New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-05

anything. she smiled sweety and thanked them.
When she spoke it only to express sorrow
for her mothers death.
What cGn ever recompense me for The loss
Of NY dear mother" she would say pressing the
black veil against her pale cheek and signing
wearily.
The matron and women attendants at the
Tombs declared yesterday morning that they
could not believe the frail looking prisoner had
been guilty of the crime Of numbering her own
mother They all appeared TO be under the spell
OF her influence. Sic looked wan even haggard
when newspaper men permitted to see her
Yesterday She smiled at them and said that
.. she would have absolutely nothing TO say about
me charge against her until he had been ad-
vsed by counsel She also declined TO say any
thing about her past history.
John D. Shaw. a lawyer. who had been counsel
Tor the woman's father Robert Swift Livingston,
her mothers first husband. went TO the Tombs
early In the day 10 see her. but he did not stay
long. and Il evident that he had not IN
sented to act her counsel. Later she had
talk with +. g. House. When Mr.. House left the
Tombs in the afternoon, he said:
Mrs Fleming has not yet retained me az her
counsel She said she would consult with some
Of her friends and let me know. told her that
she had better not tell me anything about her
affairs until she had retained me TO defend her
NOT so LARGE AN ESTATE AS REPORTED
Al the office OF the City Chamberlain 1t was
said Yesterday that the estate left by Mrs. Bliss
did not amount 100000 as had been reported.
but only TO $4,000. Mr. Livingston when he died
many years ago. left an estate consisting chiefly
Of twenty lots in Eghtyfourth-st.. and by the
terms of the will his widow was TO have the reve-
nue. from the property during her lifetime. Upon
her death the property was to go to her daughter
The lots in Eighty-fourth-st. were sold long ago
and the money went into the hands Of the City
Chamberlain. The interest was paid regularly 10
the widow After she married to Henry NJ.
Bliss she continued to receive the interest. Now
that she is dead. the $4,000 should go to the
daughter who is in the Tombs. to her heirs.
Mrs Fleming as she has called herself for some
years. has had children who may not be entitled
10 receive the money.
The name Of Mary Alice Amont Livingston
became well known to the public in 1883, when
she brought d suit for damages against Henry
Fleming. then president Of the Petroleum Ex-
change, accusing hin. Of breach OF promise OF
marriage and betrayal. The suit was tried be-
fore Judge Pratt in the Supreme Court in Kings
County. Miss Livingston testified that she be-
came acquainted with Mr. Fleming in 1881 when
she was living at the home CT her stepfather,
Mr Bliss in Toms River, n. j. He became her
accepted lover with the consent of her mother
and stcpfather and promised 10 marry her. In
this city he took her 20 n hotel where he made
her a prisoner and accomplished her ruin. she
declared. Her infant son vas In court IN the
arms Of Mrs Bliss. Mr.. Fleming, in his testi-
mony, avowed intimacy with both mother ana
daughter and declared that an attempt was being
made to blackmail him. He swore that ne had
paid sums Of money for the support OF the young
woman TIE testimony abounded with revolving
details and in the end the jury gave verdict
for So 600 in the young woman's favor
Howe & Hummel. Mr. Fleinngs counsel
wanted to appeal. and hey secured the testi-
rnony Of coachman who admitied he was the
father Of the young womans infant sen There
was 4 settlement by which Mr.. Fleming paid for
the legal expenses Of the suit and gave about
1900 to the Young woman Mr.. Fleming ded
later and his counsel have declared that ne
never was married 10 Miss Livingston. although
she anerward made use If his name
HER OTHER CHILDREN.
Since bis de,,b she has hai a daughter, Grace,
now seven years old. and lately she mas n"o wiz"
her child called Averl Fleming VINO IL oh's
fourteen months old. After Averill became u
member OF the family Mr. Bliss separated from
his wife and went 10 live with his stepnaush'e''
In June last Nj. Bliss. his stepdaush'er a"' '',
three children. walter Grace ana AVern'' "e"'
10 live AT the Colonial Hotel ~ h'hn'"-"', w
and One Twenty y-nfth-st'. WINE "'''
Bliss lived in the fiat AT No. 397 ~. Nicho'"S-"''
With her son Henry and her daughter rna' a,
After the arrest of Mrs. Fleming on W S,,,,ci,v
agent of the Society Tor IA, prevention ", "a nad .
10 Children went 20 the Colonial liotsi s ni'u 10" ~"
talk with Mr. Bliss about the three cnii"I'" a,,id
were there IN his care Mr. Blss Sa'n ~ "s,ar
have tho children cared fer properly, mn H. ,he
day morning he had them rcnoVrsn ~ Mrs
hotel by Mrs Henry Haight. i,'snn' NJ ,oiice
Fleming when she was arrested to'u IA 80" araiied
that. she was not the mother OF me mn hon, the
Ayer Fleming When he was ask" "r IT, anv
child yesterday Mr. Bliss declined 10 go '
definite Information, but said 10 repo' sr..m,no
Did II ever occur 10 YOU that M'S, nnnr,e6
might have adopted the child? nave supp @ ,hat
the children for some time. and VIII ''e ~
hey are cared for properly .dtwen-
Policemen OF the West One-hundren-ainua y oil
ty.hfth-st station were making inquiries ~ a. af
o' the GrugstOres in Harlem yesterday ~ no,son
Tort TO discover who had purchaseo t"e clam
which was sent 10 Mrs Bliss IN u.s" IL =, was
cnowder on the evening OF her ueatr, ueaa,ic the
Known that the poison was tartar ei" and the
active principle Of which is antiniony,, ,,.a intro
theory Of the police is that Mrs. fIenI'te NE she
ouced the poison into the chowoe, 20, heen
sent the dish TO her mother. They no" ma ,bo was
able last evening 10 find any drugsisi ~ the
willing to admit that he had solo any any ~ ~ her
poison to Mrs Fleming. or TO any hie'"