New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
That's the Man, Declares
Harry Norman, in Hos
pital, as Jacob Orabner
Is Brought Before Him
Charged With Homicide
Coney Island Police Think
Furrier Was Slain When
Mistaken for Another

Three detectives Of the Coney Island
station late last night arrested a man
in a Rivington Street saloon and
charged him with homicide in connec-
tion with the shooting on Sunday of
Joseph Cohen, a wealthy 1urrier
The detectives took their prisoner
from Manhattan to the Coney Island
Hospital. There they led him before
Harry Norman, who was shot three
times when Cohen was killed. Norman,
dangerously wounded, jumped up in his
bed at sight of the man. He seized the
hand of the nearest detective in his
excitement
That's the man." he exclaimed over
and over. Then he collapsed.
Satisfied they were near solution
OF the shooting. the detectives-Ryan.
Callahan and Blake--took the captive
to the Coney Island station. He gave
five. of 184 Rivington Street, Manhat-
tan. He was finger printed and his
pedigree taken. He then was ques-
toned by a squad of detectives who
have been working on the case.
Known as "Cokey Jack"
Captain John McCloskey, of the
Tenth Inspection District, later exam
ined the prisoner at the Coney Island
station, and Assistant District Attor-
ney Reuben Wilson drew from him
that he has been known as Jack
O'Radner." and to the underworld as
"Cokey Jack"
He told Mr.. Wilson that while he
had been arrested three times for bur
glary and dsorderly conduct, he never
had been convicted.
On the basis of the latest evidence
gathered by the police. they were more
convinced than ever yesterday that the
bullets that killed Cohen were intended
for Norman and Max Barron.
District Attorney Lewis said yester-
day that while korman's stray bullet
explanation seems credible, he will not
accept 1t until Barron is located and
explains why he Disappeared
Brother Blames Unions
While the police and the District At
torney are trying to establish a definite
theory and motive for the crime, Eman-
uel Cohen, brother of the dead man.
persisted in his contention that the
murder of his brother grew out of labor
troubles. He said that his brother had
been at the head of the association OF
that he was thoroughly dsliked bv
members of the fur workers union.
1T was generally supposed" he said,
that Joe and Barron were enemies
but the truth is that there was an
understanding between them. and Bar
ron was about to give information
against the union"
Six Persons Sought
The search has centred on the find
ing OF six persons believed to know
something of the crime. These include
g man named Lieberman, chauffeur of
the car which took Korman and Bar
ron from an East Side wine cellar to
Coney Island Sunday morning; a
woman who accompanied Norman in
the car, said by some to be the chauf
feur's wife and by others to be cab
aret singer; two men called ben" and
Dave" implicated in the fight at a
Coney Island restaurant that preceded
the shooting, and Benjamin Sugar, who
is declared to have had a room over tn h., q
restaurant, and who, the police pelieve
can clear up the entire affair. Barron
is also being sought.
Norman, under arrest at the hosnital
still sticks to his story that the shoot.
ing resulted from a fight with Ben.
Jamin Sugar over the woman in the
party; that he and Barron were broke
and called Cohen on the phone at his
Rockaway Park home for financial as
slstance,. and that they had just met
Cohen when the latter was hit by bull
let which Norman believes was in
tended tor himself and Barron.
Conen was buried yesterday in Bay
side Cemetery