The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-11
GRAND FORKS, ND TUESDAY, JANUARY II,

here Thursday and rented q room in
boarding house owned by Mrs. Frank
Perrin. Cohen introduced the girl
as his daughter Alice. He identifie d
himself as Robert King and said he
was a barber and that he had Just
arrived from Montreal in search of
work.
The girl, when questioned by the
officers at the police station after she
had admitted her identity. stated that
she and Cohen had reached Chicago
with but $1.60 between them and that
she gave Cohen a bracelet and neck
lace which he pawned in order to pro-
cure money for them 10 live on.
Their apprehension followed a report
to the police in the afternoon by Mrs
Perrin. who had seen pictures of the
elOpfng pair in the newspapers and
suspected that her new boarders were
the missing Philadelphia elopers.
Cohen. who vehemently denied THAT
any harm had come to Miss DeJanon
since she fled with him from her
home, outlined to tho police the route
taken in the effort to evade capture.
The went from Philadelphia to New
York city December 20, remaining
in New York only a few hours. board
ing train for Montreal. In Montreal
they took train for st. Johns, where
they boarded steamer for England.
At Halifax they abandoned the sea
voyage and returned to Boston by
rail.
From Boston they came to Chicago
convinced that no one had any idea
of their whereabouts.
| In the possession OF Miss DeJenon
the police found several letters, some
addressed to her parents and one writ
ten to her by Cohen. dated December
IA, In which the waiter begged the
girl to think twice before eloping with
him.
COEen's Lc!tcr
This letter was as follows:
dec. IA, 1909-My Dear Roberta:
After thinking the matter over thor
oughly | 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
this step which you will later re-
sret. and which will disgrace you and
make you unhappy III the future. You
know that ] love you as never loved
woman before. Furthermore YOU
know IN your own heart that towards
you / am strictly on the level and 1
am willing to sacrifice my future hap
piness only in order to do the right
and square thing by you.
Think matters over and weigh ev-
erything conservatively and you will
find out that my motives toward you
are as pure and honorable as only a
man can be towards the girl he really
and devotedly loves. To take you
away from here just to crafty whin,
regardless of disastrous consequences
to yourself, would show ME up only
a coward and not worthy of having
the love of such an angel as yourself
). Think this over 81 know you will
respect and trust me that much more
for what 1 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 to fall
on you. If you can see my noble mo-
tives in the right light You will ap-
preciate HE that much more and only
can respect ME. even if you can neve,
learn to love me. will talk this mat.
ter with you yet and will try to con-
vince you that the only reason won't
consent to take you away is because
| am a man of principle and honor
and because ] really love you"
The letter. unsigned, was written on
0P <IN D11
hotel and was mailed to Miss DeJanou
at her grandfather's address in Phila-
delphia.
i Girl Writes Her Father
j A letter written by Miss DeJanon
to her father. Ferdinand DeJanon, a
broker, q East Twenty-first street
New York city. which she had not VET
mailed. was also found. In this It was
revealed that the girl might be con-
templating suicide and she asks that
Cohen's wife forgive her because che
coaxed her husbnad to go away with
her so that she would not have to at
tend private school q Bryn Mawr
where she was to have been sent Jan
uary 3. The unmailed letter to he.
father read:
Saturday. Jan. 3, 1909.
J "My Dear Father: I can't tell yoi,
how much grieved | ain to have caus-
ed YOU and grandpa so much worri-
nent and trouble. but I went away
because did not want to go to that
school nor did want to stay in
Philadelphia. AS could not go my
self persuaded Fred to go with NE
as he has always been so kind and
good to nc. but before leaving swore
over mama's grave that he would new
er wrong ne in amy way and he would
treat me as though were his daugh-
ter. He has proven himself gen
tleman. for he has kept all of his
promises and can only speak in the
highest terms for him. for he is a
good hearted man. II is all nom
sense for them to say that was in
love with him. for that is not so. I
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