.sarahw looks back on the forgotten story of Arthur Fried, who was kidnapped and murdered in 1937 and whose body was disposed of in a furnace in the basement of Ukrainian Hall on East 6th Street
The body, the FBI said, went into the basement furnace of 217 East 6th. Photo: Anonymous The hell of it was, the kidnappers had taken the wrong brother.
on the cover When Kyiv Arrived on 7th Street Our anniversary “Yesteryear Issue” chronicles more than a century of life in the Ukrainian Village. Miller, however, was coolheaded enough to notice and retain as many details as he could. “A Tisket, A Tasket” on the radio as the kidnappers crossed the bridge into Manhattan. Going up steps to the room where he was held overnight. Church bells clanging outside. The distinctive sound of cues hitting balls on a pool table.
In the process, the feds finally learned what happened to poor Arthur Fried. Sacoda had served time with Fried’s older brother, Hugo, the original kidnapping target. A misreading of license plates led to the accidental sibling swap. Sacoda and Gula had stashed Arthur in an apartment on 19th Street, near Gramercy Park. Four days later, when the news hit the papers, Sacoda shot him. He and Gula took Fried’s body to Ukrainian Hall, where they burned it in the furnace.
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