The Washington times., 1920-05-05
Boy Confesses "Mcky"'
Brought Satchel Full
OF Stolen Bonds Here

bonds TO Cohen and Arnsteln In
Broadway saloon and the trio then
took a taxieab to the Pennsylvania
station where Arnstein and Cohen
bought tickets for Washinston. BE.
fore the train left Gluck said David
w. Sullivan came to the station and
conferred with Arnstein and Cohen.
Wsif Makes DeaisL
Harry Wolf has been examined be-
fore United States Commissioner Gil
christ. He has denied csSexorically
that he ever received any OF the
stocks or bonds from Gluck men
toned In Gluck's confession.
Raye Cohen, sister OF Nick Cohen.
In her testimony, spoke OF woman
named Margaret Meeker. who, she
said, was an intimate OF Nick Cohen.
Miss Cohen said she resides at No.
221 Lexington avenue and works In
the Park Avenue Hotel as food
checker. She said Nick Cohen has =
wife, formerly Eva Weber, with whom
he has not lived for a number OF
years. Miss Cohen said she had not
heard from her brother since last
February-about the time Gluck's
arrest.
At that time Cohen had called her
up to warn her to have nothing to do
with this wife who, he said. was try
ing to locate him! Regarding Mar
garet Meeker. Miss Cohen was asked
II she was not aware that Nick and
Miss Meeker had Travelled about the
country and lived at many places as
husband and wife. She said she did
not know, but admitted they had
lived at No. 101 West Seventieth
street at one time. as Mr.. and Mrs.
Weber.
She admitted that she saw Mar
garet Meeker early In March In
room In the Hotel Pennsylvania and
that Margaret Meeker was packing
two trunks and said that she was GO
Ing to California.
Miss Cshes's ststeme.t.
She was asked IL she did not know
that one of those trunks had mems
clothes\in II. and admitted that there
were mems clothes in the smaller
trunk.
Under cross examination Miss
Cohen finally admitted that Margaret
Meeker had told her that the smaller
trunk contained the clothing Of her
brother Nick Cohen. She was asked
IL she did not know that Margaret
Meeker did not have various bank
accounts and safe deposit vaults IN
this city. She said she did not know
this but knew she had an account in
the Colonial Bank.
She was asked by Mrs. Myers IL she
did not know that Margaret Meeker
had been disowned by her family in
California and would not be allowed
to enter her home there.
Miss Cohen did not know this. She
said that Miss Meeker had a sister
In Eureka, Cal. and thought she had
gone out to see this sister. Also that
lnu Af,, har in
Springfield, Mass.
Miss Cohen was asked IL she had
heard her brother mention Arnstein,
and said he had mentioned him only
once.
Although II does not appear in the
record, Miss Meeker is said to have
been an art student, a Greenwich VII
lager, coming originally from refined
and well-to-do New England stock.
She has been a mysterious character
in the case from the beginning.
When Joseph Gluck testified to
meeting Arnstein and Cohen in com
psny with woman on one occasion
when he turned over large quantity
of stolen securities to them, he was
asked by Mr.. Myers:
was this woman Margaret Meek
or"
Gluck said that he did not know the
woman's identity.
Miss Meeker's people arc said to be
aware of her life with Nick Cohen
and are reported to be on the verge
of collapse as a result of her associa-
tion with Cohen.
Philip Kastel testified to many
meetings with Arnstein and his wife.
Fannie Brice, the actress, and her
brother. Lew Brice. who was formerly
a member OF the Winter Garden COM
pany. Lew Brice's interest was in
having a production financed, Ksstel
said.
Kastel said his early meetings with
Arnstein and his wife were purely
social: that they celebrated New Year
Eve together in broadway res
taurant. Then, he said. he and Arm
stein began to discuss stock exchange
securities, but Kastel denied ever
having handled any for Arnstein.
Kastcl admitted having met Fannie
Brice about once a week since Arm
STEMS flight, sometimes in the COM
pany of Attorney Fsllon.