The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-27
Frankly Tells Of Her Re-
lations With Mil
lionaire Allen.
NOW SHE'S AT BAY,
READY 10 FIGHT
May Sue Aged Adnirer 70,
Property Taken From Deposit
Box Despite Fortune He
Sh Q we ed Upon Her.
Knows That Jewels Were
Struggled Into Country.
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New York June 26.-For the first
time since she has been under the h
lash of her critics. Mrs. Helen Dwelle
Jenkins struck back at them to- night.s
TO reporter in her apartments at
the Wellesmore she told frankly and
unreServedly the remarkable story OF
her relations with the man who travel
ed through Europe with her as her
husband, under the name of j. w. Jen-gt
kins. Who She says, is none other than
Nathan Allen. oil henosha. wis, orr.
sanizer Of the Leather Trust, many
times a millionaire and old enough to
be her father. t5
Mrs. Jenkins said that she would
soon cause suit to be instituted against
Allen and members of his family to
recover the face value of stocks and
other valuabies which he gave her
which at his direction she placed H in
4 safe deposit vault in Chicago and
which were distracted from the vault
as mysteriousiy as her more than
100000 worth oil jewels We're stolen
from her apartments in the Lorraine
Hotel in this city, December 1I.l9o9. (,
The face. still girll-.- when illumi- 4
mated by enthusiasm. in spite of this
young woman's unusual career-she
is now less than twenty-three years
old-took on momentarily an express
sion of hatred, suspicion. scorn In
a moment though. she bega n to show
the animation that had heightened her
natural beauty. N sli
Wants Property Returned.
."All l ask of Mr.. Allen--pardon me, Z
meant MIR. Jenkins she said. .is&
that he return to me the more than
S150,000 of property i htch mysterious.
Is disappeared from the safe deposit
box in1 the Illinois Trust Company, lii? (;
which he advised sme to place the
securities. after he had given them to
me. Just when the securities were
taken L do not know Nor do I know
who took them. I do know, however,
that Mr.. Allen as we'll as myself had
a key to the box. 5f}if
"He may have turned this key over
TO somebody else when he left Chica gc
october g. 1909, on a trip to Europe
with his wife. In fact. think II hav,
reason TO believe that he did leave the
Key in other hands when he left the
country. have not seen him sincs
he went away to Europe with his wife /
4 had known him then exactly eigh-
teen months. In tina time he showered
upon me jewels OF the value Of moro
than S30O.o00, splendid house on this
lake front In Chicago, money In un-
limeted amounts for my daily wishes
besides the securities. for which I re-
gret exceedingly may have to sue
him. have nothing but the kindest4
recoilections OF Mr.. Allen. He was
always good and kind and superbly
generous in his treatment OF me. ma
IT was al his urgent request that
| accompanied him to Europe. We
left here on the kron Prinzessin Ce.
celie April q. 1909 l had known him
then exactly a year, We were accom-
panied by John r Collins OF Mem
"a al
family. who had heen especially kind
TO me until Mr. Allen and his family
turned on me SO suddenly, We went
over as Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Jenkins.
! nave no idea the amount OF money2
ne spention me in Europe in the Dur
chase of diamonds. sapphires, pearls,
iaces' lingerie gowns, and so forth.
over there as he did for me. We re-
turned on the Lusitania arriving here
June %, 1909. kiS93slf
Tells of Smuggling.
know nothing in detail OF the
scheme by which the tens Of thousands
or dollars of foreign articles contained
IN our eleven big trunks and three
smaller pieces of baggage were SNUG
sled in. | do know, however, thar all
got past the customs officers without
paying any duty. ma ak
AS we were preparing to depart Tor
home we met at the Savoy Hotel In
London Mr., j. s. Bache, OF New York.
who for years had been Mr.. Aliens
broker here. At the suggestion OF Mr.
bache turned over to his represent
tative both the necklace and the ear
rings for shipment to the United
States. 1t was explained at the time
that II would be too dangerous for
Mr. Allen and Mr., Collins to attempt
to smugglc such costly articles as
these into the country. "a
In less than month after we res
turned 10 New York | was summoned
to he banking house OF J. s. Bache 6.
Co, 1. Broadway, to see both the neck
lace and tho earrings. Accompanied
BY my sister, | went there and we
both held the precious baubles in our
hands. For some reason, however, we
were not permitted to take them away
with us, l have never seen them since.
do not know what became Of them
Another Wonina Involved. 3bSs3s
At the Federal building 1t was learn.
ed to- day that another woman or high
social standing in New York City is /;
involved in xhe alleged uggltlng&
plot almost as deeply as the mysteri-
Gus Mrs! Jenkins. Her name Is said;
10 he known TO United States Distrioti
Attorney Wise. Hi
Her Jewels long have been objects
of special admiration In the ball roomRls
not only of the most costly sort, but
of seemingly infinite variety +. Il Sd.
Whether most OF the diamonds and 4
pearls of this social queen were par 81
chased before or after the $7o.6o0 J0n,s