New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-29
.crREss STILL IN HIDING.
oorNsEL FOR LAURA BIGGAR hiNi0
At A SETTLEMENT.

t,,ra F9irxar the actress. who is wanted
>-.,,.Jersey on a charge of conspirins to oo-
10 she entire estate of Henry III. Bennett is
So = hiding in this city. and will not go 10
- - Jersey 70 answer to the complaint maze
inst her until bail has been secured oali"ei
z-~onkenstein. her counsel, said yesterday at
to,,e No SIS West NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ne - N 2 Tribune reporter that he would
D.toblx not he able TO obtain bail for her De
p. .o-morrow He said he did not care TO
-. known her hiding place in this city pefore
- bsl had been secured and she was ready 10
'' .re Nevr-Iersey officials who were looking
for her. .Lo
10 If Henry NJ. Bennett. says that he shall
-. that the courts decide whether or not Miss
I1rgsr has now any claim TO q share in the
-.a,e because Of her efforts to prove the birth
a seath Of posthumous son.
@-te entire estate" he said, will not reach
-. than 100000. if that. Mr.. Bennett at the
-. of his death owed s2So.ooo in mortgages
.h. Pittsburg property. which is consideSed the
os+ valuable, is worth only 100000. The
,.,, in the five houses in New-York City
..,o,n+.6 10 $4,000 The only other properties
+e cv-ned was thu tract of land at Avon-by-the-
Sea inst below Asbury Park. which is worth
s5naeA and the Windsor Stock Farm and
s+ock thereon. at Farmingdale, where he died,
.he farm, being valued at $4,000 and the blood
Cd stock at about $4,000. In addition to the
mortgages there were outstanding debts against
~ ,es,s+a of about $4,000. There is $4,000
in the bank
Miss Biegar has tried to collect the rents
on the New-York house left her by Mr.. Ben
nett and succeeded partially. This particular
r-onertv is worth $4,000 and is nlortgaged for
s1s00A Under the will she is to receive 90
7,ar cent of The value of the Bijou building
uroperty in Pittsburg in five years from the date
of Mr. Benefits death, the income DIP 20 that
tine 10 be applied by the executors, who hold
title 10 the property in trust 10 pay off the
mortgage. taxes and current expenses.
Counsel for Miss Biggar said yesterday that
he thought those persons who have raised the
cry Of conspiracy against the actress would soon
assume friendly attitude TO Miss Biggar. If
they do, he says she estate viii soon be settled,
and Miss Biggar VIII receive what she expects
10 get according tG the provisions Of the Will
Miss Biggar is Of the opinion that the serious
allegations which have been made against her.
said Mr Frankenstein yesterday afternoon, ARE
the result OF her efforts 10 prove her assertion
that she is the widow of Mr.. Bennett and the
mother Of 4 posthumous son Of Bennett Had
she not begun a contest for the posthumous son,
who is dead she thinks, one would ever have
disputed her right to call herself Mrs. Henry N.
Bennett. She viii undoubtedly be able TO prove
that she is the widow Of Mr.. Bennett, if neces-
saTy, and also that a was born TO her OF
which Mr.. Bennett was the father However.
she still adheres 10 the stand which she took
some days ago TO give up the contest for the
rights OF the posthumous son. Should it become
necessary for her TO defend her name, ejectment
suits may be begun in this State and elsewhere
10 legally prove her claims against the estate.
Were she successful, Peter J. McNulty would
get not one cent from the estate. The bringing
or eJecIment suits WllI depend upon the develop
ments of the case. According TO the provisions
Of the will Miss Siggar was TO receive $1,000
within ten days after the death of Mr.. Bennett.
She has not received that sum yet. She was to
have an annuity OF 81 500. She has not received
one cent Of the annuity. Moreover, she was 10
get the Bennett property in this city. The Elk
eeutors have not yet qualified in this State The
law, however, gives them sufficient time to do
Sc
Mr.. Frankenstefn was asked what steps he had
taken 10 learn If there were any other witnesses
at the alleged marriage of Mr.. Bennett and Miss
Bi2gar before Samuel Stanton on January >,
1ssS and If there was any truth in the report
that one Of the alleged witnesses was In the
employ Of law firm and was not present. He
said that he had not tried TO find out If any one
other than Mrs. Anna Weber was present Mrs.
Weber died some time ago" said he. Il sure
that she was not n the employ OF a law firm at
the tine Of the marriage, and that il can be
proved beyond question that she was present at
the marriage. The contention that Miss Bigsar
has lost her rights as beneficiary Of the estate
by trying 10 prove that she is the widow of Mr..
Bennett and the mother Of his son, born after
MS death, is absurd One of the provisions OF
the viii reads that if any Of the iegatees shall
contest any Of the provisions Of the will, then
such legatee shall forfeit any bequest, and the
same shall go TO the residuary legatees. IT she
had contested any Of the provisions OF the viii
it might be said that she had forfeited her rights
as a beneficiary. but she never contested Ii IN
whole il part
DR.. Hendrick and ex-Justice Stanton, of Hobo
ken, the men accused of conspiring with Miss
Bggar. were still locked up in the jail at Free
held y. J.. yesterday. No bail appeared, and
owing TO the long delay in their obtaining it, it
began TO look as if there might be an early trial
u NE case. owing TO preference being gwen 10
ne trial Of Jail cases. 1t is said that in all
Probability application will be made to the
courts for order for the opening Of the coffin
eoniaining the body alleged TO be that Of Laura
bggars child. The fact that child of DR.. and
Ars. Hendrick died on about the same day as
That supposed 10 have been born to Miss Big
eaf is q matter Of record This child, according
% the records, was two months old. The child
alleged 10 have been born TO Miss Biggar was
said TO have died when only fifteen days old
Or. Eendrick never saw the child of his which
qied On the same day the child alleged to be
Laura Biggar's by Mr. Bennett expired The
child was born after he and Mrs. Hendrick sep
sTated Mrs. Hendrick is now living at NO $40
sTend-st.. Jersey City. She said last evening:
Df Headrlck and separated in April for what
considered good reason. i then came TO live
IN this house while he remained at the sanato
nun IN Bayonne. The child whose death notice
vas published in the Jersey City papers OF Au-
gust - was born to in this house and lived
tSo months Dr.. Hendrick never saw the child.
II oied on August ID My mother went to Bay,
onne that day or the next, saw the doctor and
'oo him Of the death of the child. He replied
10 The effect that he did not care"