The evening world., 1911-01-05
ROTTEN POTATOES
WENT TOEASTS SIDE
INSTEAD OF RIVER
Consignment of 100 Bags Con-
demned by Health Inspector
Carried Away From Dock.
PART OF THEM FOUND.
Trucks Trailed Through Streets
and Lederle Is Investigat-
ing the Transaction.
PART OF THEM FOUND.

Wealth Commissioner Lederle IL to-
day investigating the wanderings Of 100
baeo Of potatoes which were ordered
dumped into the river yesterday by n
department Inspector at the Barclay
street dock, but which. instead. were
loaded on trucks and carted over to tho
east side.
Twenty-Five bags OF potatoes. declared
unAt for use. are o In the Delaney
street police station. twenty-five are In
a stable on Forsyth street n twenty
I'VE more in the basement of a produce
warehouse on Norfolk street. Tie rcst
Of tho 100 bags have been lost sight
Of and tho police are trying to locate
them.
Aecarload OF potatoes. amounting to
no bags. consigned 10 A. C. Martin. a
produce broker. at No. 2s2 Washington
street and Manhattan Market. arrived
It ne Barclay street dock of the New
York Central Railroad yesterday MORN
ing.
MI. Martin was too busy 10 handle the
eonsignment himself, and he t~elephoned
10 Daniel J. O'Leary of the firm OF
Charles Pape & Co. Of No. 1si-lGi West
street. to handle the consignment FOR his
account. O'Leary sent one OF his sales
men. A. H.. Deyo. 10 tho dock to lake
care of the consignment.
Ordered Whole Lot Dumped.
When the car was opened Health In
spedtor Gruber examined tho contents
Of several bags. He found the potatoes
diseased IN scabby and ordered the
whole carload dumped into the lver.
lie did not stay. however. to see that
his orders were carried out.
Shortly af;crward Deyo called W Mr..
O'Leary and told hin that Tie potatoes
were being carted off in trucks which
bora the name OF J. Bernstein. produce
dealer. of Nos. 2i-25 Ludlow street.
o'Leary FASTENED to the dock and was
told by one of the drivers who was busy
loading potatoes that he was taking
them to Ludlow street.
O'Leary ordered one OF his employees.
J.. II. Howell. to tran the truck and at
the same time ~telephoned the facts to
Martin. Martin arrived at the dock IN
time 10 trail another truck. o'Leary
then went TO the Board of Health and
itta IllH gtOlN W istiNA Y
Deputy Commissioner Bensel and Chief
inspector Raynor.
Tralled to Hiding Places.
In an automobile o'I,eary and Raynor
rushed over to the east side. Al Grand
street they were hailed by Howell. who
had followed his man TO n livery stable
at No. 30 Forsyth street. where the po-
tatoes were unloaded. The bags were
$1,000 .-I ar Au.., lA..sa-l stz 49,.
toes A. those which had been con-
demned. Louis Cohen. foreman OF the
stable. said the potatoes had been un-
loaded during hts absence.
The party then started on TO search
The East Side for the other truck. which
was being trailed by Martin. AT Grand
and Norfolk streets they came across
one Of Bernstein's trucks. IN charge of
n policeman. and Martin holding the
fort.
The potatoes had been unioaded In the
basement Of q large grocery store on
Norfolk street, and Martin had called a
policeman. This policeman notified Po-
Hoe Headuuarters. n Detective Lieu
tenant Ackenna wa sent over TO in
S1sogaae.
One OF Bernstein's statesmen who hap
penod along was questioned, but he de-
olnred all he knew about It was that
Bernstein had t~elephoned him Of the
puguhase Of . lot of potatoes at 90 cents
. 81, the regular price of which would
b Q-to.
6ernstein's Story.
Bernstein. over the telephone. told In
spector Raynor that he had merely
Q q his trucks to one william Malone
to cart the potatoes to the dump at the
foot Of Canal street and the North
River. He supposed the drivers. unable
TO md the dump. had hauled their loads
v to h east sid and disposed OF
them there.
Malone said ne had been ordered to
dump the potatoes by A. ]. Kenny,
agent OF the New York Central at the
Barclay street dock. but. being too busy,
had asked Bernstein to attend to the
Job for 4 m. No one could be found
who knew Bernstein In the trucking bus.
snees; all said he was In the produce
business.
An effort was made to SEQ Agen,
Kenny at the dock to-day. but his chic,
clerk would not permit him to be seen
volunteered the information tina,
Kenny wasn't telling the Central's bust.
ness TO anybody.
inspector Gruber said he had inspect,
ca the consignment In the usual wa,
n had given his orders to Kenny. II,
did not think II necessary to stay an
zee the dumping done.
oLeary claims the condemnation wa
unfair. He declares the potatoes wer,
nelther frozen nor diseased, but merel,
'grnboy and scaly," and that potatoe.
answering that description a.e anon,
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