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VOLUME 29. No. 350
Present Big Split in Republican Party Spells Democratic Success in 1912 to Party Leaders
FORMER SAN ANTONIAN TO
FACE ABDUCTION CHARGE
Philadelphia Heiress Who Eloped With Former San Antonio Man and Who
Was Found in Chicago Yesterday Evening.
Frederick Cohen Will Be Tak
en to Philadelphia to Answer
for De Janon Escapade.
HIS WIFE BLAMES GIRL
Grandfather of Latter For
gives Her and Lays All the
Blame on the’ Waiter,
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■a done.’fsaid Cohen, “but her
■» pleadings were irresistible and 1 *•
■a swear I have not harmed the "a
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Associated Press.
j Philadelphia, Jan. 11. — Opposing
Mews as ho which is the guilty party
in the elopement of Roberta De Janon,
(rhe seventeen-year-old heiress, and
(Frederick Cohen, the waiter at the
Dellvue-Stratford, which terminated
yesterday in Chicago, are held by the
girl’s grandfather, Robert Buist. the
millionaire seed man, and Mrs. Cohen,
the wife who was deserted when the
eouple fled from this city, December 29.
Buist declares his granddaughter did
not realize what she was doing and
was the victim of a cunning adventur
er.
A detective is on the way to Chicago
today to return the girl Jo her grand
father and to bring Cohen here to face
a charge of abduction. Mrs. Cohen
says she will stick to her husband. She
says she has no sympathy for the girl,
who, she says, wanted the escapade and
ehose her husband to accompany her.
Buist has fully forgiven the girl for
the escapade and will do everything in
the world to make her happy.
Cohen Tells of Trip.
Cohen outlined to the Chicago police
, the route taken in the effort to evade
capture.
He said they went from Philadelphia
; to New York December 29. After re
maining in New York only a few .hours
they boarded a train for Montreal. In
Montreal they took n train for St.
Johns. New Brunswick, where they
took a boat for Liverpool. At Halifax
thev abandoned the steam«h>p voyage
and returned to Montreal. From there
they wont to Chicago, not thinking any
one knew anything of their where
ibouts.
Cohen and Miss De.Tanon arrived at
Chicago Thursday and rented a room in
a boarding house owned by Mrs. Frank
Perrine. Cohen introduced the girl as
his daughter. Alice. He introduced
himself as Robert King and said he
was a barber and that he had just ar
rived from Montreal in search of work. ;
Had Only $1.60.
The girl, when questioned by the of '
fieers at the police station, after she |
had admitted her identity, stated that :
she and Cohen had reached Chicago
with but *1.60 between them, and that |
«be gave Cohen a bracelet and necklace i
which he pawned in order to procure 1
money to live on. Their apprehension |
followed a report to the police in the
afternoon by Mrs. Perrine, who had i
■eon pictures of the eloping pair in tiie ■
■ewspapers and suspected that her new 1
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
AND GAZETTE
MISS ROBERTA D'JANON.
। boarders were the missing Philadel
phians.
In the possession of Miss DeJanon
the police found several letters, some
addressed to her parents and one writ
■en to her'toy Cohen, dated December
in which the waiter begged*the girl
i to think twice before eloping with him.
A letter written by Miss DeJanon to
her father. Ferdinand DeJanon, which
she had not yet mailed, was also found.
Tn this it. was revealed that the girl
might,be contemplating suicide, and she
asks that‘Cohen's wife forgive her be
cause she coaxed her husband to go
away with her, so that she would not
have to attend private school at Bryn
Mawr, where she was to have been sent,
January 3. The letter to her father,
dated January 9, says:
Begs Father Not to Prosecute.
“My Dear Father —I can’t tell you
how much grieved I am to have caused
you and grandpa so much worriment
and trouble, but I went away because I
did not want to go out to that school,
nor did I want to stay in Philadelphia,
As I could not go myself, I persuaded
Fred to go with me. as he has always
been so kind and good to me, but before
leaving swore over mamma’s grave that
he would never wrong me in any way,
and he would treat me as though I was
his daughter.
“He has proven himself a gentleman
for hh has kept all his promises and I.
can only speak in the highest terms for
him for he is a good-hearted man. It is
all nonsense for them to say that I
was in Jove with him for that is not
so. T only cared for him as a dear old
friend. If we are caught I am going to
' kill myself, as I could not bear to go
| back again. Please, papa, take Tootsie
| (meaning her pet fox terrier), and. al
■ ways keep her with you. Be kind and
good to her, and take the best eare of
her. Now, please grant me that one
favor.
