A second wave of racketeering and crime that has occurred in less than two months against kosher butcher shops, was brought to a sensational climax by the bombing of a Jewish poultry market here yesterday.
William Danches was the victim of the bombing. In checking the motive, Danches told police that he had recently refused to pay tribute of 2 cents on each chicken killed at his market to a racket organization.
Police warrants were issued by the County Prosecutor’s office for three men, named by Danches, accused by him of having threatened him in connection with a new meat dealers association for butchers that was recently organized. Members of the association were being questioned on the bombing.The dynamite explosion ripped a hole in the wall of the poultry market and tore down the roof. The Danches Market had been bombed once before, on December 22nd.
In order to curb the “kosher meat racket” the Federation of Orthodox Jewish Congregations was organized in Cleveland. There is a law in Ohio prohibiting the selling of non-kosher meat as kosher. The law never has been enforced. An investigation of an Independent Kosher Meat Association that has been recently formed in an attempt to solicit dues from kosher butchers throughout the city is being conducted by the prosecutor’s office.
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