New-York tribune., 1922-12-29
Hold Suspect
q Arson Rings
Master Mind"
..,.u Arraigned for Fires
!. Laundry War Here;
Tour More Arrests Are
Expected, Says Official
osuers Report Threats
dam Life Endangered by
20, '~.,Orcauized Sabotage" Is
,u,horities' Accusation

Paul, Of 1854 Eighty-hrst
'.s sur,otlvn, secretary Of the Wet
Sr'.,-,,vndrymen's W. Protective Asso.
". .-,.-,s. D. Brophy in Essex Mar
rs.-.,. D. Brophy in Essex Mar
c.,,t Yesterday as the master
. - /. he alleged arson ring ae-
- - sonspiring 70 burn eempeti-
''., -. ~, Mar,hsl charged Paul had
,..,, v.rirgcr, VINO is under
Yaid ~ ~. $3.50 FOR burning the
srf.f 80 ~. "a Putsers Street in which
bcieN e,- vas housed, and said
=. Fr,s Of eighteen families living IN
a. bsHsine hsd been endangered oy
ts E a. AZ Assistant District Attor-
~ w;er,rs request the bail Of Slo,-
~ !. xtieh paul had been held in
~ !" .egrt way increased TO $4,000
81 sIwa.,istraie Hating, and the pris-
arsble 70 furnish that sum, was
VI fer examination on January !.
Other Suspects ArraIgned
-, otber OF the seven men arrested
.r,r.5 members Of the arson ring,
W. psSolsky and Boris Amis, were
..,isnsd before Magistrate Dourss IN
!. Bsrlem Court. Pedolsky was
..vsd With having acted in concert
~ o.hers in setting FIRE 20 the
--s,v AZ 1874 East 10th Street on
4. -srsing Of November is, and was
"a rithout bail for examination on
i,-,,rv 2 Amis was accused OF hav-
=. ,.-sssslrtd 20 break into the laun-
!. 915 East i25th Street on No
..-s,r 25 and Of damaging Laundry
.vsIrsry there. He was held in $5'-
4 IN FOR examination January 2.
r,ujncer and Frank Marchese, the
=, tro suspects captured by the po-
vere arraigned before Magistrate
r..,,,g and waived examination. They
-. Isld In $4,000 bail each. II IS
,.g.,s5 thew will be witnesses for the
-. These two men, according 70
s,..,in D. A. Cooper, Of the 1onkers
s..,esive bureau. will be tried for the
NJ of the New System Laundry
y'-s,fs. after the police here are
.,ssgh with them.
7,nismin Lituchy and Andrew Snea
a. ,smaining prisoners, were held IN
rsso0 and sos 900 bail respectively ly
~, saving examination, b. Magis-
-. % smith in the Washington
gfights Court
ESpeet -Four More Arrests
4, rvr,hsr arrests were made yes
...5,r though Assistant District Al
..-r,y Richard c. Murphy said after
a. ,,-sirnments that the police SUI
-, i,oking for suspects and at leas'
isu- more arrests arc expected snoru!
NJ Murphy received additional com
-l,la,, from laundrymen yesterday foI
.-r,riu;ion. Included were SIX hri1f
yesrs,srssd bv Jacob NJ. Mandelbaun
eo1,ssl for the East Side Laundry
-epis Association. who said these firms
nd bsd fbeir places OF business de-
rroyed by fires suspected 70 nave pee 2
q iSeebdiarv origin. Mr.. Mandelbourl
iiied that members OF his associs'ioi'
ili received threats from rivsl or
1nization. now under suspicion, ma
itev did not Join the rival BODY tneii
lsrts would be disabled. In additioi
5re Narshal Brophy is preparing. io'
N Murphv a list Of all the lsundriei
a, have been burned lately under CIR
instances that arouse Suspicion IN th'
inds % authorities.
1T appears 20 be organized sabotag'
the worst type, running 20 arson en-
human life" commente'
trict Attorney Banton. The hgh
,oarently was between wet wash laun
rrmcn and hand laundrymen. 10 ha
,eu said the former felt that by 10
ucinr the number Of hand laundriei
rces could be kept up
Union Labor Not Involved
During the raid on Msrehese's room
, was horned yesterday, the detee
ivss found evidence that six othel
.ies had been started BY the Sam'
--oup Of men. This evidence took thf
.orm OF shirts or other articles oi
clothing and papers, which, IL Is
charged. 70 was the custom OF those
responsible for a laundry fire 20 take
With them from the building for thu
purpose q convincing their superiors
by The laundry mark that they mac
actually done the work.
hueh Frayne, general organizer o.
i6e American Federation Of Labor in
ibis state, asserted yesterday that
neither the men arrested nor the con
troYsrsy in which they engaged had
ity connection, direct or indirect, with
HaL - l. ava