The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-07-01
THR RAGE FOR RIca IS.
4 osnsatio AZ s,ssy Concerning
2 the vAederbs,s Will Case. :

4 0snsatio al Siosy Concerning
the Vxederbsls Will Case. I
New York. June 2l.-Tha unex.
pected termination. na very long
since. to the Vanderbilt will c,,nir.i
In the Surrogate. Curt IL this city,
occurring II il,.. stage al the trial
when c.'u,,ss.l t.'r the c,.nis>ianIs ha.
given Up an h'ss. 1T E.rci". n --s,ls-
'nent. wssa surprise q" the Pnlsiic.
The Star III to nmrf''w will -x plain the
true imwarslns>s 81 this remarkable
trial Ii ne~ appears that the. i.sii
mony Whereby il ~aS attempted Ia
prove that the will Was obtains d
throus h unsl,,s. i"ila-nc,.-. anil c.,n
spiracy. Wa principally ";'.l- up fr'"'
the
AFFIDAVIT az PROFESSIONAL. PER
some at whom have served terisS I'll
imprisonment in vari..S> parts 81 the
country. ami the chief III whom has.
unsl-r more than half .l.z..n aliases,
successfully 6yurd kr n'snv wears
in career 81 villainv. which. far
ingeninsne~-. tact. ~fir"ntesy AMI
fertility oi r--mrcss rrlipses any
thing in the annals ot crime eve,
made public in this country. IL
make lung story ~ SHIRT ~ ls'.~iile,
it may he stated that the first chap
ter in the c.s'-lirancy against VIM.
IL. Vanderbilt. the prolsn-"t. was ."
cover him with niium anil Contempt
by attempting Z" Pr"ve tina, be- hs.i
cDnspirred ." I.'issM the mind at hi
father against C"rn-lius j. The up
pnrtunity s..'n srrivssi, t"r on June
p. 1877, ('"rn-lius rcceiv.tl u lritr.
fr"m oue Franklin A. R.-ll,urn. al
jersey City. informing him that he
(CarneIi,,s) was the victim uf a c,',,
spirscy. in that - man Who was ~
presented I" In him hal l,een shadow
ri al0ut NV York while visiting
disrepaiablr places by = couple of IL.
ieciives, anil that their reports hn.
l,een made Z" his father. A further
correspondence ,ievri"pe.i Rdhuru
rs the heal 1t
A PRIVATE ErECTIvE RIREAU,
with two operators. nsmesi Ma>.'n ana
] Clark. T" ,l.~cril~ all the n,an~uver,
, of this trio &c viilinas would GIL Il
newspaper i~is~ over. Judge Scott
lnr,l. Judge .D.rs. Black. and ('"nn
sel"r Ethan Allen were counsel fur the
contestants. The hi.leous charges. in
situations anil hr"sd >u.g.stisns IT,
volving William II. Vanderbilt an.l
the widow " his father. were lnssssi ",l
the afli.lavits "f iwn State Pri-s',
Mr,is and others procured through
this detective agency from female nj
adventures whsse operations have
extended I'll over the country. bed
burn was the s-liior of I'LL the Cnr.
respnsmlence. He wrote the letter:
FROM Clarke Ia himself informing hin
that Clark was sick ami destitute IL
Chicago. Went on to that city. an.
ielegraphed that he had been srreste.
and when finally released. announce,
that he came across important frn,al.
witnesses. Meanwhile Judge Scott
Lord was pleading for adjournment
from day Ia dav. being absolutely
without witnesses. One Verne
Benning. who had Involuntary
served in the State Of New Jersey io
. period Of years was assigned the
work of procuring witnesses. Rel
hurn was also literally supplied will
money. and on his return from Chics
go. where he was near being arrested
stopped at Buffalo ard found
MORAL FEMALE wIT> EssEs.
He finally returned, and all o
counsel except Ethan Allen wer
greatly entertained by his account o
his adventures. These female wit
nesses. "provilentially" picked up. u
Judge Lord expressed it. are nov
clamoring for the pay promised then
BY Lord and Black. Various Incl
dents are next given in the SIar's re
port. Scott Lord is charged with iii
recting Benning to mashal his crop
Of provilential females. who were Z,
uncover q cesrrool Of moral filth NOR
Disgusting than had yet been reached
Judge Jere Black was called ON {.
deliver . speech in Court emboslyin,
the essence Of this shocking ana
atroci0us subornesl testimony. involv
ing the most sacred relations known
AIMING men and women, and which
had it been true would have blighiesl
forever the reputation of the
prepayment and the widow Of his father
a mong this c.rpse Of female witnesse,
was q Mrs. Stone. who was brought e
New York from Cleveland, and told
that IL she would do 81 and 81 she
would never have IN do days worl
in her life. She Was In have $40. 600
but was eventually cut down to $500.
FINALLY, SCOTT LORD
took hack all that he had insinuaiesl
against the Comm0dores willow.
The case Was settled outside the court.
room. hut Mrs. La Bau Berger VA
coerced into giving her consent q
hack .slown. II Is said that had moi
Judge Land clnsed bis case ~ be did
there wouh have been sDnse summary
prureesiiues that would have astOnish-
ed The public. The Star concludes IL
report % follows: In oil this sad
business there = one extenuating cir.
cumstance. Thse who know Cornelius
J. Vanderbilt are aware thst his
physical infrmities have made him IN
r. =