The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-06-24
Alleged Extortion OF Money from q ~ H.
lionairc Under Threat OF Charge or
Adultery.
A LAwYKR INVOLVED oRDxR PoR ARREST GRANTED
IN rHs SUN or IS 600, ETC.

lionaire Under Threat OF Charge or
Adultery.
A LAwYER INVoLvED-oRDx PoR ARREST GRANTED
IN rHs SUN or IS 600, ETC.
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Z III III Before Hos. Judge Moneii TfffA =
JUxs z1~-Loussa Oadssu - Robin A. 0oodsneusA and
Mr.. -, LasSya.-rhs case has agitated the up
circles for long past and has length been
certain degree ventilated IN Mr. Edwin
James made application for order q arrest under
very extraordinary circumstancesS but no said that
with the permission OF the Court he would suppress
the OF Of the defendants, who Vas counsellor
and attorney Of this court He thought right aso
not 70 mention, yet, publicly the Of gentle
man, deceased, from whom very large sum- proba-
bly, SO 0OO had obtained by the two DEFENDANTS,
acting concert together He died III December last and
known TO be gentleman q very great wealth, and
family Europe the time Of the transaction
developed by the afidavts. II appeared from
the statement made by the learned counsel that
Mrs. CALDWELL the wife OF Dr. Caldwell, who prac-
tised ocust in this city The afhdavits stated
that the defendant Goodenough introduced Mrs. CALDWELL
to Mr.. -, TO retain him TO commence suit for n
her husband the ground or adultery
and that the defendants tgaied husband
70 die an answer mpatng adultery TO her with the
deceased Mr.. -. They then represented TO her that
Hd an man Was s Cn so"n,nae ne
ngs they would Of ten thousand dollars from
Old Mr.. -, who was anxious TO make provision for
INC affidavit o. Mrs. CALDWELL denied that she had ever
committed adultery VITA Mr. -, nor had the slightest
improprety occurred between them, and this she
had frequently stated both the defendants Tho anida
Wits then disclosed that Mr. 49, died in the early part
Of December 1852, while his family In Europe, and
that ou1he plaintiffs return to New York she applied to
both the defendants 70 know II had been re
ceiyed from Mr.. - during his lifetime They both
denied the fact and The defendant Goodenough stated TO
Mrs. Caldwell that the Old too blind and too stu
pd he could not sign papers, and that no had been
unable make any arrangement with him Of any kind.
Mrs. CALDWELL also alleged that she applied 70 the other
defendant, Mr. -, and stated that old Mr.. -
had told her that this divorce business had cost
him than 81 900, upon which the defendant. Mr..
- said 70 her, "why, tine old man 10 crazy. have
had nothing" 10 further stated that The defendants ob
tanned I'VE promssory notes, amounting 70 - 900, from
old Mr. the 2lst of July 1862, and induced him
also 70 deposit as security for the promssory notes the
lease OF house In the Fifth avenue that has been
certaned that the finding that the promssory
notes had been placed in other hands had paid tho
Of s. 600 upon Them also alleged that this
received In hducary character account Of the
plaintiff and that portion Of had been paid to her.
The Judge To- the papers, and later 10 the day, upon
the application o. Mr. pnnphy granted an order for the
arrest OF each OF the defendants for S. 600
One OF the defendants has been arrested.