The Washington times., 1920-12-03
ELAYS LAWYER
AT BOND TRIAL
Witness, In Sullivan Case, AS
serts He Was Coerced to
Testify.

Assistant District Attorney
Dooling threatened to prosecute me,
and do even worse than that IL l
refused to talk about the deals Of
Sullivan 4 Co.." was the testimony
yesterday of David w. Browder,
former cashier for the defunct brok-
erage firm, said to have handled
thousands of dollars worth of bonds
and negotiable securities stolen
from messengers employed in the
Wall Street New York; financial
district during 1919.
CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED.
Browder made this statement under
Cross-eXanination by Attorneys viii
liam J. Falion and r. Morris Wamp-
Ter. OF counsel for Jules W. ("Nicky"D
Arnstein. David w. Sullivan. Norman
- Bowles. and Wilen W. Easterday.
on trial before Justice Gould in Grim
nal Court, division No, !. District
Supre me Court. on indictments charg-
ing them with conspiracy TO bring
stolen securities into the District.
Browder was referring to Assistant
United States District Attorney John
T. Dooling. -~f New York. who IL the
chief prosecutor Of the men alleged
to have handled more than $4,000. 900
worth of securities which were stolen
in New York and many OF which were
negotiated through Washington
banks and financial institutions.
Testimony OF the former cashier
for sullivan and Company followed
that of Samuel Jacobs. another for
mer employe OF the brokerage firm.
Jacobs also testified that ne had been
warned by Assistant District Attor-
ney Dooling that he had better
watch his step" The officials state
ment. the witness declared. was taken
by him to mean that II he did not
testify against the defendants In the
bond conspiracy case on trial before
Justice Gould. that he to would be
prosecuted.
Browder. who Is now employed by
a stock brokerage flrm in New York.
and who was brought here by the
Government to testify in the bond
cases, further declared that DoolinS
had urged him to testify that he
CBrowder) had seen Nicky Arnstein
dining in New York with Sullivan.
i;asterday and Bowles. The witness
denied this to be fact. declaring
that he had never seen Arnstein in
the company of sullivan, Easterday
and Bowles. either in the offices OF
Sullivan & Co. or in restaurant.
DISCHARGE THREATENED.
"Mr. Dooling summoned me to his
office more than twenty-five times"
Browder testified. He threatened to
have me fired from my job unless l
talked. He also threatened to nave
my father scharged from his posi-
ton in the Federal Reserve Bank"
Browder also testified that on one
occasion when he was summoned to
Assistant District Attorney Dooling' 3
office, he was held from 8 o'clock
one morning until . o'clock the fol-
lowing morning.
Under direct examination by At
torney James Il. Archer. former chief
| ssistant TO United States District At
torney John f.. Lsskey. Browder told
OF the stock deals of sullivan & Co..
and Identified some OF the stolen
stocks and securities handled by the
firm while he was cashier.
1t was not until he was under cross
examination by Attorneys Fallon and
Wamplcr that he told of the threats
of Mr.. Dooling il he failed to testify.
IL apparently was the aim of the
counsel for the defendants to show
that the former clerks of Sullivan &
Company had been terroriZed into
testifying--that they themselves were
threatened with Imprisonment If they
did not testify in accordance with
the governments wishes.
At the conclusion of Browder's
testimony at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Justice Gould adjourned
the trial Of the alleged conspirators
until 10 o'clock Monday morning.