The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-13
RUNAWAyS FOUND
HeireSS and Waiter Arrest.
ed in Chicago.
GIRL TELLS PATHETIC STORY
Declares She Ran Away Because
Her Grandfather Wanted TO
Place Her in a Boarding
School.
GIRL TELLS PATHETIC STORY

Chicago Jan. l1-Roberta De Janon
the young Philadelphia heiress. who
elopod about ten days ago from that
city with Frederick Cohen. a waiter
almost old enough TO be her grand
father. was arrested In roomns
house here Cohen was also taken into
custody. They had been living In
cheap apartment house on the North
Side for the last FIVE days. The couple
had Just begun to feel secure from
pursuit when they were arrested.
To Captain Rehm. in charge OF the
station. the girl told a pathetic story
OF lonesomeness. She said that her
mother had just died. and that her
father was living In another city
There appeared TO be nothing for her|
but a boarding school Nobody seem
cd TO understand or sympathiZe with
her but Cohen. a waiter. married and
forty.two years old He was employed
in the same hotel where she lived. -
did not see my father very often. and
on the first Of October mother and j
took apartments in the BellevueStrat
ford hotel My grandfather. Robert
Bulst. was with us a great deal Of the
time On the second day Of Noyem
Der my mother died after a short III
ness and | was almost heart broken. j
cried a greet deal and was very lone
some. There was nothing that money
could buy that could not have. yet J
was very unhappy.
"Then. TO cap the climax. soon after
my mother had passed away my grand
father said ho was going to send me
I to Mrs. Shpley's preparatory school
at Bryn Mawr.
THE very thought of going to a
place Of that kind. where knew nc
one and had no idea OF the kind OF
people would meet. made me des
perate.
Cohen sympa.hized With Her.
"Mr Cohen was waiter I'm the pri.
rate dining room in the hotel where
,ook my meals. and 70 him talked a
great deal after ny mother had gone
He sympathized with me and seemed
to understand how I felt. He knew
what my sorr0ws were. and il was only
natural that in short time told him
everything. His sympathy and kind
ness seemed to relieve me a great deal
and began to respect him greatly.
FINALLY. when | could stand my
lonesomeness no longer. I begged him
to take me away. He refused at first
even after he admitted that he loved
me. and not until had threatened to
kill myself would he 0nsent Then
we made cut plans"
When speaking Of her mother her
eyes filed and her voice sank to a
whisper.
When she spoke of Cohen It was evl
dent that she held him in high regard
in spite of the fact she she was com
pelIed to pawn her jewelry to buy food
since their arrival here.
Beginning with their flight from
Philadelphia on Dec. %. the girl told
how they had gone to New York and
spent one night there In New York
they decided to go to London. Eng
land but fearing detection If they
tried to embark in this country. they
took a train to Montreal. Failing to
catch a Transatlantic steamer at Mon
treal as they had hoped to do. they
Travelled by rail to st. Johns, n. B..
where they boarded the steamer Cor
sican. According to the girls story
thev wouldn't allow her to have heI
dog "Tootsy" with her on the boat, SC
they landed when they touched at
HHallfax, n. S. But as their combined
capital when they started from Phila
delphia was only s140-$125 belonging
to the girl and SIS to Cohen-it Is be
lleved they did not have money enough
left for their passage to England.
Passed as Father and Daughter.
From Halifax the pair went to Bos
ton. and after staying there one night
hurried on TO Chicago. reaching here
last Thursday morning.
I'VE passed as father and daughter
wherever we went" explained Miss Dc
Janon. Sometimes we gave one name
and sometimes another. but usually We
registered as Mr.. Robert La Place and
daughter
Reaching Chicago. Cohen secured Q
room at 6s West Superior street
where he and the De Janon girl have
been doing light housekeeping. Cohen
has been looking for employment as
a waiter, but being unable to find any
thing to do. the girl gave him her
bracelet and necklace. which he had
pawned for $40. When arrested the
pair had only s160 in their possession
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