Barnet Baff ( – November 24, 1914)"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795–1949". FamilySearch. Retrieved April 13, 2021."Baff Names Men Who Killed Father", New York Times, November 27, 1914. was a poultry dealer in New York City who was murdered by organized crime, representing the "poultry trust" in New York, that extorted $10 per truckload of poultry from merchants. His death led to an investigation of organized crime in New York City and led to the resignation of Captain John McClintock.
In 1917, 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 [sic] 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