“Flense forgive me and try to think
kindly of me; also ask Mrs. Cohen to
please forgive me as I did not know
what trouble this thing would bring
when I ecaxed her husband to go away
with me. Please do not prosecute Frqd.
Bo thankful to him for the beautiful
way ho has treated your daughter. It
was all my fault. Good-bve. dear papa,
an 1 grandpa. ROBERTA.
“P. S.—Don't forget about Toot
sie.’’
Their Correspondence.
Among the correspondence of Roberta
de Janon and Cohen, found in the elop
ers' rooms was the following, written
on rhe face of an envelope, no date:
“To my sweetheart papa, from his
sweetheart daughter: I wish I could
have a little talk with you tonight as
I am feeling terribly sad, but guess we
will have to wait until tomorrow.
“If it is a nice day and if papa is
not ready to take Tootsie down about
10:45. I will try to come down, but if
I find that impossible, don’t get angry.
Good night, dear. ”
This letter wns evidently a reply to
one in which the waiter threatened
suicide:
“1 thiifk it is awfully unkind of you
to say such unkind things about kill
ing yourself. I think I am unhappy
enough now without you trying to make
me more so, for you know, dear, I love
my sweetheart, papa, and would always
like to have you near me if it were only
possible.
“Goodbye until tomorrow morning
when I will expect a nice, fatherly kiss
from you.’’
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Formerly Manager of Bismarck Cafe on
Alamo Plaza, Who Was Found With
Roberta D'Jauon Yesterday in Chi
cago.
Will FI6HT TO
SME CHARIER
OF ORION TRUST
New Company Will Be Organ-1
ized If It Is Possible
to Do So.
BURLESON’S ?TATEMENT
Receiver Davis Cannot Tell
Positively When He Will
Come to San Antonio.
‘I will fight to the last ditch to save
the charter of the I'nion Bunk & Trust
company. If wo can save' It, a new
company will be organized, as that is
all we can do. There is no other in
strument in existence like this charter
and in the hands of good num it could
draw untold capital to this state.”
Such is the statement of J. G. Burle
son, president, of the Union Bank &
Trust company, yesterday thrown into
the hands of a receiver by “non-user”
proceedings brought by the attorney
general’s department at Austin. Mr.
Burleson stated that the forfeiture of
the instrument would be fought to the
highest court, and that he believed the
law would say the charter was valid.
“If the attorney general's depart
l ment questioned the validity of the
I document,” continued Mr. Burleson.
I “why were not proceedings instituted
in 1908, when the I'nion Bank & Trust
company was organized I At that, time
as the attorney general was informed
and knew, there was but $10,000 paid in
and this little bit would not have been
felt- by the stockholders. Instead, the
department waited until the company
had nearly 400 stockholders, with near
ly $400,000 paid in, and with more than
a quarter of a million in deposits, and
then brings suit for forfeiture.”
Receiver Davis Not Here.
President Burleson stated that he had
talked over the long distance this morn
ing, with Receiver Tom II. Davis and
that Mr. Davis could not tell him now
when he would arrive in San Antonio.
In all probability, it will be probably
Wednesday evening or Thursday.
Mr.' DaVis'qualified today as receiver,
.filing his bond for $501000 arid comply
ing vvitb the other regiilafions called
for by law. It is stated that he will
name an assistant who will aid him in
closing up the affairs of the company
and paying oft' the depositors.
It is’ not believed I)y President Bur-
I loson that Mr. Davis will. make his
headquarters at San Antonio. The fact
that he lives at Austin and that the re
ceivership is within the jurisdiction of
the district court in that city, is be
lieved by Mr. Burleson to be sufficient
reason for his maintaining his head
quarters there.
Quarter Million Deposits.
Yesterday evening President Burle
son issued a statement showing that
the main bank here and the nine in
stitutions had $255,443 of deposits.
How much actual cash was on band at
| each institution is unknown to Mr. Bur-
I leson. the president saying that the
main bank here had not received any
1 advices for three days concerning the
I cash balances.
The deposits were divided as fol
lows :
Han Antonio. $15,000; Lavernia, $5.-
660: Kyle, $8425; Boerne. $17,940; Aus
tin, $13,409; Bandera, $22,203; Chris
tine. $13,974: Aransas Pass, $85,500;
Lockhart. $48,642; Manor, $25,000;
total, $255,443.
That there can be much real cash
; in anv of the brmnehes is not believed.
The fact that /he attorney general
was contemplutiirg proceedings to annul
the charter got/noised abroad despite
all the precautions of secrecy thrown
around it and in consequence many
i drew out their deposits and thus de
■ pieted the supply of ready cash. It was
i because of this fact that the officers
। notified Assistant Attorney General
Hawkins to file his suit as soon as possi I
ble.
