The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
BAFF MURDER PLOT
RECITED TO JURORS
Hired Gunman Says lie Went
on Death Errand Until
He Got Tired.
WEARIED, HE QUIT JOB

Admitting his willingness to become
a hired murderer, Carmine di Paulo told
a jury before Justice Shearn in the STU
prcnc Court. Criminal Term, yesterday
how he had gone into a conspiracy TO
Kill Barnet Baf, a poultryman in West
Washington Market and had withdrawn
only when he got tired waiting for an
opportunity to commit the murder.
hi I'aulo was "A witness ut the trial
of Giuseppe Arichi.llo. and his confess
sion carried with IL the statement that
he had been promised immunity by Dis
trict Attorney Swami II he would tell
the truth about the case.
Ban was killed on the night OF Mo-
vcmber "a, 1914. after being called from
his store. The men who were implicated
In it escaped in an automobile. Several
witnesses called yesterday told of see
ing two men with pistols in their hands.
one a small and the other "a tail man.
The defendant II a small man. None
Identified him as the man seen at the
place of the crime.
Then came hi Pau,o. who. according
10 Assistant District Attorney O'Nlalley,
IL the chief witness for the prosecution.
He was in the original plot but got out
IN time to I've clean as a witness.
says the prosecutor. The witness puts
the defendant into the case by assert
ing that at all of the pr~eliminaries Ari-
chiello was present In the saloon Of Up
polite Greco in East 10sth street, where
the plot to kill Baff was discussed.
Greco was known as Master rau,"
and took the job To have Ban killed.
according to the witness. One day Greco
approached him and said he had a job
10 have a man killed. The price was
To be $500. Five trips TO West Wash
igton Market were made by the witness
and his companions and several more
trips were made without him. Various
excuses were given as the cause Of not
shooting Bafr. for or each trip hi Paulo
and n man named Russo carried re-
%volvers.
The first trip 70 the market was made
on August %, 1914. at which time Greco
pointed out Baff to the men in Tn. plot.
Joe and Tony Iararone. both under in
dictin"ut for murder in connection with
the case. accompanied them. ON the
occasion OF the second trip Baff was ac-
cOnpaniei by his son Harry and nothing
Was attempted while his son was on the
ground.
men the party went DdCk the fourth
time to look the field over hi Paulo saw
a man whom he recognized as u detec-
tivc. He reported his reason for delay
To Greco. who remarked "Why not let
the Kid do this job. referring To Russo.
81 would not agree tn that" said the
witness. W. had "A few words during
which | told Greco | though he was
getting more than 800 TO have Bafr
croaked. ] asked him what his interest
was in having Bar killed and nov much
he WAS to get. but he did not answer
me"
All through his reel tai hi raulo
smllingly said that he had given his
version of the cas-. just because some Of
the men under arrest had tried to put
the whole burden on him. lie calmly
admitted that he had not only carried a
revolver. but also "A sharpened t. pick
II be used in close quarters.
In answer 10 counsel for the defendant
hi Paulo insisted that he had been under
the domination OF Greco. VINO hal got
hold OF him as a young man. He said
Greco WAS "A 'hullduziug criminal The
trial viii he continued to-day.