Four Gunmen, Convicted of Murdering Herman Rosenthal, Pay Death Penalty HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 87 7 our Gunmen, on Verge of Collapse, Pay Penalty For Murdering Gambler 'Whitey Lewis." "Gyp the Blood," "Dago Frank" and "Lefty Louie ' Die in Elec tric Chair at Sing Sing Within Forty Minutes Without Confessing i 'WHITEY LEWIS" ONLY I ONE OF FOUR TO TALK i Did Not Shoot Rosenthal," He Said, "the Witness Stannish —" Current Stop ped Him Before He Com pleted Sentence Sing Sing Prison, Ossinlng. X. Y.,j pril 13. —The four gunmen convicted j t the murder of Herman Rosenthal led in the electric chair at Sing Sing j rtson at the break of day this morn- j ig. None confessed his guilt and j one mentioned the name of Charles i ecker, the former police lieutenant >und guilty of instigating the murder, j ut saved by the Court of Appeals re- j srsal. Of the four who died, Frank Seiden mer ("Whitey Lewis") made the, ily statement. Even he did not flatly | 'sert his Innocence. "Gentlemen," he mumbled, as they i rapped him in the chair, "I did not i loot at Rosenthal. Them who said I. id was perjurers, For the sake of tstlce, gentlemen, X say 1 didn't. The j itness Stannish " "Whitey" did not finish the sen-! nee. The strange harness had been Ijusted and the current shot his body rward In the chair. He had meant' ■ say that Stannish, a waiter and a ( Stness at the murder trial, had lied; j it death Intervened. Seidenshner was the second man to e. "Dago Frank" (Frank Ciroficl) ! tme first. "Gyp the Blood" (Harry j orowitz) was third and "Lefty i oule" (Lewis Rosenberg) came last. 1 i forty minutes flat all four were dls- \ itched. This time would have been j lortened had it not been for the > •ercrowding of newspaper reporters, j heir numbers necessitated a shifting I ' witnesses for each execution. There as no untoward incident throughout j ie procedure. All walked quietly to i le chair and only their quaking knees ! id the sickly green pallor of their j ces attested that the realization of j sath was upon them. I'rayers Offered William E. Cashin, Roman Cath ie chaplain of the prison, accom mied "Dago Frank" to the chair, ith "Whitey Lewis" and "Gyp the lood" was Rabbi Joseph Kopfstein, New York. Rabbi Mayer Kofstein, ■ ng the spiritual adviser of the Ro-I nberg family, stood by "Lefty! >uie." Priest and Rabbi alike avert- j their drawn faces from the chair of •ath. struggling to control them-' ives as they intoned a prayer for the! Ing. "Gentlemen," said 15a bhi Kopfsteiu he left the chamber, "if you j k me whether the Jewish hoys were; lilty, I will say Ido not know. They il not confess to me. As for the lial- i n. I do not believe he was at the cue ol the crime. Ido not think anv ' them should have I wen convicted i the testimony offered." An anaemic moon still hung in the! y when those who were to witness, e executions gathered in front of th° : ison. The air was chill and a raw | nd swept across the Hudson. Faint j rhts glimmered at corridor ends of! e buildings, but no sound came from : thin. The hideous noises which i nvirts have been said to emit when ' — Late News Bulletins NO TRACE OF FRANK G. HOHL Altoona, Pa., April 13.—Continuous search hns failed to bring forth any clue as to the whereabouts of Frank G. Hohl. the confessed robber of the Union Bank of this city, who escaped from the Blair county jail at Hollidayshurg early Sunday morning. It is expected that a reward will be offered for his cnptiire. BECKER TRIAL MAY 4 JTew York. April I I.—The second trial of Charles S. Becker, form er police lieutenant, found guilty of murder with the four gunmen exe cuted to-day, will begin on Mav 4, If the district attorney has his way. It was said at the district attorney's office to-dav that Sir. Whit man will ai)pear before a Supreme Court justice on Wednesday and move to bet the trial for that date. SAYS SYMPATHY IS AROUSED Washington. • April 2.—Senator Cummins late this afternoon charged on the floor of the Senate to-day that a persistent and wide spread campaign was being conducted to arouse public svmpathv for the request for a Ave per cent. Increase In freight ran* 'on eastern railroads, now pending before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The senator expressed confidence that the commission would decide the question on its merits, but said the public was being misled by Incor rect and exaggerated statements. COPPER MINES VOTE TO WORK Hancock, Mich.. April 13.