Moses reneged on an agreed deferral and seized even unappropriated property

Evidence

The day after the hearing at the Biltmore, new fuel was heaped on Macy’s outrage. His lawyers had notified Moses that an appeal was planned, and Moses’ lawyers had agreed that the matter was still in abeyance—and that a hunting party of Deer Range stockholders could be held the next day as scheduled. But when the hunters’ limousines pulled up to the property, barring their way were men in uniform carrying revolvers, state troopers who refused to allow them even to remove the hunting clothes they had previously left there and that had certainly not been included in any appropriation. The astounded millionaires saw other men in uniform—Conservation Department workers, they were told—rounding up the pheasants and mallards, also unappropriated, that they had raised and that they still owned and putting them in trucks to be hauled away. Within days, Macy was receiving reports that crews of state workmen had begun cutting down trees and tearing down buildings on the property. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 819

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Moses withheld land-taking powers inside what sponsors assumed were routine park bills — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 787; Moses appropriated private land before completing state-mandated negotiations or funding — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 808; A court found Moses had seized private property illegally and beyond his powers — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 828 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• A court found Moses had seized private property illegally and beyond his powers #corroborates (0.90) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 828
• Moses’s evasive answers revealed he knew the appropriation was unlawful #corroborates (0.80) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 835
• Colonial property law retroactively legalized forced seizures of waqf land #qualifies (0.80) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 235
• Reform-minded legislators reversed their principles when the official was Moses #qualifies (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 1603