Watch out for strange fruit…

Watch out for strange fruit that may smell enticing! Johnnie Martin, an aged Italian, died Thursday afternoon in a room over Abe Marcoffsky’s Saloon, at Second and Kentucky Avenue, Feb 17, 1905. The old gentleman died of the grippe (flu). He was best known for a flourishing produce booth at the old Market, where he sold ‘spiced pineapples.’ The recipe of his success? Let’s get the answer straight from an interview conducted with Johnnie, before his death. “I sold a da whiskey inna da pineapples and know one ever know it.”