The evening world., 1894-06-05
STOLE HER WARDROBE
Laura st. James's Charge Against
Actor E. sgd Weeks
Says He look $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, n blue plush dress also trimmed
with pearls, two canary silk dresses. n
tiara. "a necklace, bracelets, brooches,
rings and pins. all of diamonds or some
artful equivalent SO far as looks go; a
shopful OF fancy shoes, an equal guam
tity of stockings. laces and feminine
underwear: eight blond wigs, a charac-
ter red wig with corkscrew curls, an
ingenue auburn wig, &c, to the value
OF 1000, 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 T.. 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 filled with a theatrical wardrobe
and was thought to have gone to New
York.
Detectives Evanhoe and Valley were
detailed to the case. inc yesterday To-
Gated both Weeks and the runk at the
Bryant Park Hotel, Thirty-eighth street
and Sixth avenue.
They learned, SO they say, that Weeks
had tried to sell the wardrobe in whole
or in part to n costumer. and that ne
gotiations were still on. When they en-
tered Weeks's room they found him
sorting over the stock. and although
both the detectives say that they were
fairly knocked off their feet by the
gorgeousness of the display. the come
dian was surveying the whole with a
calm and calculating eye.
1t Is certainly. n splendid wardrobe for
any actress short of n rich and i'm
mensely popular star.
Weeks was locked up and refused to
make a statement: He Is still silent on
what is charged against him the trick
he played Is almost too mean to be ex-
planned away.
ant, n Weeks, the prisoner. were
with Den Howe's comedians in the
Empire Theatre Company" doing a
had a stand in Carlisle for the whole
week before last, giving The Presi-
dent a comedy-draIna. Miss st. James
was In the juvenile lead, n to III a
New York to take the comedy part OF
Timothy Stupid, II dude, son of a plum
Der ana nephew OF a policeman. Weeks
cash was frightfully scarce with every
body, the leading lady loaned him
enough to buy a wig and one or two
things ncedful.
The mpan got to waynesboro in
good form, but two nights in that inhos-
pitable city quenched the Empire Theatre
Company's last spark. Baltimore wasn't
there. Miss st. James paid Weeks's fare
thither. Thursday he came to her with
a long face, and said that Il she would
add me more obligation to the many he
already owed her and pay his board at
the hotel he could pawn his trunk and
get to New York; Miss st. James accom-
moiated him. When she went to her
room an hour later she discovered that
her trunk was gone.
The Baltimore police. traced Weeks
to Phi!%delphia' " where hIseos he N made de an tr, ins
Il was in a dreadful dilemma" said
Miss st, James in the jefferson Market
contained all that l had In the world
to make Il living with. The
of the act also hurts me very much. l
sympathy. l was fortunate enough to
have "A little money. having saved some
and received more from my husband,
Salaries were not being paid and Weeks
was particularly hard UP. The amounts
I gave him were small, to be sure, but
they were. necessary to him. l cannot
understand him"
Miss st. James Is an attractive and In
tell'gent young Englishwoman. Her
maiden name was Laura Dacre. and as
such she ca ne to America with D'Oyly
Carte's "Iolanthe" company, six years
ago. She has remained here eve since
and. giving up opera. went into the legit-
innate. and has since been playing lead
ing roles with uniform success. She Is
the wife of w. II st. James, of the
" Fast Mall company. who will be in
the city next Saturday.
Weeks is a young man, not widely
known among theatrical people, and
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 goods
into the State, unless the Baltimore III
thorities insist upon his return.
Weeks was held for examination. He
told the Court that he was twenty years
old M lived In Salamanca, N. Y.
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