New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-23
4 FEARFUL STORY DISBRLIEyED
BERTHA HEYMAN AGAIN coNvICTED-A wrrypss.
BAD RECORD.


BAD RECORD.
The second DAVIS session of the trial of Rs,,h.
Heyman in The Court of General Sessions called ,o
getheP large crowd Of spectators The Conf
denee Queen" as Mrs. Hcyman Is called, wore
PLAIN black dress and n large hat with black fea,h
ers. She appeared for the most part like au uueen
cerned listener. but her bright eyes rolled uncea.
ipgly. The complaining witness, Edward Sander
resumed the witness stand. and Was cross-exa mn \
by William f. Howe Mrs. Heyman's counsel NJ
Sanders had already testified that he had been de-
frauded out of several hundred dollars by Alrs
Heymans represen tatiOns The witness on cross
examination showed "A nervous manner, and on srv
era occasions exctedy In his chair and refused
to answer the questions of the OK isniner. He would
only answer through interpreter though he n
peared to understand many OF the questions befors
they were translated. tie said that his acqua,nt
ance with tine woman began by ms writing 10 her
while she was imprisoned on backwelPs Island
the prisoner being a cousin to bis mother
"How long have you been in tue countrys~
asked the COUNSEL
Five months" said the witness.
"Did you run away from Germany to escape
prosecution r.
No, SIR"
"Were you arraigned on March II Of this year a.
Hamburg on q criminal charger
The witness az first besiated and then admitted
that he had been arraigaed on charge in connec-
ton with the selling oil lottery tickets. He had not
heard that he had afterward been convicted Of the
crime ..s ,.,,
wIch, Germany
l.
pocket that ung that the prisoner gave yous an.
swered the excited German.
~ may have to make you answer" said Recorder
Smyth
Tne witness finally acknowledged that he had
been imprisoned for two years for an offence OF
which another mau was guilty. The witness would
not admit that he had been concerned with hrs
Heyman in any scheme to defraud Gustave VOL
from, his partner. The witness said his business
was that of broker in foreign bonds but acknowl.
edged that the bonds were paid by drawings similar
to lotteries.
Mrs Heyman was the only witness called for the
defence. as Mr.. Sanders was the only ole for the
prosecution. The prisoner told her story with oc-
SssD s of e ses Sa had
l. 1850. on a charge Of obtaining money
on false preteDces. She was dis.
hssd to and was reS and s
quilted IN 1880 Staten Island on similar
charge to the one brought against her IN Canada.
She was then arrested IN Ne"-fork on charges pre-.
ferred against her by Mr. Morris, and was convicted
In October, 1881. She was imprisoned for twenty
months on BlackwePs Island. She left tine Island
on June % IN the present year. and went I'm.
mediatey to the Hoffman House. where she had
two rooms. Her board. she said, was paid by Detec-
tive Larkips. O. the New-YOrk Hotel She said
that MI. Sanders nad written TO her before her in
prIsonment wa, over and called on her soon after
her release. He proposed that thev should uDiis
in scheme 10 defraud Mr.. Wolfrom, Mr.. Sanderss
partner. She was to represent herself as woman
of great wealth, and was TO propose to take
terest IN the business After the scheme was pro.
posed she relented and was given 300 by Nj.
Wofrom, 10 whom she disclosed the plot Size
went 10 Paterson to avoid threatened arrest and
was arrested the present charge She said on
cross-examInatOn that she had been twice married.
and that both her husbands were living though she
had been divorced from the first one. She had
formerly lived IN Posen IN Germany.
The jury retired after listening 10 the arguments
of Assistant DIstrict-Attoruey Fellows and Mrs.
Heyman's counsel and the charge OF Recorder
SmyJh. Alter an absence OF few minutes the jury
returned with verdict Of guilty. The prisoner
was remanded for sentence.