New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19

plot, OF when kOfrano STANDS accuSed
of being the leading spirit, develops
the fact that something more am
bilious than the mere control Of
Tammany district was sought. The
headship of that great machine was in
the eye of the plotters, for with Big
Tom Foley dead, politically or physi-
cally, and his district in the hands of
others, his political successors would
have much 10 say in the affairs of the
Wigwam.
Tammany Control at Stake.
No boss has yet controlled Tammany
who did not have the districts below
Fourteenth Street at his back. The
boss of the I'd Assembly District is
one of the most powerful men in the
hall, and with this district in hand as
a starter the dethronement Of Charles
F. Murphy would, il was figured, be
comparatively easy matter.
How much Of this will be developed
in court depends first on the capture
of Rofrano and the defence he may
put up at his trial, as we'll as upon the
confessions made and in the making
Rox Cornell. which is the equivalent
for Rocco Carnivale, who was brought
>
Of those who want to confess. He was
almost hysterical yesterday when he
was brought into the District Attor-
news office. accompanied by Pauline
Samuels. his housekeeper, who has pre-
vailed upon him to come through
At first he would tell all, and then he
wouldn't until he could see his lawyer,
Llovd p. Stryker. He saw the lawyer,
and then he told some things, but his
condition was such that il was hnally
decided to send him back to the Tombs
to recover his nerve. The truth OF the
situation is that the one time bad man.
the tough Cangster. had gone to pieces
and was weeping like a baby.
Just the yellow coming through,
said one Of the District Attorneys stat.
Scratch a ganFster and you ind cur.
There's no bottom TO these fellows once
they begin to quit"
More Confessions Near
Thomas Porcaro, the reputed head OF
the perjury school, was another VINO
tried 10 confess yesterday. Unable 70
get the $4,000 bail necessary to pro
cure his freedom and deserted by those
whom he thought he could depend on,
he asked the privilege of talking with
District Attorney Perkins.
Mr.. Perkins saw him, but refused to
allow him TO confess, so bad is his men
tai and physical condition. II would
be unfair TO take advantage Of a prs
oner in such a condition, the District
Attorney said.
II was Pauline Samuels who re-
turned in triumph from Dannemora
Yesterday with the unconquerable Gar,
nivale eating from her hand. instead
of tears there were weary little smiles
on her usually soiled face, and her man
ner was as gentle as debutante'S s.
She was dressed carefully IN darK
blue taffeta suit and black hat She
looked like q tired stenographer on the
way TO Coney Island.
"Of course. he listened to me. He
knows always advise him right she
snilod 81 have been thinking all sum-
mer that it wasn't right for him 10 be
suffering for the sins Of others. lie
never did anything. He was gentle
man. Rocco was. That was always ms
trouble lie let folks run over him. and
80 when they had n chance 70 put TINS
thing over on him. OF course, they dld.
! made him see he must speak mp for
himself"
For a time Mr.. Perkins's office
dripped with tears. Not only was Miss
Samuels reduced 10 Mysteries. but
Rocco's old Italian mother was there
too. pouring out the burden Of her sor-
rows TO the District Attorney.
While the case against Rofrano Is
strengthening he continues 10 remain
in hiding. The reports from Bayport,
Long Island. caused Deputy Police
Commissioner Soul to dispatch several
detectives yesterday TO make a thor
ough canvass through the villages
along the northern end OF Long Island.
Borough President Maurice Connolly
of Queens. called as an abb witness al
the trial Of Carnivale 70 strengthen
evidence of Rofrano's presence IN Al
bany January 4. the day Carnivale. &C
cording 10 the testimony, spoke TO him
over the telephone, issued statement
Yesterday He stated that notwith
standing the adverse criticism Of Dis
trct Attorney Perkins the testimony
given stands just AS it was, and il
called to the witness stand again it will
be presented as at the trial. That he
met Rofrano in Albany is an incontro-
ycrtble fact. Mr.. Connolly was not sure
of the date when he was on the stand.
but now says he fixes the time by
circumstance which makes him prac-
ticallv Dositive that il was January 4