New-York tribune., 1902-07-25
P. B. STRONG IN LONDON.
MAY YOHE SAILS, BUT SAYS
SHE WILL NOT JOIN HIN.
HE DECLARES HE NEVER PAWNED ANY
OF Her JEWELS WITHOUT
HER CONSENT.


Hope, sailed from this city yesterday morning
on the First Bismarck. going to London by way
of Cherbourg Dispatches from London an
nounced the arrival there Of Captain Putnam
Bradlee Strong. 1t is for guessing how
long 1t will take the former actress to rejon
her lover after she arrives in London.
Belief in this city that the pawning of Jewels
the flight of young Strong the threat to have
him arrested for theft the offer of a reward and
the withdrawal of the complaint after the police
had become active in the search were all parts
OF scheme to extort money from Strong's
mother and sister was increased by Miss Yohe's
hasty pursuit of the captain across the ocean,
She had obtained about $4,000 before the police
were called off. it said yesterday. the money
having been paid to redeem jewels the captain
was accused of stealing.
Captain Strong IL was made known yesterday.
sailed from this city on Thursday Of last week
going the st. Paul under assumed name.
After leaving the ship at Southampton yesterday
| he declared that he had not stolen pawned any
of May Yohe's jewels When he asked why
Miss Yohe had accused him. he replied:
Probably because left her"
Captain Strong's performances in this city on
the Wednesday before he sailed the St. Paul
helped to create the impression that he had run
away from Miss Yohe. He came to the city
with her from Hastings and went to pawn
that belonged to Miss Yohe's japanese maid.
He had taken these Jewels. it said. under
pretence of having them reset. His last trans
action at the pawnshOp was the one that had
the most effect in bringing his relatives 10
terms. The jewels which he had received from
Miss Yohe had been given to him by her vol
unfairly. and he could not have been accused
Of stealing them, but the theft Of the jewels be-
longing to the maid was more serious matter.
hat oil at
the pawnshop spent in an elaborate
luncheon a. Delmonico's with Miss Yohe. Later
he went to a physicians office with her. and he
told her. she has said that he would have 10
stay in the city all night because his mother
to undergo operation at a hospital His
mother and sister were at Lenox. He wrote
letter TO his mother. declaring that he meant
To commit suicide and incosing the pawn tick
| cts for Jewels he had pawned. He spent the
night at a fashionable uptown hotel. after secur-
ing passage for Europe. and the next morning
he sailed on the St. Paul.
Before Miss Yohe left the city yesterday
morning she declared she did not intend 10 re-
join Captain Strong. She had returned TO her
mothers home at Hastings on Wednesday
night but she came TO the city again early yes
terday morning all ready to take passage on the
Furst Bismarck She said her experience with
Putty" had been the saddest Of her life. She
could not forget him. she said. but she could
not forgive him.
SAYS SHE WILL STAY IN JAPAN.
'I am intending TO go to Japan" she said
land it is possible that I shall fit away within
a week. but it will not be 10 rejoin Captain
Strong 1 have realized some OF my secur-
tiles and have redeemed the diamonds pawned
here by Captain Strong and have arranged TO
recover those placed in pawn abroad. shall go
to Japan, and it is my present intention to re-
main in that country. which is so full Of senti-
ment. the remainder of my life. l shall never
return TO the Western world"
Miss Yohe apparently thought at the time that
she could slip off to Europe unobserved. Her
passage on the steamer had been engaged under
the name of Mrs. NJ Batcheller and compan-
ion" Mrs Yohe accompanied her daughter to
the pier in Hoboken shortly before the time the
ship was to sail Then Miss Yohe admitted her
identity and asked to be booked under her own
name saying her companion" would not sail
yesterday but would so n later steamer.
She and her mother would not tell the name of
the companion" A man who was said to be a
lawyer, but was not Nanny" Friend. Miss
Yohe's counsel, at the pier with the
women. Miss Yohe booked for Paris She
said she intended to leave the ship at Cherbourg.
She shrugged her shoulders and smiled when she
asked if she was not going to London IN
stead of to Paris.
| Shortly before the steamship sailed Miss Yohe
took a place the rail and watched the
crowd of people the pier. Her mother left
the ship when the "al ashore" warning was
| given. and she seemed TO be much affected at
| the parting. AS the ship started down stream
Miss Yohe waving her handkerchief to her
mother
NANNY" Friend appeared to be astonished
| Yesterday when the news OF Miss Yohes depart
| ure got abroad. He at a bath in One-hun-
dred-and- -twenty-ffth- for time, and he said
| he had no knowledge of the sailing of Miss Yohe
| and had not been informed of her intention to
leave the city on a steamship He did not ap-
pear to be that his client was not hasten
| ing to rejoin Captain Strong.
Job E. Hedges, counsel for Mrs. Strong, said
yesterday that he had not been Informed of the
| Intention of Miss Yohe to go to Europe so sud
denly and he had not known of the sailing of
Captain Strong until the dispatches from Lon
don announced his arrival there Mrs. Strong
and her daughter. Mrs. Shattuck, have returned
District Attorney Jerome said yesterday:
IAN amcable arrangement appears to have
been arrived at between the various persons
interested, and so far as see 1t has been done
without committing any crime. The lawyers
have got together and arranged the settlement.
and II is certainly reasonable to suppose they
have done so without breaking the law in any
way for they are both men of repute. l do
purpose laying the case before the grand jury"
CAPTAIN sTRONGs DENIAL.
London July 24.--Captain Strong in CONVEX
sation with a representative of The Associated
Press this evening. said he had pawned about
ss 400 worth of May Yohe's jewelry at her re-
ouest and for her benefit after they returned
from Japan and that Miss YOhe had received
the entire proceeds from him at the time.
II have never had one dollar of May Yohe's
money and no person knows 1t better than
ehe' continued Captain Strong. The money
on which I am now travelling was received
from the sale of my library, and of this fact May
Yohe is also aware. l have done many foolish
and most unwise things but l have not been
criminal -
ehey should interest any one greatly. But L
will saw that I purpose living quietly and n
deavorng to redeem my good name.