New-York tribune., 1902-07-22

I ing to be married and don't want to interfere.
Nanny says I shall talk, and am going to
talk. Nanny and I running this"
With this as an introduction, Miss Yohe began
the story Of her life with Strong. She not
in fearful mood she calm. AS Mr.. Friend
described it, she was putting up a game front"
AT times the force of the situation struck her.
and she ground her teeth and exclaimed
angrily:
bars. there he goes!
It's not right for a man to be stealing from
a woman behind her back and be fawning on
her to her face. All the time he petting me
that genial gentleman was sneaking off every
day. I believe he would have stolen that poor
little wedding ring and pawned that if it had
been off my finger.
we have been pawning my Jewels right along
for months When were in Yokohama We
were behind with our hotel bill, and l told him
to pawn a diamond necklace, a sapphire and
diamond necklace and diamond bracelet. This
allowed TO pay bill there and at Hong
Kong and live splendidly Coming round on the
steamer ne lost 50 much money gambling that
he dead broke. He cabled Nanny Friend
TO sell some stock that he had. Nanny ad-
yised him not to, 50 he came TO me At Genoa
/ gave him a bracelet with three Of dia-
1nonds, a pearl tiara and a big heart on these
he raised 1000 lire about $1,000 This was
the money he flashed On the pier when he was
asked about being hard up.
''As soon as we got back he came to me and
advised my putting my jewels in a safety de-
post value. Mamma at once objected She is
a pretty good judge of human nature mamma
is. But / said the captain must do il, because
! / trusted him. When he back / asked
him for the receipt. He said he had left that at
the vault but showed me the keys. You see
he had to have the receipt to get in. But
didn't know that then. He put the jewels in
on April -, and he began his stealing and pawn
ing the 3OJh.
MY cabman Herman said to after Captain
! Strong had gone away: i could have told you
! about il long ago. Mrs strong Inc captain
| told him TO take away his trunk that day he
/ left without my knowing ii. lie met me in town
and We went round to the dressnakers. and
! he ordered eight new dresses made for me
eight dresses, and he didn't leave a cent to
pay for them. Then the captain took me in an
/ automobile to the Casino and we had whiskey
! and soda, and then he took me to the One-hun-
! dred and-twenty hfth-st station.
- don't want you to go through the tunnel,
! dearest said the genial gentleman to me. He
put me on the train and waved to me as | left.
! He stood watching until l was out Of sight, and
/ that the last 1 saw Of him. Later he tele-
! phOned me not to wait up for him that night but
| / did wait until = o'clock-mamma and L both.
! The next day his letter came. | stood by him
through thick and thin, but didn't know till
now that he had robbed me of everything l had
in the world. Now want justice"
! 4 little later Miss Ohe, her mother and Mr..
| Friend visited Police Headquarters and recited
the story Sergeant Aloncle, who in
| charge He entertained her complaint, ana a
| general alarm for Captain StTOng's arrest on
! the charge Of grand larceny was sent out. After
! the formal step of preferrng the complaint had
Mrs. Yohe and her daughter returned to Hast
ings after dining in the city.
! At Police Headquarters a detail of ten detec-
tves was at once put on the case to follow the
movements Of Captain Strong in this city. At
the same time description Of the missing man
was sent all the world. If, as has been init
/ mated. Captain Strong is In the city, he will
soon be caught, but II is generally believed now,
in view Of the recent developments, that he has
| been out of the city since Wednesday.
Some OF the missing jewels were located ir
| the pawnshop OF Henry Godstone, at Thirty
| second st. and SiXth-ave yesterday. They are
| only a part Of the missing collection. and do not
| include all those for which Strong returned the
| IA yyn tickets Henry Goldstone told reporter
| Yesterday that he believed that he had few
| of the Yohe jewels. but declared the value OF
| those he had was small Mr. Friend said last
| night that he hoped TO get back all the dia-
| nODds actually discovered without having &c
! nav for the pawning, as the jewels were stoler
| from Miss Yohe and the title had not beer
| passed.
An effort made To see Mrs. w. L. Strong
| mother OF Captain Strong, last night, at the
| Crosvenor No. 81 Fifth-ave., but the clerk said
she was III Mrs. Strong came here on Saturday
from her country home at Lenox.