The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-03
Charmer of Millionaires
ProvesAdept I'M ouch
ing Fiction
FRIEND OF ALLEN
NOW TELLS o4OnY
Throws New Light on How Mrs.
Jenkins, of Jewelry Smuggling
Fame. First Met Leather
Magnate-"Mystery Wo-
man" Found and Adds
Her Contribution.
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SHicaso' III, July 2.--Oncc more the
touchInY little romance related by the
beautiful ana mysterious Mrs. Helen
Dwel!e Field Jenkins. the charmer of
mi!iionaires, of the manner in which
she iirst met Nathan Allen, the ke-
nosha leather maguate, who has played
such prominent part in her life. ma $
been punctured
II VIII be remembered that in an
authorized interview given out in New
foifi Mrs. jenkins sketched 4 pretty
word picture of the first time she saw
Millionaire Allen. According TO her
story, II was in the LOBBY OF the STRAIT
ford Hotel in Chicago a few years ago
that she saw Allen. He according to
the beautiful woman's story was
struck with her appearance. lay in
wait for her in the lobby, finally sum
moned Up courage enough 10 speak to
her and then won her everlasting
friendship by gifts of great punches
of orchids. Mrs. jenkins, in her inter
view. averred that she was accompa
MED at the time BY her sister Mrs
Florence Turnil. OF Chicago.
Mrs Turmoil has entered an en-
phatic denial to the part of the story
that concerns herself. and intimates
broadly that Helen must have been
romancing little"
now comes an intimate friend OF
Nathan Allen, one who knows the
millionaire well. who knows all about
his acquaintance with Mrs. jenkins.
the gifts that he lavished on her. the
trips that ne took with her and other
things. Who says that the woman is
not telling the truth in regard to her
first meeting with Allen.
Nathan Allen first met Helen
n.aa1 -
John r. Collins. the Memphis business
man whose. name has also been asso
c!ated with her. know Collins well.
and l know what 1 am talking about
II was like this:
Some years ago Collins was pro-
noting an undeveloped Southern coal
property. 1t was a good proposition,
and Collins knew It, He needed money
to finance it.
Collins and Allen Meet.
Collins had heard of Allen before
this. He went to Memphis bank and
asked for a letter of introduction TO
the kenosha man, thinking he might
get him interested in the coal PROPOSE
ton The letter was written by the
bank, and in this way Collins and AL
len first met.
Allen became interested in the
property, and went South to look IL
over. Living in Memphis at the time
as Collins's ward was Helen Dwelle.
Collins entertained Allen extensively,
and introduced him TO his ward. Mrs.
Dwelle helped in the entertainment
OF the susceptible Kenosha millionaire.
That was the way that Mrs. Jen-
kins first met Allen. II was not long
before she came to Chicago and was
known as Mrs. Jenkins. She was then
N
lived for a time at the Stratford, and
was finally installed in the Sheridan
Road mansion that Allen is said to
have purchased for her at cost of
$4,000. and to have had decorated at q
cost OF $4,000
Mrs. Jenkins never forgot Collins
Kindness to her She induced Allen to
put lot OF money into Collinss pro-
position"
Another angle in this tangled case
became known to-day wnen 1T was
learned that the reason Mrs. Charles
Allen, OF Kenosha. was arrested on
her return from Europe a year ago
in June was because the customs of
ficials thought she was the wife OF
Nathan Allen. Even then they We're
investigating the supposed case Of the
smuggling of the Mrs jenkins jewels
into the country, and mistook Mrs.
Charles Allen for Mrs. Jenkins.
"Mystery Woman" Found.
Redwood. y Y. July AT her
beautiful home on the shore of Millsito
Lake. about two miles from here, a
reporter interviewed Mrs. William A
Russell. wife of a wealthy manrfac.
turer of plumbing supplies, whose city
home is at 500 Palisade Avenue. Yonk-
ers. Mrs. Russelrs admission for the
first time that she is the mysterious
society woman" so frequently referred
to in the accounts Mrs. Helen Dwslle
Jenkins has furnished of the alleged
theft of her 100000 worth of Jewels
from the Hotel Lorraine, New York. in
December. 1909, merely prefaced Mrs.
Russell's story of the time of the al
legged robbery.
Mrs Russell charged that Mrs. .Jen-
kins had started a series of attacks
on her through t.r tn, newsSpapers-ai-
mousiy as "a wealthy Yonkers So
ciety woman"-in order to "intimlda tie
a multimilllionaire from Pennsylva-
Is the multimillionaire referred to. BY
inadventenee Mrs. Russell let tho name
slip out during her conversation with
the reporter. saying afterward she re-
GREETED having done SO.
Has Two Children In Chicago.
An entirely new angle was given To
the case when Mrs. Russell declared
that she believes Mrs, Jenkins to be
the Inotner OF TWO cnlIuren now In
Chicago institution. Their name is
Fuld Mrs. Jenkinss maiden name was
F'uld.
This Jenkins woman is an adj
venturess!" exclaimed Mrs. Russell ct
one juncture. Her husband. who had
been interrupted in preparations for a
spin in a high-powered motor boat an
chored a few feet from the house.
broke in:
Il am sick OF this annoyance. The
trouble with this Jenkins woman ia
that she Is broke. She needs money
and will go any length to get 1t. If
my wife or I We're to tell ali we know
we would involve the names of a dozen
of the most socially prominent families
In New York. Their daughters. yo,np