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
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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
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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-!
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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
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! 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
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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.
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