New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-17
.ROFRANO HIDING
TO SAVE S5OO,OOo,
HIS FRIENDS SAY
Not Far Away, He Seeks to
Wind Up Business Con-
tracts Before Surrender.
FEARS LOSS OF ALL
BY IMPRISONMENT
Also Is Arranging for Care OF
Family, Is Message - Another
Murder Indictment Expected.

Murder Indictment Expected.
From hidden sources in the I'd AS
sembly District there sifted through
the East Side last night report that
Michael A. Rofrano, former Deputy
Street Cleaning Commissioner, indicted
as being implicated in the Gaimarl
murder. has not fed far away. He IS
in hiding, biding his time until he can
arrange business and personal AFFAIRS
before giving himself up to District
Attorney Charles A. Perkins, the mes
sage says.
"In due time Rofrano will surrender
, himself" said persons who relayed me
message 10 the public. HE mas certain
business contracts involving hall
million dollars that need his lmme-
diatc attention. He knows that his rep
utation will be destroyed as soon as
he is thrown into the Tombs. Roirano
does not want to see a severe lost en-
tailed on others through the collapse
Of his contracts. He is also making
arrangements for the care OF his lam
ily while he is in custody
AT least one more indictment charS-
ing murder is to be returned IN connec-
ton with the alleged ROfrano ramlhca-
tions. Neither the District Attorney
nor an Of his assistants would conhrn
the report that former city ofhclsI,
we'll known in the I'd District and not
an Italian, may be indicted.
Information corroborating the Fenni-
more confession in its essentials came
TO Assistant District Attorney George
\ Brothers yesterday from Ralph de
Mato. commonly called "Filesy,' pal
of Fennimore's, who is serving year
in the penitentiary for selling cocaine.
No Clew to Hiding Place.
In their efforts to make Rofrano.'s
face known in every city ard town IN
the country the police sent out lO,OO0
circulars yesterday. A description OF
him has been cabled TO all the prlncl-
nal ports of the world. Inspector Eau
rot said last night that there was no
clew to Rofranos hiding place.
81 have a bunch that he will turn up
in a few days" was District Attorney
Perkins's comment.
Further details about the institute OF
perjury alleged to have been conducted
by Tomasco Porcaro at II Broadway
were told to the grand jury yesterday
by Napoline Genarro, who is serving
term in the penitentiary for eXtorton.
He said he was present at all confer,
ences when witnesses were framed up
for the trial of Gaetano Montlmagno
and Rocco Carnivale for the murder of
Gaimari.
II is asserted that n fund OF $4,000
was raised for maintenance of the per
: Jury school. with branches at II Broad
! way and in a house in Forty-ninth
/ Street. and that $4,000 was actually
spent for the coaching of witnesses.
/ From a small book found on one OF the
men implicated in the perjury allega-
/ tons the District Attorneys office has
! obtained a list of 100 names, presuma-
bly, a catalogue of raw material for
professional witnesses.
Advised to Tell All.
FennimCre, brought from the Tombs,
and Ralph de MatO, ushered over from
Blackwelps Island, met yesterday after
/ noon in Assistant District Attorney
/ Brothers's office for the first time since
: March 7.
Hello. Filesy!" was Fennimore's
greeting as he stepped aside with his
! former pal" for little chat. Tell the
truth. Filesy-tell all you know" he
advised De Mato.
! De Mato corroborated t, "u1ony con-
corning the meetings between Rofrano
and Fennimore. On one visit to Ro-
frano's house, he said, he saw the for
mer I'd District leader pass money TO
{ Fennimore. In December, 1913, he saw
Fennimore enter the Deputy Street
/ Cleaning Commissioner Office and
I come out with roll of bills, which
/ Fennimore said amounted to 5000. The
money was to be used, De Mato was
told, for the funeral expenses of Vim
cenzo Cardillo, killed in one of the
East Side feuds.
/ Toward the close Of 1918, he said,
/ Rocco Carnivale persuaded him TO go
| to Boston, ostensibly TO purchase a
/ restaurant. Soon after the train left
| New York, however, Carnivale confided
| to him, he said, that they were travel
I ling at the suggestion of Rofrano, who
thought it best to have them out Of the
/ city while an attempt was made on
! Mike Gaimari's life.
When a letter came a few days later
[ ordering them TO return, they found
that the attack on Gaimari had been
made and had failed and that Cardillo
| had been murdered.
Detectives Cunife and Di Martini
started out last night to look for an
other man who is supposed to know ali
about the murder plot They admitted
( that they had received letters threaten
! ing their lives if they did not cease OPP
erations. The grand jury continued
from April will hear further evidence
| in the Gaimari case next Thursday.