The evening world., 1914-03-28
.TANCOED |NTOHER
HEART AND JEWELS;
loot! HE'S GONE
Widow Asks Police to Find
Youth Who Even Prom
ised to Wed.
WON BY HIS DANCING.
Disappeared From Bank While
Fair Admirer Was Waiting
!. in the Office.
WON BY HIS DANCING.

the smooth spoken, nice looking
young man who yesterday deserted
his prospective bride. Mrs. Mary e.
Sloane. VINO gave her address a. the
Hotel Majestic, In the banking room
Of the German-Amsricau Bank. No.
- Broad street.
For. incidentally. when fthe youns
man uncermoniousiy took his dspar-
ture from the woman he had wooed
and won IN less than a week, he car
ried with him bits Of her jewel dis
play to the value Of 3l.A00 and left
her with . collection of his own
I. o. Us to the extent of SIS.
According to tho story told the bank
ofncials and the detectives by Mrs.
Sloane. who Is . widow about thirty
and very good looking. she met the
man in tho case last Saturday night
at one OF the towns leading tango
emporiums. He was introduced to
her she said as Howard L. Hanson.
and described himself as a wealthy
commission merchant Of Chicago.
He was young. handsome, a divine
dancer and Mrs. Sloane readily as
sented when he asked to be permitted
to call upon her next day.
CHECK he EXPECTED HAD NOT
ARRIVED.
He appeared with q look Of great
sorrow on his face to keep that en-
gagement, Mrs. Sloane said. Money
he had been expecting from Chicago
had not arrived. He was In a dire
predicament. Mrs. Sloane was sym
pathetic. When he left that evening
he carried with him $25 loaned him
by the lady and she held his receipt.
He called again next day. Still the
expected remittance from the West
was missing. and again Mrs. Sloane
came 10 the rescue. She was forced
to dig into her treasury again and
again until Thursday. when he called
and promptly exhibited q check for
$50 drawn on a Chicago bank. He
suggested that the amount called for
would just about serve to defray the
expenses OF wedding and a short
honeymoon. Mrs. Sloane agreed with
him. II was then and there decided
that the wedding should be the next
day.
But at 1.3O o'clock yesterday after
noon Mrs. Sloane was called to tho
Informed her that he could not secure
the Identification necessary to have
the check cashed. However. he said
that the paying teller at the German
American Bank had expressed his
willingness to cash the check II jew
olry to cover the amount of the check
bO deposited with him until the check
was accepted by the Chicago bank.
Mrs. Sloane acceded to this request
that she lend him some OF her jew
elry, but insisted on accompanying
Hanson to the bank.
WooER AND GEMS DISAPPEAR
FROM THE LINE.
At 2.l5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
fifteen minutes before the closing OF
the bank, when the banking room
was crowded with messengers from
nearby brokerage houses, Mrs. Sloane
and Hanson arrived. The lady was
given a chair within the cashiers en-
closure andt the man took position
IN the long line that then extended
from the paying tellers cage. Five
minutes, later Mrs. Sloane decided to
take q look at him to whom she had
given her heart and nearly her hand.
He was nowhere to be found. With
a scream she rushed up to the paying
teller, J. A. Williams.
"Where In the man who Just had
check for 3?70 cashedr she inquired
excitedly.
Mr.. Williar ) glanced over the
checks he hat just cashed and in
formed hcr that no check OF vat
amount had been cashed. Nor had
he seen a man OF the description fur
nished by Mrs. Sloane. The man In
question had evidently made his exit
through the rear door.
There was another scream and
until Detective Mayer arrived from
the Old Slip Police Station all was
excitement within the bank. Finally
Mrs. Sloane was quieted and
described the missing jewels as
three diamond rings and a pigeon
blood ruby pendant, She said that
Hanson was about six feet In height,
smooth faced. had dark brown hair
and wore checked suit.
Tho lady then hustled into a taxi
cab and gave orders that she be
driven 10 the Majestic At that hote'
II is said to-day. however. that no
one Of that namo is guest there.