Evening star., 1937-02-23
ROSOFF TO VISIT
JERSEY FOR QUIZ
Agrees to Go for Question
ing in Redwood Case if
Nominal Bail Is Set.
BACKGROUND

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men as he sat In an automobile In
front OF his home, at Teaneck, N. ].
The gunmen escaped In a car. Po.
lice Investigating the killing ar
rested Samuel Roso6, ,Dealthy Netp
York subtuay builder, for questioning
about labor DIFFICULTIES betUeen him.
self and Red,Dood's union. Roso6
refused to 90 to New Jersey for
questioning, and pas freed In Gus
tody OF his lawyer.
Redwood's union OF underground
torkers recently called strikes on
projects being handed by Roso6s
contracting firm.
By the Associated Press.
HACKENSACK, N. j., February %.
Samuel r. Rosoff, millionaire New
York subway builder. agreed today,
Prosecutor John ]. Breslin reported, to
come to New Jersey for questioning in
the r. Norman Redwood murder case
provided nominal bail was set for his
release.
The contractor, under technical ar
rest in New York as material witness
in the Staying of the New York sand
hogs" union leader, previously had re-
fused to leave Manhattan.
Breslin said he received word of his
changed position by telephone and
stated he would FIX bail for Rosoff
at $1,000.
A hearing on the contractors re-
moval to New Jersey was to have been
held in New York today. Leaving for
New York to confer with Mayor Flo
relic La .Guardia, Breslin declined to
say when Rosof would come here.
Mrs. Victoria Redwood, widow of
the slain man, became key figure In
the hunt today as a two-State inquiry
centered on labor fights in which he
was involved.
Tells Of Telephone Call.
She told Police Chief Cornelius ].
Harte of Teaneck, he said. her hus-
band telephoned from New York
shortly before he was killed last Fri
day night that he had some one
with him" and would be delayed in
coming home
She described alleged threats re-
ceived by her husband and searched
her memory for details that might be
important to the investigation.
The widow, about As, stout and
brown-haired, gained key figure
status, authorities said. because lof
her knowledge-measer thought II
might be-of the background : OF
events which, they beliese, culmin4ted
in Redwood's being SHOT to deash in
the driveway Of his 325,000 Teaneck
home last Friday night.
Backed by q $4,000 special fuad
for the inquiry. John J. Breslin, r.,
Bergen County prosecutor, sought
further evidence Of ownership Of the
murder gun, found on a highway near
Teaneck. 1t was traced through sales
records to a Demarest, N. j., police
chief, now dead, but its recent owner
ship was not yet determined.
Breslin also awaited word from JOS
eph Moreschi of Quincy. Mass, presi'
dent of the International Hod Carrier
and Building Laborers' Union o
America. whom the prosecutor wishel
to come here for questioning on unior
angles of the case.
The gun used to kill Redwood, Bres'
lin said, has been traced to the poin'
where it was sold to the late Police
Chief Carroll Potter of Demarest, q
town 8 miles from the scene Of th<
staying.
Potter died August 4. 1885, Leaving
three guns-none of which was ths
murder weapon, Breslin said.
Assistant Prosecutor William Mehlel
said the mystery surrounding the gur
might have been caused by the fac
Chief Potter bought the gun for &
friend rather than for himself. ustnf
his own name 50 the friend could ge'
the police discount and escape the ex.
else tax. This possibility prompted In
vestigators to determine If the chic!
ever made a record of such a purchase
Redwood's burial in Hackensacl
Cemetery was set for today after 6
funeral service at Christ Episcopa
Church, West Englewood.
Breslin declined to comment on {
report from New York that .Thoma,
E. Dewey, special rackets prosecutor
planned to investigate the affairs o.
locals of the International Hod Car.
riers, Building and Common Laborer.
to determine whether there was rack.
eteering that might have provided {
motive for the Redwood staying.