Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-07
Blanche W. Barr Is Expected
to Arrive Today.
EL0PED TO NEW YORK
Ran Away With John S. Considine,
q Married Man.
NOW CHARGES ABDUCTION
"Mysterious Jack" as He Was
Called, Held by Police-Mother
Vows Vengeance.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SPctiai Dspatcn 10 Inc star.
NEW YORK, March Z. Blanche w.
Barr. the pretty seventeen year old miss
| of Washington who eloped to this city
several days ago with a married man.
awakened from her love dream today in
the West Side police court this morning
| and accused him of leading her astray
AS q result of the girls charges the de-
PENDANT. John s. Considine of 537 West
Mulberry street, Baltimore, was held in
$1,000 bail for examination next Friday
on a charge of abduction.
The accused went to his cell in de-
fault Of bail and declared that he loved
the young woman and was anxious to
marry her. But the girls brother.
Robert H. Barr OF 10 Clinton street,
Brooklyn. was present and showed that
he intended to take care Of his sister.
Miss Barr is slender and dresses
neatly. This morning she wore a large
Gainsborough hat with a liberal pro-
fusion Of plumes and a dainty blue
taiIormade gown.
She did not look at her late lover dur
ing the brief proceedings before Magis-
trate O'Connor, and left the courtroom
hurriedly with her brother when the
court announced that 1t would take up
the charge of being incorrigible. which
was lodged against her last evening by
her brother. .
Turns Against Her Lover.
The realization that the young woman
had turned chief witness against him
| came as a big shock to Considine. He
let it be understood that his affection foI
her had not been diminished by his ar
rest and Incarceration. But Miss Barr
swore with emphasis to the abduction
| charge. and it is on her testimony that
the district attorney expects to hold the
defendant.
The pair were discovered yesterday in s
threeroom fat at DOB West 1O2d street
by the girls brother and Detective Daily
Of the central office. The address had
been obtained through letter which the
defendant had written to his wife in
Baltimore. The girl also. it appears, be-
lieved that Considine had been divorced
and that she was to marry him. But SO
far it is not shown that either made an
effort to procure a license.
Considine insists that he has been
divorced and says that he was advised
by his wife's lawyer last fall. The
divorce action was not defended. and
decree, it is declared, was entered
pro confesso." or as it is understood
here Considine entered no defense to
his wife's suit. There appears to be
some misunderstanding as to the
status of that divorce action
Serious Charge Against Considine.
The young woman appeared in the Po-
lice Court today wearing a solitaire dia-
mond ring. She had very little to say
and very promptly lifted her right hand
and swore to the serious charge which
she made against Considine. Her home
is given as 1238 street, Washington.
She says that she met Considine ct a
skating rink in her home town and that
he had plenty Of talk regarding the
glamor OF the great world lying beyond
the confines of the District Of Columbia,
and she yielded to the temptation and
ran away from her home and from her
work in a real estate Office where she
was employed.
But the girl says now that she would
rather be home with her mother and she
appears to have taken sudden aversion
for Considine.