The New York herald., 1921-08-01
DOCTORS WIFE Held
WITH SON FOR THEFT
Elwood Adams Accused of Bur-
glary and Parent of Re-
ceiving Loot.
BLAMES PLIGHT ON GIRL
Is Charged With Robbing
Home of Myrtle Tanna-
hill, Actress.
BLAMEs PLIGHT ON GIRL

Elwood Adams. %, stepson of DIR.
Charles b. Adams of AZ Irving place,
who was arrested July 10 after Jean
Cunningham. 27. housemaid, de-
clared he induced her 70 steal under
a promise of marriage. was arrested
again yesterday. this time on bur-
glary charge, and was committed to
the West Side Prison in default of
$500 bail. Mrs. Adams, II, the youths
mother, was arrested Saturday, it de-
veloped. on charge of receiving the
property her son Is accused of steal
ing. She was released in $4,000 bail.
Mother and son were arrested in
two separate raids on the Irving place
house. Detective John A. Herman Of
the West Sixty-eighth street station
led the raiding party that descended
on the building Saturday at noon and
placed Mrs. Adams under arrest. Her
son coutl not be found In the building
at the time. Suspecting he would
return some time during the day or
night the detectives kept a close watch
on the place and raided II again at
1880 yesterday morning. To their sur
prise, they found Adams had been In
the house all the while.
The latest charges against Adams
and those against his mother are said
to have resulted from further state
ment made by Miss Cunningham. who
is n prisoner in Bellevue Hospital. The
burglary of which he is accused 'oc-
Cured January IL last at the home or
Miss Myrtle Tannahill, an actress, at
245 West Seventy-ffth street. Miss
Tannahiil played one Of the leading
roles last winter in the production of
.~rhe Broken Wing in the Forty-eighth
Street Theatre. Her loss consisted OF
pearls and other articles OF jewelry
valued at $4,000.
Detective Kiernan told Magistrate
Simpson in West Side Court that Adams
had a male accompiice In the robbery
who has not yet been arrested botn
Mrs. Adams and her son denied the
detective's allegations and their counsel.
Alexander II. Kaminisky, former As
s,stant District Attorney. made plea
for a reduction in the size of their bail
But when Kiernan advised the Magis-
trate that Adams was already out on
Sc. 600 on the original charges growing
out OF the statement OF Miss Cunning
ham. the attorney was told there would
no no reduction Mrs Adams provided
the bond and left the court room ac-
companied by her husband, who had
been seated In the rear during the pro-
ceedings.
Mrs. Adams characterized her arrest
as "police persecution" and said 1t had
been made because she had done what
every other mother would do--take the
side or her boy" She was attired In q
light blue suit and wore white turban
hat draped with a veil. A pearl neck
race hung around her neck and there
we're several diamond rings on her
fingers.
Adams attributed his latest arrest TO
a police frame up" He said that ne
was satisfied Miss Cunningham was at
the bottom OF II and that her motive is
revenge for mis- having married Miss
Carmen Roth. OF Altoona. Pa, In Phila-
delphia on June 16. These sentiments
were expressed to reporter for The
New YoRK HERALD who talked to him
In the warden's office of the West Side
Prison.
my arrest Is a police frame up" he
said. II do not know this actress Uey
mention and never have been In The
Seventy NTH street house they mention
in my ife.A think Jean Is responsible
for my arrest She had an idea ! was
going to marry her and got sore when
she learned was married. She shook
her Anger at my wife when she saw
her II the court room and said: I'll
get even with you. She then turnad
TO me and said 1f hadn't found out
YOU were married | wouldn't have
brought you into this"
Adams said that on the occasion of his