New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-25


little given TO personal adornment II
the way OF jewelry or clothing, and tina
he was as set in his notions OF sim
plicity of everyday life as he was pro
rounced in his views of the riRlk an
wrong ways of doing business. HlSgol
watch and chain and S46 IN cash wer
Z in the clothing when the body wa
searched at the Charles st. station.
Crowd Aided Slayers' Flight.
Ordinarily the scene of last night
/ killing is not busy one at O'Clock
right The Thanksgiving Day bushes
that is done in the markets, however
provided an excellent cover for the me-
no were out to do murder and mad
their escape easy and detection difficult
/ In spite of the crowd of witnesse
/ the police were unable even 70 lear
/ how many people were in the murde
car as it waited for the two gunner
As soon as Harry BaH collapsed
taxcab was called and he was sent {
his home, 100 West Tooth ST. Schuch
who remained behind, told OF his EN-
/ Dloyers persecution, and the pollc'
records showed in detail how the in
dependent dealer had been bounded
All efforts 70 get a statement from thu
family failed, however, it being an
nounced that they had not been abl'
10 think how the. crime might have
been inspired.
ONLY a servant was at the deaC
mans home. at 70 West roth ST., .ant
at the home of the son Il was said Z
statement would probably be given GU
to-day.
Skala was a member of the party
which left the Charles st. police sta
ton shortly before 10 o'clock las
night for a careful examination of the
section where the crime occurred. Cor
oner Feinberg and Assistant Distric
Attorney Deuel. were in the party, a.
were several detectives.
They found Waterman, John Shell
don, who had seen the murder car il
the neigh borhood. lie recalled thai
lust before the shooting it took posi-
ton near Thompson av., and STOOD
throbbing and smoking, as IL anxiou:
20 get under way. Following the shots
he saw man jump in. Then the ma
chine disappeared with a burst OF
speed.
In the Office Of the Baff concern sew.
oral clippings were brought TO light
Evidently from trade papers, they
threw light on the dead mans fight
against monopoly in the live poultry
business.
One clipping had the headlines
"Baff Is Under Ban. Boycotted by
New York Buyers Association. When
Requested TO Give Up His Distributing
Market He Refused to Comply, and the
Trouble Started"
Another was as follows: "B. Baf &
Son Were Boycotted by the Buyers
Organization of the Live Poultry Deal
ers' Protective Association" In the
subjoined article Baf was quoted as
saying: 81 refused their demands and
] have not lost my nerve yet. | will
fight to a finish"
The Investigators also learned that
buyers who showed signs of violating
the boycott order by trading with Batf
received threats, and some who still
persisted in dealing with the indie.
pendent lost valuable horses to poison.
ers.
As recently as September 10 a bomt
was exploded at All East l09th St, thC
Harlem branch of the Baf concern
The explosion occurred about mid
night and the damage was slight. A
that time an attempt was made tc
trace the outrage to friends of five
men who had been convicted Of hold
ing up employees of the branch or
| March II.
In March Morris Newmark. the man
ager, and Celia Rabinowitz, the cash
Ter. were about to 90 home when five
men entered. Although they hourisheC
guns Newmark closed the safe and tn,
cashier shut the money drawer. botf
| then asserting that they could no
/ open either. The pair and three othel
employees were then stood up and re
| leved of about $40. All five hold-ul
men were in custody within a few
days.
/ In July. 1913, Bats enemies cam,
near ending his activities agains
/ them. As he was about to sit in {
/ hammock at his summer cottage,
/ South Summerfeld av., Arverne. he saw
bomb lying near the steps. The fus,
/ had been burned, but the machine hat
/ failed to do its work.
Bomb Plot Thwarted.
Investigation proved that the boml
was of sufficient power TO destroy tn,
cottage had it exploded. Baff at tn
/ time did not qualify his charge that
Z
| the life of himself and family becaus,
/ Of his refusal to join the trust and hi
part in breaking up the original organ
b ization.
/ This monopoly, he asserted, had beer
/ smashed by the conviction of its prin
I cipal members, but a new organization
| had been formed to take its place. HI
named Joseph Cohen, of Ga Flushing
av., Brooklyn, as the president of tn
/ later combine.
Cohen was one of the men indicte,
and placed on trial, but he escaped tn
! lot of the thirteen who were convicted
/ Baf charged that he had wrecked
/ branch market in Brooklyn and ha,
| Cohen arrested Il was also at tn
time of the July. 1918, bomb that BAT
revealed the facts of his sons injurie
at the hands Of thugs.
/ William Travers Jerome was coun
| sci to the trust" men and made
/ hard fight to save them. William A
/ De Ford, Assistant District Attorney
| fought just as hard, and Bats aid wa
/ of material assistance in obtaining tn
convictions. The appeal came out o
the Appellate Division last February
when their sentence of three months il
| jail and fine of $500 each were af
| tirmed. The case is now in the Cour
of Appeals.
Mr. De Ford showed that the trust
relied on pooling to fill its "war chest,
and that it's method of forcing an in
dependent dealer TO sell seldom failed
From the books of the association h,
put in evidence the following brief bu
10 the point entries:
February s, 1909 End OF the year
War will be declared now very soon.
"Eehruarv "a 1910 Thrao uaak a