New Britain herald., 1916-05-19
ROFRANO ACCUSED
 AS lNSTIGATOR
Convicted Man Says He Was Be-
 hind Staying of Politician

New York, May 19-Gaetano Mon- timagno, who was convicted of kill ing Michael Gaimari at Chestnut and Madison streets in March. 1915, and is now under sentence of death, de a, complete confession to the Grand Jury last night in which he brought in the name of Michael A. Rofrano as being the instigator of that crime. Other names are also mentioned and it is likely that at least one other person accused of being in the plot to kill Gaimari will be indicted. The next session of the Grand Jury will be on Monday. In the meantime Montimagno was sent back to his cell in the death house at Sing Sing, but will return. as he did not finish his story of the arrangements TO kill Gaimari, who was a lieutenant of Thomas F. Foley, the Tammany lead CT in the Second Assembly district.
 Montimagno when he was brought here from Sing Sing several weeks ago offered to tell the district attorney why he went out as a gunman 70 kill a man he did not even know. Witnesses have testified that he was to get s250 for murdering Gaimarl. What he told the grand jury on this point has not been disclosed, but it is known that the murderer has made a clean breast of the whole affair 50 far as he knows it and that no pro- mise of clemency was given him. His attorney. Robert H. Elder who will handle his case on appeal, ad- vised the step taken by the prisoner.
 Priest Heard Story Told.
 Before going before the grand jury Montinnagno made a long statement to former Assistant District Attorney Murphy, who has been retained to prepare the states case for the com ing trial of Rofrano for murder Fla ther Cashin of Sing Sing prison was present when Montimagno talked to MT. Murphy. The priest has made several trips to the office of the dis trict attorney in connection with the case. He has been quoted as saying that Montimagno would put the blame where it belonged. ,:-
 The story given to the jurors by Montimagno was brought out by the questions of Assistant District At torney Embree and details were care fully brought out for future use. Per sons not mentioned in connection with the case in the past are said tD have been named and possession of a new witness who will not be an accomplice in the eyes of the law and who will be of great importance in the coming trials.
 After MT. Murphy took hold of the case, he having watched every step ir the original cases, things began to hum. He lost no time in seeing every witness who may be needed at the trial of Rofrano. He was in Sing Sing and saw Frank Fenninor whose con- fessiOn made it possible to indict RO- franc. Fennimor told MT. Murphy that he would serve the state as he had agreed to when he was permitted to plead guilty to manslaughter. He is now serving a sentence of not less than seven and a half years.
 Convicts Will Again Testify. James Serafino, who is also in Sing Sing but was a witness in two of the trials, has also said that he will :e- peat at the Rofrano trial the story l he has already told.
 Joseph and Antonio La Salle, the brothers who gave the district at 1 torney the first information concern ing the conspiracy to take the life Of Gaimari will be seen in a few day:. They have been transferred from Sing Sing to Clinton prison at Dannemora. 1 The prosecution expects that there will be no change in their position Miss Pauline Samuels, in whose fat in Brooklyn lived Rocco Carnivale, now serving @ term of twenty years, will be at the District Attorneys of- flee today. She is an important wit ness because Carnivale and Rofrano had many talks over her telephone wire, according to the testimony ad- duced at the trials already held. She is expected to repeat the story she has so often told in and out of court
 No information came from Rofrano yesterday about the hiding place in which he kept out of the way of the police for eight months until he saw