The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-14

| pleaded for the truth.
 The warden added that he had had no desire to make the statement a legal record and therefore did not take "Dago Franks words down in writing and had not placed him under oath.
 "Dago Frank" Dies First.
 The four gunmen convicted of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, died | in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison at the break of dawn this morning. None confessed guilt, and none mentioned the name of Charles Becker, the former police lieutenant found guilty of instigating the murder but saved by court of appeals reversal.
 Of the four men who died, Frank Seidenshner (Whitey Lewis) made the only statement. He even did not flatly assert innocence.
 "Gentlemen," he mumbled as they | strapped him in the chair, 'T did not shoot at Rosenthal. Them who said l did was periurers. For the sake of justice, gentlemen, I say I didn't. The witness Stannish-"
 "Whitey" did not finish the sen tence. The strange harness had been adjusted .and the current shot his body forward in the chair. He had meant to say that Stannish, a waiter and a witness at the murder trial, had lied; but the death urrent intervened.
 Warden Clancy had announced that "Gyp the Blood" would die first. followed by Lefty Louis," "Dago Frank" and "Whitey Lewis" but as it transpired the man who first came through the little iron door at the right was "Dago Frank" He had shown signs of collapsing, and it was deemed eXpedient to shield him from the ordeal of waiting.
 State Electrician Davis carefully tested the electric current
 Two of these men have told me that they will make a statement" !" announced Warden Clancy, but un- der no circumstances must any one ask them any questions"
 The head and leg sponges were then wet and Head Keeper McIn- erny, acting on signal from the warden, went to the death cell. There he found Cirofici in prayer with Father Cashin. The condemned man clutched crucifix in each hand as he was led into the presence of death. He had to be supported by two keepers.
 In the death cells could be heard the murmur of the other slayers in their applications.
 Death Current Turned On.
 The warden and attendants stepped back from the rubber mat.
 "Oh God, l meet my God" gasped the Italian. The state electrician turned the switch.
 The first contact was gradually reduced and then a second shock was given. The prison physicians, Dr. Farr and pr. Mereemo, with sev- eral other doctors, applied the steth- oscope
 'I pronounce InlS 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 dead boy of "Dago Frank" was lifted by white-coated guards and taken to the autopsy room.
 The doctors said Giro fici had made little resistance to the electric cur rent, which registered 1920 volts, and between 9 and 10 amperes. He died the easiest. He intended mak ing statement, but his mental pro cesses had failed him.
 "Whitey Lewis Turn.
 A new lot of witnesses filed in. Through the little door presently came "Nhitey Lewis" He was garbed in a black suit, as "Dago Frank had been. A statement that he never finished was on his lips as he entered. The attendants, fearing a shocking spectacle of hysteria, sought to soothe him.
 A current of 1920 yolts. with a slightly higher amperage than had been used on Cirofici, took his life.
 The switch was first closed at I5:47:36, and he was pronounced dead at 5.52.
 At 5:56 "Gyp the Blood was brought in. He had Jewish prayer book in his left hand and Rabbi Gold stein walked by his side.
 Listen Israel. There is only one Cod" mumbled "Gyp" in Hebrew. Two shocks were given and at 6:02 o'clock physicians pronounced the man dead.
 Lefty Louis" the last of the four to die, and accordingly the keenest sufferer by reason of the interval of waiting, entered the chamber at 6:07. The Jewish prayer book which | he grasped he handed to Rabbi | bafora tho vItard ctranDpd