New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-11
BARONDESS is ACCUSED.
HE IS CHARGED WITH BUYING THE vITRIOL
AND INCITING THE MOB
LOCKED UP AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH
ELEVEN OF THE CLOAKMAKERs-HoW
THE RAID on GREENBAUMS
HOUSE WAS MADE.


Inspector Byrnes added another chapter last
night to the story of the Polish cloakmakers who
went to jamaica L. l., on Monday morning and
wrecked the house Of Herman Greenbaum, throw
ing vitrol on his child and on his goods. Accord
ins to Inspector Byrnes's statement, which was
made on the authority Of a member of the mob.
Joseph Barondess, the young leader OF the cloak
h!akers, was the prime mover in planning the out
rage. 1t was he who picked out the men who
were to execute the Decd he who paid for the
vitrol that was used, and he who melted the men
TO do their worst and stop at nothing. This story
was told to Inspector Byrnes in the presence OF
Barondess who, with eleven of the cloakmakefs
is locked up at Police Headquarters.
Mr. Palmer. of the firm Of Gildcrsleevc, Palmer
& Boothby, of New-York, visited Jamaica.
yesterday to collect evidence and obtain the names
of witnesses in the case of the vitriol-throwing
coa kmakers. Mr.. Palmer has been retained by
Blumenthal & Bros Of No. asa Broadway. for
whom Greenbaum did work at his shop in Jamaica.
large quantity Of goods belonging to Bumenthal
& Bros was destroyed by the mob in Grccnbaums
shop. Mr.. Palmer went before Justice liehdrlcK-
son and swore out warrants, made ont In the name
of John Doe. These warrants are for the arrest
Of the members of the mob who committed the
outrage. 1t was o'clock In the afternoon before
the warrants were issued. Mr. Palmer said that
Blumcnthal & Bros would spare no expense In
bringing the criminals to Justice. The warrants
were placed in the hands OF Benjamin Ashnead a
constable. who with Greenbaum accompanied Mr.
Palmer back to New-York. Mr.. Ashmead went to
Inspector Byrness office TO obtain the assistance of
some of his detectives in arresting the Poles who
participated in the outrage.
II was o'clock when Grcenbaum and Ashmead.
- NJ. H.. ,itl
the warrants Inspector Byrnes detailed De
tcatives MoAulfc. Woolrch, Heidelberg, Nc
Ginnis and Lyman to aid Ashmead in making the
arrests With twenty-five policemen from the
Fourteenth Precinct, they went to a meeting-room
at No. 3sJ Bowery, where the cloakmaIiers were
known to congrcgate. The meeting-room is over
liquor shop and in it were about forty men
Grecnbaum al once pointed out to the officers the
men whom he remembered seeing in the vitrio
throwing mob. These men were arrested by the
officers and taken 10 Police Headquarters There
they said they were Abraham ArmSt. thlrty-cght
years old, Of No. 81 Auorncy-st; David Glum
twenty seven years old. of No 20 Ilenry-st. Fritz
Godstcln thlrty-ivc years old of No. 2lJ Broome
ST.: Samuel Siewers. thrty-four years
old, of no. 1j2 Rivington-st; Berwick
Etecin, thirty-onc years old, of No.
) Riyington-et; Philip Rosenberg. twenty-five
year, old of No. 50 SuTolk-si. Lewis MacIin,
twenty-five years old. of No. 3j Norolk-st.; Israel
Twlthes, twenty-five years Old, of No. 80 lenry-st.
Won Twikcn, twenty-siX years old, of No. ll0
Forsyth-St.; Joseph Letz, twenty years old. OF
40. 90 Essex-st. Joseph BiloSki, twenty-four
years old. of No. 90 ilenry-st.
Aficrward Joseph Barondess, the leader of the
cloakmakers. was arrested and taken TO Police
Headquarters. lie said he was twenty four years
old. and lived at No. l39 ESoeA-st.
Inspector Byrncs said to the reporters late that
one of the mob, in the presence Of Barondess had
told TO the Inspector this story: The raid
Grecnbaums house at Jamaica was planned at
meeting Of the cloakmakers held Saturday
night al No 3sj Bowery. liarondess presided
at the meeting, and himself picked ont twenty
i've men, who were to go to jamaica and wrock
tirccnbaums house. He told the men that they
must do their work effectively. and 40 to any
length that they found necessary, even to the
killing of Grecnbaum. He then gave one OF the
men money, and told him 10 90 out and buy
vitri0l. he man went out and bought II, and
came back and gave the vitriol to Barondess.
He gave tito another man.
Tho feeling in Jamaica runs high against
the mob. Little Willie Greenbaum, who was ter
ribly burned and disligurcd by the vitriol which
vas thrown over him, Is suffering much pain, but
DR.. Wood. the attending physician, says that the
little fellow will undoubtedly recover although he
Will be dislgurcd for life. Some Of the fluid en-
tered one of the child's ears and produced such
an injury that an operation will have To be per
formed. ON one OF tine child's legs are plainly
visible the marks of the mans ilnger-nsils, made
while he was holding the child up while another
poured the vtriol on the little victim.
Before Mr. Palmer left Jamaica he had an in
tcrvicw with Jake Guzck, Henry Kaufman and
Herman Ficrstcin, all employed by Grcenhaum in
his coailnaking establishment at Jamaica These
men all made statements, which were taken down
in writing to the effect that they had lost prop
crty which had been stolen or destroyed by IN"
mob. When Mr. Palmer asked the three men to
sign the statements they positively refused. say
ing that if they did so their lives would he in
danger. They said that they would be marked
men, and that they would he subject to violence
not murdered by the same mob which assaulted
the Grccnbaup family. Mr.. Palmer after much
persuasion inluccd Grccnbaum to swear To a com
plaint against the men who had mobbed his house
Frank Rcingold, who was locked up in the
Town Hall last night at Jamaica, and VINO Is
alleged to be one of the leaders of the mob. was
not allowed 10 see any one yesterday NO one
representing the Cloakmakcrs' Union was seen in
Jamaica during the day. Rcingod VIII he
arraigncd in cour, before Justice lIendrickson on
Thursday morning. 1t is thought that the Cloak
makers Union or the strikers will send lawyer
to defend him Reingod still persists In saying
that he did not throw the vitrol over htte
Willie Grcenbaum, although Mrs. Greenbaum has
positively identified him. Both Mr. and Mrs
Greenbaum were reluctant to talk about the out
rage and seemed to be under fear that they
would meet with more violence if they SAID
anything about the affair. When Grecnbaum
took leave of his wife and little children to go
to New-York with Mr. Palmer. he hesitatcd, and
asked tie lawyer what was to become OF his
family Mr. Palmer told him that he would see
tha, men were hired to guard thc house and fully
protect Grrcniaum', family from further violence.
The residents Of Jamaica feel much chasrIhed