The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-22
CARNIVALE DENIES
ROFRANO Is GUILTY
Refuses to Aid Perkins in
Clearing Up Political
Murder Plot.
FUGITIVE NOT ON ATHINAI

Rocco Carnivale. who was brought
down from Clinton prison last Saturday
In the hope that he would he of ma
,erial aid TO District Attorney Perkins
I'm clearing up the killins Of Michael Gal
mari. an election district captain Tor
Thomas r. Foley. Tammany leader IN
the Second Assembly district, has been
n disappointment up TO date. III he does
not talk by tomorrow he Will De re-
turned to Dannemora. He Is uhder u
sentence of from twenty years 10 ne
Imprisonment as being the agent VINO
hired Gaetano Montimagno to Kill Gal
mari for $500. .
Carniyale was n close companion OF
Michael Rofrano, for a year a deputy
In the Department of Street Cleaning.
who is now n fugitive from justice on
n charge Of murder. He Is believed 10
have been the man behind the killing
OF Gaimari. Hundreds OF rumors con-
corning the whereabouts OF Rofrano nave
been run down without getting the slight
est trace OF him.
In the belief that Michael Rofrano,
wanted for completely in the lamar
murder, was aboard the steamship Athi-
mai, burned at sea. and that he was re-
turning By the Anchor liner Tuscania.
which arrived last night with all save
FIVE steerage passengers OF the Animal,
three sleuths, Leeson. Morrisey and
Gorevan, were sent from Police Head
quarters to board the Tuscania at Quar-
antine and search for the missing poll
tician.
A wireless message was sent TO Capt.
peter Mclean Of the Tuscania asking
him II Rcfrano was aboard, and II so to
hold him for the New York police. The
skipper did not find anybody fitting the
description OF Rofrano. The three detec-
tiyes, one OF whom knows Rofrano per-
sonally. went all over the ship before she
docked and failed to ind Rofrnno or
anybody looking like him.
Assistant District Attorneys Brothers
and Murphy. who have handled the case.
did not see Carnivale yesterday in the
Tombs. but his mother and his sweet
heart. Pauline Samuel. spent consider
able time with him TO get him TO tel
what he knows about the killing of Gal
mari. When seen in the Tombs last
night he declared he was not a
"squealer' and would take his medicine
and wait a chance to be vlndicated.
Carnivale. who Is an eXcitable, under
sized Italian, waved his arms over his
head and shouted
"As God is my judge. Mike Rofrano
Is an innocent man. | will die in prison
before / VIII say anything against nm
He had nothing to do with this murder.
/ am an innocent man. too. but | came
Into court and took my medicine to save
Others"
Mayor Mitchell did not succeed yes
terday in having the Board OF Alder
men offer a reward OF $4,000 for the
arrest Of Rofrano. He sent a message
requesting that the offer be made 70 any
one outside the uniformed pulice OF the
city, but II failed OF passage because
three Aldermen voted against IL. Such
a measure mus; ne carried unanimously
II may be resubn .tted at the next meet
ing. The Mayor did. however. offer a
reward OF $500, as he is empowered
to do under Il city ordinance without
the permissvn OF the Aldermen.
Antonio Catalina OF sos East l7Stf
street was sent TO the House of Deten-
tion yesterday by Judge Malone in de-
fault OF $1,000 bail as a witness In the
case.
The Grand Jury will meet to-mor-
row, when II is expected an Indictment
for perjury will be filed against Mrs
Betty Fallot. who swore at the Mont.
magno trial that she saw the man VIII
killed Ga!mar and that 1t was not the
defendant.