The evening world., 1920-02-24
PLAN BANK SEARCH
TO-DAYFOR HIDDEN
! ARNSTEIN WEALTH
Petition in u. S. Court Asks
Questioning of Fannie
Brice on Accounts.
NEW CLUE IN HUNT.
Bond Plot Fugitive Now Be
heved on Long Island.
Swami Calls Wife.

A petition filed with Judge August
US NJ. Hand in tho Federal Court
by Edward H. Childs. receiver In
bankruptcy for ''NiciSy'' Arnstoin. al
legged master mind" IN tho s5.OOO.OOO
bond theft plot, asks permission 20
examine to day Fanny Brice, wife OF
Arnstein. and ''Other persons" and
Asserts that the petitioner has reason
10 believe that Arnstein has money
and securities IN a number OF banks
Further on the petition gives a list
OF institutions where It is believed
tho much wanted man did his bank
ing. II includes the Colonial Bank
the y. 8. Mortgage and Trust Com
pany, the Madison safe DEPOSIT Com
pany. tho Equitable Trust Company
and the Pacific Bank.
The petition also asserts that Fanny
Brice has an account in the Excel
sior Savings Bank under her stage
name. and adds that the money or
securities may be found under any
OF the following names;
J. w. Arnold. James wilfrcd Adair.
Mccormick Ames, Nick Cohen,
Nick" Borach. Miss or Mrs. Fanny
Arnstein, Miss or Mrs Fanny Ar
nold~or Fanny or Mrs. Fanny Brice.
This ts the frst time that specific
statements have been made regard
ing the money which the missing
Arnstein is reported 70 have had.
District Attorney Swami and AS
slstant District Attorney Alfred b.
Unger announced this morning that
Z they. proposed to call Miss Brice
this afternoon for further eK-
animation regarding tho business trips
which her husband Is reported TO
have made. and which she is quoted
az having mentioned in an interview
printed yesterday afternoon in The
Evening World.
Miss BTsce, when examined under
oath In my once last Wednesday"
said District Attorney Swami" said
that Arnstein had never left her after
their marriage. We wish 20 know II
she was correctly quoted in yester-
days World
''rhis is an important point. as we
have information from the Chuck
boys, that they frequently visited
Washington to meet Arnsteln and
there turn over to him the proceeds
of the robberies."
Mr.. Unger said to-day that the
District Attorney has issued orders
for the arrest on sight Of a number
OF men, said to be members OF a gang
q confidence men. which formerly
operaaed in the vicinity OF 42d Street,
hut which has shifted the field OF its
operations to the neighborhood OF
wall street, where the members have
taken desk roOra in a number OF Of
ices. These men are alleged to have
acted in cooperation with Arnstein.
AZ the ONCE OF the District Attor-
ney 1t was said officials are hopeful
q ending the world search for
ATnstIin shortly They believe Arm
stein is on Long Island, and orders
have been issued for a thorough
search by the police.
Miss Brice has repeatedly denied
that she knows the whereabouts OF
her husband. She has said that any
money she has in banks or safe
deposit vaults Is the proceeds from
her stage work and her dressmaking
establishment in West 72d Street.
She played as usual in the Mid
night Frolic" last night She said tc
reporters:
Il have not got three safe deposit
boxes, as the newspapers said.
have only one safe deposit vault and
that is with the Lincoln Storage Com
pany. The key TO that has been lost
six months, and l wish the court
would open II, because It would have
TO make u new key and l could get
one.
"An l have In that box Is a VANITY
case, a small bag and few trivial ar
ticIes OF iewelry. That's all 1 have q
say about this. The rest win have Il
come from my lawyer"
An exami ination Of the prison recort
OF Arnstein at Sing Sing yesterday
disclosed that when he was serving 1
sentence there he had enough IN
nuence TO get choice 'trusty's" bertl
and a quick pardon from former Gov
whitman. Arnstein arrived at SIM
Sing March IS, 1916, after being sen
fenced BY Judge Rosalsky TO serv
Two years and ten days for gran
Larceny
Sing Sing attendants describe Arn
stein as an affable. clever chap an
good dresser. They say Fannie BrC
frequently visited him while he wa
there, as did his sister. Mrs, WallaC
Young OF LarchmOnt,