The Washington times., 1922-05-08
DAUGHTER
SILENT ON
ROMANCE
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from the home of his aunt in Bloom

NOntlnueu lTOI1l FliSt fdBSJ
from the home of his aunt in Bloom
field.
Robertson charges that trumpej
up charges were made against him.
He was accused of robbing a rem
-ber of the British War Veterans
Club. in New York, of clothing and
decorations. He proved his inno-
cence, showing that the Zeal offend.
er. although having his name--Alex-
ander Edward Robertson was
another individual.
II also was charged that Robert
son obtained large sums OF money
from persons he met in Austin and
other cities on promissory notes. He
was told that the offense meant illl.
Imprisonment, and disgrace. He was
told. he claims, that the only way
to avoid bringing his own name and
that of Miss Culberson into the lime
light was to leave the country.
Action was threatened. with the en-
suing publicity, Robertson charges.
Rather than bring the nam- Of
. Miss Culberson, the Senator, and her
mother into the limelight, Robertson
claims, he was willing TO leave the
country. He said he had friend
who lives near Buenos Aires, Ar
gentine-that he agreed 20 sail for
that port, but he had no money and
not the necessary clothes. He claims
the money was to be advanced to
him by Mr.. Jurney, through the
Burns detectives. and several hours
before the sailing Of the ship from
Boston, where he had been taken
by the operatives from mis- home IA
Bloomfield, he was told the trip
was off"
He Feels Aggrieved.
Now he is aggrieved. He takes
the viewpoint that he was framed
that at no time was there a chance
OF his being arrested for obtaining
money on the promissory notes. and
that the charges that he had robbed
q comrade in war were groundless.
And all this was done against
Miss Culberson's wishes" declares
Robertson. why. only a few days
before the Burns detective threat.
ened me. while posing as agents
of the Department of Justice. Miss
Robertson wrote me a note to be
on my guard-that something was
in the wind and that l had bet
ter be careful
When the CulbeTsons first learned
Of the girls infatuation for Rob-
ertson. Mr.. Jurney, Senator Culber.
sons secretary and confidant, sent
for the war hero" 1t was ex-
planned by friends OF the Culber-
sons that they wished their daugh-
ter to marry an American citizen.
Young Robertson, claiming service
under the British flag in the world
war, is not a naturaliZed citizen.
and this naturally led the family
to inquire into the antecedents OF
the young man who was ushered
into their immediate family circle
with such startling suddenness.
All that the CulbersOns did, ac-
cording to Mr.. Jurney. was to
throw around their only child the
natural safeguards that would ap-
peal to any parent. Robertson was
told to Justify his suit for the win
some Southern beauty by making a
name for himself worthy of the
distinguished family into which he
sspired to marry.
According TO Mr.. Jurney, Robert
son voluntarily agreed TO go TO
South America ard seek his for
tune. Later, plans for his de-
pSrture were abandoned. much TO
his chagrin ana disappointment.
said Mr.. Jurney. His charge
against Ellis, in which the roman
tic love affair of the young couple
was revealed, followed.
Employed as Helper.
Robertson was employed az a
helper in a garage at Austin, Texas,
when he met Miss Culberson. tie
had been attending the University
of Texas, where Miss Robertson was
a coed. and within three months
after their first meeting the bud of
acquaintance blossomed into love.
After leaving the University OF
Texas, Miss Culberson Joined her
parents in Washington. anu she
entered the fashionable Holton-Arms