The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-10-30
Musician of IS Admits in Court
Love Pact With Girl of Is as They
Are Caught ElOping TO Canada
Letter From Trial Judge
Used to Aid Him Accom-
plish Purpose.
HE ALREADY HAD WIFE.
Admits InStructing Girl to
Deceive Court With Tes-
timony About Relations.

A pact, which was intended TO be
secret, between a fifteen year. old
girl and a forty i've year old piano
teacher, who Is a grandfather. was
revealed to-day in the County Court.
White Plains, when Prof Albert
Tondra of No. 80 Van Cortlandt Park
Avenue, Yonkers, pleaded guilty to
abducting little Rose Bezede& OF
Wells Avenue, Yonkers. his secre-
tarv He admitted he married the
girl in Stamford, Conn, on May 2g
last though he was already married.
At that time she gave her ace as
twenty-five and he his as forty four.
The wedding certificate was one of
the court exhibits.
The pact which was read in open
court by Judge William F. Bleakley,
was embodied in typewriter instruc-
tions sent by Tondra to Rose while
she was held at st. Germans Home
in PeekslIill as a material witness by
the Westchester County Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty TO Chill
dren. In it Tondra told the girl to
testify that call was over" between
them, and that she was only going
to Canada with him to assist in his
music. Later in the communication,
which Tondra told her to burr i'm
mediately, he assured her that this
would not be true, as they would live
together as soon as his wife divorced
him. He explained that this would
help Smooth things over" in court
Also the girl was to testify that he
and she occupied separate apartments
in Canada and that he was paying her
SO per week.
Before the marriage, according to
testimony of an agent OF the Chill
dren's Society Tondra and the girl
had a joint bank account and when
it totalled $500 they went through the
marriage ceremony. The agent said
Tondra told the girl they would elope
to Canada. The day the girl left
home, she said she was going to visit
relatives, but her parents became
suspicious. The Yonkers police were
notified and Tondra and Rose Itaken
off a train at Albany.
She was sent TO the Peekskill in
stitution. He visited her as a relative
from Panama and there gave her the
instructions as to what she should
testify when summoned before the
Grand Jury.
Judge Bleakley said that before
Tondra and Rose disappeared the pro-
fessor came to him for a letter of
recommendation saying that he was
going to Mexico.
$50 you were going to use my let
ter as an aid to accomplish your pur-
pose, were you" the court asked.
Tondra admitted 1t was so. The
court then read the typewriter state
ment and Tondra admitted he had
given 1t TO the girl.
"You told this girl 10 testify that
you and she had parted and then you
reminded her that this would never
happen but was only for the benefit
of the court?" fonda nodded his
head
Tondra was remanded for sentence.
In the mean time 1t is understood an
examiner in lunacy will be called.
As Tondra was led out OF court a
woman's scream startled the many
spectators. Mrs. TondTa said, Judge,
may / have something TO ssy?" Tie
court repeated its ruling that it was
unnecessary for further remarks, an
Mrs Tondra, becoming hysterical,
shouted, That Is not fair love
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