The Washington herald., 1920-12-15
]. .CLUCK'SSTORY
OF BOND THEFTS
GIVEN SUPPORT
Prosecution Introduces
Witnesses to Corroborate
His Narrative.

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Having heard its star witness
called ''thief'' and listened to re-
peated attempts to discredit his
story of the bringing of more than
100000 worth of stolen bonds to
this city, the prosecution in the
case OF Jules ('Nicky'D Arnstein.
and others, yesterday introduced
witnesses to show that Joseph
Gluck. the witness in question, could
be relied on for the truth.
William F. Fallon. counsel for
Arnstein, made this step necessary,
although 1t was said the prosecu-
ton intended introducing these wit
nesses independent of whatever
Gluck might testify.
The first witness to corroborate
Gluck was his brother, Irving Gluck,
from whom. he testified, he received
most of the stolen stocks that were
brought to this city.
Irving Gluck, who said he was
but 10 years of age. said he knew
Joseph was engaged in stealing
bonds from Wall Street messengers
before he Urving) started doing it.
The witness admitted taking a bum
die OF stock from a messenger in
a hallway in a New York City Of
fee building and that he knew this
particular lot of bonds had been
traced to Washington with Arnstein
and later with Sullivan and Com
pany.
Gluek's Sister on stand.
rL -, oo,,td ,ot vixa opr da-
tails Of the handling of this stock
except to say he got it from Jo-
seph and that the latter had turned
il over to the alleged leaders OF
the bond plot.
Mrs. Mildred Krakow. of New
York City, sister of the Gluck
brothers. verified a statement by
Joseph that on October 1.-THE date
of the alleged trip by Gluck, Arm
stein and Cohn to Washington with
the stolen bonds-that he (Joseph)
called her on the long distance tele-
phone from this city and told her
he would be delayed a while in get
ting home. This evidence was in
troduced to show that Gluck was
really in this city on that date.
Hotel Clerk Identifies Mickey
Henry E Bates, a hotel clerk, also
corroborated Gluck's story about
the trip to this city. This witness
testified that Arnstein registered at
his hotel under the name of James
W. Arnold" and identified Mickey"
as the latter sat in his chair be-
hind Fallon as the man.
Herbert Bunora - who with his
brother, Rudolph Bunora. and the
Gluck brothers have confessed to
their part in the robbery-also tes-~
tifed. Bunora told practically the
same story as Irving Gluck about
promises alleged to have been made
by Assistant District Attorney John
T. Dooling, of New York City. that
some sort Of immunity would be
granted him il he made a clean
breast of the whole affair.
This witness said he first met the
Gluck brothers in a poolroom, where
the latter were talking about some
stolen bonds. Bunora turned thief
twenty minutes after he first went
to work as a messenger. he admit
ted. in the employ of Clarke. Chllds
and Company. Joseph Gluck, the
witness said. "bawled him out" for
the first theft He got over this all
right. Bunora said, and later, he
admitted. he received a total COM
mission Of $1,000 from the Gluck
brothers for his work as a bond
thief
Attempts to Discredit Testimony.
Fallon attempted, under cross-ex-
animation, to show that none Of
the testimony of these three mes
sengers was worth believing. All
and hence they were not to be be-
lieved- Fallon did not exclude that
part of Joseph Gluck's testimony
which tended to show that Mick
Cohn and not Arnstein was the
brains of the robbery, from this
category
Earlier in the day T: Morris
Wampler, counsel for Norman S.
Bowles. David W. Sullivan and Wilen
W. Easterday. co-defendants in the
case with Nick" sought to have a
mistrial declared by demanding
that a juror be withdrawn from the
box on account of an alleged act of
misconduct on the part of James B.
Archer, Assistant District Attorney,
in charge of the prosecution
Archer had remarked that he
wanted the whole truth and nothing
but the truth and was not particu-
lar from whom the truth came
Wampler had been objecting to tes-
timony which tended to corroborate
Joseph Gluck's testimony. when
Archer interposed his objections
and statement.
Justice Gould refused to with
draw juror and the case proceeded
II Is likely that the government will
rest its case today. There remain
three or four more government wf-
nesses and these are minor ones.