New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-19
Coachers Have Opposition.

I job is done we will meet at my house
and / VIII get the money from Ro.
/ franc. but he won't give il 70 US till
the job is finished" said the witness
1 On that occasion. La Sale said, Cornell
had given Montimsgno five dollars.
In the early part of La Sales testi-
mony Mr.. Brothers brought out the
movements Of his witness since Janu-
airy /, when he and his brother Antonio
shot down another Foley lieutenant,
James Minott, at the corner Of Madison
and Oliver Streets.
Immediately after shooting Minott
! went to Frank Fennimore saloon in
Brooklyn" said La Sale. II got there
about II at night; at l in the morning
! was taken by the defendant to Cor
nell's.
Arranged Deal to Kill.
"At Cornell's 7 saw Cornell and his
/ girl, Pauline. ] had known the defend
ant a year, having first seen him al
the Home Rule Club prior to last fall'.
election. saw him again election
morning and both times Frank Fenni-
more and Roxy Cornell were with him
81 saw him next at Cornells home in
( New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn. Fenni-
!
were there sitting in the dining room
Roxy Cornell began talking Of killing
Mike Gaimari. He said ! need you
want you 10 do me job; We want
to go after the same man as we did 9
year ago. We must see where we car
locate him and when we have done il
We can go back and rule James Street
; I'll let you know in a week or so where
you can get him.
Montimagno, according 10 the wit
ness. said he was broke and would dc
whatever Cornell told him. Roxy, said
the witness, told him OF a room tina,
was 10 be rented opposite where Cal.
mari lived. that he might the better
be watched and run down.
"The defendant wanted to know IL
could be trusted" continued La Sale
"and they said yes" Here the witness
I digressed into o trip he had made 10
Coney Island and 10 Troy. where he
received letters from Cornell On his
return he stopped at Paul Lunas's sa-
loon, in Thirty Street, Brooklyn,
going thence to Cornell's house. That
was on February 8, two days before
his arrest.
Montimagno asked Ror II everything
was planned, said La Sale. "Rox said
yes. The revolver was lying on the
table. Rox said he had found the time
I that Mike left home and that they had
fixed the spot for the getaway. Fenni-
/ more said: rs this the pistol" Rox
said yes The defendant asked: Does
it work. Rox said yes, he had tried
II, shooting il five times"
Testified for Revenge.
on cross-eXamination La Sale said
he had received no promises from the
District Attorney or any other Official
that they would interest themselves in
his behalf as a reward for his testi-
, mony against Montimagno. he ad-
mitted, too, that he testified in spirit
/ Of revenge because the shooting OF
/ Gaimari had injured his brothers case
and his own.
/ Antonio La Sale, next witness for
| the state, said he had been in the West
Side prison with his brother and Mon
/ timagno. La Sale said that on one
occasion in prison Montimagno said
/ 1--WE have big bosses behind US. poll
ticians; but how do you think stand ,?
Il told him." said the witness. "tha.
he was in bad, and he said: There are
three others in this, and II ! give
/ '"cII names 40 you hlns they WIN DC
anything for me-? told him thought
they would. and ne said he had been
working for Roxy Cornell. whose real
name is Rocco Carnivale"
Antonio. like his brother. denied tina,
he had been promised anything fol-
testifying against Nontimagno.
Rofrano could not be found las,
night, either Mt his home or a. the
Home Rule Club. Mr. Perkins refused
10 say what action would be taken in
connection with the testimony taken In
court concerning him.