Barnet Baff (c. 1863 – November 24, 1914) was a poultry dealer in
New York City
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who was murdered by
organized crime
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that represented the "poultry trust" in New York that extorted $10 per truckload of poultry from merchants.
[ His death led to an investigation of ]organized crime
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in New York City and led to the resignation of Captain John McClintock
Captain John McClintock (1874–?) was the deputy Police Commissioner of New York City.
Biography
John was born in 1874 to Emory McClintock of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. He attended Berkeley School and later Columbia University and the N ...
.
Joseph Cohen was convicted of first degree murder and Abraham "Abie" Graff was convicted of manslaughter in the trial before Justice Tompkins.
References
Further reading
* Staff (August 20, 1914)
"Victim of Trade Rivals"
''The Muscatine News Tribune''. p.6.
* Bonnie Quint Kaplan. "Barnett Baff And The Everlasting Murder Case" Rockport, MA : Quint Publications, (2013, 2009)
* David J. Krajicek (Aug 01, 2015
"Dead man squawking: How NYC's kosher chicken king's luck ran out"
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
People murdered by Italian-American organized crime
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1914 deaths
Businesspeople from New York City
People murdered in New York City
Male murder victims
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1914 murders in the United States
Year of birth uncertain
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