The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-11
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coffee and 1000 bottles of soft drinks were
carried along to keep the crowd from
going hungry and dry, and still Devery
keeps It up. On September 10 he will
give an excursion for men, which he says
will eclipse the one for women and chill
dren. There is little chance of DeYery
losing his fight
Long Beach. the Monte Carlo of North
America, has been closed again this sum-
mer at the instance of a pueky New
Jersey justice. Probably more money
changed hands in the various gambling
houses of this resort in single night
than any where else in the United States.
The clubs" as they were politely called,
were furnished in the glittering style
attractive to patrons. Wall street finan-
eiers. big actors and politicians spent
their Saturday nights and Sundays there
where the ownership of millions was
transferred as frequently as pennies in
the crap game of the southern negro.
But Long Branch is now as quiet as a
grave yard and the gentlemen Of the
sporting proclivities must go to Saratoga
where Garfield runs a club to which an
initiation fee is charged for the protec-
ton of members.
This has been a dull summer in New
York as far as sensations are concerned.
The first real good newspaper story was
when May Yohe, the actress. accused
Putnam Bradlee Strong of illegally pawn
mo xos0 mn uyor+1, Of ,er diamonds c+ro,r
is a son of the late Mayor Strong and had
captains commission IN the regular
army. May Yohe is a former wife of
the Lord Francis Hope an Englishman.
who became infatuated with her.
Strong was also victim of the woman's
charms He gave up a promising career
in the army and the couple Spent several
months in Japan. 1t was announced that
they would marry as soon as Lord Hope
obtained a divorce from his wife, A few
weeks ago the pair returned to New York
almost penniless Strong found that his
old associates snubbed him. His pride
stung beyond the point of endurance, he
determined to give up his old life and
fled
The Yohe woman accused him of pawn
ing her jewels and the Strong family
furnished the money to keep Bradlee out
of jail. He fled to England and May
Yohe took passage on the next steamer.
The sequel has not yet been told. While
Strong was in hiding in New York be-
fore he sailed for Liverpool a New York
reporter was given an opportunity to
make name for himself. Newspaper
men and detectives were searching every
where for Strong without success. About
2 o'clock in the morning tip floated into
a certain newspaper office that Strong
was seen to enter house on Forty-sec-
ond street The reporter in question was
hustled out on the, story. He was told
at the house that Strong had not been
there, but something about the denial
lead the reporter to believe that Strong
was there.
The new reporter thought a moment,
then walked across the street and began
to swear loudly and in the most modern
tongue of "cuss'' words. He called Strong
about all the vile names he had
ever heard. Pretty soon a window in the
building across the street was thrown
OPEN man, Enthusiastically Strong,
leaned out and yelled that the man using
the violent language would be treated to
base punching free of charge If he did
not stop. The reporter knew by this he
had landed his man and rushed back to
the office with the story
SEWALL FAGGARD.