The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-16
ROFRANO STILL MISSING;
HIS COUSIN is ARRESTED
Politician Indicted in Connection With Staying of Cal
mari, Foley Lieutenant, Missing Despite Police Hunt
Others Facing Prosecution for Perjury.

selves with the locality for purposes Of
court examination. One such was Louis
DE Mar, who has confessed and told of
the organized plan to swear Month
magno II possible to freedom. His EN-
ployer. omass Porcaro. al oil inn
porter at II Broadway. is held In s25,-
600 hail for swearing that he saw the
shooting and that 1t was not Month
magno who fired the fatal shots. He
described another man than the defend
ant. De Mar gave like evidence, but
when confronted with proof that he had
lied he decided to confess and implicate
the others.
Perjury Indictments Expected.
The Grand Jury will meet again to-day
to go further into The perjury charges
and II is expected that indictments
will be handed TO Judge Malone. Since
MIR. brothers began to delve behind the
perjury cases. he has heard the names
of many persons who did not figure In
the actual shooting of Gaimari Ger
tain influences appeared about the time
Montimagno's trial was to begin and
persons In the background eemed to be
directing the testimony that would be
required to save from the record the
lltlilt Vi oilhl olu coihN " sAs
friends.
Elihu Root, Jr.. who says he will act
as counsel for Rofrano II he IL found,
said his client had called at his office
last Monday about noon and told a
m Of his firm that he was going
TO surrender to the District Attorney
and that he was there TO make he
necessary arrangements for the follow
ing day. Then Rofrano left and he
has not heard from him since.
Mr.. Perkins was told yesterday that
Rofrano was In his old office In the
Municipal building as late as 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon. He used the tele-
phone. greeted some friends and left the
building. This is the last trace the
police have OF hin
Report Of suicide Not Confirmed.
Word came in late last night that
Rofrano had committed suicide, but no
foundation for the report could be dis
covered.
Rofrano belongs to more thar a dozen
societies and clubs, acting as counsel
TO many OF them. All OF these places
nave been covered by the police with
out avail. He is counsel and secretary
OF the Italian benevolent Institute and
Hospital secretary and counse or the
Italian National Club counsel and
member of the italian Chamber OF Com
merce chairman OF the board OF dlrec-
tors and counsel OF the Italian Educa-
tional League member OF the board Of
directors OF the East Side Neighborhood
Association member OF the local school
board, OF the Italian Emigrant Society
and OF numerous small Italian societies
Frank Triganelli. who was gathered
I'D by the detectives yesterday. was sent
TO the House of Detention az an i'm
portant witness. lust what bearing he
has on the inquiry was not made pub
lie. but his bail was ixed at $4,000.
Cousin Of ROfrRnO Arrested.
Detectives Ryan and Callahan of the
District Attorneys office arrested at
Coney Island last night j. seph Rose. a
cousin OF Rofrano. and brought him TO
Police Headquarters. where he was
grilled for half an hour by Assistant
District Attorney Brothers. He refused
to talk. He was locked up rs a material
witness in the killing Of Gaimari.
The detectives had To tell him that
he hld been indicted for murder before
he would agree H. come with them They
wanted to bring him to the District
Attorneys Office. but refused, saying
that he knew the Law and wanted an
| 1 pportunlty to engage counsel. His name
is believed To have been mentioned by
Frank Fennimor as knowing of the pre-
liminaries OF the political murder.
Rose is the owner of the Ccllege Inn
on the Bowery at Coney Island. Mr..
Brothers was very much dissatisfied
with his attempt 10 get Rose TO tax.
lie said that he would ask that Rose be
held as a witness In 10000 this morning.