Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-13
AND HER
WAITER ARRESTED
Roberta De Janon and Fred Go.
hen Were Living As Father
and Daughter.
FOUND IN A CHICAGO HOUSE
Circuitous Route Taken from
Phiiadelphia-Cohen Denies
That Any Harm Has
Come to the Girl.
FOUND IN A CHICAGO HOUSE

Chicago, Jan. 10-iiving as a father
ana daughter, Roberta Buist De Janon,
II years OLD, n Philadelphia heiress. and
Frederic Cohen, "a tor;ucr waiter at the
bellevue StratforH l:otel. who eloped
December 80 from Philadelphia, were ar
rested late to-day.
They were discovered by detectives in
a rooming house at e. West superior
street. on the North Side of the city.
When policemen entered the house Miss
De Janon was playing with pet dog
which she took with her when she dis
appeared with Cohen, who Is AZ years
old and married. Cohen was reading In
an adjoining room.
They were taken to the Chicago
avenue police station. Cohen at first
protested against arrest He soon ad-
mittcd his identity. however and Miss
De Janon, sobbing bitterly pleaded with
the police to restore here to her par
ents.
Cohen revealed to the officers the
story Of his flight with the girl from
Philadelphia. a flight extending for
thousands of miles through the United
States and Canada and In which trip
TO England was Interrupted at Halifax
because the boat officers would not per-
NIT the presence Of Miss De lannon's pet
dog On the vessel At least, that was
Cchen's explanation Of the abandon
ment of the sea voyage. which began at
St John, New Brunswick but the police
believe that he planned to leave the boat
at Halifax to eude detectives.
COHEN POSED AS BARBER
Cohen and Miss De Jaron reached Chi
cago on Thursday and rented t. room in
a boarding house owned BY Mrs. Frank
Perrin. Cohen introduced the girl as his
daughter Alice. He said he was Robert
King. a barber, Just arrived from Mont
real in search of work.
lhe girl, when questioned by the officers
at the police station after she had adj
mitted her ientity. sal that she and
! Cohen had reached Chicago with only
SLIGO and that she gave Cohen bracelet
and necklace, which he pawned to get
| money 10 live on. Their arrest followed
a report to the police in the afternoon by
Mrs. Perrin, who had seen pictures of the
clipping pair in the newspapers and sus-
pected that her new boarders were the
missing Philadelphia clippers.
| Cohen said he would waive extradition.
| Miss De Janon and her dog We're taken
To the woman's department Of the Harri-
son street police station.
Cohen vehemently denied that any
| harm had come TO Miss De Janon since
| she fed with him from her home. He
| outlined the route taken TO evade capture,
hey went from Philadelphia to New
York city on December 90 remained there
only a few hours. They went by train
TO Montreal where they took train for St
sonn, y h. There they boarded steam
or for EnRland At Halifax they aban-
doned the sea voyage and went to Boston
10y rail. From Boston they came to Chi
cago convinced that no one had any idea
of their whereabouts.
In Miss De Janon's possession. the police
found several letters some addressed tc
her parents and one written 20 her BY
Cohen, dated December l. In this the
waiter begged the girl to think twice he
fore clipping with i'm, This letter fol
lows:
My Dear Roberta After thinking the
matter over thoroughlv. came to thu
conclusion that, having nothing but your
welfare ana future happiness in mind
TO Show you really, the first time since
have known you, how honest my love
for YOU II. by advising you not 70 maxi
the step which you will later regret an(
which will ds1race YOU and make 70,
unhappy in the future.
You know that love you as neve
loved a woman before. Furthermore yo'
know in your own heart that toward
you | am strictly on the level and I an
willing to sacrifice my future happ'nes
only in order to do the right and squar
thing by you
Think matters over and weight every
Thing cOnservatively and you viii find on
that my motives toward you are as pur
an honorable as only man can b
towards the girl he really and devotedl
loves. To take YOU away from here jus
I, to crafty a within, regardless Of tn
disastrous consequences to yourself woul
show me up only as u coward and no
. worthy Of having the love of such a
, angel as yourself.
} TOLD HER 1T MEANT RUIN
Think this over. know you will re
spcct and trust me that much more 70
what ! am sacrificing. BY going ava
now with you, In my position. would ru
your whole future. our future. ! woul
rather die like dog than harm you or b
the cause OF any harm or shadow to IA
< on YOU. II you can see my noble motive
q In the right light, you will appreciate m
4 that much more and only can respect m
= even If you can never learn to love mt
= ! VIII talk this matter over fully with yo
d Yet. and will try to convince YOU that tn
4 only reason | consent to take you ava
Is because ! am a man of principle an
: honor andbecauso | really love you"
|. The letter, unsigned was written o
d stationery of the Bellevue Strattford He
}: tel and was mailed to Miss De Janon g
t, her rrandfather's address In Philade
: phia.
% A letter written by Miss Dc Janon
): her rather, Ferdinand De Janon, n brok,
t. OF New York city. and which she had n,
t. YET hialed, Was also found. In this
was revealed that tho girl might be co,
.eihpat'ng suicide and she asks that c,
men wire forgive her for coaxing h,
: "uSpahu 10 go away with her 80 that 81
would not have to attend a private scho
n al Bryn Mawr. where she was 10 ha,
been sent on January g.
:, SAYS SHE WAS NOT LOVE
q Her unmalled letter to her fath.r r.,
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