The sun., 1912-07-26

ASSASSINS DESCRIBED
COSTIGAN on PROTECTION
Head Of Police Raiders Says II
Enables Gamblers to
DO Business.

Frank Cirofici, said by Deputy ,'om-
! missioner Dougherty to be the Dag"
/ Frank" who was one OF Herman iIo-
senthal's murderers. was arrested las'
night at 5c3 West l3lth street and
charged with being an accessory 10
! the murder.
Rose Harris described by Doushertv
as Regina or Jean Gordon. Daso
/ Franks girl" and Abraham Lewis.
30 years old. were arrested al the same
house and are held as material wit
nesses. None of the prisoners admit
any knowledge Of the murder.
/ The arrests followed closely revela-
/ lions made to District Attorney Whit
man and Deputy Commissioner Dough.
crty by william Shapiro who. in turn
ing States wltness. promised names
and identifications Of plotters and MUIR
derers.
/ Cirofcl. Lewis and the girl were
arrested by Detectives Cassassa. Nc
kenna. Upton and McManus q little
before 10 p. NJ. Cirofici was traced by
means Of the girl Rose Harris. or Jean
Gordon. She was arrested on the night
that Rosenthal was killed The time
was almost exactly the time OF Roson-
that's death. Magistrate Murphy in the
night court sent her to the workhouse
! for five days.
: on the day she was freed from tho
workhouse the North End Express
| Company received an order to 60 TO n
fiat she had at 25aa Seventh avenue and
take away her trunk. The rent had
been paid and so the trunk was turned
over to the expressmen.
Found Three In Harlem Opium Den.
/ Following this clue. the police hunt
took them last night to 523 West 134th
street. They found there Cirofici. his
girl. Lewis and Ciroficis brother Paul.
Ciroficis twh valises were packed
with his travelling clothes. Paul told
the detectives that he was going tn
take the baggage from the girls house
to the Cirofici Bronx home at $50 East
lS4th street. When he was arrested
Cirofci had considerable cash In his
| pocket There was $57. the result of
pawning ring which he said ne gor
from gambler named Dick White
several years ago. s26 which he ad-
mitted he had borrowed from ABB
Lewis. also present in the room. and So
that he said was his own money, al
, though he has been out Of Job for
some time.
with the exception OF Paul Giro
iic." said Deputy Commissioner Dough-
ertv at l.:l5 this morning. Everybody
in the room was under the influence Of
opium They had been smoking.
They were so much under the in
nucncc Of the drug that they stared
blankiy Al me and their answers to my
questions were rambling and inco-
hcrcnt.
"Cirofci constantly mumbled mean.
ingiess phrases. and 1t was practically
impossible with hours Of questioning
TO get any detailed or concise state
mcnt from him. Uc would admit moth
ing about the shooting Of Rosenthal.
''Iic said that he was known as Daso
Frank, but muttcrcd that there were
/ lots Of DaGo Franks in town.
after a while the woman seemed 10
recover herself and talked moro
clearly"
Jean Gordon was arrested on 1l6th
street charged with lettering at 1:55 on
+ Tuesday morning. two minutes before
Roscntha! was killed. When they locked
her up she says she sent Cirofici out to
yet IL DonuSlndn. fie says now tnat lie
remembers nothing about II. She was
bailed, however. and at o'clock met
Ciroflci, according to her statement.
Frank Cirofci admits to me that he
IL close friend OF Harry Horowitz,
called Glib the Blood and the 'Dago
Frank We want is known to have been
Horowitzs constant associate" said
Doughcrty. Wherever one was found
there was the other. He says. too. that
he knows Louis Rosenberg. or Rosen.
sweic. Lefty Louie
This man Cirohci is 2S years old and
says he is a steam fitter. lis IL known
also as Frank Palmer. But under his
real name of Frank Cirofci he was ar.
rested on November Q. 1906. for bur-
glary. on December II. 1908. he was
convicted before Judge Cowing and sent
10 Elmira. His picture Is D9O27 in the
rogues' gallery.
There was nothing against Paul
Cirohci. who seems to be an honest
hard working young man. But the in
dications were strong that Frank Giro
iici was Al the point Of fleeing town.
abraham Lewis Is also known ~
Fat Able We will hold h ! as a ma
tcrlal witness and he will be examined
later this morning.
THE girl In - years old We eXpcct
that she will be able to tell us some
OF the things We want to know"
WhttmwM Gets story os Plot.
The District Attorney broke through
the hedge OF lies and alihis and eun.