The evening world., 1894-06-05
'STOLE Her WARDROBE
Laura st. James's Charge Against
Actor E. sgd Weeks.
Says He Tcok $1,000 Worth Of
Dresses, jeweIry and Wigs.
She Had Loaned Him Money and
Paid His Hotel Bill.

Two white satin dresses trimmed with
pearls, p blue plush dress also trimmed
with pearls. two canary silk dresses, a
tiara, a necklace. bracelets, brooches.
rings pins. all of diamonds or some
artful equivalent 80 far as looks go; a
shopful OF fancy shoes. an equal guam
tity of stockings, laccs and feminine
underwear; eight blonde wigs. a charac-
ter red wig with corkscrew curls. an
ingenue auburn wig. &C, to the value
Of $1,000, lay piled In dazzling heap in
the museum at Police Headquarters this
morning.
These are the property Of Laura st.
James. leading lady. and they are said
to have been stolen by e. sgd Weeks,
comedian. VINO Is under arrest.
Inspector Mclaughlin was notified by
the Chief of Police Of Baltimore on FRI
day last to look out for Comedian
Weeks, who had left that city with a
trunk filed with a theatrical wardrobe
and was thought to have gone to New
York.
Detectives Evanhoe and Valley were
detailed to the case. and yeAterday To-
Gated both Weeks and the trunk at the
Bryant Park Hotel, Thirty eighth street
and Sixth avenue.
They learned. so they say, hat Weeks
had tried to sell the wardrobe In whole
or In part to "a costumer, and that ne
gotiations were still on. When they en-
tered Weeks's room they oun him
sorting over the stock, and although
both the detectives say that they were
fairly knocked off their feet by the
g~orgeousness Of the display. the come
dian was surveying the whole with a
calm and calculating. eye,
1t Is. certainly u splendid wardrobe for
any actress short of a rich n I'M
mensely popular star.
Weeks was locked up and refused to
the tfeN subject. and II he did even si a part OF
what is charged against him the trick
he played is almost too mean to be ex'
planned away.
ant. and Weeks, the prisoner, were
with Den Howe's comedians In the
Empire Theatre Company doing q
had a stand in Carlisle Tor the whole
dent" a comedy-drama. Miss st. Jane,
was, in the juN emile lead. and to FIJI q
New York to take the comedy part o.
Timothy Stupid, n dude, son of a plum
Der ana nephew of n policeman. Weeks
cash S %Ss fr Ehsf hs scarce sos .he with a every a
body. the leading lady loaned him
enough to buy a wig n or tive
things needful.
The company got to waynesboro IL
good form. but two nights In that inhos
pitable city quenched the Empire Theatr
Company'a last spark. Baltimore WASH
there. Miss SYST S. James ann 'T paid Weekss's far
a long face, and said that II she woul
add one more obligation to The many h
get to New York. Miss St. James accom-
modated him. When she went to he
room an hour later she discovered tina
The Baltimore police, traced Week
to Philadelphia. where he made an in
e~frectual effort to dispose Of the trunl
81 was In a dreadful dilemma" sal
Miss st. James In the Jefferson Marke
Police Court this morning. THE trunl
to make a living with. The meannes
OF the act also hurts me very much.
befriended the young man out of shee
sympathy. / was fortunate enough t
and received more from my husband
Salaries were not being paid n Week
was particularly hard up. The amount
gave him were small. to be sure, eu
understand him."
Miss st. James is an attractive and in
tell'gent young Englishwoman. He
maiden name was Laura Dacre, and a
such she ca ne to America with D'Oyl,
Carte's "~Iolanthe' company, six year
ago. She has remained here ever sine
and. giving up opera, went into the legit
innate. and has since been playing lead
ing roles with uniform success. She l
the wife of W. Fl st. James, Of tn
Fast Mall" company. who will be 1
the city next Saturday.
Weeks is n young man. not widel.
known among theatrical people, an
was not recognized by any Of the Ten
derloin familiars in the court this morn
Ing. The police are going to try to pun
ish him here for bringing stolen good
into the State, unless the baltimore au
thorities insist upon his return.
Weeks was held for examination. H
told the Court that he was twenty year