—The copper mine workers who have been on strike since July 23 last, voted yesterday to call oft the strike according to an announcement made to-day hv Charles E Hietela dis trict se<retary of the Western Federation of Miners. The figures' will not be given out until after a meeting of the district board this after noon. . GUNMEN CONFESS? Albany, N. Y.. April 13—Some of the gunmen are believed to have confessed In-fore they died. Superintendent John It. Riley, of the State Prison Department, said to-day tliat statements would arrived here from Ossining to-day which would show that "no Injustice had been done by the executions."' He knew nothing of the nature of the statements. New York, April 13.—The market closed weak. Stocks were poured out freely. A break in Steel to 5»% tiad a damaging influence. Wall Street Closing.—Chesapeake and Ohio, 52%: l.ehlgh Valley 141; Northern Pacific, 111 >4; S .uthern Pa< ilic, 02%; Union Pacific' 157%; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, »»'/,: P. R. R„ no; Read ing, 164%; Canadian Pa'lfic, 198Jt: Amal. Copper. 75%; U. S. Steel 59%. Four Rosenthal Gunmen J * i.ii. "LEFTY LOUIE" "GYP THE BLOOD" "WHITEY LEWIS" I "DAGO FRANK" j one or more of their number is to die were spared those who waited. Witnesses Tremble j Dawn was inst creeping over the ' hills when the witnesses were admitted | »o the bare courtyard of the death ; house. Many were ashenfacr.d and ; trembling. From a printed list a clerk I read off the names of those who were Ito see the first man die. A moment j more and the door of the chamber , had closed behind them. Warden i Clancy had announced that "Gyp the I Blood" would die first, followed by j "Lefty Louie." "Dago Frank" and I 'Whitey Lewis." But as it transpired, j the man who first came through the [Continued ou Page 3.] HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1914. HEROIC FIREMAN IS BURIED TODAY WITH THE HIGHEST HONORS Entire Department Turns Out to Pay Tribute to Dead Hope Member i OVERCOME FIGHTING BLAZE j His Wife Had Plead With Him Not to Go, But He Answered Call to Duty William H. Harris, who lost his life while fighting the fir© In the Aughln | baugh printery Wednesday night, this j afternoon was laid to rest in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. Hero of many r blaze in the days gone by, Harris, though advanced in years, had insisted on answering the alarm sent in late Wednesday night. (Gently his wife had urged him not to j go as he drew on his fire-fighting uni j form. I "You are too old to go," she plead j ingly insisted. j Harris said nothing, wrapped his coat tightly around him, kissed his wife, and then hurried away to his I duty and his death. It was while fighting the flames when at their tiercest that Harris was I overcome with the heavy volumes of I smoke that poured through the burn ; ing building. The fireman died while 1 being rushed to the Harrisburg Hos pital. The highest honors of the depart- I ment were paid to the dead Hope I Company member to-day. Preceded by the Commonwealth Band playing a I fyneral dirge, the entire Fire Depart |rsifnt wound through the city streets behind the hearse that carried the • body to the cemetery. The Funeral Service The firemen met at 1.15 at Hope firehouse and marched to the Harris home at 1118 Montgomery street. The Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler. chaplain of the Hope Company, conducted servces at the home. Then the body was borne from the house to the [Continued on Page 10.] COUNCIL TO WE [ NEW COMMISSION AND CITY OFFICERS? Understood That Planning Body Is to Be Appointed Tomor row Afternoon | Harrisburg's first city planning commission, the license tax otticer | and ihe assistant city assessor, will ail j be appo.nietf, it is expected, at to j morrow s session of City Council. • Question as to the personnel of the commission ana the successful j candidate lor the other two offices, ; was tne subject of general comment in | municipal circles to-day. M. Harvey Taylor has been giving weeks of thougnt to the ma«e-up of \ the new commission and it is gen erally expected that the choice of men who will form this body will be ready for Council's approval at to-morrow's j meeting. \\ ho is to be the license tax officer and tne assistant city assessor, has not been decided delimteiy according 10 councilnien this morning, it is said j tnat William block's chances for tne license tax Job are of the oest; tur | tnermore, it is said, that he hasn't i any cnance. This applies too, to 8. I U. Garland, as assistant city assessor. The counciiment just grin and refuse ! to discuss tneir probable action. 