New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
FIND MISSING PAIR
MISS DEJANON And
COHEN IN CHICAGO.
TraUelled Thousands of Miles
Letter from Waiter Pro-
tested against Elopement.

seventeen years old, Phlladelpnla
heiress, and Frederic Cohen. former
waiter at the Belevue-Stratford Hotel.
who eloped from Philadelphia on Decem-
Der 90 were found and arrested late to-
day
They were discovered by detectives In
a rooming house at No. 6S West Supe-
rior street, on the north side of the city
When policemen entered the house Miss
Dejanon was playing with the pet dog
which she took with her when she dis
appeared with Cohen. who is forty
three years old and married Cohen was
reading in an adjoining room.
The couple We're taken to the Chicago
avenue police station Cohen at first
protested against arrest. He soon ad-
mitted his identity, however. and Miss
Dejanon. sobbing bitterly. pleaded with
the police to restore her to her parents
Cohen and Miss Dejanon reached Chi
cago on Thursday and rented a room in
a boarding house conducted by Mrs.
Frank Perrin. Cohen introduced the
girl as his daughter Alice. He identified
himself as Robert King, and said he was
a barber just arrived from Montreal in
search of work.
COHEN PAWNED JEWELRY.
The girl when questioned by the off,
GERS at the police station after she had
admitted her identity. said that she and
Cohen had reached Chicago with only
81 60, and that she gave Cohen a brace
let and a necklace, which he pawned to
procure money to live on. Their arrest
followed a report to the police in the
afternoon by Mrs Perrin. who had seen
pictures of the eloping pair In the news
papers, and suspected that her new
boarders were the missing Philadelphia
elopers
Cohen is locked up tonight at the
Chicago avenue station, where he stated
he would waive extradition papers The
| Philadelphia police were advised to
| come to Chicago for the prisoner. Miss
Dejanon and her dog were taken to the
women's department of the Harrison
! street police station.
/ Cohen vehemently denied that any
harm had come to Miss Dejanon since
she fled with him from her home. He
outlined the route taken to evade capt
ure. They went from Philadelphia to
| New York City on December %. re-
naming there only a few hours. They
| went by train to Montreal, where they
took train for ST. John, n. B. There
| they boarded a steamer for England
At Halifax they a bandoned the sea voy-
| age and went to Boston by rail. From
| Boston they came to Chicago. con-
| hoH nf
| whereabouts.
| GIRL PERSUADED COHEN.
In the possession of Miss Dejanon the
| police found several letters, some ad-
dressed to her parents and one written
to her by Cohen. dated December IL In
this the waiter begged the girl to think
twice before eloping with him. This let
ter was as follows:
My Dear Roberta: After thinking the
matter over thoroughly / came to the
| conclusion that having nothing but your
| welfare and future happiness in mind.
| to show you really the first time since |
! 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 thdt L love you as j never
loved a woman Observation-Disclosures, you
know in your own heart that toward you
| | am strictly on the level and am will
| ing to sacrifice my future happiness only
| in order to do the right and square
| thing by you.
Think matters over and weigh every
| thing cOnservatively, and YOU will find
out that my motives toward you are as
| pure and honorable as only man can
be toward the girl he really and devot-
| edly loves. To take you away from
| here just to crafty a Whim, regardless
of the disastrous consequences to your
| self, would show me up only as coward
and not worthy of having the love of
! such an angel as yourself.
Think this over. j know you will re-
| spect and trust me that much more for
| what l am sacrificing. BY going away
| now with you-in my poSition-would
| ruin your whole future-our future.
would rather die like dog than harm
| YOU or be the cause of any harm or
| shadow 10 fall on you. If you can see
| my noble motives in the right light you
| will appreciate me that much more and
| only can respect me, even If you can
| never learn to love me. / will talk this
matter over fully with you yet, and will
| try to convince you that the only reason
| won't consent to take you away is be-
| cause I am man of principle and honor
and because / really love you.
The letter unsigned. was written on
stationery OF the Bellevue Stratford Ho-
tel and was mailed to Miss Dejanon at
her grandfather's address in Philadel-
phia.
A letter written by Miss Dejanon TO
her father, Ferdinand Dejanon, a bro
ker, of No 81 East 21st street, New
York, and which she had not yet mailed.
was also found.
THREAT OF SUICIDE
In this it was revealed that the girl
might be contemplating suicide. and she
asks that Cohen's wife forgive her for
| Coaxing her husband to go away with
| her so that she would not have to attend
| a private school at Bryn Mawr. where
| she was to have been sent on January 3.
| Her unmaied letter to her father. dated
January o. reads
My Dear Father: 1 can't tell you how
much grieved / am to have caused you
| and grandpa so much worriment and
trouble; but l went away because / did
| not want to go out to that school, nor
| did / want TO stay in Philadelphia. AS I
! could not go myself. l persuaded Fred
| to go with me. as he has always been so
| kind and good to me; but before leaving
| he swore over mammals grave that he
| would never wrong me I'm any way and
! that he would treat me as though
| were his daughter.
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