The New York herald., 1871-11-29
SINGULAR PROCEEDING or A NEW YORK
LAWYER.
Csargcs sf swindlins and Bigamy-A Hard
lFrom the Rochester Union, Nov. 20, i

Case.
From the Rochester Union, Nov. 20l
pcrt is rero ted in The DemocTat this morning the
party SAID to Oe the victims are the widow and
% sne M ele Or o1T e
The facts as stated by our contemporary are proba
bly, correct and we COPY as loiows-
We have learned Tie following facts In case
OF deep laid ana successful villany, OF which
lady and her daughter, residents OF the village
OF Falrport are tue victims. The acts land we
obtained them from responsible source) are
lhese:-NOt long since there died IN the village
BE ieft a widow and on only child, q daugI,ler.
He was possessed OF property valued at $4,000.
between his widow and his child. The latter was,
and still Is, young glrl whose CHARMS had ma
hood I'm less chilly ciiiies than our own AI,1onah
but fourteen years or age, she looked q glowing
beauty OF seventeen. According TO the provisions
OF hcr own moiety OF the estate. and, wishing 10
sell the homestead, she caused a prominent lawyer
M this CITY TO insert In the daily journals adver-
fiscment TO that erect This noficc appeared in the
Denocrd and Ch'on'cfe uh wi'hin very recent
In the meantime. and after the Doctors
letter from a lawyer in New York city named
Eeebc. He had formerly been school teacher
It FapOr and Tecao sensy ra ,os scSnansea
never forgotten the Van Burens. and now felt
Tor the WIDOW and her child In the,r great
Kindness SHOWN in the leter and replied at as early
a moment ~ grief would permit. Naturally cor.
respondence so begun was Kept up. The letters on
both sides gradually changed IN tone, and finally
the lawyer proposed that Mrs. Van Buren should
become Mrs Beebe. There was no apparent reason
why tnts event should not occur Inc lawyer was
OF least iurty years Of age and n the widow was
older the difference was not so Rreab MS 10 give
eause for remark Mis-. Van Buren, accepted and
Beebc made a TRIP 10 fairport wncre tne ceremony
was 10 take place. The lawyer arrived but whether
" was that the lady had faded since ne saw her
years before or ihat the freshcr charms OF the
dxugntef at once made an IMPRESSION on nun, ne
declined W fulfil the engagement. strange
10 say, no quarrel ensued. BeeDes assur'
snce ana pansioliiy enabled him TO smooth the
mater over, furthermore, lie persuaded the mother
10 allow MIN To be appointed guardian or the
daughter III her stead. lie imnedia ely laid siege tC
the daughters affections, or rather excited her girl
lsh iinag " promising TO support her In style
Al New ork lie had the eRYce 10 good society," ant
her life would be one OF luxury aud splendor S,
successful were these representations tnat soon h,
Induced her 10 come TO this city, wncre they wcr,
married. The widow was Kept in ignorance or th
proceeding aud the daughter returned TO Falrport
no one teing the wiser for her "trip with Beebe I,
Rochester The latter, while he was thus ma kins
sure OF the danghtcr mad not forgotten the mother
but by various artfu lnsinuatlons succeeded In ret.
ting deed from her OF her share OF the property
Ths WAS the more easily acconpilshed - we lad