The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-25
QUESTIONED AS
PAYMASTER OF
BAFF GUNNER
Young Bartender Believed to
Have Told Whitman Of
$4,000 Fund.
NEW WITNESS SAYS HE
CAN IDENTIFY SLAYERS

IF we continue to make such progress
as we have made In the last twenty-four
hours we will have complete evidence In
the Ban murder case by next Monday
night"
This statement was made in behalf OF
District Attorney Whitman yesterday by
Assistant District Attorney Delehanty. II
came just after Mr.. whitman had brought
to an end another heart to heart talk
with Carl Rettich, the young Hoboken
bartender upon whose testimony hangs
the fate of two men now under arrest
who are believed to have left with him
the money for which Barnett Ban was
killed in West Washington Market on
November a. Emil Rettich. the young
mans father. was coseted with the bar
tender and Mr.. Whitman and urged young
Rettich to tell everything ne knew.
Young Rettich has been brought to the
point where he admits that he knows
something about the crime. The ques-
ton now is whether he will so testify in
the Grand Jury room.
One of the things believed to have been
disclosed by Rettich, at least in part. IL
that a fund OF money was raised among
the poultryymen in West Washington
Market prior to the murder and that II
was distributed after the crime. AS to
told that information on the point would
be laid before the Grand Jury next Mon
day and that the amount of money paid
10 the gunner would also be disclosed at
that time. II is not denied that the fund
was of more than $4,000. OF this amount
only $3.50 Is said to have been paid to
the men who did the killing.
An eyewitness of the murder. located
by the police. was taken before Mr. Whit
man yesterday. He told the District
Attorney that he could identify the gum
men. Whether or not he saw the gun.
mon previous to the murder or whether n.
knows them personally could not be
learned. on this point Mr.. Delehanty
was communicative. He also declined
to give the name of this new witness on
the ground that his testimony would be
Of such Importance as to justify the
secrecy
William Simon. a wealthy poultry
dealer who has stores at $50 East 10th
street and 179 Lewis street. was held
in $4,000 bail yesterday by Judge Ma
lone as a material witness. Simon was
at the District Attorneys office on Tues
day and Wednesday. Late Wednesday
night he was arrested and taken to the
House of Detention. Edward Drucker
his counsel. protested vehemently.
Simon taihvi with appai eni freedom
about the case after he had been bailed
Cohen. was a cousin OF Barnett Ban and
that their relations with Ban and hi.
son Harry had always been pleasant w
to the time OF the murder. After the
murder, he said, Harry Bafr refused tc
speak to him From April to June o
this year Simon was president of thu
Live Poultry Dealers Protective Assoca
ton. He got out then. according to hi
story, because he didn't agree with tn.
policy OF Secretary Morse NJ. Frankel II
causing the arrest of poultrymen VIII
"sanded" chickens. He said he believed
there was a better way of dealing will
that problem.
II was understood that Simon was I,
be asked to tell what he knew OF
meeting OF the association at which
some one declared that Bar ought to b.
killed. Mr.. Simon said he knew nothin,
of such an occurrence or OF any con
nection of the association with tho muir
der Late in the afternoon Mr.. Dele
hanty let Il be known that development
OF the last two hours had greatly dimin
ished the value OF Simon's testimony
But he and Simon Wenthal, weghmas
ter for the Live Poultry Auction Com
pany, will be witnesses before tho Gran
Jury next Monday.
A. to the present state OF the inquir,
II Ia learned that every recent develop
ment has confirmed Mr.. Whitman in hi
original theory that this murder was tn
result of plot and that he now has |
custody the two men chiefly active l
having II carried out. There was NOR
of the air of confidence about the Dis
trict Attorneys office yesterday tina
there had been In week. The only eN
PLANTATION forthcoming was that With
The last few hours unusual progress ha
been made toward the solution OF I'll
ynvntery