The sun., 1916-10-18
FORCED TO MURDER
BY ROFRANO,HE SAYS
GactanO MOntimagnO Asserts
Death Threat Compelled Him
to Kill Gaimari.
VICTIMS STEPS DOGGED
Defendant Cnpcrturbrd as
Witness Tells in Detail
Of the Shooting.
VICTIMS STEPS DOGGED

Of the Shooting.
Michael Galmari didn't have a chance
for his l!fe.
The e"nt!e art Of dosglng a man for
GAYS. meeting him as he left his home.
waiting for him outside coffee houses.
clinglng TO him like a shadow until he
was shot in the back. was revealed yes
terlay by Gaetano Montimagno. the
safes chief accuser OF Michael A. Ro-
franc aud the actual murderer Of Gal
mari.
Montimagno didn't want to do Il. he
told the jury. Backjacking or stabbing
was all right according to his code. hut
he baked at shooting until. he said. Ro-
franc drove him to IL with threats of
death as his own portion IL he refused
any longer. Little more than an hour
before he shpt Gaimarl, Montimagno met
Rofrano under the Brooklyn Bridge 10
receive what he says were his final in
s;rurtions.
when he stu hesitated. one OF the men
with Rofrano slashed at him with a
knife. And when he shot Gaimari one
Of Rofrano's club mcmbers was watching
from acr- IS the street. holding his hat In
the careless way used to conceal a re-
volver in public.
Three times Montimagno said he mel
Rofrano and each time Rofrano urged
him to live UP to his promise to Kill
THE Horse MS Gaimari was called
Once he confded to Mont!magno that
when The Horse was out Of the way
"all the other American citizens will
come to me, and then Foley has got to
b. my slave"
story Rouses Interest.
There was no doubt about the com.
pell!ng interest that Montimagno and his
story aroused in the Jurors and others
In the court room. Self-confessed muir
derer, burglar and general bad man al
the age OF 20. so gullible that he was
swlnll.d in an easy confidence game
drawing a picture of the way the muir
der was planned over coffee and cakes
md In the homes Of his friends. OF how
h. was conducted through Gaimart'
haunts II instructed where TO stand
how 10 shoot and how to run. and thu
long laws when he followed lamar
concealed gun in hand and afraid to use
i,-Montimagno presented one OF tn
most unusual figures the old Crimina
Courts Building has ever seen.
Through il all he was impassive occa'
~t!oua.ly his eyes flashed from the juror
10 Assistant District Attorney Brother,
md then TO Rofrano. His answers CAM
without pause. and only when he too
how he shot Gaimari did he seem at al
moved. Then his eyes flashed and hi
hand shot out. the trigger finger work
ing.
Mon,imagno picked up the thread o.
rs story AT the point where he CAM
back from Schenectady in 1913 and Cor
nell and F'cnnimore began to urge HIN
20 keep his promise to the boss ant
XII that person
The boss is Ike the king" they tolC
him and said he must not be afraid.
"'You know II you are arrested III
boss will do everything for you. He ha'
saId So Fennimore aid He Is
friend Of the Mayor. the Governor. tn
District Attorney. the Police Commits
s!oner and the judges. These peopl
have TO do what RofrIno wants, other
Use or election day he will send then
a.. 20 shine shoes. The votes We CAV
10 the Mayor elected him."
Tells of Meeting R%OfranO.
s,Ul Mon,!magno put them of an
finally hey took word 10 him that 9TH
boss" MAS angry and the job had TO b
done And then at he house OF Bron
dGi he little bootblack. he said he ha'
his first meeting with Rofrlno. The lat
teg took him into a room and sat down
He SAID. Tommy. Rocks. Fennimor
nd Brond,ni--have they said anythin
g. you" sad. Yes, they told me 20
want M 10 kill The Horse He sale
'Yes. Its more than a month you sal
tomorrow. and you have not done any
thing yet Chuck came In and said
shut up. shut up, some persons ar
coming in. We do net want our BUS
ness to be known" They went int
another room, Montlmagno continued
and lufrano said
Tommy. do this homicide that Al
NAY e. well. You know who ! am
New York and outside of New forl
that many persons of the law do VIVA
! tell them to do. and you know that b
taking away "The Horse all the othe
American citizens will come TO me an
'h"H Foley has got to be my slave
Take the man out OF the way and the
yog will fare better than l do. You &c
q pos. ton and you don't have to wor
srl woa't have to be "A boy of the under
world
have fixed everything In New Yor'
MI you can go either to-day or to-mor
row and do this Job. When you shoo'
T. you should be caught ] will FIRE
yog right away my pocketbook and m
freush!ps viii fix everything. The onl
tang YOU are to do, when they pom
o.. the person you go by the back O
H." man. shoot him, and fear not S
aid all right to get rid Of him."
Then came the days Of Montimagno'
Instruction in the best way to get hi
man without being caught. They too
him 70 where The Horse" lived. an
io''cd out the cafe across the stree
where he went to get his coffee. The
s.lWcd him saloons where he frequent
sp"'t some time talking with the me
Of his gang. And at each place the
tod him where to stand, how to shoe
an where 10 run away.
Told 10 shoot Victim In Back.
"Ard he said. II you can't get him a
N"s" places, go to his house. and II 70
cf'' got him In the evening. go In III
Unraing, and We will show you where h
r''s mornings. Then as he leaves h
h''u" and goes past you when h
- uld"rs get past you. when you see h
b.. Is, shoot"
After they had spent some time In III
oa'e opposite Gaimari's home he can
out and Montimagno went out an
crossed his path and peered into his fac
10 make sure he would get the right ma
when the day came to shoot.
WAS that the man you afterward sht
H. Madison street?' the prosecutor aske
him.
Yes, SIR" said Tommy.
Then they gave him the revolver ar
showed him how to use II, and Corne
told him that when he pulled the trigg'