New-York tribune., 1920-03-02


itudinal spot where the master mind"
was supposed to be it was found that
he had departed without leaving his
address.
Miss Brice Fails to Appear
1t is pointed out that while Arnstein
wants to give himself up he doesn't
intend to do any indiscriminate sur
rendering, and the authorities here be-
lieve that it was the closing in Of Fed
eral and private sleuths that forced
him to abandon the spot in which he
was supposed to have met McGee. Mr.
Fallon is sure, however, that McGee
and Arnstein have succeeded in con-
Meeting and are now on their way to
New York.
District Attorney Swami issued a
statement last night in which he de-
cried the publicity being given the
case. He said all of the talk about
Arnstein being accorded any favoritism
was rot and a scheme to attract to
Fannie Brice free theatrical adve rtis-
ing"
II want to take this drama and
glamor of romance off the Arnstein
case," said Mr. Swami. "The minute he
is arrested, whether it be Pittsburgh,
Atlantic City or any other place, the
handouts will be slapped on his wrists
and he will be led through the streets
like any other crook"
Fannie Brice, stage star and wife of
the vanishing Arnstein, failed to ap-
pear yesterday before Alexander Gil
ruptcy, and this caused another hitch
in the business of unraveling the great
bond plot. Miss Brice was due at the
Federal Building at o'clock, an hour
she had fixed herself in order that her
beauty sleep might not be interfered
with, but Moses H. Grossman, her at
torney, appeared for her and asked
that the examination Of his client be
postponed until noon to-day. His re-
quest was granted.
Two unofficial explanations were
offered for Miss Brice's failure to ap-
pear. One was that she was waiting
for her husband to return and the
other that Ned Wayburn had decided
to have rehearsal at the hour set
for the Arnstein bankruptcy proceed
ings. The examination of the actress,
begun last week, is being conducted
with a view to ascertaining what she
knows of her husbands financial ac-
tivities.
This investigation is being made under
SAA0 A4A CNSAOAi u Oddl myers, aLLOT-
ney for the National Surety Company,
which has filed an involuntary petition
in bankruptcy against Arnstein on the
ground that it has been compelled to
reimburse banks and brokerage houses
for losses due to bond thefts alleged
to have been planned by him.
Jack Weir, clerk in the law depart
ment of the Western Union, was called
by Mr.. Myers in yesterdays proceed
ings and he produced score Of tele-
grams that have passed between this
city and Cleveland since February 10.
They were read into the record, but
subsequent investigations by the Dis
trict Attorneys Office indicated that
only a, few of them might have any
bearing on the Arnstein case. One
message signed F. Arnold, an alias
which Arnstein has used frequently.
was found to have no connection with
the bond plot.
Several Of the kilograms contained
messages m exchanged between Phillip
F. Castell and S. P. Strong, a Cleve-
land lawyer. They were framed in
cryptic phrases and only a few of
them carried any obvious meaning.
Mr.. Dooling said last night that
Strong had been questioned in the
District Attorneys office in relation
to bond thefts and that Castell is now
under Indictment on a grand larceny