STEAMER BURNT

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 9

STEAMER BURNT

INTIMIDATION ALLEGED

(Received February 25, 9 a.m.)

NEW YORK, February 23,

In connection with the murder of Norman Redwood, the Tunnel Workers' Union official, who was shot dead in his car last week, the steamer Odell, a unit of the famous Hudson River night line, owned by Samuel Rosoff, one of the arrested men, was burned to the water's edge. Police allege that it is a case of incendiarism, apparently in an effort to intimidate Rosoff.

Samuel Eosoff, a noted industrial figure and a millionaire, and Max Friedman, one of his associates, were arrested in connection with the shooting. Rosoff refused to go to New Jersey and was released on his attorney's cognisance. The police explained that Redwood's union had blocked the work of a large city sewer contract which Rosoff's firm was building, and an automobile which witnesses identified and which bore the murderers was believed to look like Friedman's automobile. Friedman stated that he had lent his car to a friend, who returned it before 6 o'clock in the evening. The shooting occurred at 8 o'clock. Rosoff declared that Redwood and he were the best of friends, and he offered 5000 dollars reward for the apprehension of the murderer.