'things are happening all along the line in tne work of the department of parks and playgrounds, 'inis morn ing work was started on tne plant ing of two rows of elm trees and other foliage along that section of tne Cam eron Parkway through the almshouse grounds. This has been a ratner bar ren spot, owing to the fact that It was only opened about a year ago and the planting will add much to the pleasure of this drive. Superintendent Taylor has been di | reeling the' improvement of the roads I in Wildwood Park with the split log drag, and these roads i re understood ito be now in fair shape. A little later : when the dogwood olossoms appear and the buds burst in this great nat ural park, there is no more delightful outing than one can have right here on the edge of the city. Through the kindness of W. B. Mc- Caleb, superintendent of the Phila delphia division of the Pennsylvania railroad, a "battle ship" load of cinder has been supplied for the repair of the track at Island Park in prepara , tion for the State hign school meet next month. Some damage was done |to the island playgrounds and field | by the recent flood but it will soon be in shape for use. Superintendent i Taylor is having the tennis courts on the island and at Reservoir Park im proved. Woman Seriously Burned While Lighting Fire Mrs. Earl Yentzer, 19 years old, of 11507 Derry street, was seriously burn ied this morning. While lighting her j kitchen fire her apron caught in the stove. It was unnoticed by her. Then | when she saw the flames Bhe ran i screaming into the yard. ! Her whole body is scorched and j her conditions is serious. She was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital. DIES FROM STROKE. Frank of 50'9 Cumberland street, died suddenly this morning at his home from a stroke of appoplexy. He Is survived by his wife, one son and three daughters. Private serv ices will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in the East Harrisburg cemetery. KILKENNY CATS * SUPPORT PENROSE IS KITE Of WORKMEN'S TIIRIFF Democratic Law Productive of Hard Times, Penna. Wage- Earners Declare Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, April 13.—There have been many endorsements of Senator ! | Penrose's candidacy by manufactur- | I ers and employers of Pennsylvania! | and now it seems that the employes | have determined to fall in line for i the return of the Senior Senator as !• ! the champion of protection, j The first petitiqn signed exclusively | I by mill workers was brought into the 1 i headquarters of the Pennsylvania j Protective Union in the Real Estate Trust Building yesterday by John M. ; Shronk, proprietor of a small dry i goods store at 4264 Ridge avenue. It contained the names of more than 700 wage-earners in the Falls of , Schuylkill district alone, some of 1 whom are still employed on full time, j others on part time and some not at ; all. Shronk's Explanation. Mr. Shronk explained that he had ' been in the dry goods business in that neighborhood for thirty-five years. | "My family is the oldest in the | Falls of Schuylkill district," he said, j "and X think I have learned to know j i distress and the symptoms of ap- ! j proaching trouble when I see it. I ' ! am not a politician and I am not in j the employ of any politician, but I 1 j have been reading so much in the ' ! newspapers about the opposition of ! the 'common people" to Republican i doctrines and more particularly to that bright and shining champion of Republican doctrines. Senator Pen-! [Continued on Pase 3.] Mystery Surrounds Visit of Japs From Tokio The presence of two distinguished i looking Japanese, Saturday in Harris burg, elicited considerable comment 1 and curiosity as to their business here. They registered Friday night at the' Metropolitan hotel. Fourth and Mar ket streets as N. Nakamure and Y. I Watanabke, Tokio. and said that they were officials of the Tokio railroad and were investigating railroads and , steel manufacturing plants here. In- j qulries at the Pennsylvania railroad i offices and the Pennsylvania Steel Company at Steelton disclosed the fact that the Orientals had not visited these places, and the purpose of their stop-over here remains a mystery. They left here Saturday afternoon at 3.25 eastward bound. Fire Destroying Bungalow Lights Sky For Miles Fire of unknown origin completely I destroyed a one-and-a-half-story frame bungalow .belonging to Charles | Sample, a quarter mile south of Prog- I ress, Saturday night. * Mr. and Mrs. Sample were away from home when the Are was discov ered. The fire was seen for miles around and attracted the attention ot .many people. The bungalow was {tartly covered by insurance. , POST (IDS PHY PART IN CAMPAIGN EOR JUDGE KIINKEL His Friends to Be Given Oppor tunity to Help Win Votes For Him Want to see Judge George Kunkel, of Dauphin county, win the nomin jation for State Supreme Court Judge? I Of course you do, and here's how. ! Write to the Judge Kunkel Non- I