The New York herald., 1921-01-01
DRY AGENT SOUGHT
TO CLEAR MURDER
OF MONK EASTMAN
Jeremiah BOhan Said to
Have Hired Automobile
Carrying Party.
VANISHES FROM HOME
Absence From Post Also
Lends Color to Theory OF
Bootlegging Trouble.
ACCUSED ONCE BEFORE
Known as a Friend of the
Gangster for Several Years
and q Gun TOter.
VANISHES FROM HOME
ACCUSED ONCE BEFORE

jeremiah Bohan, an agent on the
staff of Charles r. O'Connor, State
Prohibition Director, is being sought
by the police and John r. Hennis,
Assistant District Attorney. in connec-
ton with the Staying last Sunday
morning Of Monk Eastman at Fourth
avenue md Fourteenth street.
Bohan was described yesterday by
Mr.. Hennis as the most important OF
three members of the party that pre-
ceded the gangster's death who have
not yet been arrested. Mr.. Hennis said
Bohan has been missing from his
home, his haunts and his job since
the morning of the murder
Five men were placed under arrest
during the day as material witnesses %
the murder Three of them were on the
| automobile ride from Williamsburg TO
Union Square, which was the final chap-
! ter in the life of the Monk. These three,
as we'll as another one arrested Thnrs-
! day, agree, according to Mr.. Henhls
( that Bohan is the man who hired the
automobile for the party and that II was
he who tipped the chauffeur when the
!
reached, directing that the bill Tor me
ride be charged to his account
NJ. Hennis said that Bohan. who had
been prohibition enforcement agent
! less than three months. had oeeh ..
/ friend of the Monk for several years.
! He possesses a permit to carry pistol
! according to Mr.. Hennis. and has been
| known to have carried n weapon at
times Detective. Lieut.. William run
ston, who is in charge of the lnVesuea-
ton into tae murder. said that Bohar
was arrested four years ago in conhec-
ton with the Staying of man named
Falkner. who also was Known as Joe
the Bear. In Psslace Hall in Grand street
1 Williamsburg He was exoneratrd,
however, by n Coroner's jury Bohah'
the detective said, was arrested tour
months ago on g charge OF attempting TO
pick pockets but was released later.
II has been established definitely by
! Mr. Hennis and the police that there
were nine men, including the chauHeur,
in the automobile on the way over TO
Manhattan from williamsburg William
]. Simermeyer, the chauffeur. and Syl-
vester X. Hamilton, one of the occupants
of the car were arrested Thursday. The
three other members of the party ar
rested Yesterday were Arthur J. Brod-
beck. Nathan Goldberg and John korack.
Brodbecl1' is an employee of the Bureau
/ OF Public Buildings, which comes under
the Jurisdiction of Henry ii. Curran.
Borough President of Manhattan. The
latter three were held in $4,000 bail
each as witnesses by Judge Mcintyre in
GN eral Sessions.
NE police at the same time placed
under arrest Abraham Lorber and sam
! uel Schwartz. newsboys. as material
witnesses. Detectives say that Schwartz.
who maintains newsstand at Fourth
avenue and Fourteenth street. was only
twelve feet away from Eastman when
he was shot down. Lorber. the detec-
tves say, also was in the vicinity. but
he told Mr.. Hennis that he was nowhere
near the Blue Bird Cafe when the shoot
ing occurred.
The four friends" Of the Monk who
accompanied him on his last ride have
not. In the opinion of Mr.. Hennis. told
all they know of the shooting. All deny
that there was any argument on the way
over from Williamsburg and that the
party In the Blue Bird was other than "A
jolly one. But all agree that the shoot
ing occurred as soon as the reformed
gangster reached the street. The
friends" then flew In parties of two
and three" Mr.. Hennis said. and assem-
bled an hour or two later in a Brooklyn
restaurant
Neither the police nor Mr.. Hennis thus
far have established the reason for the
Staying Of Eastman. The Assistant Dis
trict Attorney said that although a pro-
hibition enforcement agent was a menu
Der OF the automobile party he had no
grounds upon which 20 base n theory
that the Staying might have been the
result of a bootlegging row.