Just .what is the next step is not
• SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 11. 1910
FRED COHEN.
DEVELOPMENTS IN NEWNAM SHOOTING
Police believe the shooting of City Detective Newnam was the result
of a carefully laid plot.
Two men in an automobile seen shortly before the shooting, one is
overheard saying: “I’U get him. I’ll kill him.”
Belief is also expressed that a negro did the shooting. Newnam knows
of no one who would seek his life.
Newnam’s condition is so critical physicians do not operate. They hold
out but the faintest hope of recovery.
City offers a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the par
ty or parties.
HEIRESS
WEDS HER
CHAUFFEUR
Family of Miss Margaret Lea
vitt of New York Confirms
Story of Her Romance.
FATHER IS A MILLlbNAIRE
Marriage Was Without Knowl
edge of Parents —Couple Is
South on a Honeymoon.
Associated Press. •
New York. Jan. II. —The fam-
Iv of G. S. Howland Leavitt,
banker and railroad financier, con
firms the announcement that their
daughter, Miss Margaret Leavitt,
25 years old and heiress to a mil
lion dollars, was married "with
out the knowledge and consent of
her parents” to Joseph Smollen,
her chauffeur.
The family states the, couple
have gone south, possibly to At
lantic City, on their honeymoon.
HOUSE PASSES
THE ARMY BILL
Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 11. —Carrying an ap
propriation of $95,200,000 for mainte
nance of the army for the fiscal year of
1911, the army appropriation bill pass
ed the house today by a vote of 183 to
106. Present and not voting 9. The
opposition is due to the fact that de
partment estimates were exceeded.
RIOTING MARKS
BOSTON ELECTION
Special Dispatch.
Boston. Jan. 11. —The election today,
after one of the hottest and most bitter
campaigns for the mayoralty the city
has ever Seen, bids fair to give a fitting
finish. Hardly were the polls open be
fore rioting started in West Boston and
police were .ailed to quell the disturb
ance. Miniature riots took place in
other districts and the police were kept
busy. .. , . .
The earlv voting was the heaviest
ever known’ and the interest is intense,
known to President Burleson. That
the bank here or any of its branches
will re open is practically certain not
to occur, inasmuch as the charter, which
is the very life of the concern, is under
fire. ...
“We just have to wait until Mr.
Davis takes hold," said Mr Burleson
this morning. "I expect be wi 1 be here
tomorrow or next day and then some
method of procedure will be outlined
and wo can issue a statement.
During the morin.ig several depositors
called at the bank to draw out money
onlv to be mot with ’he announcement
that the concern was in the hands of
the courts ami that a receiver had
been appointed. Much disappointment
was manifested, some of the depositors
not having heard of the bank s trou
bles.
For San Antonin and vicinity,
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Wurnur tonight.
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HUSBAND
AND WIFE
ARE SHOT
While Young Couple Are at
Supper Assailant Fires the
Contents of a Shotgun,
SIMILAR TO NEWNAM CASE.
Makes Escape In the Darkness
at a Farm Near the City
on the Cibolo Road.
ARE BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL
One Load of Buckshot Strikes
Both and May Prave Fatal
Say the Attendants.
As the result of a mysterious
shooting last Saturday night on
the Cibolo road, near Cibolo, in
Guadalupe county, Mr. and Mrs. B.
Harless, are in the Santa Roso hos
pital in a serious condition and suf
fering from gunshot wounds in the
neck, face and head.
According t-o the statement of neigh
bors who were called in after the shoot
ing, Mr. and Mrs. Hurless with their
little son had taken their seats at the
supper table and as they were in the
course of the meal some person walked
up in the dark to a window and poking
the gun through, fired both barrels at
the couple. The shot struck both in the
neck, face and head and they fell from
their chairs to the floor. After the shots
were fired the assailant made his es
cape in the darkness. The officers nt
Seguin were notified of the shooting
and were soon on the scene. They also
brought physicians from Seguin with
them and the couple were given medi
cal attention. Monday night the condi
tion of Mr. and Mrs. Harless became
alarming and they were placed aboard
a Gulf Shore train and brought to the
San Rosa hospital for treatment.
Yesterday the officers of Guadalupe
county visited the scene of the shooting
and arrested a man named Wirth, a
brother-in-law of Mr. Harless and
placed him in the county jail at Seguin.
