The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-01
MAY Y0HE in I'LL TEMPER
CAPTAIN STRONG'S DISCARDED
"FLAME" ARRIVES IN LONDON.
Scores Her Former Lover and Says He
Never Paid Her Anything-She
May Go to Kamtchatka.

LONDON, July 31.-May Yohe reached
here from New York to-day, having landed
at Plymouth this morning from the
Fuerst Bismarck She was registered on
the steamers passenger list as Mrs Batch
elder. To reporters who met her here she
declared she had never authorized Putnam
Bradlee Strong to pawn anything Of hers
and said he had never paid any of the
money obtained on the pawned jewels.
When she was shown an interview with
Strong, in which he denied that he had
pawned her diamonds, she said: That is
all batch of lies. For the 100000 worth
of goods which Strong pawned his brother
in-law, A. r. Shattuck, put up SO, 600, out
of which paid 5000 to Emanuel Friend,
my attorney, and $s.1O to pawnbrokers.
Strongs story that he paid me back any
thing is another lie. l do not know until
1 get my mail whether 1 will go to France
or not. l know he is there, but 1 do not
want TO have anything to do with him. 1
have suffered all this outrageous treatment
TO save his mother and my own. | am
anxious TO get to Genoa. where 1 have tick
cts for a tiara. diamond heart and other
things he pawned. l have no means what
ever. l may land in Kamtchatka before l
get through"
When she was shown a statement of Lord
Hopes bankruptcy case mentioning that
Hopes counsel disputed a note for G91S7
given To her Miss YOhe said: That's
right; the money is due me and I'll fight
for il till l get it,.
May Yohe's proceedings since her arrival
at Plymouth are an illustration 'of wom-
ans indecisiOn. The appearance of one OF
her personal friends in Plymouth harbOr
sufficed for her 10 change her mind and de-
tain the ship until she was the last pas
senger on the tender. Upon reaching
Plymouth she decided 10 go TO Southamp-
ton and there take a boat for Cherbourg.
the destina tion Of the steamer she had lust
left. Then, as the train for Southampton
was starting she again changed her mind
and decided to come 10 London.
On her way mere from Plymouth Miss
Yohe adopted an entirely new attitude of
mind from that shown when she disem-
barked. Talking 10 reporter on the train
she said: You know the old Nancy Sykes
story; the woman comes 10 court black
prosecute her prosecutor. I would forgive
Bradlee tomorrow If he would say he was
sorry"
when told that Strong had said he had
got the money from the sale of his library
Miss Yohe laughed and remarked: Well
he brought all his library 10 my house in
an old steamer trunk; IL must have been
valuable He is the greatest liar / ever
knew. No wonder he made a good officer
he does know how TO maneuver"
Miss Hohe is stopping al the Great West
ern Hotel, Paddington. tonight She said
she hoped 10 see her old counsel. Sir George
Lewis, and then take the first train from
Paris for Genoa
Since Putnam Bradlee Strong left Lon
don ne has been in constant telegraphfc
communication with his friends there. and
has shown great anxiety 10 know definitely
whether any criminal proceedings against
him on the part of May Yohe or others
have been taken.