Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-11
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arrest. He soon! admitted his identi
ty, however, and Miss De. Janon
sobbing bitterly, pleaded with the
authorities to restore her to her par
ents.
Cohen revealed to the officers the
story of their flight a flight extend
ing for thousands of miles through
the United States and Canada, and
in which a trip to England was in
terrupted at Halifax because the
boat authorities would not permit
the presence of Miss De Janon's pet
dog on the vessel. At least that was
Cohen's explanation of the abandon
ment of the sea voyage which began
at St. Johns, N. B., but the police
believe he planned to leave the boat
at Halifax in order to elude the de-
tectives.
Cohen and Mss De Janon arrived
here Thursday and rented a room in
a boarding house owned by Mrs.
Frank Perrin. Cohen introduced tn
girl as his daughter Alice. He iden-
tilted himself as Robert King and
said he was barber and that he had
lust arrived from Montreal in search
of work.
The girl, when questioned by the
officers at the police station after she
had admitted her identity, stated
that she and Cohen had reached Chi
cago with but $1.60 between them
and that she gave Cohen bracelet
and necklace which he pawned in or
der to procure money for them to
live on. Their apprehension follow
ed a report to the police in the af-
ternoon by Mrs. Perrin, who had
seen pictures of the clipping pair in
the newspapers and suspected that
her new boarders were the missing
Philadelphia elOpers.
Cohen is tonight locked up at the
Chicago avenue station where he
stated that he would waive extradi-
ton proceedings and the Philadel-
phia police were notified to come to
Chicago for the prisoner. Miss De
Janon and her dog were taken to the
woman's department of the Harrison
street police station.
Cohen, who vehemently denied
that any harm had come to Miss De
Janon since she fled with him from
her home, outlined to the police the
route taken in the effort to evade
capture. They went from Philadel-
phia to New York December 20, re-
naming in New York only few
hours boarding a train for Montreal
In Montreal they took train for st.
Johns, where tehy boarded steamer
for England. at Halifax they
abandoned the sea voyage and re-
turned to Boston by rail.
From Boston they came to Chica-
go, convinced that no one had any
idea of their whereabouts.
In the possession of Miss De Janon
the police found several letters, some
addressed to her parents and one
written to her by Cohen, dated De-
cember IA, in which the waiter beg
ged the girl to think twice before
clipping with him. This letter was
as follows:
December IA, 1909.
my Dear Roberta:-After think
ing the matter over thoroughly I
came to the conclusion that, having
nothing but your welfare and future
happiness in nina. to show you
really the first time since I have
known you, how honest my love for
you is, by advising you not to make
the step which you will later regret,
and which will disgrace you and
make you unhappy in the future.
You know that love you as I never
loved a woman before-furthermor
you know in your own heart that to-
wards you I am strictly on the level
and l am willing to sacrifice my fu-
ture happiness only in order to do
the right and square thing to you.
Think matters over and weigh