The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-02
new YORK HURDERERs LEAP IN
TO AUTO and ESCAPE
RECEIVED MANY THREATS
Poultry Dealer Who Fought Hinge
Trust Became Marked Man-Ssore
Dynamited, Son Blackjacked, Of
fee Robbed and Finally Barnet
peA ;e Cbo< IN Pocty
BaR Is Shot in Back.

Baornet Baf, the largest independ-
ent poultry dealer In the East, and
probably in this country, was shot 10
death On the street Of New York
Tuesday evening, and, in the opinion
of the police, he undoubtedly was
murdered by agent Of the Poultry
Trust, an organization against which
he had been waging war for five
years.
Many times since he took up the
cudgels against the trust, Bats Life
and extensive business interests have
been threatened. In February, 1910,
Baf, having been told he was to die,
got a permit from police headquac-
tiers to carry a revolver.
Raf was the proprietor Of four
poultry markets, which has come into
bitter conflict with the trust. He had
apparently forgotten the threats
against his life, for shortly after $3.50
Tuesday afternoon a-young man came
in with message. BaR followed
him out.
After walking some distance twS
men slipped from doorway and
came up behind Baff. Both had re-
volvers, and they pressed the wea-
pons against Bats back and fred
simultaneously.
One bullet entered the left shoul-
der, passed through the body. and
came out the mouth. The other also
entered the left shoulder Just below
the neck, ranged downward and
went through the heart. Baf died
instantly. So close were the reYolv-
ers against his body that his coat
and shirt were burned.
The murderers leaped over the
body Of their victim and ran south.
The streets were crowded, but thetwo
men, with drawn revolyers, made
persons on the sidewalk fan back.
Twenty feet away was 8 brownish
touring car with its hood up, its en-
CINE chugging and chauffeur at the
wheel. Into this car the two men
leaped and one of them cried to the
chauffeur: NOW, go like hell!'
No one could be found who could
give description of the murderers,
although many persons had seen them
creep up behind Baff, with their re-
yolvers pointed, and run away after
the shots, but every one apparently
was too excited to note their deserip-
ton. Several persons also had
watched the car as it stood close to
the corner, and had seen the men
leap into It and drive Of, but no one
would admit having seen the license
number.
The New York World exposed the
methods and operations Of the Piul-
try Trust, which controlled a trade
amounting to S12,00o,000 yearly
wholesale prices, in New York city
alone. The trust then had planned
to shut out Baff, the Independent
dealer, and he APPEALED to the courts
to protect him from the combination.
The first death threat that came to
him was postal card that had q
space for correspondence on the LETT
side of the address. The other side
of the card bore the picture Of q man
bidding farewell to his family. In
the correspondence space was only q
cryptic design Of two eQuilateral tri-
angles, making six-pointed star. In
the center Of the figure Wss what
looked like a capital *.
cit is the Hebrew sign for death,
said Baff. II have been warned,
and he hurried away and got the per-
NIT to carry a revolver.
Theu came many other threats, but
Baff told the grand jury all he knew
about the vicious combination, and as
a result eight-segen men were IN
dicted.
Finally thirteen Of them were con-
victed August 16, 1911, and sentenc-
ed to pay q fine Of $500 each. After
these prosecutions the bitterness
against the independent dealer was
most intense.
At 7 o. m. March II last, FIVE 1tal-
ians entered Bats Harlem market at
AT East One Hundred and Ninth ST..
and, with drawn revolvers, started to
rob the place. In the safe, which was
omen. was several thousand dollars
Morris Newmark, the manager, slam
med the safe door before the men
could get to it and the cashier, Miss
Cecilia Robinowitz, locked the cash
drawer.
The men took what money they
could get from the employees ana
left. Later the five were arrested
and all were sent to prison.
On September 10 last bomb was
| placed under the front door OF the
Harlem market and exploded. The
| place was badly damaged.
Further Investigation developed
that recently Bats son, Harry, while
on his way home from business, was
held I'D and blackjacked by two men,
whose apparent object was only to
inAict injury. The motive was not
! robbery.