The sun., 1902-09-27

10 the IPfN1pfl. I'' NlNllf'l ~ NiNHhi
Hr contention and TO say that 1he was
willing 10 accept th" provision made Tor
her In the VII "
side said -.
IN this motion but | deeply regret that II
bas moi hpen permit ed to 40 on, ~ we
shouid ike to bring osIt all The evidence,
and prove the facts IN hls deep and daihna-
he cOn-pirac'. .
Il desirr. III tho light ID what may hapPn
in the rexf iew hours, to oxonera'e from
.ny emily connection 'yith the case Mr.
placI Mr. Frsnken-'oio ard Mr.. RIrk"
rf tho rouusp for m" other side. | ue~lr"
further to be- understood tha' thlS l. hpt
;be end of this "ds". W" assent !" VA"
withdrawal "f In" notion h", w. W" T,a' ''1
proceed for the punishment "i Va" con-
syirators.
Mr. Rlack. Nho was surprised, said thal
II there had been u conspiracy he had u"
knowledge o' it, and b" vas 'oa'h 10 n'-
Iiryr that one had " listed.
.rLo C,ur, grnu'nd tho withdrawal and
asked II thor" was any other mo'lnh
samuel pa,trr.,u, anOt nor lawyer Tor II"
heirs. said that ou tho complaint ol vi;
NrNulty som" warrnp-S had hfeh '>9"'
for Mi,o BlGgar, br Hendrick ana n,an,"- I,'',,r,
A. no made this announcements two 'ourt
officer. stepped forward ard arre~'"d
HendrCk and TaDton -.
Dr Hrrdrick has Youthful face" bnt
is ahon, 90 yoars old. His hair MAJ uraliy
curly is cu' close I've IS party Na''' NJ
q both physician and lawyer.
stanton is an unr.- sized smooth.iaCed
man Both men wer, quite nervous" IN
r,urf ard evidently expected som"'hhH I"
happen ,....,.,.t,,d
Tnc Courr read the complain ahn aIN'u ,,'
the prisoners if they wero prepared 10
dive hail Mr. Black. who had dropped
On, of thr case asked now much bail was
demanded The Court slid hat IN" crime
alleged was very serious: ~ IN" Conspiracy
involved fraud of hundreds Of thousands
n dollars, and b" must ASK s'''" ia" WI
each prisoner. ,
Mr. Black asked the Court 10 entertain
a motion to reduce the hail. He Sald IN"
prisoners we're ready for hearing AZ ohcr'
br Hendrick was prrml,'Sd To 60 "u' WIN
a denutv sheriff 80 send "A telegram for
hondsmau When he rc'srnpd tn" Court
called tho witnesses on whose testimony
a prime facip case of con nsplraoy was mace
ont 30 hold tho prisoners
Tho first was Peter NcNulty of Pitts
burg, who said that ne saw stanton IaHl
Friday and SATURDAY ~ a conference oi
the persons Interested IN opposing Miss
Pige,r's claims Roger VNlara, chief of
detectives Of Pittsburg, wa" ais" present
Mr. O'Mara ha> done lot oi Work IN con-
nectiOn with the evidence pointing 10
conspiracy. He represented fit~hurg heirs
4 certificate e marriage had been shown
10 stanton. MrNulty said. and stanton
had admitted that he made II ou' that DAY;
stanton asserted that Young had trapped
him into doing II.
Mr. McNultv reCount.d conversation
which he had with Miss Biggar Al the Vic
toria Hotel, Piitshurg, IN 1901 bennett
had been taken Ill. and Miss Biggar cam"
there 10 500 him. Sh" said ~h" was Srealif
worried and afraid the old man might di'
without making auv provision i1' ne,
II ne died without making will which
would take care Of her, IN" did NOT Know
what she would do, a. she had mo leglt Inmate
claim against Tn" estate a. a relation. lhls
was three years after the marriage "hlch
she afterward set mp. Mr, McNuity told
her, he said, that Bennett intended Ia pro-
vide literally for her in his VIII ana Al"
seemed much relieve l.
LAWYER Arrow~mth showed the witness
the marriage certificate, winch l. clalned
tc be the original, and also blank form
which had been purchased in Reado street ,
New York The two papers evidently
were printed from th" -amc type The
blank certificate was printed later than
the date Of tho alleged marriage, for in
the year space II has the number 10 Tor
the twentieth century.
Where these hguu"~ appeared on 'hs
Bennett -Bggar certificate IN" paper ha :
been scrapad away, and the year 1898
written over IN Ink The Two paper wer"
put in evidence, and the witness "ae al
lowed 10 explain the significance oi inc
alteration.
Mr., McNultv laid that he and a number
of tho others Interested went to IN" Bayonne
santarium some weeks ago, al Miss Bl%gar :
invitation. to consult With her ah"n,
settlement Of the affairs of the estate. They
we're met bv HendriCli. who said he dldn T
know that McNuty intended 10 OrlhS u
mob with him
"Hendrick thcn made no claim of a cere-
monia marriage" said Mr. McNulty. He
sald he didn't know whether Miss Biggar
would put in a claim a. comnon-la aw
wife, or a big bill for services In nursing
Bennett"
Recurring again TO tho talk with stanton,
Mr.. McNuty said that Stanton had said 10
Young; Alex, You know you trapped
me into tfie.- Young -aid: Yes, but did
il for WV own good
Alfred Wai"r-on, another lawyer, told
Of his visit To Bavonne on Jun" q, 1902
when Or Hondrick ~ad to him tina, Miss
Biggar was entitled ~ The whole estate,
but made no protcncr tha, any marriage
had taken place.
drew Mr. Bcnno,t'- will, said he met Miss
BigRar AT a raCetraCk, whero MIR Bennett
introduced her simply al Miss Biggar.
He met her again At FarmlnRham after
Bennett's deaf b, but before his viii had been
read Miss Biggar was anxious to know
what had been don" for her a. she said that
If she was not taken care Of in the vii
she would make claim a. q common law
wife, or pat I'm a big hlll for services.
Knowing the contents of the will, Mr
Hawk kin- said ho assured her that she haC
been provided for While they were in
conversation a Mrs Shattuck asked Miss
Biggar why i was that Mr.. Bennett hao
mover married her, She answered: "Oh
Mr.. Bennett wasn't the kind Of man &c
marry any woman. He's got a fine monu
ment ready in the cemetery, but there
no place here for me.
Lawyer Ferguson then announced thai
the heirs would prove that no child wa,
born To Miss Biggar last July.
We have u witness from within tho Sani
tariun." he said "who will swear that r.,
heard DR. HendriCk say there was no child
and that Dr Hendrick and DR. Connoll,
swore to fasehoods when they cor,ifie,
to tho birth and later IN" death Of th'
child
Then came In" most important witness
Of the day, Joseph Tucker, clerk of th,
board of Health Of Hobokcn, He had
known stanton five or six years h" said
Stanton appeared At his Office on" dav I,
ash him If be- couldn't swear that Annt
Wcher was dead, He refused to do il
Last Friday night met stanton in from
If Nv" City Hall, said Tuck"". He ,ol,
me h" was IN lot of trouble, and askc,
mo If ! wouldn't help him ont lie sait
that two years before he had performed
marriage bctwc"n n man named Rrnnct
and woman named Biggar, AMI ne though
he had forgotten to ~nnd ~ record a.