Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-03

Mrs. Beaton of Burlington. Ont. Identified /
As the Woman Who Posed the DauEh- |
ter of the Wealthy Old Carriage Builder
who Was Drowned or ChIncOtea=ue.
New YORK. Aug. 3-The World prints
the following story today:
When the Old Dominion line steamer
Guyandotte, from Norfolk. came to her
dock here on the evening OF Friday. June
80. her commander, Captain Walker. II
ported the mysterious disappearance Of one
of his passengers, a half distracted woman
paced the decS and between her solls told
the officers OF the ship that the missing
passenger was her aged father, Cicero Har-
rison OF Jackson. Mich. a cousin OF eN-
President Benjamin Harrison. She was
Mrs Mary Oliver. his widowed daughte-,
she said, and her father had been travelling
in search of health. She also gave out that
he was a carriage maker and had retir,d
with fortune in ISL Next day Mrs Oil
yer herself disappeared
The World has found Mrs Oliver. She
is the wife of Malcolm Beatou of Burliug-
ton, Ont, and is not related to Cicero Uar-
rison. In fact the missing Guyandotts
passenger was Cicero Harrison Case of
Norfolk. and not Cicero Harrison of Jack
son, Mich. The old man was in the hands
of a clever adventures. who had obtained
from him large sums Of money. and who
undoubtedly knows more about his death
by drowning than the police have been able
to find out
The story of Mrs. Oliver. who masque-
raded the daughter Of Mr.. Case. i eN
traorGinary. When confronted by World
reporter at her home in Burlington. Can
ada, she denied her connection with the
Cicero Harrison mystery.
Yesterday The World sent to Burlng
ton the same reporter who had talked with
her as Mrs. Oliver" on board the Guyan-
dotte on July l, and he positively identi-
She Knew Him In Burlington
Mrs. Elizabeth BeatOn's connection with
Cicero Harrison Case forms an interesting
story, covering period of five OF six years,
when she and her family occupied a house
on the farm of old man Case, W no then
lived in Burlington.
The old man. accompanied by his dauEh-
ter, Mrs. Catharine Wallace and his
granddaughter. left Burlington for the
sunny south. where he had extensive inter
ests in gold mine on Oct. last. They
| went to Norfolk and settled in Bran BILE
| ton Ward. a suburb OF that city
Before they had been in Norfolk many
| days a strange woman appeared in that
| city and stopped at the boarding house OF
/ Mrs. William Smith. on East Main 81 rect.
i The next day she located Case, but instead
i of calling on him she sent note. appoint
ing a time and place for an interview.
The old man called to SEE her, and the fol
lowing day the two left the city together
for trip to North Carolina. At least this
is what the old man told his daughter. He
L "a Ill -
| with a woman, and until the present tim,
Mrs Wallace is ignorant of the identity o.
the woman who led her father to his deaf h
After an absence of two weeks the mar
returned alone He was greatly excited
and was for several days there.
On Monday he left with Mrs Thomp
son" for Boston on the steamer Providence
They returned on Tuesday, quarreled an,
separated at Norfolk. The old man drew
out the balance of his money-about $40
gave his granddaughter $50 and his watcl
and went on board the steamship GUyau
dotte. \ woman, who gave her name Il
the purSer AS Mrs. Mary Oliver. also wen
on the same boat. 4 bout = a m the mex
morning, while the boat was off Chinco
teaCue. Case disappeared. 1t was then tina
Mrs Oliver" made her stateme mt abuu
the black bag containing SlUO.0.1,
How She Was Discovered.
| 1t was not until several days after hi
death that the identity Of the old man IL
came known. so successfully had the " ON
an covered her tracks Now II Is relieves
that she used her young babe for the puT
pose of Matchmaking the old man. ant
when she found no further use for the lit
tie one she made away with il. II was prob
ably with part of the money which she =
cured from him that the she purchased h
store and building lot at Burlington Las
week On every trip she made to the south
ern states she returned with conSlderabl
money.
1t was the purchase OF the building 10
above mentioned which led To the di>cov
cry of the woman's identity On Nonda
she sent a notification to William Olive
of Burlington. from whom she purchase,
her building lot, stating that she had tai e
possession of the property To this leIte
she signed her name Elizabeth BeatOn-
When a World reporter found her yes
terday at her home in Burlington she d,
MED ever having seen him before.
Mrs. Beaton. alias Oliver. alias ThomT
son. is about 30 years Of age, and has III
prepossessing features She is about fet
10 inches tall and weighs about 40 pound,
has black hair. piercing gray eyes, exceeC
ingly large hands and long fingers He
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