Show Man Accused Fleecing rif of Fleecing Many Wives Arrested Robert Whitman Alias Lord I Lord ord Beaverbrook Is Held Is-Held Said to Have Married Sc Score re or More Women PHILADELPHIA May 25 5 AP AT Accused of ot having married two score or more women and swindled them out of Jewelry valued at more than Robert Hobert Whitman was being alias Lord Beaverbrook was held without ball bail today Arrested after aftel a pursuit of or several several several sev sev- eral years across the continent and back again he was awaiting extradition extradition extra extra- to New York on the specific charge of h having fleeced Mrs Rose Hose Burken of diamonds worth in 1925 Another specific charge la Js lathat that he lie swindled Mrs 1 Francis Camp of this city out of In Jn Jewels two years rears ago EASY TO FOLLOW Whitman was arrested in In n th the barber shop of a hotel where he hel was stopping with n n. girl compan compan- ion New York detectives said heh he h had d peen been easy to follow fonow b because cause of his vanity and lavish tips to hotel attaches but hard to overtake His tips seldom were jess less than 20 Barbers and manicurists usually were the recipients of his greatest generosity It is alleged he he had offered four detectives ea each h for his freedom He lie declined to tell the police I much about himself asserting that he had a wife wire and daughter on the operatic stage and did not wish to Injure their reputation The au authorities authorities au- au however said they had a n complete record of or his hs operations Since his release from Sing Sing In 1920 the detectives s asserted he had married swindled and des deserted many women in New York Chicago St. St Louis Minneapolis Buffalo Burtalo San Francisco and other cities Arrested Arrested Arrested Ar Ar- rested in several cities he was said to always have posted cash bail ban and I then disappeared GREAT PSYCHOLOGIST The man was a great psychologist psychologist gist said detectives today lie He knew how to find the susceptible side of ot the woman to whom he proposed He was a doctor author traveler scientist or nobleman ac according according according ac- ac cording to the wish of the woman to whom he was attentive He lie al al- al lowed himself about three weeks In In which to marry and get away with the womans woman's money and ables Whitman known also as Herman hIerman Kreuger John B B. B Fred Freel A. A Stanley Dr Carl Renne Dr Karl Edwards and Baron Cornelius Beaverbrook is about 51 51 years ears old od He lie was said to have been In Vienna and graduated from the University of Vienna |