' and ''Gyp the blood
vaa Rahbi Joseph Goldstein, Of Nev
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