The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
PREDICT ARRESTS
OF MILLIONAIRES

Continued from Page One.
on to the Breslin Hotel went '.Mr. and
Mrs. ]. w. Jenkins" and their Southern
friend.
Occupy Rooms I'm Hotel.
''Nlr and Mrs Jenkins" occupied rooms
Sz1-2 at the Breslin for few days and
then departed for Chicago, where Mrs.
Jenkins occupied a mansion in Sheridan
read, the cost of which Is not known 1t
is known, however, that the millionaire
spent $4,000 on interior decorations alone.
It is stated by the government officers
that the Southern companion Of the cou-
pie seemed actually deformed when he
entered the Breslin Office, so stuffed were
his pockets with the jewels the West
ernrr had purchased in Europe, alike for
his woman companion and his wife 8
children. The gems were turned over
to their owners at the hotel.
Soon after Mr.. and Mrs. Jenkins"
reached the Breslin they were visited by
four or FIVE customs inspectors who had
handled their baggage, and each Of them
was given 800 by Jenkins"
The New York millionaire banker and
broker involved Is alleged to have care
fully instructed his friend, the Western
er, while In London, in the fine art OF
smuggling at this port. Collector Loeb
had then been in office only about three
months. News had reached American
tourists In Europe that the new coIlec-
tor had adopted q very rigid system Of
inspection, and that It would be danger
GUS for anybody to be caught smuggling
again.
Dealt Heavily I'm Stocks.
H. kaA
dealt heavily In stocks through the New
Yorks bankers brokerage house. This had
brought them into close contact. The
banker was accompanied to Europe by his
wife, and on the Continent they travelled
with "Mr, and Mrs. Jenkins"
Don't permit yourself to be fright
ened about the customs authorities" the
New York man Is said to have aduon-
ished the Western millionaire In the
Savoy Hotel In London. Leave Il to me,
and I'll see that you get all OF your Eu-
ropean purchases by the inspectors"
When the jenkins party stepped from
the Lusitania they were met by a con-
hdential representative OF the banker.
This representative is said to have hailed
Jenkins familiarly, with the laconic
assurances:
Come right along. I heard from the
other side by cable"
A humorous touch is given to this part
OF the story by the statement that Col
lector Loeb was at the pier at the time,
having gone there TO observe the system
Of inspection then in force.
After members Of the Western Million
aires family had started the vigorous
campaign to break of the relations be-
tween him and Mrs. Jenkins" 1t was
again the New York bankers firm which
sent to representatives Of the Mooney
& Boland Agency the check for $72,O00
mentioned yesterday.
Seeks to Recover Gems.
Mrs. Jenkins was then In Chicago
seeking to recover her stolen jewelry.
After the gems had been returned she
was visited by lawyer who said that he
represented the detective agency. He
showed check for $1,000 which he said
had been sent to her at the order Of Mr..
Jenkins" According to the story told
to-day this check represented Mrs. Jen-
kins' share Of q deal in the common
stock of the steel trust which her ad-
mirer had carried for her with his New
York broker.
It appears that in addition to lavishing
money on Mrs. Jenkins" through the
most costly gems, gowns, automobiles,
and houses, the millionaire also fire.
quently declared her In on his stock
speculations. He is alleged to have made
'big winning In steel during the furry
In those stocks two years ago.