New-York tribune., 1922-09-29
Absent w illness
Shows Strength
I'm Market Dept.
Isadore NIoscowiiz Cannot
Be Found by the District
| Attorney, bu, Son Gels
Favored Spot on Curb
Old PeddIer Is Ousted
O'Malley's Chief Ali Per-.
sonaIly Directs Mysterious
Shift i'm Pusi,cars Politics
By Nj. Law Racusi,l


While District Attorney Ruston Of
Brooklyn has been making strenuous
efforts during the last week to find
Isadore Moscowitz, a pushcart peddler
wanted for questioning by the Kings
County Grand Jury, agents of Com
missioner of Markets O'Malley have
seen to it that the missing mans son is
taken care Of since the disappearance
of his father.
Moscowitz had testified before Com
missioner of Accounts Hirshfold that
Nathan Finkelstein, the leader of the
Brooklyn pushcart men, had collected
moneys from the venders and turned It
over to the police as graft This Fink
eistein stcadfastly denied, branding
Moscowitz as "fakcr' and "framer
up" The policeman named in the
charges also denied Moscowitz's story.
1t was intimated, in connection with
Moscowitz's first examination before
the Kings County grand jury investi-
eating the street market situation, that
Moscowtz's tale to the jury and his al
legged testimony before Commissioner
Hirshfeld did not jibe and that serious
charges were expected to result from
further questioning, involving high city
officials. When the District Attorney
sent out process servers to summon
Moscowtz again before the grand jury
he could not be found.
Young Mosccwitz a Pet
It developed yesterday that Aloysius
Molloy, Superintendent of Markets and
omnissioner O'Malley's chief aid, Wis
tied the Manhattan Avenue markets in
Brooklyn on Tuesday with bevy of
department assistants and supervisors
and, after brief survey, chose the
finest location he could find and placed
it at the disposal of son Of the miss
ing Moscowitz.
In comforting this mysterious favor
upon the young Moscowitz Molloy
forced an old man named David Olin-
enbaum away from his stand and out
of the market. Olinenbaum has been
trying to provide living for his wife
and five children from his pashcart,
which he had at Manhattan Avenue and
Siegel Street ever since the market was
opened. 1t was good spot, which Mr
Moiloy must have observed. Olinen-
baum was one of the most active work
ers in the market in the struggle of
the venders against the illegal fee cell
ecting system, knocked on the head
by recent decision of Justice Crop
sey.
At any rate, accompanied by Joseph
Hirshfield, brother of Commissioner of
Accounts Hirshfeld, c. Silver, the su-
pervisor of the Manhattan Avenue Mar
ket, and others from Commissioner
al nfG ~, ,,,fo Nal
10y went over to Olinenbaum and or
dered him away from his stand. Olin-
anbaum asked for an explanation.
None was Forthcoming.
Old Man Driven Away
"I'll dump your goods into the street
md lock you up for disorderly con-
luct II you don't get your cart out of
,ere," Molloy is reported to have said
to tile peddler.
"All right, give me chance to take
s,me of my goods off, some boxes and
sings" Olinenbaum protested. "1t's h
lsavy car. and | am an old man and
aave been here for a long time ana
aave always done right. Why are you
driving me away from here? / have
done no wrong"
There was no help. His cart was
dragged away from the curb spot and
LnS IoItuHdSt Sun OF MOSCOWltz was IN
vited to take the place, which he
promptly did.
"Say, want to say that that is the
cheapest and meanest kind of revenge
| ever heard Of" said Finkelstein. "To
think that city officials would take a
mans bread and butter away, that's
all poor Olinenbaum had, simply be-
cause he asked for a square deal and
fought graft They'll have their day,
don't worry
There were intimations that some
redress might be had from the present
ment of the Kings County Grand Jury,
which is expected to-day or early next
week irrespective of the action of
the jury, however, the peddlers say
they are marshaling their forces to
compel reduction in their weekly fees
Of 81. They will insist that in view
of the decreased cost of market super
vision brought about by the recent
slashing appropriations Of the Board
of Estimate the fees can be cut in
half. An appeal will be made to the
Governor, if necessary, they say.