Partisan Campaign committee, Me- I chanics Bank Building, Market and ; Third streets, Harrisburg, and re- I ceived by return mail as many post- I cards as you may need for mailing I purposes to your friends In other parts j of the State. | There is no politics in Judge Kun j kel's campaign and his friends have set . forth his qualifications for Supreme i Court judge on a card bearing his plc i ture which they would like to see in i the hands of voters in all parts of Pennsylvania. They have asked his other friends to help along the cause iby sending these postcards to their : friends. The text of the Kunkel card is as follows: ! IMinary Election I>a.v, May 19tli j Before you are handed the primary j barrot of your party, and whether you are enrolled cr not, the election officers j will hand you a non-partisan ballot ■ containing the names of the candi dates for the Supreme Court. Mark your Ballot this way: ! I GEORGE KUNKEL I X (Dauphin County) He is experienced, having served six years as District Attorney, six years as a member of the Legislature, i and ten years as a Judge. He is the Judge before whom all of the Commonwealth's . Tax Cases , against Corporations have been tried I for the last ten years. He is the Judge before whom the ; famous Capitol Graft Cases were tried in which the defendants were convict ed and the State got back nearly two million dollars. j He was the Judge who upheld the Full Crew bill, and the Supremo Court, as it has in nine out of every ten cases, > sustained him. He is the Judge with such a record for fairness and ability that last yqar 1 he was re-elected in Dauphin County without a single vote cast against him. Don't forget to vote for GEORGE KUNKEL Judge Kunkel Non-Partisan Campaign Committee. Harrisburg, Pa. Girl Celebrates Easter by Drinking Egg Dye Miss Catherine Brunner, aged 17, of 120 North Tenth street was brought to the Harrisburg hospital yesterday afternoon In a serious condition suf . fc-ring from the effects of drinking red egg dye. At the hospital the poison was pumped from her stomach and | the girl later was permitted to return J to her home. I Miss Brunner to-day failed to glvo any reason for drinking the dye. Shortly after 3 o'clock the girl and a friend were sitting In the parlor playing the piano. She left the room and shortly after was found in the back yard lying on the ground groan-, log. 12 PAGES. DEMOCRATIC WAR SCARES OFF PEACE ADVOCATE BRYAN Secretary of State Too Busy With International Affairs to Come Here Factionists who have rent the Dem ocracy of Pennsylvania in twain and turned the militant spirit which made the party a terror in days gone by against each other will be out on the rampage in a score of counties again this week and indications are that the campaign for the gubernatorial and other State nominations to be made ton May 19 will btcome more bitter than ever. The air In Philadelphia land Harrisburg is f.lled with charges and recriminations and the spectacle [Continued on Png«' 12] ! Ex-Mayor Eby's Will Probated; Sister Is His Sole Beneficiary Knowing the uncertainty of life, sound mind and memory, I make and declare this to be my last will and testament. —Maurice C. Eby. With that brief introduction, ex- Mayor Eby penned his will October 2, 1906 in which he bequeathed all his property, real and personal to his sis ter, Mis 3 Fanny May Eby. No esti mate of the value of his estate is given. The former mayor's will was pro bated to-day. Proposals in Congress Not Favored by Wilson By Associated Press Washington, April 13.—Proposals in congress to curtail the administra tion trust legislative program were not regarded to-day with favor by ' President Wilson. He said that while I he had heard suggestions to cut the I program sort and enact only a tradi commission bill, he deemed It neces sary to keep faith with the country and carry out measures for a com prehensive trust reform. Mr. Wilson was asked if he believed Congress could dispose of the trust program and other pending questions and get away from Washington by the middle of summer and he laugh ingly remarked that if an express schedule instead of a freight schedule were adopted there would be no diffi culty. He added that he did not mean the cutting off of necessary dls cssion, but that the committees had worked very hard and had prepared legislation which he believed could be promptly disposed of. Elevator Man Found Unconscious Near Shaft \ harry Atkinson, 811 Derry street, was found unconscious shortly before 'I o'clock this afternoon on the third floor of the Patriot building in which he runs »n elevator He was found near the elevator shaft. Atkinson had suffered a stroke and was taken to the