New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-05
TWAS II FALSE ALARM.
Nassau County Lost Sleep When
PeekshW Thought 1t Had EIoperS.

Peekskill and It's neighborhood were all wrought
up yesterday morning by the supposed discovery in
that town OF Jere Knode Cooke and Miss Floretta
Wheley. the child with whom he away IRON.
Hampstead few days ago About 10 o'clock Fri
day night middle aged man of clerical appear
ence accompanied by a young girl. registered
the Hotel Raleigh. in Peekskill. c. II. Barnes
and Helen NJ. Barnes OF Poughkeepsie. taking two
rooms.
Mr. Forebush, the proprietor OF the hotel reads
the New York papers nearly every day. and as the
girl, he says, looked very happy" he sure
that he had the unfrocked rector and Miss Whaley
in his hotel In a few minutes the local constabu-
larry, from the chief down TO the other patrolman,
the district attorneys Offices Of three
ties and half the honest yeomanry OF the village
were sure that the clippers had been caught.
The Chief OF Police Mr. Seabury, the first
to be informed of the suspcions-or rather GER
tainty-of Mr.. Forebush. who agreed with him that
III they're not the rector, who can they be?' So
the chef-it being then about a. m.-routed Earl
j. Bennett Assistant District Attorney or Nassau
County out OF bed. who ordered the chief over
the telephone to keep his eagle eye on the pair.
The chief promised not TO let the pair out Of his
sight any more than he had TO, and pnning on his
shield sailed forth the Raleigh 10 keep his word
Mr. BENEFIT in the time was disturbing
the rest OF District Attorney Coles OF Nassau
who lives at Glen Cove. He, in turn. got Sheriff
Gildersieeve out OF bed and sent him to Hampstead
to apprise the missing girls grandmother, Mrs.
Kezah Whaley OF the news. After long ringing
OF the door bell, she arose and swore to com
plant charging Cooke with abduction. AS soon
as he had reused Justice Gettins from ms siui IN
bers to sign the warrant for Cooke arrest me ne
Sheriff got two OF his deputies and sent thein OH
to Peekskil. II being planting time, he found them
already up and about. -, x oo,ox,s
capture had been bruited about by the usual coun-
try wireless system, and great preparations were
begun for his reception when the deputy sherIHs
goe back But they all went astray, for about the
time the two officers were leaving the Grand Ceh-
trail Station 1t discovered that the shark
was boojum, you see,' for the my steilous guests
Of the Raleigh had turned out to be- not tlle rec
a
cation and his daughter. ,, ~, - ,rsa+
Chief Seabury had gone sleuthing only 10 upset
his own theories The initials he rouna on tlear
baggage agreed with the names on the hotel regis
ter so he called up August Belmont on the te ere
nhone hut he couldn't convince the banker OF the
necessity OF coming to Peekskil at once 10 Ldeh-
Mr. Barnes and his daughter got their pugsy anu anu
drove away telling the clerk that they b nligRs
come back A little later the two deputy sheIlLs
and a county detective arrived 10 take thS next
train back firmly convinced that Cooke ana MISS
Whaley had not visited Peekskill. s 60,
II was learned Yesterday that just De1ofe looks
eoped he received threatening ah9nyouS iT1 ith
in which he was warned that his intimacy win
Miss Whaley must cease. Besides Bishop Burgess
Berpen Carmen one of the vestrYnen OF ST
Georges, has also received a letter from Sooke;;
II was in reference TO few personal debts OF
Cooke which he assured Mr. carmen Wouid DC
paid IN full. ,. =. aai.
Mrs. Cooke visited Hampstead yesterday to pack
up her beon gings in the rectory. she VIII propdpiy
go TO her home in Hartford tomorrow f1er nus
bands elopement has recalled some uniaYoTabie
comment on his unusually frequent VISITS 70
widow went TO sanatorlum Tor several weeks
This caused much gossip at the time when was
swallowed up in the later and more sensational
exploits of the unfrocked clergyman
There Is talk of petition being signed by the
members of St Georges to have Archdeacon Henry
B. Bryan. of Garden City. succeed Cooke