The evening world. Newspaper, December 22, 1920, Page 11

MYSTERY SHROUDS ARREST OF COHEN, BOND PLOT “CHIEF” Dooling and nd Federal Prosecu- tor Amazed at Sudden Cap- ture in Washington. WASHINGTON, Dec, 2%. — After huding the poles of the country for almost a year, during part of which ‘time, {+ was paid to-day, he was in bia “usual haunts in Broadway, New Tork, “Nicky” Cohen, sometimes called “the master mind” tn the $5,000,000 Wall Street bond thefts, was takén into Brown of tho New ¥ partment The arphst was so cial Federal unexpected Bpe- Attorney James B. “NICKY” COHEN i Archer, who is prosecuting “Nicky* \ Arnst a other alleged nfembera n trial bere, is making 1 York de 1 for two hours | 1 prowe- eutor, he witness stand in court to-day and forced to tell from whom they received the in- formation that led to Cqhen's arrest. t Cohen bad been sought since last \y February. A reward of $5,000 was outstanding. It Was bald to-day be s* of the bets at ear among truin at \ ie w i Uihimed mustache two detec tyes wore waiting for him and he m@de no resistance when arrested. Whe Federnl Prosecutor wants to know “How Come?” Assistant Dis- trict Attorney John T. Dvoling of New York, who ls here asa. witness, algo would like to know. He ditin’! jen know tho New Yorke detectives Cohen would come to Washing- ton ond exonerate Arnstein if neces- sary. It is said the New York de téctives claim a mysterious man tele- phoned them to meet the train and arrest Cohen last night. Mr. Archor said the detectives had not even con- silted th uperiors in New York. Mr. Dooling’s comment was; ‘T have always sald ‘Nicky’ Arnstein wae not the master mind in the thefts in the financial district. The arrest of this te phen) ts only tite beginning « Jem of startling dévelopments In connection with the cage. The connect man with the disposal of atolen secur- ities and the ramifications of the cohspiracy in connection with the thefts of the securities, 1 feel certain, | wi) now become known. There have Wéen many things In connection with } this case that have mystified the prosecu;ion both in Washington and ae!) Now York.” { ~~, dules W, (Nicky) Arnstein, David y W) Sullivan, W. W. Easterday and Norman 8, Bowles are now on trial fi here charged with conspiracy. A Cohen, who i now locked up at Police Headquarters, is reported to have told the detectives that at the proper time he would tell his @tory in court and that Arnstein was in no way involved in the case. The prisoner !s also quoted as de- claring that he had been promised immunity *o tell all he might know While frankly admitting that he Was been a close friend of Cohen for years, Arnstein has repeatedly denied AN dards SNC rmS Thowente to Select From 1D ENAMEL CAGES Tote Cate Pets .of All Kinds ion of prominent |" that he waa in any way. concerned wn the plot, i Tt 1s Gnderstood that Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Dooling and Attorney Myers will demand that ball be fixed | for Cohen at between $50,000 and $100,000. Arnstein is at liberty under $100,000, bail. Cohen ts forty years old and weighs about 200 pounds. Up to the time he fled from New York he was well known along the. Great White Was! &s a “good sport and spender.” paar meas Bi hea BEQUEATHS BIBLES TO .N. Y. LIBRARY Friends Get Most of Daniel O'Dell’s Estate, Valued at $900,000, ‘The will of Dante! Odell, of Pee'- skill, who left $900,000, was filed for probate in the Gutrogates office in White Plains to-day. The testator was a stock-broker and his only next of kin mentioned in the will was his brother, |, John Odell. To the New York Public Library is bequeathed the fatnily bibles which be- longed to his father and his grand father. To his brother, John Odell he gives the Income from $12,500 for life. Other bequests are: Pad! D, Wea- sels, $93,500; Olive D. Roberts, $143,600; G. Roberta, $94,500; John Barter and rhe BD. Mosby, $1,000 cach; Elizabeth M. Neffand Anna H. Marvin, ach, Harry W. Burrougha, | Harry 1. VanLoan, $1,500; lyn A. Dunn, $2,500; Josephine H. | the income from $25,000 with the | principal when she “becomes twenty-| flyo; Thompyon Dean, $75,000; estate of William Bullard, $8,000: William 8, #alliburton receives one half Charles 12, Titus, one quarter and Paul Thomas, one quarter of the reai- duary estate. Charles F. Dean of Stamford, Con nd Charies 8. 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