The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-11
THE OLD STORY
OF ADAM AND
EVE REHASHED
Grandfather of Girl and Wife
of Man Each Blames the
Other
Sp00NEY GIRL AND LOvEs|CK
MAN CAUGHT IN CHICAGO

Girl Admits She Persuaded Nan to
Elope With Her, But lie Will Bc
Charged With Criminal Abduction
Nevertheless by Her Grandfather.
Philadelphia, Jan. 11-Obposine
views as to which is the guilty party
IN the elopment of Roberta B. De-
Janon. the 17-year-old heiress. and
Frederick Cohen, the waiter of the
believue-Stratford hotel, which termi-
mated yesterday in Chicago, are held
! by the girls grandfather, Robert
buist, the millionaire seed man, and
Mrs. Cohen, the wife who was desert.
ed when the couple fled from this city
OH December 20. Buist declares his
granddaughter did not realize wha,
she was doing and was the victim OF
a cunning adventurer
Detectives were OIL their way tc
Chicago today to return the girl to
her grandfather and to bring Cohen
here to face charge of abduction
According to Buist's attorney the
prosecution will be based on an act
OF the legislature which provides a
severe penalty for the wilful taking
away OF another person for the pur.
pose Of profit or any personal motive
Counsel declared today that Cohen
can be held under the law even If he
is able to prove that the girl con.
sensed to accompany him, because ot
mis- Undue influence over her and the
e: eat disparity in their ages.
Mrs. Cohen says she will stick tc
her husband. She says she has nc
sympathy for the girl who, she says
wanted an escapade and chose he,
husband to accompany her. She re.
FUSED to say whether she will proceed
with the $4,000 suit against Buist ant
Miss OeJanOn for the alienation O,
her husbands affections for which
she engaged counsel last week. Buis,
has tu.sy forgiven the girl for he,
ehc;spade and will do everything IL
the: world OF make her happy.
Miss De Janon said today that II
court proceedings were begun against
Cohen that she would be his chief de.
render. She was emphatic in hel
declarations that the elopement was
all her fault and that Cohen was in
no way to blame. '.Mr. Cohen is in
the right" she said. when told thai
the announcement that Cohen would
be prosecuted had been made in
Philadelphia. "It was he who re
FUSED; it was he who asked me da,
after day to return to my grandfa.
ther, and it was he who cared for me
If they start court action against
Fred ! will certainly go to his de.
tense. He has done nothing amiss
| will always defend him."
After spending the night in a pri.
vate roo mat the Harrison street DO.
lice station annex. Miss De Janor
was questioned by Police 1nspecto,
Wheeler. Cohen. who was detained
in cell in another police station
was also questioned. Miss De Jan.
on declared that her chief desire was
to eliminate future trouble and re.
turn to her grandfather. To Inspec.
tor Wheeler she related the story OF
her travels. reiterating that her rela.
tfons with Cohen had never been
otherwise than those between father
and daughter. II will promise never
! W hStNC ctAt CulliE3 HWY w uO Will
Cohen" said Miss De Janon. II will
try to give him some money if my
grandparents will allow it. MIR
Cohen told me that he had given his
wife 5000 before we started on our
trip. would like to see his family
we'll provided for .
! They arc expected to arrive in
Philadelphia this afternoon.
F.! Story Of Discovery
Chicago, ILL.,. Jan. 11-Living as fa-
ther and daughter. Roberta Buist De-
Janon. the 17-year-old Philadelphia
heiress, and Frederick Cohen. wait
| er at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel
who eloped Dece llber 2? from Fhila-
dclphia and for whom nationwide
search wa substituted. were found and
arrested here Yesterday.
jhey were discovered by detectives
| in rooming house in the north side
OF the city. When policemen entered
the house Miss De.Ianon was playing
with her pet dog whici, she took with
her in her sensational disappearance
with Cohen, who is AZ years old and a
married man. Cohen was seated in
all adjoining room reading. All three
were taken to the Chicago avenue po-
lice station-the frightened girl, her
dog and Cohen.
Tie waiter at first protested against
arrest. He soon admitted his identi-
,,ty however. and Miss DeJanan sob
hing bitterly. pleaded with the au-
Clarifies to restore her to her parents
| Cohen revealed to the officers the
st,ry of their flight. flight extending
for thousands of miles through tho
t',ited States and Canada and in
which trip to England was inter-
rupted at Halifax because the boat au-
thorities would not permit the pres
ence of Miss DeJanon's pct in the
vessel. At least that was Cohen's ex-
planation of the abandonment of the
sea voyage which began at st. Johns
N. B.. but the police believe he plan
ned to leave the boat at Halifax in Or
der to elude detectives.
Cohen and Miss DeJanon arrived
Il