The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
Rofrano Home Searched.


After the Grand Jury had reported
in court and the warrant had been is
sued the two detectives were sent TO
Rofrano's home at IL Olive street.
There admittance was denied them and
they went TO the roof n entered
through a skyllght A search OF the
house did not produce the missing man.
Early in the afternoon Wood reported
10 Assistant District Attorney Brothers
that he had been unsuccessful in finding
Eofrano and IL was then that the gen
eral police alarm was sent out TO pick
him up on sight.
When Fenn!mor began TO tell his
story to the District Attorney 1t became
apparent that he was going TO involve
several more persors. In consequence
many witnesses who had appeared TO-
the defence at the Montimagno and Car
nivale trials We're summoned. II was
the belief all along that perjury had
been freely committed at the trials and
Eennimor supplied the missing links.
The Grand Jury will be ASKED to-day
20 indlct joseph Brondini. a Brooklyn
saloon keeper, for suborntng perjury
and Tomasso porcaro for committing
perjury at the M~ontimagno trial
Louis De Mar. a clerk employed py
Porcaro, who was an oil importer AT
IL Broadway, made a full breast OF ms
connection with the false evidence at
die trial. He admitted that Brondini
had nduced him and Porcaro to school
themselves in telling a story that wou!d
help Montimagno. They We're taken
around the district and shown the cor
Ter of Chestnut and Madison streets
where Gaimari was killed on the morn
ing Of March s last. When he went
IN the witness stand he swore that
Afontimagro was not the man VINO mad
KILLED Gaimari, He described the muir
derer as a man larger and stockier than
the defendant and said he wore a DERBY
bat and a dark overooat. All or the
rrosecut.on's witnesses swore the de-
fendant did the shooting and that ne
wore a cap and a gray coat. when ne
disoa rded in a saloon after he had nred
five bullets into his victim.
Porcaro and Brondini are under
$4,000 bail each. Brondini, It Is al
Ieged. took the contract TO supply the
false evidence at the trial.
How the Feud Started.
The political differences between
Foley and Rofrano date back about -FOUR
years, when Rofrano demanded 10 De
srnt 10 Congress in the place OF Daniel
j. Riordan, who has been the ihcuihpeh'
for several years.
On that occasion Rofrano told Foley
that Riordan could have the money, as
all he want3d was the honor 10 be the
first Italian TO be sent TO congress,
Foley said Yesterday that he then asked
Rofrano II he took himself seriously 70
which Rofrano replied that ne did'
Foley's retort, he said, was you are
the only one that does
From that time on differences were
frequent, and after Clement j. Drlscon'
a brother of Eugene Driscoll. associate
OF Rofrano, was made "A Deputy Pollce
Commissioner there Mas an open break
Then Rofrano with the Driscolls broke
away and organized the rival club. The
nrst thing they did was to put the
Foleyites out OF their then clubhouse at
IS Madison street. The Foley club Is
now housed at SO Madison STREET. a
block away.
When Rofrano opened his new club
ne made a bid for the young Italians
who belonged 10 the Downtown Tam
many Club 10 Join his Home Rule Demo-
cratic Clue. For "A time his member
chip stood up pretty we'll. Then the
young men seeing nothing In sight went
back TO Foley.
Mike Gaimari was one OF the young
Italians who refused to secehe and he
was backed up by James Mlnott. a
cousin of Rofrano. Minott was shot n
killed on tho night of January l last by
Tony and Joe La Sale. both OF whom
nre now serving from twenty years to
life Imprisonment. Both turned States
evidence and testified AZ the Montimagno
and Carnivale trials.
II was Joe La sale who swore that
Cunivale told him that Rofrano was
supplying the money TO ave Gaimari