The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-22
P. 3. STRONG MISSING.
PAwNs MAY YOHE's JEWELS AND
DEPARTS.
tended to Commit Suicide and Re-
turning Tickets for Gems.

Letter Received saying Thnt he In
tended to Commit Suicide and Re-
turning Tickets for Gems.
From the New York Tribune.
Another chapter has been added to
Bradlee Strong, the son of the late
ex-Mayor William L. Strong, whose
resignation from the United States
army and subsequent trip around the
world in company with Miss May
Yohe have kept him prominently in
the eye of the public. This last chap
ter, which fittingly caps the climax,
includes the disappearance of Capt.
Strong and the discovery of pawn tick
cts covering some 100000 worth of jew
els intrusted to his care by Miss Yohe,
who is the divorced wife of Lord Fran
els Hope. At the end of this chapter
comes the confession of Capt. Strong
that he had pawned the diamonds, and
his sending the paXn tickets to his
mother, together with declaration
that he intended to commit suicide. All
this happened prior to last Wednesday,
when the captain disappeared. Since
then his movements are unknown, al
though the Pinkertons are searching
for him.
The story of these incidents as con-
hrmed both by the Yohes and their
counsel, Emmanuel NJ Friend, is as
follows: For some time Capt. Strong
has been down on. his luck. He has
been a frequent visitor at the race
tracks, and it is intimated that he has
figured in several Wall street deals.
All these little excursions are believed
to have been costly, and when Capt
Strong called on Mr.. Friend not long
ago he expressed his intention of doing
something desperate. Then followed
the disappearance.
When Miss Yohe and Capt. Strong
returned to this city, on April %, the
former intrusted to the captain her
jewels, which are valued at something
like $250,000. according to Mr.. Friend.
These were placed in a safe deposit
vault, and, as it turns out, in Capt
Strong's name. There they were sup
posed to have remab@1 ever since. Last
Tuesday Capt. Strong told Miss Yohe
that his mother was i'll, and that he
was going to the city on that account.
Miss Yohe accompanied him, and they
took luncheon together at Delmonico's.
Then Miss Yohe returned to their home
at Hastings, as Capt. Strong declared
that his mother would have to under
go an operation, and he intended
spending the night in the city This
was the last Miss Yohe saw of the
captain. On her return she discovered
that his trunks had been taken from
the house in her absence.
Cohesion In A Letter.
The next morning she received a let
ter from Strong telling her that he had
been using her jewels to raise money
on, and that he had pledged something
like 100000 worth of them. He closed
his letter by saying that he was too
ashamed of himself to face her, and in
tended killing himself. similar letter
was sent to his mother, in which were
inclosed the pawn tickets for the jew
els. Then Miss Yohe's mother, who
has been living with the pair, went to
Mr.. Friend on Wednesday night, and
he took the case in hand.
Mr.. Friend at once communicated
with the Strongs. The captains moth
er and her daughter, Mrs. A. r. Shat
tuck, were spending the summer at
Lennox. The jewels were located, and
steps were taken to stop their being
redeemed. 1t was found that little
less than $4,000 had been raised on
them. The next step is to open the
vault and find out what had been TAX
en- and what remained of the property
lntrusted to Strongs care by Miss
one 90 Idr tnlS mas not Deen done,
owing to the fact that the vault is in
Capt. Strong's~ name 1t is not pos
sible to say, therefore how much has
actually been taken, as the amount
discovered is only about half the en-
tire amount. The pawn tickets cover
a period almost coinciding with the
time the pair have been in this coun-
try. The last one is dated the day of
the captains disappearance, circum-
stance which tends to weaken the the
DRY that the captain has committed
suicide. 1t seems apparent from these
facts that the money that the captain
has furnished for the support of the
Hastings establishment has largely
been drawn from the surreptitious
pawning of Miss Yohe's Jewels 1t is
intimated that just prior to his de-
parture Capt. Strong also succeeded in
raising some money from his own fam
lily.