The evening world., 1917-07-02
FRANK FERRARA
NAMES TWO MEN AS
BAFF'S MURDERERS
Did Not See Shooting, but In.
plicates Charles Dragina
and "Tita."

ton Market poultry dealer, to-day
related his share in the crime and
Identified the rifle, with the silencer
attached. with which the poultry
man was shot down.
He exonerated Arichiello, now in
the death house at Sing Sing. con-
victed OF participation in the muir
der.
Ferrara himself came from the
death house to-day TO give his tes-
timony in the trial OF Joseph and
Jacob Cohen, David Jacobs and
Abraham Graf, who are on trial be-
fore Supreme Court Justice Tomp-
kins for procuring the murder Of
Ban.
Fer-ara testified that he did not see
tho shooting of Ban, but told OF his
employment to drive the car by
Charles Dragina, formerly an en-
ployee in a laundry in East One Hun
dred and Seventh Street. Dragina,
who was recently arrested in Los
Angeles, where he was living under
the name OF Jack Rizzotti. is now in
the Tombs awaiting trial. Another
man implicated by Ferrara is known
20 him only as Tita.
Early in November. 1914. Charlie
came 10 me up in Little Italy and
said: I want a poultry dealer down
town killed. There's $1,000 in It and a
closed car must be used
HE introduced Tita TO me and we
drove downtown 20 look over the
ground. I had a chauffeur with me
named Dopey John, and told Charlie
that intended to use him when the
trick was pulled off.
Charlie said, Don't do that. We
have you on the job and we don't
want II advertised all over Harlem
He told me TO get the speediest car
could-I worked in a garage-so on
Nov. "a. the day OF the shooting, 1
told my boss that I had a hospital
call for that afternoon. So took the
biggest and speediest car we had and
met Charlie and Tita at One Hundred
and Third Street and First Avenue,
"They had a rife with them which
they put together. We went down to
West Washington Market. stopping
at Fifteenth Street and Tenth Avenue.
There they got out and walked west
on Fourteenth Street. They were
gone twenty minutes and when they
came back they ordered me to drive
into the market.
"I told them there was nothing
doing until I had got the lay OF the
land. SO Charlie went into the mar
ket again and 1 followed on foot.
There was a cop on horseback there
and a large number OF people in the
streets about the market. When had
seen this l said again there was
nothing doing. telling them that l
wouldn't do a thing until It got dark.
and that then I'd take n chance and
drive in.
Charlie said this was all right and
that they'd walt. l walked back 10
the machine and Charlie and Tita
walked off. ] waited an hour and
Charlie came back alone. Just be-
fore 6 o'clock Charlie told me to drive
in. as there were not many people
about the place then. l drove him TO
Thirteenth Avenue and Gansevoort
Street, where he got out and told me
to stay and keep my motor running,
adding that I'd better face the car to
the east.
"I stood on the curb near the
wheel and Charlie went north on
Thirteenth Avenue. just behind n po-
llceman in uniform. After five or ten
minutes / heard two shots from the
north and then saw Charlie and
Tita running toward the car.
jumped in and started Just as Tita
got his seat. Charlie ran and jumped
on the running board, because by this
time was going full speed.
'T could hear people crying 'Stop!'
But put on more speed and went up
West Street. had narrow escapes
from collisions,
I'VE went uptown as far as One
Hundred and Fourth street and First
Avenue, and there Charlie and Tita
got out, Charlie giving me Sl2.
ION the way uptown l heard Tita
and Charlie In argument over tho
rife. Tita said he'd thrown It away,
and Charlie cursed him for a fool.
saying that II was worth S25 and
when found would be evidence against
them.
when Charlie gave me the sl2 Re
said he'd see me later ! turned the
money over 10 the boss for the car
and he gave me $40 commission.
ION Thanksgiving night a boy told
me a man wanted 10 see me, and I
went out and met Charlie at Third
Avenue and One Hundred and Sew
enth Street. We went 10 a movie
show and no gave me $500, OF which
he told me to keep $3.50 and give the
rest 10 the boss 20 have the car re-
painted.
Il didn't want 20 bring the boss into
H. 90 later / told Charlie that the
boss wouldn't take the money,
Then Charlie said for me to keep
1t myself"
THAT night met a friend OF mine