The Washington herald., 1922-05-08
BritOn to Tell How Love
For Miss Bulberson
Caused Abduction.
TELEPHONE TALK
BARES SECRET
Arrest of Detective and
Plea to Washington
Reveal Romance.

BLOOMFIELD. ". j., May l.
Alec E. Robertson, the young Eng
lish war hero who says Burns De-
tectives kidnapped" him because
the daughter Of United States Sem
ator Charles GuIberson of Texas
returned his love. prepared tonight
to journey to Washington and tell
his story to officials to the British
Embassy.
Robertson has pledged himself
not to involve s1-year-old Mary
Culberson in any litigation which
may be attended by publicity. but
he says he feels sure II his duty as
British subject to do as the
embassy staff wishes. He has re-
ceived a letter asking him to pre-
sent himself in Washington imme-
diately.
Letters Kept From Him.
The letter from the British EN-
bassy also asks an explanation of
why he did not respond to COM
munications addressed to him by
mail and wire during the time he
says he spent in Boston with three
Burns Detectives, awaiting the de-
parture of a vessel which he had
agreed TO sail for South America.
These communications. Robertson
says, he never received. In his
first story he told of being trans
ferred to much more modest quar-
ters in the New Richmond Hotel
after night in the exclusive
Adams House. one of Boston's
finest hostelries, and he now be-
lieves the switch was made TO
keep letters and wires from WASH
in-ton out of his hands. =
In Hands of His Friends.
Robertson said he would have no
full statement to make concerning
his association with Miss Culberson
and its consequences before tomor-
row. ---.-...---,-.
friends" he said. Il must consult
them before 1 sa yanything fur
ther."
He explained that by his
friends. he meant his relatives.
who made the appeal in his behalf
to the British Embassy. his attor-
ney and Great Britain's diplomatic
Representatives in this country.
Robertson would not even reveal
the identity of his lawyer.
Except for what appears to have
been a lapse On the part of James
R. Nusent, New Jersey political
power. the love affair between
young Robertson and Senator Gull
berson's daughter probably never
would have become public.
Spent Night In Jail.
friends. Robertson caused the ar
rest OF John F. Ellis, a former
Burns operative. after the alleged
kidnapping" episode. Ellis was in
Newark at this time and spent a
night in Jail before Nugent was
retained to defend him.
But when Ellis was arraigned
Nugent failed to appear. Facing
another uncomfortable night be-
hind the bars, and with his wife
in tears. Ellis went to a public tel
ephone and asked the. long distance
operator to connect him with c. J..
Jurney. in the Senate office build
ing in Washington. The private
detective was exasperated. and his
voice was loud. \ reporter for
Newark newspaper overheard him
and was struck by the idea that the
case in which Ellis was defendant
might be much more interesting
than appeared on the surface.
Trniled From Dallas.
Senatr Culberson's connection and
that of his daughter were estab-
lished in a subsequent Gnvestiga-
tion- Robertson himself. mindful of
his pledge, did not consent to dis
cuss the affairNuntil it was proved
to him that the "Other side" had
talked first.
Robertson already was told of
having stopped in washington to
see Mary Culberson while on the
way from Texas, where he had met
her, to start on a new job in Syr-
Rcuse, y. Y. 1t now develops, oc-
cording to Robertson's friends. that
the youthful Ineligible" was trailed
by private detectives from the mo-
ment he started north from Dallas.
Presumably Miss Culberson's par
ents knew of the meeting OF the
young people within a very short
time after they had greeted each
pthar,