Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
PHILADELPHIA
HE|RESS FOUND
ROBERTA DE JANoN HAD BEEN
LIVING WITH WAITER IN BACK
ROOM AT CHICAGO.
GIRL PoSESAS coHEN'S CHILD
Couple Took Long Trip to Evade
Grandfather and Detectives
Pawned Jewelry to Get Cash
on Which to Live.

Chicago, Ill.-Roberta De Janon,
the $1O,0O0,0O0 Philadelphia heir
ess, and Frederic Cohen, the race
track tout waiter, with whom she
-eloped December 80, were captured
here living at 6S Superior street,
where they had been living as father
and daughter for four days in a third
story back room equipped for light
housekeeping.
From a brown stone palace at 2120
Walnut street, Philadelphia, next door
to Mrs. Frederick Thurston Mason,
Philadelphia social dictator, within
stones throw of the Drexels, the Bid
dies, the Sullivans, the Lippincotts, al
most across the street from st.
James church, right in the midst of
the Quaker City swelldom, with SER
wants galore, this girl, who says she is
II, has been living in third story
back room, cooking her own meals,
living from hand to mouth, with a
man who is so cowardly that he
cheerfully throws all the blame upon
her and calmly acquiesced in her de-
liberate statement that she. and not
he, is to blame. He is AZ.
Chose Poverty for Riches.
Last October, when her mother
died, Roberta De Janon went with
her grandfather to the Bellevue-Strat-
ford, one of the most magnificent
hotels in the world, and In a sump-
tuous apartment on the seventh floor
lived until December 90. when she
fled with Cohen. Consider the mag
nificence of her surroundings in Phil
adelphia and then have look at the
third story back room at 6S Superior
street.
1t is about ten feet by Is, its furni-
ture consists of bed, two wooden
chairs, tiny cupboard. dingy bureau,
and set upon couple of packing
boxes is little gas stove upon which
was a dish pan filled with dirty dish
water and the accompanying rag
when they were captured. And all
this she chose because, she says, her
millionaire grandfather, Robert Buist,
was going to send her to one of the
most luxurious girls schools in the
country-Miss Shipley's school at
Bryn Mawr, a preparatory school for
Bryn Mawr college.
Girl Calmly Tells Her Story.
Taken to the police station, Miss
De Janon said that she had enticed
Cohen away and had not permitted
him to either send her back home or
to notify her relatives of her where
abouts. To all of this Cohen cheer
fully assented and further declared
that he had tried to dissuade her
from the idea of running away. In
every respect they were the most puz-
zling pair that had ever come under
the eyes of the police, and Sergeant
Lienenugel, who was also quizzing
them, declared that never had he
struck so remarkable case.
Miss De Janon in response to ques
tions said she did not want to go to a
private school for girls as her grand
father desired and ran away because
she was unhappy. She said she
never intended to marry Cohen, the
waiter. who is over twice her age, but
hoped to stay away from her grand
father till she was 81, when she would
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She said she chose Cohen as her mate
in the runaway escapade because ht
had always been good to her at the
Bellevue-Stratford and she liked him.
"He always treated me as his daugh
ter" she added.
Repeated questions failed to breal
down her declarations that she die
not contemplate marriage and theI
she began to defend Cohen.
81 asked him to go away with me,
she declared, land he refused. l tolt
him he would have to go and / finall,
persuaded him to do so. :. He is not tt
blame. i am responsible for thu
whole matter"
Man Tells of Flight.
The penitent girl cried when asked
whether she still held desire to xii
1 don't want to die now. l want to 6,
to New York to live with papa or bacI
to my grandfather in Philadelphia.
will go to the school at Bryn MawI
or any other place they want to sen,
me. Oh, am so glad you have foun'
me. l am so glad, | can't tell yol
how glad l am. don't want to be
runaway any more"
Cohen revealed to the officers tn
story of his flight with the girl fron
Philadelphia. flight extending 70
thousands of miles through the Unite
States and Canada and in which a tri
to England was interrupted at Halifa
because the boat officers would no
permit the presence of Miss ID
Janon's pet dog on the vessel.
Statue of Gen. Lew Wallace Unveiled