Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
Detective Takes Her to Theater.

in here so Tong. Can't l go somewhere"
Detective Takes Her to Theater.
AS no charge is made against her the
girl was permitted to attend theatrical
performance in company with detective.
Roberta looks and acts like a little girl
of, say, eleven or twelve years. She has
black hair. which she dresses in girlish
fashion-a braid and two brown bows at
the back of her head.
Her brown dress, which falls barely to
her ankles. is of cheap material, Is torn
in places and is badly in need OF a brush
Despite her letters that she would
~ather commit suicide than be taken back
home. the girl waited complacently for
he detectives from Philadelphia to come
and take her and Cohen.
My father Robert De Janon,' began
the child, was an actor some twenty
years ago / remember he said he once
played in oliver Twist
when he married my mother he gave
up the stage and went into the brokerage
business in New York, where he lived
About four years ago my mother and 1
went TO live with my grandfather. in
Philadelphia.
Mother Was Her Best Friend.
Did YOU have many friends, did you
have little parties and did you have
plenty of other children to play with?'
I'm New York, yes. Since then I
haven't had many friends. My mother
was my best friend
At no time was there animation in her
features except once when a reporter
asked her If she had ever been in love.
and she answered. Never with slight
blush.
when did you meet Cohen?''
"Oh, we all went to live In the Belle
vue-Stratford on November 30. ] think 1t
was of this last year. He was one of the
two walters assigned to us.
MY grandfather was away at his bust
ness almost all the time. The nurse and
were alone with mother. When the
nurse ate / stayed by the bedside. When
ate the nurse was with mother
$50 that You were alone with Cohen
at meals?"
Yes, that's how | got acquainted with
him He was always awfully nice to
mother When she died he sent a wreath
of roses to her funeral"
WHO gave the walters their tips?''
II did. My grandfather gave me the
money.
Two Tips for Favored Waiter.
Did it ever happen that Cohen got
both?''
again smiled her faint smile
Didn't your grandfather want you to
have any comLany?'
NO"
did you read much?'
'Oh, little
did you go out to places?
mot much"
80 that Cohen was practically your
only friend?'
Yes. he was my best friend When
mother died my grandfather told me he
was going to adopt ME and send me to a
preparatory school and later to Bryn
Mawr l hated that, so l made up my
mind to run away.
Il couldn't go alone-they would have
found me too easily. Then l thought Of
Mr.. Cohen. Mother and grandfather both
liked him as well as 1 do. I asked him
his wife.
For a long time he wouldn't go. Then
got desperate and told him I'd kill my
self if he wouldn't take me away
Would you have done that?"
II would at the time-yes in a
perfectly natural matter-of-fact tone.
''He wouldn't agree, though, until two
days before we left. Then l bought me
this dress SO I would look like a little
girl and pass for his daughter. He bought
going to live until l came of age
On1y OauSnCerly AuecClOn.
You had no feeling for him except the
feeling of friend?"
None at all. l was like a daughter to
him. He was like father. l called him
father and he called me daughter. He
never said anything wrong to me.
MIR. Cohen tried every day to persuade
me to go back to my grandfather.
wouldn't do it. l told him I'd kill myself
before I'd do that. l told him I'd kill
myself if he let my grandfather know
where l was, as he threatened to do.
Il wrote out a statement so that IL we
were found finally they would know
made him take me away and wouldn t
blame him any.
Didn't he ask you to write that?"
NO. l did it all of my own accord"
What moved YOU to run away with
this little girl?" Cohen was asked.
why, really, ii was she who ran away
with me. She made me-"
Did she hypnotic you?''
We'll, you could call it that. l just
folt hn, hat do,