The Washington times., 1920-05-06
BOND THIEVES HAD
TRAINING SCHOOL
Lobby Of Woolworth Building
Used TO Instruct Wall
Street Messengers.

NEW YORK. May 0-Ths lobby OF
the wooiworth building was used as
a training school to teach Wall Street
messenger boys 10 steal securities
/ entrusted TO them, big Ed" Furey'
enc OF the alleged "go-betweens IN
the IS, 900 900 bond plot, declared In
his testimony In the bankruptcy pro.
ce sdings against Jules w. lNiekyl
Arnstein, the alleged master nina
OF the conspirators. Furey was ar
rested at the point OF a revolver In
the woolworth lobby last February
10.
In the stenographic reproduction OF
Furey's examination. made pubic
last night by Saul S. Myers. counsel
for the National Surety Company.
which suffered heavily In the BOND
thefts, F'urey laid bare the develop
ments OF the plot and claims me-
himself. was innocent OF any desire 10
defraud.
Accept Boys offer.
He said he and James Kean, pri-
vate detective. had accepted an ofter
made TO him, by Joseph Gluck' a
Wall street messenger boy, TO parti-
cipats in the conspiracy because
Turey and Ksan desired to expose the
conspirators.
The statements OF Furey fail to link
him either with Arnestein or NICK
Cohen, the other alleged master
mind" but his statements received
Jar when Attorney Myers told MIN
Kean also had made statement In
which he said Furey had proposed
stealing $4,000. 900 worth OF securities
from Wall Street firms.
Furey also admitted authorship OF
q letter to kean, written after MS ar
rest. In this letter Furey told kean:
.You know. II anybody does me
good turn ! never forget II. ana II a
mean one I never forgive him. ]
would Just as soon knock him off as
I would drink a glass of water. IL
you do not comply with my wish 1
will come after you and settle the
score with you"
what do you mean by knock him
Off" he was asked.
Let him come up here and i VIII
tell that when he comes" Furey re-
Piled. He denied he intended to shoot
Kean.
Went to Montreal.
Furey said about January %, last
he and Gluck went to Montreal, Can
ada, to see Kean, who then was In
charge OF a detective agency.
just DS1OCc VIC "tIl "
Furey continued, Joe Gluck said to
me: Ed, I've got something 1 want
to talk to you about and ! said TO
him, Come up to my room.
Furey said Gluek told him how lie
was stealing those bonds and how he
was selling them; how the young boy
Irving, his brother. was going down
and looking over the boys shoulders
and finding those bonds and getting
the names Of the companies they be-
longed to. telling him how he could
take and go up and bring them up.
Furey swore Gluck told him he
(Furey) could make lot of money II
an outlet could be found for the
bonds. "He told me of his connection
and who he was selling them to- he
said.
Furey asserted Gluck mentioned
David w. Sullivan, of Washington, of
the defunct brokerage firm of David
w. Sullivan & Co, as involved in the
plot. Gluck also mentioned a
george" and a Mack" Furey con-
tinued: Il said, Are they the only
ones you have been doing business
withp He said, No, l had man in
Baltimore l used to 60 to see. His
name was Grosslin or Crossman.
"Big Ed" added it developed the
name was Grossman. GlucR aSserteo'
"They have double-crossed me. They
have never given me what they prom
ised or agreed to give me-"
Following the trip to Montreal,
Furey said, Kean met him and Gluck
In New York. He said he told Kean
there was a chance for both of them
to make a lot of money, and Kean
asked:
well, now, show me how you're
gazing to do It," II said, l will so
down somewhere in Wall street on
center located. Let him bring In
his messenger boys that he has got
to a spot we Will select. which l Sc
lected myself, the Woolworth build
ing.
Furey said he selected the Wool
worth building because it was cen
traliy located He said the boys
came up one or two at time. With
in a week I'VE had beon interview ed.
I'urey said he was twenty-five
years OF age, and IS married to an &C
tress with the stage name Of Bobby
Miller. He denied that he had ever
been convicted of any crime, never
took a glass OF whiskey, but he ga n
bled, shot crap, played the ponies,