Mr. and Mrs. Harless have been re
siding on a farm near Cibolo for the
past few years. Mr. Harless is 26 years
old. while his wife is a woman of 22
years. It is reported from the hospital
this afternoon that the condition of
the couple was critical and that they
were likely to die from the wounds in
flicted. Dr. Adolph Herff is attending
the couple.
SHIP GIRIS 10
BEST MARKET
White Slave Traffic Investiga
tion Extends Today to
Philadelphia.
Special Dispatch.
New York. .Ian. 11. —The Rockefel
ler grand jury which investigating
the white slave traffic today turned it*
attention to Philadelphia, where it ,’s
said is located one of a chain of houses
which ship young girls around tho coun
try, like cattle, to the best paying mar
ket. Dozens of private detectives are
working on the case and it is ’probable
that the investigation will extend to at
least a dozen large cities in various
parts of the country, where the white
slavers arc said to maintain branches.
LONDON FOGS MAY
NEVER BE DISPELLED
Special Diepatch.
St. Louis. Jan. 11.—Jesse Tourville,
who claimed to have invented a storage
battery of immense power with which
he proposed to dispel the fogs of Lou
don, today shot himself through the
stomach on a cr.-wded street car. His
condition is critical.
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REFUSAL TO MARRY THIS GIRL
MAY COST F. GOULD $250,000
New York, Jan. 11.—This is Elsie’
De Yoie. the dancer, who is knocking
at the Frank Gould strong box for
$250,000.
“Frank was to marry me Septem
ber 14. after he got his divorce,” says
Miss De Yoie. .“We met two years
before that, and he made me leave the
stage because he said he wanted to
keep me away from the Broadway life.
During all these months he wrote me
letters, tolling me of his hopes of di
vorce and of his two children, who, ho
said, were more fun to play with than
kitties.
“But September 13, the day before
“I’LL GET HIM”
SAID ASSASSIN
Frank Newnam, Detective, May Die
From Shotgun Wound--Was Laugh
ing at Supper With His Wife.
WAS ESCAPE MADE IN AUTO?
PHYSICIANS SAY
CONDITION GRAVE
Do Not Operate—Shot Did Not
Penetrate the Brain, But
Eye May Be Lost,
Fired upon by an unknown as
sassin who stood in the dark just
outside a window of his home, 943
Camaron street, City Detective
Frank Newnam was shot and proba
bly fatally wounded while seated at
his supper at 9:15 o'clock last
night. A load of buckshot crashed
through the window, five of the
deadly missiles taking effect in his
face and neck, and but for a heavy
wire screen on the inside of the
indow, which had a tendency to
scatter the shot, the police authori
ties do not doubt but that Detective
Newnam would have been instantly
killed.
The assailant, believed to have been
a negro, has thus far made good his es
cape. but nothing is being left undone
bv the police to ruu down the perpetra
tor of this assault, which is said to be
the most cowardly and atrocious crime
in recent rears in San Antonio. The re
cent raids of the tough negro element
in this city, because of the receut
crimes, leaves little doubt in the minds
of the police that sonic negro seeking
revenoe is responsible for last night’s
near-tragedy.
There are. however, several new de
velopments. aud it looks as if the shoot
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the date set for tho wedding, be took
me to lunch at the Knickerbocker hotel
and told me that he had heard some
thing about me. He wouldn't tell mo
his secret, so 1 went to a lawyer and
took out papers for a breach of prom
ise suit. These were served on him im
mediately.
“lie told me lie was going away on
a certain boat the next dny. I got
into my auto early the next morning,
and, on the way down to the pier, I
saw Frank's auto. I told my driver
to follow it, and then I learned that
Frank had even lied to me about the
boat he was going to take He hasn’t
returned from Europe yet.”
CHILDREN MAY
FURNISH CLUE
Threat Made By Man In Speed
ing Machine May Have to
Do With the Shooting.
“I'll get him. I’ll kill him.”
The words were spoken by a max
in aji automobile and rather loud
avd in such a manner as to indicat*
that he was angy. The automobil*
was passing along Belvin street, in
the direction of the home of Detec
tive Frauk Newnam, and at the
time th% threats were made, the
machine was about two blocks fron
the home of the detective. It was
shortly .after 9 o'clock when thi»
threat was heard and the shooting
of Detective Newnam a few mln
utes later, is regarded as a very
strange coincidence.
The man who made this threat to all
apnearanees was a white man. Was it
this man who so fouly attempted the
life of Detective Newnam! This is *
question that will doubtles figure ma
terially in solving the identity of the
unknown assassin.
Two mu were in the maekiae when
the remark was made, while it was
s|s'cdiiig along Belvin street. Reaching
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