The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-17
Copyright American Press Association.

Information reached the District At
torney's office yesterday that Michael A.
Rofrano. indicted of murder in connec-
tion with the death of one of Thomas
+. Foley's election district captains In
the Foley Rofrano political warfare in
the Second Assembly district. intends to
surrender himself as soon as he adjusts
his personal and usine affairs. h
police nets set for the indicted lawyer
and politician. a fugitive from Justice
since Tuesday. were drawn tighter. but
II is the belief of those directing the
search that Rofrano will probably ap-
pear at his own convenience.
Meanwhile investigation OF the story
OF Frank f'ennimor, who admitted his
part in the killing of Foley's aid, Michael
Gaimari, after pleading guilty to first
degree m~anslaughter disclosed sensa
tional evidence tending to corroborate
his statements to the District Attorney
concerning the instigauon OF Gaimari's
! death. Some of this c~orroborative evi-
dence came from Ralph de Mato, a for
mer partner of Fennimor In his saloon
in Brooklyn. who told the District At
torney that on several occasions Fenni-
nor had received money from Rofrano.
Fennimor confronted DE Mato yester-
day in the District Attorneys office for
the first time since last March :, the
day before Gaimari was killed. DE
Mato is known to Fennimor as FNlesy.
According to a version of their CONVEX
sation yesterday, Fennimor asked Filesy
to tell what he knew about the situation.
Filesy is said to nave c~orroborated Fem
minors account OF meetings with Rof-
rano and telephone conversations be-
tween them. The meetings were said to
have occurred at Rofrano's home and at
his office in the Municipal Building.
Got $500 for n funeral.
On one occasion in the latter part of
1914. Filesy told the District Attorney,
so the acco9st of the meeting related,
Rofrano gave FenHimor some money at
Rofrano's home. Fennimor. II seems.
used TO have an escort on many of his
visits. Also. the story runs, Fennimor
went to sec Rofrano at the latter's office
in December, 1913. When Fennimor
came out OF Rofrano's office at that
time, said Filesy, Fennimor displayed
a roll of 5000. which he said was for the
funeral of NincenZo Cardillo, who was
Killed In the first attempt TO slay Cal
mari a few days carrier.
In connection with this alleged trans
action Fennimor, in his long confession
to the District Attorney on Monday, told
of "A visit to Boston in December, 1913.
A few days before December 20 Rox
Carnivale, now serving from twenty
years to life Imprisonment for his con-
nection with the Gaimari murder, sug-
gested that he and Fennimor invest I'm a
restaurant In Boston. Fennimor drew
some money from the bank and boarded
a train for Boston with Carnivale. On
the train, Fennimor asserted in his con-
f%ession, Carnivale confided to him that
the restaurant proposition was a hoax.
that the real purpose OF the trip was an
alibi for the pair.
carnivale, according TO Fennimor's
story, told Fennimor that there would
be something doing" In Mike Gaimari's
case in a day or two and that Rofrano
thought II was better for Fennlmor and
Carnivale to be out of town at the time.
The District Attorneys investigators
have since learned that Carnivale and
Fennimor actually did go to Boston, and
that II few days after they got there
they received a letter telling them to
come back. When they returned they
learned that Cardillo had tried TO kin
Gaimari. but had himself been killed.
John and Al Gaimari were tried for
Cardillo's death and acquitted.
only some of the details of Fenni-