The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-16

IN OoiVuo1o Eou ooCkD o8mc 10 DlrmtuXQ8m.
The female represented herself as lady Of distinc-
tion, and the writer of her own adventures thought
by many to be highly interesting. She, no xever,
was taken i'll, and 50 great was the sympathy felt
for her, that gentleman Of the iowa, 70 his great
credit, received her into his house, and treated
her with the utmost hospitality and kindness.
This fact having been made known to persons
familiar with the affairs Of Hungary, and some
real Hungarian refugees having been apprised Of
the NATTER who were acquainted with ali the lead
ing personages who lived under the dominion Of
Austria till the termination OF the government Of
kossuh in Hungary, they declared her an impostor.
and evidence the NEST incontestible was rendered
against her. The gentleman vino had been thus
imposed upon and induced to give her aud the
prisoner money, under gross misrepresentation
having become aware that she had been trading
impostor, that she had raised money in ster
Liverpool and other large towns, considered it u
duty which they owed to the mselyes and the COM
munity at large, to bring the mpostors to justice
and prevent, as far Is possible the evs which would
They felt that If that llustrious man kossu.h was
allowed to CO me into this country without an sx-
posure OF the impostors, great indiguity would bs
offered to him. and the caufe which he had at hear.
materially damaged. The Importance of the pre-
sent case, therefore, could not be overstated. lie
(Mr. smith, had in his possession the most iucon-
testibe evidence Of the imposition; and If moro was
required he could produce it. In fact, they might
produce every distinguished hungarian now in
Lordon and Paris, who would be able to depose 10
the impudcnt pretensions Of the woman who had
called herr elf the Baroness Won Beck He would
produce letter from kossuth himself, and others
from many distinguished persons, all proving the
imposture; and as he had before observed, ne felt
confident the importance of the case could not DC
overrated Ii would not be necessary tor him to
20 into details show the extent to which the wo
man who was the chief impostor in the transac tion
under investigation, had been made instrumental
in traducipg he characters OF some OF the most
eminent men Of Hungary. And here he might add
that she was not the author Of the book. 1t was
known who the writer was, but, for certain reasons
he did not wish now to state his name. In several
articles which had appeared In the newspapers of
this town, in connection with the subject, alluson
had been made TO Mr.. Lawrence, the American
Minister, to the effect that he had given assurances
of the nc curacy Of the Baroness Won Be,ks state
ments. Nov, lie wished most distinctly to deny
rance. He could also say Of the book purportirg
to be the travels of the baroness, that it was
tissue Of falsehoods. Mr.. Smith then read some
portions Of the adventures Of the baroness and pro-
~ would know that it was utterly impossible that
the events narrated could be true She stated that
her husband had fallen at the second barricsde in
the Jagerstrass in Vienna, on the 18th Of October,
whilst cheering the friends Of pc ,ular freedom
4" to resist the assaults of their bloodthrsty ty-
rants" Now, according to the official reports
which he (Mr. Smith) was possessed Of, there was
10 such person named who had ever fallen. The
following letter from General Hang would at once
disproye the statement of the baroness =
General Hang to DR.. Oppenheim, Chief Of SAT
under BEN, at Vienna.
s, BAssARp's-Iss HoIBoRS. August g., 1851
DTAR DooToR-To satisfy Mrs flrekys request before
tomorrow morning instantly answer your lines 1
do not know whether any Baron Beck belonged TO the
defenders Of Vienna still Less if his wife has received
Wits from the Representatives CT the Diet neither
knew such Baron Baroness at Vienna. 1t is pos
s,hle that a Baron Beck occupied a subaltern rank
Amongst the Nannal Guards bu. cannot affirm IL Off
ciaiy, because it is quite impossible for to have
known all the officers who served under General BEN
myself But i believe know al those who f,ll as off,
all arpeif The hero And nm
the 18th Of October ls4S was in the Hungarian camp
Deputy Of Vienna yet ii is not known 10 ne that on
that day ofieer Of the name OF Baron Beck had
fallen side and certainly al the bsrricades
because that day there none therefore can
net recognize the Baroness Beck the widow Of fallen
officer Of Vienna not long she has not verified her
assertion by precise details. II Is Like wise the first
time that hear tina. this lady puts herself into the ranks
Of the Niepnese emigration, as have always heard Of
her Hungarian lady but il Is in the interest Of
every Sme ration to su omit TO strict examination al
those beloI gpg to It's national family before they
ackpo wedged as exiles and as such no 'ieanese viii
acknowledge Mrs. Beck On her mere assertion.
