The evening world., 1894-06-05
STOLE Her WARDROBE
Laura Ct James's Charge Against
Actor E. sgd Weeks.
Says he Took 200 Worth Of
Dresses, JeweIry and Rings.
She Had Loaned Him Money and
Paid His Hotel Bill.

Two white satin dresses trimmed with
pearls, a blue plush dress also trimmed
with pearls. two canary silk dresses, u
tiara. a necklace. bracelets. brooches,
rings and pins, all of diamonds or some
artful equivalent 30 far as looks go;
shopful of fancy shoes, an equal guam
tity OF stockings, laces 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 Il. sgd Weeks,
comedian, who 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. and yesterday To-
Gated both Weeks and the trunk at the
Bryant Park Hotel. Thirty-eighth street
ana Slxtn avenue.
They learned, so they say. that 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-
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
calm and calculating eye.
1t Is certainly splendid wardrobe for
any actress short Of rich and i'm
Weeks was locked up and refused to
make a statement. He Ia still silent on
the subject, and II he did even a part Of
what is charged against him the trick
he played Is almost too mean to be ex-
Both Miss St. James. the complain
ant, and Weeks. the prisoner, were
Empire Theatre Company" doing a
repertoire through Pennsylvania. They
had a stand In Carlisle for the whole
S.n before I1s SvnF ss BE- Prss
was in the juvenile lead. and to fill
sudden vacancy Weeks was called from
New York to take the comedy part OF
ber and nephew Of policeman. Weeks
was broke when he got there. and as
cash was frightfully scarce with every
enough to buy a wig and one or two
things needful.
The company got to Waynesboro In
good form. but two nights in that inhos-
pltable city quenched the Empire Theatre
Company's last spark. Baltimore WASH t
very far away, and the company went
there: Miss st. James paid Weeks's fare
long face. and said that II she would
add one more obligation to the many he
already owed her and pay his board at
ss to os New hs o SGu g. ns esnk ona
modated him. When she. went to her
room an hour later she discovered that
| her trunk was gone.
to Philadelphia, where he ma de an In
efrectual effort to dispose Of the trunk
and then came to New York.
Police Court this morning. 1.-The trunk
contained all that ! had in the world
to make living with. The meanness
| befriended the young man out of sheer
| sympathy. I was fortunate enough to
have a little money. having saved some
Salaries We're not being paid and Weeks
was particularly hard up. The amounts
! gave him were small, to be sure. but
they were necessary res to him. l cannot
Miss st. James is an attractive and in
! tell'gent young Englishwoman. Her
| maiden name was Laura Dacre. and as
Carte's Iolanthe" company, six years
ago. She has remained here ever since
and. giving up opera. went into the legit-
Ing roles with uniform success. She is
the wife Of w. II st. James, OF the
:" Fast Mali 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 au-
thorities insist upon his return.