Show Witness Links Stolen Drugs With S. S L L. Trip CLEVELAND March 25 INS Joseph J. J Cohen wealthy west coast turf magnate was to take the stand as a rebuttal witness Friday in the extortion trial of Elmer Steven Whiting Whiting a year old ex con vict from Canton 0 O. is being tried in Cleveland federal court on ona ona ona a charge of sending a threatening letter to Cohen The defendant took the witness stand in his own defense Thursday and charged that Cohen was mixed up in the illicit drug racket 10 years ago The defendant testified that he knew that Cohen had ordered the of a boatload of ot narcotics off San Francisco in December 1938 He also said he had been paid a trip by Cohen to deliver secret packages to New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Chicago Los Angles Salt Lake City San Diego and Denver Whiting said the west coast turf figure was disappointed in inthe inthe inthe the because of the amount of the narcotics and paid only instead of promised for the job Cohen a race track official has told of making in payoffs to Whiting over a year 10 period Whiting said that he worked for Cohen and that Cohen had promised him money Although Whiting had threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened from his prison cell to blow the lid off the Benjamin Siegel murder in Beverly Hill Cal in 1947 the slaying was not in the three-hour three ses ses- sion |