The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-05
THAT BOGUS BABY.
Hearing of the Case Of Lady Gooch
for Attempting to Pass On
aSpurious Child ss the
Hell. of Her Hus-
band.
Whist Happened After the Marriage
and During the Absence of
Sir Francis.
How Lady Annie Louise Concocteo
the Scheme and Carried 1t
into Execution.

into Execution.
LONDON, November 30.-Lady Annie
Louise Gooch, who was arrested on 4 charge
Of attempting TO pass of spurious child
as the heir OF her husband, SIR Francis
Gooch, has been committed for trial.
THE FIRST HEARING N THE CASE.
The following is the account oil the frst
hearing Of this case, as published in the
London "Times :"
Annie Louisa, Lady Gooch, and Ann
Walker, nurse, appeared before Mr.. New
ton yesterday IL answer TO summOnses
charging them with having unlawfuly
combined, conspired, confedera;ed, and
agreed together 10 palm of on Sir Francis
Robert Sherlock Lambert Gooch, OF Ben
acre Hall, Wangford, Suffolk, and ~ Charles
street, Berkeley square, as his own child,
born of the body OF the said Lady Anna
Louisa Gooch, I strange child, with intent
TO defraud and deceive. Lady Gooch, ac
companied by Mr.. Gage, solicitor, entered
the courtroom and was allowed seat at
the solicitors table. She is
A SMALL WOMAN,
apparently about 81 years Of age, and was
closely yelled.
Mr.. Lewis said: 81 appear on behalf of
Sir Francis Gooch 10 place before the
! court certain facts, with the view OF your
arriving at a determination as TO whether
an information which has been laid before
you Is well founded or not. The charge |
have to make sgaiDst Lady Gooch is that
| of conspiring, with 4 person named
Walker, TO palm Off upon Sir Francis
| child not his own, with the view to disin-
herit his relatives Of the fortune they would
become entitled to at his death, and 10 pass
! that fortune 10
4 STRANGE CHILD
| instead of his proper heirs. | need hardly
| say that Sir Francis GoOch has no feeling
whatever in this prosecution, and that il
any explanations Can be given which are
are consistent with the presumptI0o Of the
! innocence of both defendants, he viii be
glad 10 hear them, and TO learn that your
| worship has arrived at the conclusion that
the case need go no further. In that event
| he will know that he has done his duty to
his relatives and also 10 himself in hay
| ing placed the facts which led 20 these pro-
ceedIngs before you.
at is an extremely painful matter to
| prosecute ones own wife, but | think
shall be able to show that Sir Francis had
no alternative but
TO BRING THE MATTER BEFOEE TIE COURT.
Under the will of his father, Sir Francis
inherited an estate OF e25,OOO on the de-
cease OF an elder brother; he had younger
brother, and after him the widow Of tie
elder brother succeeded. At the age OF
twenty-one Sir Francis met his present
wife, and shortly afterwarG married her.
"You will find from the evidence there
was a design on the part Of Lady Gooch 10
prevent the brother of Sir Francis or LAZY
Eleanor Gooch from inheriting the prop
erty by means of the strange child which
Lady Gooch desired TO palm of upon her
husband.
AFTER THE MARRIAGE AND DURIs q THE
| ABSENCE OF SIR FRANCIS
from London child was born, which died
seven months aiterwsrd. From that time
up to August, 1877, Lady GoOch never pre-
tended that she was going TO have another
child, but in that month she represented to
Sir Francis that che was enciente, and that
she expected 10 be confined the following
May. In this interval they went to Bright
on, and Sir Francis, having strong doubts
Of Lady Gooch's statement, insisted on her
being examined by a medical man there.
Lady Gooch saw doctor, ard she stated
that his report was that she had been in
the family way about a month. Sill dis
satisfied, Sir Francis had his wife examined
by the family doctor, who denied that she
was in the family way. In spite Of this de-
| NAL LADY Gooch insisted that
SHE WAS IN THE FAMILY WAY,
and in appearance grew stouter, but this
will be accounted for by the fact that she
was in the habit of padding herself with
under garments. She again represented to
Sif Francis that she was in the family way
and would be confined in September or DC
tober; but he told her repeatedly. in the
presence Of lady who was housekeeper
and companion-Miss Garrcd-that he did
not believe her, and that he thought she
had some design or scheme, which he en-
treated her to give up.
"But while making these statements 20
Sir Francis
| LADY GOoCH TOLD HER HOUsEKEEPER
that she was not in the family way, but
that she was determined that the estate
should not pass to Lady Eleanor Gooch
that Sir Francis could not live Icing; that
there were already two dowagers who lived
cut of the estate, and that there would I've
nothing left for her in the event OF Sir
| Francis dying without a son that she was
| therefore determined TO have a child under
any circumstances, SO that, in the event of
the death of Sir Francis, she would not be
| left without proper means.
"LADY GooCH MADE ALL SORTS OF OFFERS
TO MISS GARRoD
to aid her in her plot. She offered her Jew
elry if she would only stand by her, and
said she would give her 600 year when
she came into her money. But Mis- Gar
| rnd had always been an honorable woman,
and nothing could induce her TO play a dis
honorable part in this business - far
from dolng so, she earnestly entreated Lady
Gooch to abandon her scheme, and pointed
out the wickedpess OF the course she was
pursuing. But nothing apparently would
divert her from tina course upon which she
had entered
'Sir Francis, at last, told her that unless
she gave up her design he would not live
with her. 4 few DAYS before the time she |
alleged
SHE WAS TO DE CONFINED
she came up TO London, when Sir Francis |
communicated with his mother and his So
licitors, directing persons TO keep watch 80 |
that evidence should he forthcoming If she |
proved 10 be enciente, at the same time tell |
ing Miss Garrod never TO leave her, under |
any circumstances.
The court will find tina, from first to last |
Miss Garrod kept Sir Francis informed Of |
all that occurred. They came TO London,
and there Lady GoOch was watched. Lady |
Gooch went TO an institution in Great Cor
am street, and made inquiries of Mes. Pal
mer, the manager Of the institution for a
child, and the mansger directed her to a
Mrs. Main, who had few doys before been
supplied with male child. This child al
ter some delay she obtained from MIS-.
Main.
LADY GooCH THEN SENT TO DIR. LAKING
and asked him TO attend her IN her coufine-
ment. She told DIR. Laking she did not wish
him to be present, and then explained the
deception she proposed to practice on Sir
Francis, telling DR.. Laking that her hus-
band was 20 fond of her that, though he
would not believe her statement, he would
if it were indorsed.by DR.. Lakipg. DR..
Laking, like an honorable man, refused
to have anything to do with the propos-
al, and entreated her TO give up her de-
sign, which would, inevitably, be found
out, and lead to their punishment and i'm
prisonmen.- In spite, however, of all these
warnings,
SHE DID CARRY OUT HER DESIGN,
and through the defendant, Walker, who
has been guilty in a minor degree, she pat
il into execution.
"Before leaving home she had annlisd In |