New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-27
SIMON KATZENSTEIN IS
FOUND DEAD FROM GAS
Convicted Of Bribery Growing
Ogt Of Meat TheftS al
Wards Island.
MOT KNOWN IF IT'S SUICIDE
Son Finds Body at Home n The
Rom Fat Renderer was
Out on Bail Pending
an Appeal.

-.--o- Eatzenstein. the retired bone
,..9 -o- Contractor. who was sentenced
i.s- January 10 two years i'm sing sing
-,~ -~,bcr, following the rhef- of aoou.
.-. hundred thousand pounds Of meat
t~--- the Manhattan state Hospital for
-r. insane or Ward. Island. was
.rs saqe Yesterday at his home. No.
$50 Prospect avenue. The Bronx Tn
cause sr death was gas asphvXlauoH.
l.. neither the police nor the Corone~
could decide whether s. was case 't
s-sede .r an accident
Katzeas.eIn lived IN the Prospec,
avenue apartment house with his sons.
Henry and Milton. his TWO daughter
md his wife. His sons at present con
Gvcr The business ot II. & NJ. katzen-
stein. fat renderers. at NJ. 6ol Bergen
svenue The family. with the excep-
ZION of Milton are I'D Eockaway for
The summer
Sen Finds Father Dead N BED.
On sunday Milton visited the others
~ Rockaway. on MS return early YES
terdav morning he detected the odor
of gas n the apartment He traced
the gas 10 his fathers room and found
him IN bed lifeiess. The son said the
window was partly open. as was the
door Of the room. Four burners were
N the room. but only one was turneI
On. DR.. Z. NJ Juster of No 62I Nor
RS Park avenue. who is the katzen-
stein family physician said he was
called 10 the house AZ = cciock yester-
DAY morning. h found Katzenstein
dead. but could not give the cause OF
death.
Eatzenstein was arrested on Novem-
Der 10. 1910, on information secured 1r
Commissioner Fosdick that whoIesaI.
grating was being carried on among
attaches OF the city and state institu-
tons on Randau's. Ward Sc Blackweli.s
ard Earts islands The information
was sufficient TO show the Commits
s.~ver that the city or state had been
robbed of many tons of meat intended
Soy the use OF thu sick. the Ulupers AM
The insane Of the institutions named.
Had Wagonioad OF Good Meat
When Katzenstein drove his bone
ves5u 70 East 10th street and East
Eiver Oh the morning of November IS.
Gs mad been his custom since ne re-
,eivca me contract to collect the refuse
ger aud bones from the city and state
institutions Oh Wards Island. and
.esaea eight barrels ne was followed by
'ro detectives. lie was arrested On a
teehn.ca. charge Of being without q
..e0se to cart meat through the street.
The barrels were searched. and instead
4r fg- refuse each contained under a
,-rer Of refuse about 40 pounds OF
inca. IN good condition. on the way %
tine police station Katzenstein attempt
Ell io bride the officers with $50, ahl
Tr1mi2c more. The officer accepted
the money and then took Katzenstein
10 Il police station, where TWO charges
were placed against him. one Of grand
larceny, the other OF bribery.
II was on December 1. 1910 that
kGtzenstein was indicted, and ne was
found guilty OF bribery on January T.,
1917. On account Of his age. which
was sixty-five, mercy was recommend
ed by the jury. The maximum penalty
for the crime committed is four
years. After being sentenced 10 two
years imprisonment Katzenstein Sc
cured stay pending an appeal Sub
sequently he secured bail, and was at
the time OF his death out on bail await
ing a decision Of his case On appeal.
Henry Katzenstein saiG last night
that he was positive his father did not
commit suicide. 1T was an accident.
nothing else ne said. If nv father
had intended doing any such thing he
would not have left the window and
door open. and he would have turned
ali the gas Jets on