Republican farmer., 1920-05-21
 'NICky' IS
 ARRESTED
Surrendered to District Attorney This
 Morning.

New York, May 15-Jules w.
 (''Nicky'') Arnstein, putative master mind'' of New York's $5, 100000 bond theft plot, was arrested here today in the dis trict attorneys office when he appeared there with his wife, Fannie Brice, the actress.
 Arnstein told reporters he had been in Pittsburgh all the time the police have been look ing for him.
 The elusive .'Nicky,'' for whom the police from coast to coast and even the Canadian authorities have been searching since last February, in finally fulfilling his oft-repeated promise to surrender himself, ap- peared at the District Attorneys of- fee bright and early. Besides his wife he was accompanied by William J. Fallon, his lawyer. They seated 1 themselves and watched for attaches of the office to show up for the days work.
 Five minutes after their arrival Detective Edward Haynes, attached to 1 the office, walked up to Arnstein and 1 by order of Assistant District Atto1 ney Rorke, placed him under ar- rest.
 "Nicky'' retained his reputation as ] a successful dodger of police until the | last.
 Taken to Rayen's office, he de- scrfbed to newspapermen an entrance into the city undetected by the cI1 r.; 1 for months.
 According to his story, he arrived I at the Pennsylvania terminal from Pittsburgh at o'clock this morning and went directly to Columbus ave- nue and 90th street where by pre- arrangement he was met by his wife in her automobile. He used her ma
 chine, lie said, because the police had faithfully listed the number of his own car.
 l Finding Miss Brice and MT. Fahlon waiting for him, he entered the ma chine and drove down F,h,th avenue with them in broad daylight. Despite
 the fact that his pictures, with adver-
 tisements offering a reward for his arrest have appeared in newspapers
 all over the continent, he sped down 1 the broad thoroughfare ualrecognized- d. 1 Just to heighten the effect, sTN5cazy' | ran into his police pgHsuers, thou- sands strong, forming for the annual r New York parade. The Arnstein car was held up for several minutes as | the blue coats fel in line and when
 he continued his way to the criun- | inad courts building, @.NicAzy'' passed mile after mile of policemen, review 1 fig them from his machine, it were. | 'sNicky'' admitted it vas touch and l go at one moment when the machine 1 passed the grandstand erected for the l police parade. tNicky' rose from his
 seat and 'mockingly lifted his hat to | the high officials of the New York l police force. Fearing he would be | recognized, Miss Brice pulled him
 down into his seat and some of the police, misterpreting the scene, con- ] cluded it must be a fight that was 1 being staged before their eyes. They | started toward the machine but were | treasured by the passengers and re- | turned to the great feature of the day-the parade.
 A score of detectives were leaving the criminal courts building when the
 Arnstein machine arrived there. Just 1 to make a spectacular finish, Arn- | stein had the car driven around the building several times and then stop per under the Bridge of Signs. Leav-
 ing the machine, the trio entered
 the building unrecognized.
 l Bai, for Arnstein was fixed at $75,
 900 after his counsel had charged tht
 district attorneys office with bad faitf
 in demanding a bond of $100,000
 F'allon told Judge Grain he had beer
 reliably informed that the district at
 torney had agreed to s60,o00 as Arn < steins bail figure, whereupon thu
 judge compromised on $75.000.
 | Arnstein was sent to the Ton1bs il immediate default of bail. From ther' he was sent under guard to the fed | eral building following service upo1 l him of a summons to appear befor. 1 United States Commissioner Gilchris
 in the. involuntary bankruptcy pro
 ceedings which have been in progres | during his absence
 l. The indictment against ArnSteil
 specifically charges him with crim
 ina1ly receiving $42,O0O worth of Cru
 cible Steel stock certificates wficl
 were stolen from Clark Childs an company here last October.
 Arnstein said he had never met
 Nicholas Cohen, co-defendant in tn indictment against him, and had no , the slightest idea" where Cohen is , His statement -that-he had been il I Pittsburgh all the time he later qual = flied by stating that although he ha e been there much of the time he ha l 3ent a long period not far from her . Tin a nearby town" He said h t had not been in any of the places h I was reported in, except Cleveland an f Pittsburgh. He had shaved off hi S mustache.