The Penn's Grove record., 1910-01-14
HE|RESs AND WAITER
ARRESTED IN CHICAGO
Miss De Janon and Cohen Found
Living in Rooming House.
GIRL SAYS IT'S HER FAULT
She Tells Police That They Have
Lived as Father and Daughter
1t Was Only After Her Suicide
Threats That Cohen Consented.

She Tells Police That They Have
Lived as Father and Daughter
1t Was Only After Her Suicide
Threats That Cohen Consented
Roberta Buist De Janon, the seven
teen-year-oid Philadelphia heiress
and Frederick Cohen, a hotel waiter
with whom she left Philadelphia
twelve days ago, had its finale in
Chicago with the arrest of the two
Cohen and the girl, who is the daugh'
ter of Mr.. Ferdinand De Janon, q
New York broker, and granddaughter
of Mr.. Robert Buist, seed merchant
of Philadelphia, said to be worth
100000 900, were found by detec.
tives of the Chicago avenue station In
a 81 a week rooming house at No. IS
Superior street.
The two talked freely of their ex-
p~eriences and insist that they have
been living as father and daughter.
When taken to the police station the
two had between them $11.6S. Their
arrest was brought about by a tip to
Captain Cudmore, whose anonymous
informant over the telephone believed
the girl to be the victim of a white
slave" trafficker. Miss De Janon Wig
orously defended the mar with whom
she fled, assuming the entire RESPONSE
bility of the ~escapade by declaring
she had threatened to commit suicide
if Cohen refused her pleadings.
Aud tho foat thof hpr orrnCf 90 m @
before warning was given her pre-
vented the carrying out of a threat
Miss De Janon made to Cohen that
she would kill herself before permit
ting them to take her back home.
Details of this plan had been ar
ranged, and a farewell letter written
by the girl to her father and grand
father, in which she begged their for
%giveness, was found in her oom
The letter pleaded that no prosecu-
ton be brought against Cohen, and
asked forgivenessof the walters wife.
A letter written by Cohen himself
also was found in the room.
Immediately after the arrest of the
pair Miss De Janon's relatives were
notified by the police to send a detec-
tive for the pair. Meanwhile Miss
De Janon and the waiter passed the
time in the custody of the police.
Seated at the desk in Captain Cud-
fur coat, fur hat and brown broad
cloth travelling suit, Miss De Janon
recounted her adventures with the
waiter. She described their flight
from Philadelphia to Montreal, and
told how they had embarked on the
steamship Corsican for England,
where they had intended to go, but
that they gave up this program when
the ships captain informed her that
Tootsie, her pet fox terrier, would not
be permitted to make the voyage.
Once in the course of her narrative
Miss De Janon unconsciously shed
some light on Cohen which the police
declare may prove valuable to them.
This came when the girl, leaning for
ward in her chair, declared, confd-
ingly:
Fired was not always a waiter, you
know. He once owned a hotel in San
Antonio, Texas, and he also owned a
string of race horses"
And then Miss De Janon smiled
proudly as she added: "He owns Rob
erta' and christened the horse for
me-"
When, a moment later, Cohen was
led into the he was asked about
Roberta"
mo, I don't own the horse" he
said, casting an uneasy glance at the
girl. 81 thought it would please her
to think I did own it and had named
it for her."
Miss De Janon's lips twitched at
this revelation, but she dismissed the
subject and returned to her story.
81 do not love Fred" she said,
"and at no time did l eyer think of
marrying him, but he was good to me
and | valued him as the best friend l
ever had. So after thedeath of moth
er and grandmother, and when 1
learned l was to be packed off to
school, I was so lonesome.
Il had known Fred since last Octo-
Der. He waited on us in our private
dining room at the Bellevue-Strat-
ford, and he was always kind to me.
So n day l told him all about it.
Il said he must help me; we must
go away together, otherwise I would
commit suicide. He sought to dis
suade me, but the more obdurate he
was the more I coaxed, and finally me
day I received from him the letter
in which he informed me that for my
sake he would consent to go.
"We slipped out of the hotel quietly
and went to New York. From there
we went to Montreal, where we stayed
two days, and then we went to st.
Johns, planning to go to London.
well WI were compelled to
abandon our plans for an European
trip, for when we boarded the Corsi-
can we were promptly informed that
Tootsie could not accompany us.
"'Well, if Tootsie can't go, neither
shall we,' I said to Fred, for I was
engineering the whole affair. He
agreed, and we left the steamer at
Halifax and planned to come to Chi
cago. We first went to Boston, stay
ing there overnight. The following
day We came on here, arriving last
Tuesday morning.
"Of course travelling is rather ex-
pensive, much more expensive than |
ever had realized, SO when we arrived
here we had left but a few dollars of