The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-15
Josephine Joy Thinks the Stories
Told Concerning Her Are
Perfectly Terrible. !"
MAKES SOME ADMISSIONS
Threatened to Sue Boston Broker
for Breach of Promise; $4,000
and Matter flushed Up.
Snecial TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
NEW YORK, July 14.-Josephine
JOY, the pretty little actress who in
private life is Mrs. Almer V. Sturte-
want, made weepful and picturesque
denial today in the home OF her broth
er.in.law in Passaic Park, n, j., of the
statements by Mrs Helen Dwele
Jenkins, famous in the smuggling eases
against Nathan Allen, the Wisconsin
millionaire, that she made business of
snaring and then suing rich old men
and that it was great satisfaction TO
her 10 make the ''old fools pay for
their hirtings.' :, :,
"lt's perfectly terrible, y walled
Mrs. Sturtevant when told that her al
legged revelations regarding her past
admirers susceptibilities into cash had
been published. ,
eyes. telephoned and wrote 70 Mrs.
Jenkins. =" she went on. "And / met
her Snd / thought she was 4 sweet;
trusting little woman The reason !
anncaIed TO her was because | needed
money and / thought she would help I,
sister in distress. I needed s2,ooo, ana
the only security I had to offer was my
word. Oh, yes. forgot l had an oP'lon
on an invention to offer her. fo9 see
I have gentleman friend VINO ls an
| inventor. and he has made patent ior
;m;tatjno leather. | have got an op'
tion ON that patent, but | nave NOT
been able to raise the money TO put. II
| ihrnnoh All last winter | tired 10 IN
tnrest rich mon in it, ] went to me
Standard Oil Office and tried TO sec MI
| RnckcfeIIer but he would not sec me
so when I read Of Mr.. Allen s Snug
cling troubles and his regard ior Mrs
| Jenkins, the word leather caugnl en- ny
eve Mr.. Allen being Ieathe, manu- %u
turer. and I wanted Mrs: Jenkins 80 80
tyoduce me TO her Allen. because -
I'0d tbonpht he might be interested
- ihe patent. But when Sh'
na,led in her automobile and
toid her that. she Just iauehe'
and said. Little girl, no woman on
Garth could get near to that man po.,
rho statement about Willis Bet.'
s,orl;ng the Erie. Pa, millionaire
whom her husband is sung ior ai'ol1 Ne
tion of affections, she adnitteu Ia
Sion c.nrIino had behaved badly, she sai!l
,itbouGh he had taken an interest u
hl," hnr ~oice and had helped her.
Mrs Sturtcvant says that aite ~,
nd,,ntinp from the conservatory sh
gTaH"Jg'iT lgIa%cJ in .iThc Red MIL and in in !
pinydI" pI,nrydcy;jle sketch called "sp'r'
h'a"S ANY expenses AT the conserva'sS1T, s1
were paid by a Boston broker, nx he anu stag n'
/ Sterling. After J went p ,n on crongemen ,nv men
ana nooded Ind'I money and ] asked the Bosto'
nne neeaer for i. He would not give it roon T.
llla" I. nnblic place so J took roou
nae tbe M hotel Essex in Boston ana II II
i ut ihe noue nu and gave me $500. oh
came tained other sums from him from d tim I'M
,n nitnn time but he grew tired Of IT ana md o.,
day d. refused me, saw MN MN hs u.s. som NOR r
possible and told hlm ! mus mn,ld p' give m
moneY, ,e9,e pOI / engaged en- lawyer and pre-
e no poIe. 80 lin for breuch Of prom
c pared TSen ~ I he paid me $4,000. Th
su;t was never filed.