Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-06
New York World.


This Is the story OF Henry NJ. Bennett
and Laura Biggar. as told by Lawyer
Alexander c. Young. counsel for the Ben
nett executors, to a World reporter at the
Aston house yesterday.
Detectives working by night. detectives
working by day. men buying each other
for gold. and selling each other for
mess OF financial pottage: lawyers lying
VIGOROUSLY. doctors bearing false witness
and certifying to a false birth-a dead
infant unnamed, unknown and buried IN
an unmarked grave. All these elements
are charged I'm the amazing accusations
made of plot TO secure the millions OF
Henry NJ Bennett. and through IL ALL
the -cry-ancient as Eden-"cherchez Ia
femme''-search for the woman.
And that is just what the detectives are
doing. They are searching for Laura
Biggar. the beautiful woman with golden
hair. who was Millionaire Benefits nurse
and friend on HIS death-bed. She is the
xrornan TO whom for friendships sake ne
left half a million dollars in his will. she
Is the woman who claims 10 nave peeh
his wife-who buried the dead infant she
claimed was his-who has Joined In the
eTrovt 70 vrrest his millions from his rela-
tives-
Clues Gone With Her.
As told in The World yesterday morn
ing. she has disappeared. and with her
have gone many OF the clues which
would render this astounding plot-if plot
IL fs-as clear as day. From. center 10
circumference II equals anything ever
written by Gaborian or dreamed OF oy De
Goncourt. II is an old saw that truth
As stranger than fiction. In this story the
facts stretch credibility TO the breaking
point. and fiction TO a miracle.
Several OF the participants have beer
arrested. charged with criminal conspir-
acy. The relatives of the dead man are
up in arms. and will fight to finish the
terms OF the will. by which Miss Biggar
inherfts almost half million dollars.
Miss Biggar's friends hint at hypnotsm.
They claim that after the death OF the
old millionaire. when she went TO the
sanItarium Of DR.. Hendricks at Bayonne'
she was not mentally sound, and that she
fell into the hands of schemers, who IN
duced her 10 enter into plot by Which
a fictitious infant was palmed on as the
posthumous child OF Millionaire Bennett
her alleged husband.
Counsel for Mr. Benefits relatives DO
not particularly lay the blame on Miss
BIggar. They seem TO believe that she is
more sinned against than SHINING. They
say that II Is a plot OF lawyers, doctors
and other schemers, backed by a mys-
terlous financier, TO divert the fortune of
the dead millionaire 10 their own advant-
age.
Hints Of Mysterious Finaneier
Who this mysterious financier is they do
not say. With the prospective arrest of
Miss Biggar the entire story may be made
public.
Almost coincident with the death OF the
old millionaire on April II. the wheels Of
what is alleged to be conspiracy seem
10 have been set in motion.
LAWYER E A Arrowsmith, of HOboken.
was at once engaged as counsel by Miss
Biggar Under his advice the will was
probated. The firm OF Young & Arrow
smith now represent the relatives of Mr..
Bennett.
To Lawyer Arrowsmith Miss Biggar said
nothing whatever of a marriage to Mr..
Bennett. She appeared to be satisfied
with the terms of the will. and some time
after II was probated she retired to the
sanitarium OF DIR. Hendricks. OF Bayonne.
Miss Biggar was in state of nervous
collapse, and according to Lawyer Young
was not in a condition to attend TO her
own affairs.
In the latter part OF June Young & Ar
rowsmith were surprised 10 receive
visit from Dr. Hendricks. Of the SAM
tarium.
IT am her counsel" he said you know
very well that she Is entitled to more
money according TO law. She was Ben
nett's wife and propose to see her
wrongs righted."
Young & Arrowsmith. never having
heard this story of wifehOod. gazed at
each other in establishment.
1T Is all news to us, they exclaim-
ed "You will have TO proceed along your
own lines. We cannot help YOU
Hendricks "Goes II Alone"
IAN right" replied Hendricks; II will
fight the thing to a finish
The first thing the relatives Of Ben
nett did when they heard of this new and
astonishing move against the will was to
employ Young & Arrowsmith in their
own behalf. The retaining fee was said
to be so. 900. and IL is probable that ev-
erybody concerned in the fight will testi-
~ that they have earned their money. IS
They were retained specifically to fight
that claim OF wifehOod on the part of Miss
Biggar. Their first move was to employ
detectives. Hoboken was ransacked for
them. The private agencies in this city
were called upon. Men and women were
hired by the dozen and a secret headquar-
tiers was established.
Then the great work OF unraveling the
plot began. At the headquarters estab-
llshed by the law firm the newspapers
were studied daily, particularly for quoted
statements from DIR. Hendricks. The sur
VIGILANCE over his movements was strict
and pitiless. BY this means the lawyers
got into the atmosphere Of the case.
Miss Biggar appeared to improve. She
grew stronger day by day. Young e.
Arrowsmith began to hear Of conferences
and secret meetings between Hendricks,
Miss Biggar and the others OF the opposi-
ton. They heard to their astonishment
that 'financier" figured I'm the case
A theatrical manager2 Young g. Ar
rowsmith would not tell. former ad-
mirer OF Miss Biggar2 The lawyers
smiled and were silent.
I've know the man, but will not give
the name now" they said. When the
whole thing is cleared up we will divulge
IT,"
Next the lawyers were told the detec-
tives had discovered that two justices of
the peace IN New Jersey had been zap
preached" and had refused 70 do what
was asked OF them
A light began 10 break upon the mys-
terry. These justices of the peace said
they had been asked TO testify to a mar
rtage ceremony which they had never
performed. Money. IL was asserted, had
been offered them TO do so.
Then began an internal war Of wits
among the detectives, as interesting in
its way as the greater issue
IL became evident that two forces of
detectives were I'm the held-that they
were working against each other and
watching each other day and night
Miss Biggar's adherents had become
suspicious and had employed a force OF
detectives OF their own.
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