The Newtown bee., 1892-02-26
VIEWPOINT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY e6, 1899.
GREEN FIELD HILL.
MISS AGNES MURRAY's BURGLAR EM-
 PLOYE.

ton, the English burglar who has sued Miss Agnes Murray, turns out a most consummate villain. His pedigree is thus outlined by the New York World
 This smooth tongued scoundrel, after previous conviction of burglary in Eng land, came to this country and wormed himself into the confidence of people on false representations that he was a scion of noble English family. He succeed ed in marrying Miss Miller of Brooklyn, and took her and her mother to England, where he squandered what money they had with them.
 Frederick Hemming of 245 Broadway, Mrs Miller's attorney for many years, said: 'I had hoped that this scandal could have been kept from the papers, ought to give the real facts in the case. Mrs Miller is of Swedish extraction. She was left widow early in the '70s. Her husband had been druggist on Seventh avenue. He left an estate valued at be- tween $50,00O and $60,O00, mostly in New York and Brooklyn real estate, to his wife and three daughters. I have had charge of the property and, as Mrs Miller has lived modestly, it is in excel lent condition. It is not true that Mrs Miller and her daughter are left penni- less through the acts of this scoundrel, for none of the real estate of either was touched. The first time I ever saw or heard of Barton was when l received an invitation to the wedding dinner which took place after the ceremony. Then after the horse had been stolen, Mrs Mill Ter came to me and asked me to look af- ter the stable door by investigating Bar tons record. l could learn nothing of him here and applied to an Englishman, an old Rugby friend, who promptly in- formed me that the name was unknown to Burke or the upper classes of Eng fish society.
 l gave Mrs Miller this information with caution to be on her guard. This ad vice was overheard by the daughter, who carried it to the husband and in day or two, l received a letter from Barton threatening me with everything dire for maligning him to his wife and mother-in- law. made no reply and in few days he called and expressed himself as satis- fled with my apology.
 l drew his attention to the fact that 1 had offered none and justified my action on the ground that was acting for the best interests of my clients. He then put on his best face and asked me to draw his will, which did. In this document, he left all his estates and moneys in Eng land to his wife.
 AS this convict son of hack driver did not have $l0 to his name beyond what he secured from his wife, this action appear ed to me slightly grotesque. Barton re- mained here 10 weeks after the marriage, engaged in securing all the money he could from his wife. Mrs Miller was so anxious to accompany him to England that she came to me and desired that l should sell her own and her daughters real estate, amounting to over 30,0O0, that Barton might take money to Eng land for investment. l set my foot down then and forbade the sale. They had raised about $500 in cash from anticipa- tion of rents and in other ways and l pointed out that that was amply sutlc- tent until Barton could get the E30OO ly- ing in the Bank of England, which he claimed as part of his fathers estate. It is a matter of surprise that Mrs Miller made no more extended inquiries into the mans antecedents before her daughters marriage, but it is fact that the girl, who is 26 years of age, met and became infatuated with the man before the mOth- CT saw him and, as the daughter was of age, she could not prevent the marriage after it had been determined upon.
 Mrs Miller has two other daughters, beautiful girls. The family are living now in Sussex, near Brighton, and will remain there until this thing blows over, when they will return to Brooklyn. Ow- ing to the fact that this scoundrel spent every penny of their money, they are in destitute circumstances and I sent them some money. I was never favorably inn pressed with Barton. He could never look a person in the eye, and was given to giggling in an unpleasant manner when he talked. He was not well edu- ca.sd or polished, but wrote good hand and excellent English. He was possess ed of remarkable nerve, however, and that. in time, proved his downfall, for while they might have lived in Paris quietly on the income possessed by the women, he ventured back to his old haunts and was recognized"
 Letters were received by the friends of the family from the Millers which an- nounced the birth of son to Mrs Bar ton.
 Barton fiourished in New York for brief period. He dressed well, was of good address and was we'll supplied with credentials from English people well known to many New Workers. Among those who were taken in by his plausible misrepresentations and his forged letters of introduction and recommendation was Miss Agnes Murray, Greenfield Hill.
 Miss Murray is an elderly lady of pe- culiar views and her eccentric conduct has furnished food for gossip to all the country around Bridgeport. Her farm adjoins the splendid property of her rel ative, Frederic Bronson, ex-president of the New York coaching club.
 From the second-story windows of Mr Bronson's country mansion, the tumble down, old fashioned house of Miss Mur- ray is in plain view. In her queer old house, Miss Murray is as proud as her