1t must be remembered that in the pretended
book Of the Baroness, it is expressly stated that
she personally met the writer Of this letter, both at
Vienna and afterwards.
The Baroness next proceeded to give an account
Of an interview which she stated she had with Kos
su,h, and described in glowing terms how sudibly
her heart beat at the thought Of seeing him that
lie mad sent her metsage by Heinrich, the Police
Minister, intimating that he would receive her and
her companions the next evening a. seven o'clock.
che then procee led to give detailed account OF
The interview, every word of which was tissue Of
lies IL Happened that the distr gUished gentle
man to whom she re ferred Ia wing commun icated
with her on the part Of kossuth then in court,
and would be able 10 tel the magistrates that IT
was all tissue Of lies. In fact, they would 6ud
that the writer Of the book did not even know how
to spell his name. lie was gentleman who held q
highly important situation under the government.
Of Hungary, snd had been known all over Europe
for the great humanity which he displayed towards
A a ha ontl
would tell the magistrates that such O person as
the Baroness Won Beck was never known in connce-
tion with kossuth, and that that Distinguished
man never could have had communication With
such person as he should be clearly able 20 show
the impostor was Before he (Mr. Smith, was
aware that this case would have ever come before
the magistrates, be had communicated with MIR.
Paul Hsjnik, which was his real name AMI not
Heinrich, as stated by the imp0stor and from that
gent, mans letter it would be seen who and whit
the Baroness really was.
4ArsrEr TrnNscr, NoTTIyc HnI, Aug q, 1851:
Dear sirIn consequences OF your kind desire TO give
you information about certain person Who pre-.
tends 10 be Hungarian Baroness Won Beck have the
honor to state that having been during our struggle the
to nperintsn md .he police Of the whole country in
the position 10 know all thu prons Of distin ton Who
rSyed am ccnspleuous part in tina, psroi WHO BY
their position or W their inusence called upon to
surround the Governor Louis Kossuth- Therefore,
you With full certainty that the person who
styles herssf Baroness Won Beck can 10 way be con-
sidsrsd teope TO that category. She never
ploysd by the urgsran at In an! ohsr caps
city than paid spy whose tax % spy the posi-
top ard e number q the inimcsl forces. Though
In daily intercourse with the Governor saw her but
twioei 10th times in the hsmber Of kos-uth IN
company Of aroth'r won Who In fact was the prnc
pel ny. A. Of these ssons Il happened that
kosfuth eesred me to give passport to these Two per
sens IL ~ therefore. shameless arrogance q the
prefer led Dsropes Won Beck 90 give hcrs ont sor an
intimate fis ni and for tie IiSht hand o. HOssuh
which. urdsstsnd che dare to assert, and even 70
have printed In England IL 10 ke~ises sasehoot bat
she Is HunS sfian lady -
an, sir ycur- ost truly,
PAUL HANK.
Late Chef de- section- In the Home Ministry, ans
Ntpit1r Tor wsitEen in the Hungarian Diet
y,uisis sMIH Eco uighgste
The imJos,er was equally unfortunate 10 hef
cstts, for tbofe which she gave In her narrative
were completely at variance With the facts. tie
would, indeed. be able 20 show that she was no.
thing bat paid spy-even n subordinate SPY Of the
lowest graje-snd that che was therefore utterly
unworthy Of credit. In another part Of her book
she stated that when she came TO Lon don he bad
plenty Of money in her pocket, although the first
thing she did to com noLce begging In that