Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-18
A FORTUNE FOR A BARNARD.
the DIToROED WiEE or a BURGLAR
SOW MILLIUSAfRE WIDOW


The Ming in New York, ut the Will %. Juan
Petro Terry, the wealthy Cuban planter.
who died recently III Paris, by which the
widow, Kate Louise Terry, became million.
aire and her unborn child legateo to the
extent Of upward of 81, coo OOO recalls story
Of the lights and shadows Ut womans life
interviewer with dark threads of crime and
wrongs The woman who thus suddenly I've
comes the possessur OF great " eallh was for
years the plsything of fortune, and will I've
remembered as defendant in lS>3 IN u suit Of
which Miss Alceviuis Atwood, in which the
latter sought TO recover g., 900 damages for
false imprisonment aud malicious pruseCu.
uon, and in which many details of Mrs
Terry IS early lie were brought to light
Mrs. Terry made her husbands arguaint.
ance while keeping lodging-houSs for gen
uemen in that city several years ago They
were married toy Judge Morgan at the
Jefferson market court, differences in relig-
ious faith making a civil ceremony exye.
dent Mr. and Mrs Terry went to live at the
SturteNant house and all went smoothly until
Nov. l., lSSl, when Mrs. Terry caused the
arrest OF Miss Alcevinia Atwood, of No G14
West forty-eighth street, on two charges
one oil grand larceny, the other of assault aud
battery. Mrs. Terry's story was that she had
found letter signed " Winnie Atwood in
her husbands pocket the tone OF which indl.
Gated the existence of sn intimacy between
the writer and Mr.. Terry. She wrote reply
and, signing her husbands name, took Gao
and drove TO the vicinity OF Miss AtwuOd's
nat She sent the missive into the house
but receiving no reply, entered in person
but was, she alleged, summarilv elected by
Miss Atwood, aided Uy her mother and
sister.
Upon her return TO the hotel Mrs. Terry
missed one thousand dollar bill and three
one hundred dollar bills which she had
placed in an, envelope that morning, and
supposing that in her excitement she had put
the money in the envelope containing the
note TO Miss Atwood she demanded the
money OF that person, and upon the latter's =
denial that she had received any, caused her
arrest
At the trial Miss Atwood declared that she
had not written the letter spoken OF by Mrs.
Terry, and that the eeCtment OF Mrs Terry
was rendered necessary by the lAtter's t..
haylor. The angry wife, according to Miss
Atwood, signaliZed her adveutin the Atwood
household by at once commencing a fusII-
lsde OF statuettes, books and such other light
articles as wei convenient. Alarmed allk g
by the destruction Of their property and the
threat of bodily harm implleu in the bonn
bardment, the Atwood family fell upon their
visitor and put her out with the exercise, the
defendant sverredi OF as little force as would
serve the purpose.
Justice Smith dismissed the charge of
larceny but held Mss Atwood on the Charge
OF assault and battery. This lest was thrown
out by the grand jury, and the tair Al, eyinia
brought SUIT for damages for malicious pros
ecutiOn through her counsel Peter Mitchell
The case came up before Judge DAILY and a
jury June /, lSS5, and the plalutit secured a
verdict for $500 and costs. 1t could not DO
shown that Mrs. TeIIy possessed any prop.
erty and the Judgment was never satlsnel.
Then a suit tor false imprisonment by Mrs
Terry was never tried. Now that Mr. Terry
is possessed OF attachabls property the old
matter may be reOpsned by an attempt to en-
force the judgment
Under the cross examination Of Lawyer
Mitchell during the trial the following pRr.
ticu AIS were placed in evidence
At seventeen Mrs Terry, then kate Flynn,
was employed in the " ashingtOn hotel at
Liverpool as barmad. Among the Gu
TONERS with whom the pretty Uarmaid ex-
changed chat over the counter was deshinE
American, accomplished and attractive, who
profeesed to be man of large fortune. In
1869 she married her American sdmirer, " he,
lar rom being the wealthy gentleman he pre-
tended, was IN reality a fugitive criminal
Inc bridegroom was Charles Bullsrd, alias
ShArles Wells, alias "PlauO Charleyr-the
last from his proficiency on that instru-
ment-Whose picture hung in the rOgues'
gallery IN New York and who was wanted"
by the authorities for completely in the BOyl.
ston bank robbery.
Alter brief sOIOurn in LiyeruooI the coll
pie went to Paris, where BullATd opened an
American barrOOm on the Rue Scribe, Gam.
ollng-rooms were fitted up above the saloon,
in which, 1t was said, Adam Worth, A well
known sporting man Oi England, was inter.
esied- All went swlmmingly for a time hut
finally Bullard became embroiled with he
| police and being in need Of money lndu, ed
his vile to return to England and pledge
with Liverpool pawnbrOker valuable
diamond brooch which he had given her.
upon The return OF prosperity the money
was repaid the pawnbrOker and a package
purportlng to contain the brooch surrendered
TO Mrs. Bullard. The next day she returned
to the pawnshop and declared that her
prooch was not IN the package. Criminal
proceedings were instituted against tL.,
pswnbrCker and the erstwhile barmaid tr.
ured before the public as complainant tor the
hrst time, and on her testimony the pawn.
broker WAS convicted.
1t finally leaked out that Bullsrd had a
wife and several children living ahcn he
married the barmaid and the deceived woman
lett him and came to America, establishing
the lodging house which she abandoned To
become the wife of Mr. Terry.
Mr. Ierry's iather, from whom he inherited d
the fortune now willed to the widow and
pos'humous child, lived for many wears on
Filth avenue in New York, aud died only a
year ago.
Bullsrd, interest in whose career il uatur
ally re-awakened through his former COnnec-
tion with the now wealthy widow, returned
to America shortly after the separation and
fell into the hands OF a Boston detective
named Chapman and was sentenced to
twenty years in state prison. lie was organ.
Isl al concord prison, from which place he
escaped into Canada. Hewas arrested thcre
Tor THEFT and locked up, aud Is said to have
gone to Belgium after his release, " here hewas
Implicated in plot to steal the crown Jewels
ana fell again III the hands OF the authOrl.
ties
1t was the deceased mans sister Miss
Terry, who was married to Baron Blanc in
New YORK, some years ago, aud whose wed.
ding was one of the greatest events III tie
history OF the city.