punklove
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You've mentioned a couple of times that Dorothy had stolen family jewelry to pawn. I haven't read anything about that, what I've always thought was that Dorothy pawned her own jewelry and personal items. Can you remember where you read that she'd actually stolen family stuff? I'd like to learn more about that. If it's true, that changes my image of Dorothy a little, makes her more calculating that I've thought. It's one thing to pawn your own stuff, but something else altogether to steal from your family.
Thank you!
Just to help with a timeline Im going to go over some facts that others may know, but that I think are vital in figuring out what really happened.
The week of September 23, 1910 is when she was in Boston with George - She booked into the Hotel Lenox (Now known as the The Lenox Hotel) Not only was this hotel VERY expensive it would have been filled with the 'whos who' of rich people - between that and her signing her REAL name and address to the pawn slip it seems more like this was Dorothy TRYING to get attention. Had she actually wanted to make sure nobody would find out she wouldnt have gone to a very hip luxury hotel where there was a huge chance someone in their 'circle' would see them. That hotel was considered the "most luxurious hotel in New England" and was owned by the same man that owns the New York's Waldorf - Astoria. The room rate for that hotel now is anywhere from $500-$1900 a NIGHT. George was booked into Hotel Essex, which is also a very expensive hotel - cheaper than the Lenox, but still quite costly. Who paid the bills?
It was at the end of this week that she went to the Collateral Loan Company (on Boyslton street) and pawned the following items: Her gold watch and chain, two diamond rings and two bracelets.
The watch and chain and one of the diamond rings were 'family' jewels, though they "hers" they were items that had been in her family for some time. She signed her real name and address to the slip when pawning these items.
At that time and pawnbroker had to turn in all 'loan' slips to the police as a matter of record, in case they had any sort of stolen items - After she went missing a police inspector saw Dorothy's name on the slip and contacted her father. A representative of her family was sent to Boston, he paid the amount due for the items and left with them.
I cant find the exact article that talked about this - but here is one that goes into it a little
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E01E4D91331E233A25755C1A9649C946096D6CF