Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-13
WOMAN SHOPPER
WILL BE TRIED
NEXT WEDNESDAY

Mrs. Caroline M. Cohen, of Fort
Mcpherson, who was Tuesday indict-
ed on shoplifting charges by the
Fulton county grand jury, will be
tried before Judge John D. Hum
phries in superior court on next
Wednesday, it was announced by
Solicitor John A. Boykin.
Efforts were made Wednesday by
Hooper Alexander and w. Paul Car
penter, attorneys for Mrs. Cohen, to
Friday, but court officials indicated
this would be impossible.
Counsel for Mrs. Cohen expressed
a confidence in the ultimate acqulttal
of their client. They said suit for
$4,000 damages would be filed i'm
mediately following the trial Of the
case in superior court.
Attorney Carpenter declared 1T
looks very much like somebody in
Atlanta is bounding Mrs. Cohen un-
necessarily" Charges against her IN
police court were dismissed, he said,
and then action was begun in anoth-
or criminal court at appears to me
to be nothing more than a move to
intimidate us from bringing our
damage suit" he said.
Another development Wednesday
was the announcement by Pollce
Commissioner Andy King that the
charges of brutal treatment to Mrs.
Cohen after she was placed in the
hands of the police will be thor
oughly investigated by the police
board at a special meeting on Tues
day night. This action was declded
upon at the regular meeting Oh the
Commissioners Tuesday night, when
a resolution calling for an exhaus-
tive probe into the case was passed.
The grand jury indictment charges
Mrs. Cohen with the larceny OF nler-
chandise from two Whltehall street
stores. She was arrested last wed
nesday by . Private, Detective we
sociation. Detective Young and ten
other witnesses testified before the
jury. ,,l,, 11rs
Cohen was indicted" said Mr.. car
nothing else. Witnesses told the
Jury that they saw Mrs. Cohen place
thts cloth in her shopping bag. That
is true. We admit it, but we fwlli
prove at the trial by a number of
reDutable witnesses that she took the
remnants to Silvers' with her IN an
effort to match them"
The reports to be aired by the
police commissioners include charges
that Mrs. Cohen was falsely ar
rested. sent to police station in the
same patrol with drunken negro
woman, denied the use of telephone
after arrival there, and was later
nlaced in the complete charge OF a
bondsman who eXtorted
a bondsman's fee from her and TOOK
her wrist watch, bank book and
check signed in blank. as security.
Probe Resolution
Commissioner Kings resolution
which called for probe of the case
and was paSSed, follows:
whereas a certain Mrs. Cohen was .
few days ago arrested on Whltehal stree'
nv a private detective and sent 10 the po
iicas station of the city of Atlanta in the
city's police patrol and detained IN the
matron's ward until released; anu, 4bo
Whereas, it has been stated through the
newspapers and in the recorders court OF
tha city that she was subjected to certain
indienities and mistreatment while being
detained by the city authorities; and,
Whereas, an effort has been maze III
ma5spg these statements as to her mis-
treatfn,.nt to reflect upon the police de-
nartmenr' # the city, and it appears that
such charges should not go unnoticed, put
an effort should be made to arrive at the
truth of such charges; , a
Therefore. be it Resolved ny the board OF
police commissioners of the cr-a NJ Atlahta,
that investigation be had of these charges
ythe board, and if the charges be found
true to take such steps as may De neceS-
sary to prevent a recurrence or such treat
ment of those arrested and If the same
are not true, to exonerate those upon whom
such charges would tend to reflect.
The grand jury indictments agalnsI
Mrs. Cohen charge that she has useu
several aliases. The Indictment read
Mrs. Bette Deaultman, alias Mrs. A
NJ. Bryan, alias Mrs. Bette Boatman'
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