The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-07-06
use WOMAN AS
CHEF WITNESS
Secret Service Officers Believe She
Had Nothing to Do With
Robbing Customs Office.
Involves About
100000.

NEW YORK Special.-While Col
rector Loeb and the ablest sleuths OF
lhe customs service were working to-
DAY TO trap a wealthy New Yorker.
VINO is alleged to have smuggled in
millions of dollars in Jewels il he
came known that Mrs. Helen DveIIe
jenkins had been brought into the
ranks Of Government witnesses by
threats OF secret service agents thai
she would be taken from her luxuri-
Gus surroundings and put in Jail un-
iesS She aided in the Investigations
AS result she will furnish the chier
evidence in the case involving Ma
than Allen, the wealthy leather manu-
Iacturer Of KenOsha. Wis, and John
X: Collins, the millionaire coal man
of Nashville, Tenn.
How prominent a mart sbe will Mo,
against the New Yorker. who is SIM.
posed 10 be a ring-leader in the sn.us
ghhS operations. is not yet known
sensational details are coming to Heht
following the revelation that Richard
faIr' deputy surveyor Of the port,
nad been offered a bribe of 100000
IL ne would drop the case
Parr himself declares that he has
evidence OF smuggling involving al
ieast Sz'OOO,OOO worth of goods, while
ne mas secured some facts to show
Ncitim Of the smuggling band and
was not engaged in anv efort 10
plackmail Nathan Allen. her wealthy
admirer.
Inside details of the case were re-
Neaieo To-Day by a secret service agent.
Hichard Parr came on the fas-
clnatlng Mrs. Jenkins by accident. -
ne declared. He was not Interested
IN the theft Of her $500. 900 worth of
Jewels from her apartments in the
Lorraine These Jewels had been
smuggled, but he did not then know
y ~
investigator asked him for the loan
OF $1,000, which loan he made. The
friend In turn loaned the money to
mrs. Jenkins, taking as security
jewels which were found afterward
TO have been Smuggled into New York
from abroad. When Parr learned
that Mrs. Jenkins and her admirer
knew the man Parr wanted he took
the opportunity to meet and make a
frlend OF her. Parr eventually be-
came so friendly with Mrs jenkins
that she told him about Allen and
his lavish expenditures on her in this
country and abroad. Then came out
the fact that Allen had not paid du-
ties on the thousands of dollars
worth OF gems brought from abroad
Parr had Mrs. Jenkins go to Chi
cago on one train and he took an
other train. Before leaving Parr call
ed up his newspaper friend. Bastar.
who knew all the details Of the work
at hand, and told him where he was
going. Bastar said that he would go
along and Joined the INVESTIGATOR.
They went to the Hotel I.arall in Chi
cago and found il crowded. They
We're compelled to use the same room.
Mrs jenkins was not on the same
floor.
The room adjoining that occupied
by Parr and Bastar was filed with
private detectives for Allen. They not
only listened at the keyhole, but they
also entered PARIS room when he was
away. Parr was then trying to see
Allen and get from him what he knew
about the rich New York smuggler
He was balked at every turn, but got
sufficient information through Mrs
Jenkins and others TO report to Col
lector Loeb and the United States Dis
trlct Attorney in New York. He had
to threaten Mrs. Jenkins with arrest
before she consented to tell what she
knew about smuggling"