The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-18
BOSS FORCED HIM TO
KILL, SAYS GUNMAN
States Accuser Of Rofrano As
serts Death Threat Com
PEELED Him to Murder.
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over coffee and cal<ea and In the homes
OF his friends. Of how he was conducted
through Gaimarfs haunts and instruct
ed where to stand. how to shoot and
how to run. and the longs days when
he followed Geimeri, concealed gun in
hand and afraid to use it-Montimagno
presented one of the most unusual fig
ures the old criminal courts building has
ever seen.
Through II all he was impsssive; oc-
.cesionally his eyes flashed from tn q
Brothers and then to Rofrano. His
answers came without pause. and only
when he told. how he shot Gaimari did
he seem at all moved. Then his eyes
flashed and his hand shot out, the
trigger finger working.
Montimagno picked up the thread OF
his story at the point where he came
back from Schenectady in 1913 and Cor
nell and Fennimore began to urge him
to keep his promise to the boss" and
The boss Is like the king" they told
him, and said he must not be afraid.
You know II you are arrested the
boss will do everything for you. He
a friend OF the mayor. the governor.
the district attorney. the police com
missioner, and the judges. These peo-
pie have TO do what Rofrano wants,
otherwise on election day he will send
gave the mayor elected him."
Tell of Meeting Rofrano.
Still Montimagno put them off and
finally they took word to him that "the
boss" was angry and the Job had to
be done. And then at the house of
Brondini. the little bootbiAck. he said
he had his first meeting with Ro-
franc. The latter took him Into q
room and sat down.
and Brondini-have they said anything
to you? l said. Yes, they told me you
want me to kill 1.-The Horse
''He said. Yes. sIt's more than a
month you said tomorrow, and you
have not done anything yet.
''Chock came in and said. smut up.
shut up. some persons are coming In.
we do not want our business TO De
'They went into another room, Mon
timagno continued. and Rofrsno said: -,
may 20 well. You know who I am In
New York and outside of New York.
that many persons OF the law do what
tell them to do, and you Know that hat
by taking away o,,, 1.-THE HS S1ii come an, the 10
me and then Foley has got to be my
slave. Take the man out OF the way
and then you will fare better than !
do. You get a position and you don't
have TO work and won't have to be
boy Of the underworld.
at have fixed everything In New
York and you can go either today or
tomorrow and do this job. When you
shoot, IL you should be caught | VIII
free you right away; my pocketbook
and my friendship will AK everything.
The only thing you are to do, when
they point out the person you go by
the back OF the man. shoot him, and
fear not SO I said all right to get
rid of him."
Then came the days OF .Montimas-
nos instruction. in the best way to
get his man without being caught
They took him to where The Horse
lived. and pointed out the cafe across
the street where he went to get his
coffee. They showed him saloons
where he frequently spent some time
talking with the men of his gang.
And at each place they told him
where to stand. how to shoot and
where to run away.