New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-30
VICTIM OF AN ALLEGED SWINDLh"
A WEALTHY wOMAN's CHILDREN SAY THAI
A PRETENDED sPRITUALIST IS ROB
BrNc HER-wANT HER SANITY

A WEALTHY WOMAN'S CHILDREN oAi i''
A PRETENDED sPRITUALIST is ROB
BrNG HER-wANT HER SANITY
INQUIRED INTO.
Some hallucinations OF wealthy woman "ero
brought TO light yesterday by the ming Oh al o''e
for the service by publication OF summons 'I1
complaint In a suit for the appointment VI YIN
mission to inquire into the mental conoi''o" y.
Mrs Harriet K. Beach. who was also kho"n 90
Rogers and Richardson. Mrs. Beach Is aoou' 'Ny
nine years old. Her first husband. Airea T'
Beach, died at No West Twentieth-st. III jan
uary 1885, leaving a fortune estimated AZ >|"V''.
From this. besides her dover, Mrs. beach ie'.oN
a large interest The remainder was diVdeu NC
tween the daughter and son OF the marriase' '''''
Jennie Beach Casper and Frederick T. Beach ny
now petition the Court to appoint a commission W
inouirc into their mothers mental condition, aeS-
ing that she Is OF unsound mind, and Is incompe-
tent to handle the estate.
In the summer OF 1896. about six months "i'o'
the death OF her husband. Mrs. Beach went ao'oo''
accompanied by a physician. and Is still IN Europe
Last January, while in Egypt, she was married. or
went through n form or marriage with Henry f''ch-
ardson Rogers. This marriage, the petitioner de-
clares is Illegal on account of Mrs Beach's mental
condition Since the marriage, 1t Is alleged. the
couple have been known varously as Richardson
and Rogers, and Rogers has obtained possession
OF large part o. Mrs. Beachs money. upon the
presentation OF these assertions, Justice
however, has granted an order restraining Rogers
from dispOsing OF any OF the property until aiter
the examination into Mrs. Beachs mental condition
has been made .
An affidavit has boon submitted by Frederick
Beach which says that after his mother had gone
abroad she followed by Rogers. who, Beach
says, is spiritualisc medium, whose sole purpose
in following and marrying Mrs. Beach was TO Cd
tain possession OF her wealth by means or spirit
ualism and questionable methods" Mrs. Beach,
according 10 the affidavit, has already executed
trust deed giving over her property 10 Rogers, VINO
Mt the time of the so-callcd marriage to Mrs 5cach'
was married man. but subsequently obtained a
divorce from his wife. At the time he LETT TINS
country. Beach declares Rogers was under indict-
ment Tor attempted felonious assault.
Incorporated in the papers is an afidavit MADE
by DR. j. l.. Corning. The doctor says he exam
ined Mrs. Beach and found that she was OF UNI
sound mind He believes she * still suffering from
mental troubles and will always be weak. In the
course OF the examination, the affidavit sets forth.
Mrs. Beach declared she heard spirit voices. She
said she had visited heaven and hell, and would
never die. but would be 'trarslated DR.. Corning
swears that she took him into what she called her
spirit gallery and tried to show him spirits OF
kmorano." asserting that the last OF these ruled
her life DR.. Corning alleges that In 1856 Mrs:
Beach was confined In an asylum at Hartford, and
In 1891 confined in Boomngdac.
large number Of letters written by Mrs. Beach
accompany the affidavit. In these she says that
Rogers and herself signed n paper OF betrothal on
the anniversary Of her first husbands entrance to
the spirit life. with his sanction. He Is anxious
with my mother that | shall have protector
OegaD 1897. which he would be-" Mrs Beach also
says that Daniel Webster is her guide.