New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
Police Hunt Assassins' Car
in Harlem and Bronx
Garages.
WITNESSES SAW
ASSASSINS FLEE
Smoke Obscured Number
Tag, but Bystanders Gave
Police Auto Description.

Nine gangmen fell into the net last
night of the police who have oeen
working on the Baf murder case and
IS supposed subsidiary, the killing o.
William Doyle in a saloon at 4lst 81:
and Eighth av. Saturday night. All
are members of a West Side gang
probably tho Gophers, OF wnom
"Ownev" Madden is the leader. Mad
den was one cf the prisoners.
All the men are locked up in the
West 37th ST. station as material wit
nesses. Detectives Webber and Flood,
Of the second branch, i2d st. and Lex
ineton ay.. made the arrests. lhey Will
be examined as to their knowledge OF
the two murders, between which there
is still feeling that some slight con-
necti0n exists.
The Baff investigation, Of itself, con-
tinued with some indication OF prog
ress Yesterday. More witnesses TO the
shooting of the West Washington Mar
ket independent dealer came forward,
and. the detectives got several prom
sing clews. o.,
Two garages, one in East 139th ST.,
in The Bronx, and another IN East
lOAtb ST Harlem. are believed by the
nolice TO have been used as storage
nlaces for the automobile in which the
murderers of Barnett Baff, made their
escape.
Both garages we're yesterday sub
iected to police surveillance. In ad-
dition it was reported that the chauf-
feur who had driven the so-called
murder car" was under arrest, but
neither Captain Carey, of the Homi-
eide Squad, nor Assistant District At
torney Deuel. would confirm the report.
An arrest believed TO figure IN the
DEVELOPMENTS Of the Baff case was
that Of Harry Cohen, alias KID Grlf-
10" who was locked up by Detectives
REYNOLDS, Broomerhof and Brown, OF
the First Detective Branch, on last
Saturday night. The details or the
arrest became known yesterday for tne
first time when il was announced thal
Cohen had been locked up on a Dench
warrant dated December ii, 1911, rs
sued by John F. Clarke, then District
Attorney of Kings County, charging
the prisoner with felonious assault on
complaint Of Nathan EzansKy, ADDRESS
unknown.
as a "chicken inspector" by group
of retail live poultry dealers, and IS
said to have figured in several con
froversies between the Independent
Wholesale dealers, as represented Py
RaF and several disaffected retailers
Cohen was brought before Judge raw
cett in Brooklyn late in the afternoon
and admitted to bail in S3,5OO. A re-
mort that he was rearrested could not
be confirmed.
The chauffeur under detention. whose
name is carefully concealed by the
authorities. was arrested at Z:5o
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. HIS ar,
rest was-the result of story toId
10 the police and the District Attor-
rey's Office by the driver and heiper
Of a 1iano motor truck, VINO were III
the vicinity of the West Washington
Market on the night of the murder.
So far as could be learned yester-
dsv these two witnesses visited the
market TO purchase Thanksgiving tur-
KEYS. The truck was halted directly
behind a coffee colored touring car,
with folding top cover. which was part
lr turned oack. One of the witnesses,
who remained in charge Of the truck.
is said TO have heard the report. Oh
three shots. fired in rapid succession,
a scurry of hurrying feet, after which
two men dove headlong into the ton
neau Of the touring car and were
driven hurriedly away. As the ma
chine whisked out of sight the exhaust
was opened. which enveloped the rear
license number of the machine IN
swirl OF smoke. ,..
Despite these adverse condltlons'
however. which prevented an absolute
Identification of the machine, the car
WAS seen to be a Fiat of 1910 model.
The description Of the touring car
Yesterday made the police apparently
confident that they were on the right
trail
The chauffeur arrested yesterday is
8 Young Italian. He is said to have
offered a perfect alibi as to his where
abouts last Tuesday night, but. never
theless, he was held as a possible ma
terial witness after rigid cross-ex-
animation By Assistant District Attor-
news James Delehanty and deuel. and
Captain Carey. Of the homicide bu-
reau. Secretary Scull. Of the Police