, 1879-04-25


glycn to a custutncr Of tlr German EXCHANGE
i}nnt, III extension, md wAs tlcpoAllcti nt tho
bai,k for collection. It IA eixty days paper, ainl
fol! due today but no QUO appeHred at the bank
to honor It.
Edward ,4iscl'crmas,n's partner IN The wllofe-
saio tobacco ntl.l rtgar bustness holds n 1,use
drawn bv Mr.. Cohen nnsl beanR tl!a forged H.
doractnrna of Ne,srs. Zcllncr n'ni looms, upon
which le RivuncGtl il,G stltn u S!,U1.
Thu suIriIu theory, advanced In consequence
Of the thrcuts contained III the letters Ut Cohen
to hts wife nr1 Mr., ZclIncr, is scotfcd at gc1'cr@
ally By thoso who hare takc,! Tire lME'is to ue-
a!,ainst It, ami In favor Of tho belief TINT nc has
al,sconi1c,l for sume distant portton Ut Thy
1aoc, Is the fAct TINT he 1ntst have carried NTH
him considerable aum Ut money. sonlc essl'
ss,dD9 un 81, ,oo0. it Il sahl it,a. wi,hIn y few
lays ho exchanged checks With Elias Friend.
Es1, for $500: WITH Mr.. Bonus for $500;
WIN WIN, ar: nen1;TF,s;.ton, ;Fl; n eoa'misslot. mcr
fi,a00 Or s.3Nl but dIsls|cd Tito s'ii,,s II from
sl0o to S5oo. 6ome of these amounts may Lt In
tl.c sl,aru Ut auans utrcctctl without sceastng to
regarded In That 'iEht, MS Mr. Cohen'a checks
nre absolutely worthless. besides tic sums
c',umcratcl he on Monday obtained s'NO
which. his wltc bad oil acpnslt IN tie Tier.
money Of her own ocyorld what she happened to
huyo Ia her house. A rutuor that he drew 83,;0
belonging 10 Ills wfr frum a saringh bank on
forged check IL dcnietl tty her telutiycs.
Atilwaukee was reached on Montlay through The
rcfusal of tho Sccond Ward EayIngs Bank,
where he had been doing his bt,sness. to retain
lin lunvcr on the list Vi tllrir eustntners.
tho hank ffon t.tne to time, but attcrly beca,no
uncertain III making Ills nnytnelite, atil ilui tu
ho granted extensions. Oh Monlay check.
drawn by h[r. Cohen wcre presented at tin.
Al. II
pasabia 10 The he order ot j. q. manscn, ono M iur
SUD- paYablo to D Llu !cra.lnrf, nul otlcrs
amounting to 5000 payable to Insurance COM
panics,-but the teller found Cohen'2 bank ac.
sSnmt 9yefaaTn ea p g, o 10 at 9no Of
the bank anl callet1 to see MIR. Jacobs, when lla
fntor informed him Of tile situation nn tho corr
clnston sllat Ind been rtachc4 concerniug Its
trCatmGnt Us customer. Ee said he would make
tie bank account good Hsltt dcnoSit money to
meet thu checks by quarter to o'ctock III tho
afternoon. They wcre accordingly held Until
lint hour un lilcn, Cohen hlyl1tg fallcd to put
Ia an appearance. were acnt back. THIS tnorR-
fg nnothGr thock for S915, payable to tic order
bank III tho null and was sent hack
At police headquarters thu bElitf prevails
TINT Cohtn lins 1oi,c IN Canataa;. Tint frnln
Cat,ada he will 70 to England, nn1 from Eli
lind to Australla, wherr he llad nlrcady spent
twenty years engaged In business. On several
occasions recently ile hnd remarked In conrursa
tlon tut hb found business here nat as good a5
In AustrnliA. ntnf II thlng6 didn't improve With
hin soon ho would 60 hack there.
C0slan Is A nun nbout five feet six inches III
hight, OF rather slim build, With snliow COM
pcxton, dark llar, side wliskefs, und ',.l,stace
Hinged with ErnY, uEN wore dark clothes and
stEif, rnund.erownc'l Int. Ills features nrc Of
marked Jewish cast. A1 Is nbuut 5D years Ut
Agc, ind lcayes behind htn. Nisu atid fn,lr
children, the oldest boy vi II yours. Ills
wilc Il sister oE tile N1enlcll brothers. The
insurance companies represented by hin here,
At1d all VI which have NJ doubt suffered losses
at his ha,nta, wcro the British American
Assurance, Of Toronto, Can.; Flrcsna1's,
Of Newark, N. j.; (;ertnaula, Of
New York; titcnn's Falls, n. r.;
Lancashire, of Maucilestor. ENGLAND; MGR
c'lnuts', Of Newark. N J.; Koyrre, OF boston;
| aud Safeguard, OF New York. lla had M cx-
cellont business, mud nothing bnt apec.ltattous
euuld have tended to Gn,tarrass hin, financially.
| For II number Of years llo lad bccn engaged In
thu toburco business iM Mutlao,l, the head ot
! the house Of Cohen, Mc(soulgai IL Strauss.
THE only additional fnrt OF interest ascer-
| tatnrd IN connection with tho abscondt,g OF
Cohen, the fOrgct, Is tt!at bo bought satcflel
md other articles Of trarol on tho Snuth Silo
yesterday. It 1s now supposed tllnt hc took lilo
! Western Union trnin for Rock island and tho
| Eur West, perhaps tlU Iaclae coast.