Harrisburg hospital where the probability of recovery can not be obtained until thla evening. * POSTSCRIPT. ■ BANDIT'S BED MOTHER MAY WE HELPED HIM ESCAPE Harrisburg Police Trying to Lo cate Mrs. Hohl Who Re cently Visited Son CRAWLED THROUGH WINDOW Guard Saw Rope Hanging Along Jail Wall When Making His Rounds Frank G. Hohl, of this city, arrest led last week as the Altoona bank ban dit, early yesterday morning escaped trom the liollidayshurg jail. Altoona police believe that plans for liohl's escape started with his mother. Airs. Annie Hohi of this city, to the Blair county jail last Thursday. | The mother, who resides at 316 I Court street, could not be found at her i home either yesterday or to-day by the ! Harrisburg police. Search is being : made for the aged woman, who, it is | .suspected, aided in her boy's escape. | In making his rounds in the Holli | ilaysburg jail yards at 6 o'clock yes terday morning, prior to his being re lieved froni night duty a watchman saw a rope dangling from the win dow of the cell in which Hohl had been placed. An investigation brought the discovery that the prisoner had j escaped. j The Altoona Times says: "The bandit escaped by defying tho ! laws of gravity and nature, squeezing ; his body through the window of his cell, an aperture scarcely largo enough to admit a breath of fresh air, anil thence climbing to the roof of tho jail. While a guard placidly patrolled the jail yard to prevent the prisoner's escape, the' man stole across the root: !of the building to tho front wall, I where he lowered himself to freedom i with the aid of a rope made of pieces ] of cloth torn from the mattress in his ! cell. "Through a slit measuring just five and seven-elghtlia inches in width lie forced his body, and then defying tho laws of gravity, pulled himself to the jail roof, two feet above the win dow. From there he managed to climb over three sections of roof until he Anally reached the front of tho jail. Tyipg his readymade rope about the chimney, he lowered himself down the outside of the jail to the top of the wall surrounding the jail yard. From the top of the wall to the street [Continued on Page 10.] Wreckage May Be From Missing Sealing Steamer By Associated Press St. Johns. N. F., April 13.—The steamer Kyle, which was ordered by wireless yesterday to investigate wreckage supposed to have come from the missing sealing steamer. Southern Cross, was forced to put In here last night for coal. She sailed again at daylight to-day. The wreckage, which was sighted Saturday 100 miles southeast of this port by the steamer Bloodhound, included gear from a ship's deck, a seaman's sea chest, a man's cap and part of the bow of a small boat. It was drifting against a large Ice floe. The Bloodhound brought here the body of a seal hunter which was found lying beside the body of hia dog on the Ice. THE WEATHER For Harrisburg anil vldnltyt Fair to-nlKbt, with front! lowest tem perature about 35 degrees; Tue«- dny tn\r and slightly warmer. Kor Kastern Pennsylvania! Fair to-nlKht| temperature clone to freezing In north portions front In south portion I Tuesday fair, ■lightly narmeri gentle to mod erate north to northeaat breeze*. River The river and all Its branches wfll continue to fall to-night and Tuesday and probably for aeveral day*. A stage of abont 7.1 la In dicated for Harrisburg on Tues day morning. • General Conditions Clear weather prevails east of tha Kocky Mountains this morning, except In the Gulf States and along the Nouth Atlantic coast, where light to moderately heavy rains have fallen In the last twenty-four hours. It la 4 to 22 degrees colder than on Saturday morning from the Lake region eastward to the At lantic coast and In the South west. Temperaturei 8 a. m„ 30; 2 p. m., 45. Sunt Itlses, 5:32 a. m. | seta, 6t42 p. m. J Moon: lUses, 11105 p. m. Hlver Stagei 8.2 feet above low water mark. Yewterday'a Weather Highest temperature, til. Lowest temperature, 42. Mean temperature. 52. Normal temperature, 50. MARIIIAGB I,ICK\SES Joseyh Jsollos and Terese Mohner city. Raymond Grady Umholta and Ellen May Wolfe, city. Julius Augustus Speck and Julia Grace Knaub, city. Have You Read the Advertisements To-day ? If not you may have over looked an Important opportunity. Each advertisement In this newspaper is a direct appenl to vorne one. It moans profit to the one who answers as well as to tho one who Inserts It Your opportunity may be in this very Issue. If not to-day—perhaps to-mor row. Look and seo. If you do not know it Already, you will soon find out that the advertisements are very interesting reading apart from their value In other ways.. L
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