New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28
MISS LAURA BIGGAR HERE
MP HENDRICKS CHILD DIED ON DAY
HERS EXPIRED.
-1ree ACCUSED OF TRYING TO GAIN
ESTATE BY CONSPIRACY IN HlDlN0-
TRYING TO GET BoNDsMAN


IT, deve1opnnents yesterday in the alleged
-e,iracv of Miss Laura Biggar, the actress
r,r rendrick her principal counsel and others
- oaiu the entire estate Of Henry M bennett
-, - .,f7aoce of marriage TO him and the birth
50 . child born to him after his death when
= marriage existed and when Miss Biggar
,s o+ Give birth TO a child were the presence
- Miss Biggar in this city lin hiding. 1t was
:. IN the discovery of the death of child OF
D- sr1 Mrs Hendrick on the day the infant
alleged by him TO have been born 10 MISS Dig
rar died and a statement from her through her
Gavyer hare in which she asserted that refer
7 NcNuty who was the cnef nSllsdIoi al ule
D,a-enir7cv charges hypnotized Mr. Bennett
corouel / Frankenstein issued the statement
.orn his office at No. IL Broadway. in which
sbe said that she was guilty Of no conspiracy
.ha, the conspiracy was probably on the other
side She would not away. but did not
,-ant to surrender until sure of being able to
furnish bail When Samuel Stanton. the justice
NJ the peace who married her to Mr. Bennett
tried TO file a copy of the certificate at the
Health Department she knew nothing about 1t.
hui she had learned that Mr. Young. acting
secretly for Peter J. McNulty. had persuaded
Stanton that he had neglected q legal FORM anu
in apparently trying 10 help him TectliE the mis-
take involved him in many complications.
she asserted that McNulty, who received lesd-
cies of about 100000, hypnotized Mr.. Bennett
she declared she did not authorize MI Back
- withdraw her suit Internationally. She wished
10 avoid trouble in the courts. and would DIS,
continue the action providing she got the %"
per cent mentioned in the will
Nv Frankenstein said that Miss Biggar came
to the city on Wednesday, and that he had hao
several talks with her He said that ne was
trying to find a bondsman for her ana that
when that was accomplished she would submit
10 arrest He refused TO tell where she is llVlns
Bavoune n J. Sept. - sspeciaD.-Offi-
GERS armed with a warrant for the arrest Of
Miss Laura Biggar, the actress, in an alleged
conspiracy TO obtain the entire estate of Henry
NJ Bennett. had been unsuccessful in their at
terapts TO find her here up to last evening
Sufficient authority is believed 10 exist for the
statement that Miss Biggar received warning
telegram Friday afternoon from Dr. Charles
c. Hendrick. her physician and principal attor-
nev. which evidently resulted in her hasty de-
parture from this city She cannot be traced
in leaving Bayonne. and has not been seen here
since Friday noon.
The police here said to-day that they had not
been requested TO assist in making any arrest
and have not been connected in any way with
the case. Detective Edward NJ Griffin assured
a Tribune correspondent yesterday morning that
the police could have caught the actress before
her departure. had they been informed by the
Monmouth County authorities. What route
taken by Miss Biggar or the exact time of her
escape is unknown. She may have reached
Staten Island by the ferry from old Bergen
Point TO Port Richmond unobserved-
A statement obtained yesterday from
Thomas N. O'Brien, the undertaken. of Avenue
D and feminist. who buried the child said by
Miss Biggar to be hers. He says he considers
himself competent to judge of the birth and
parentage. as he buries. on average, two
hundred and fifty infants year.
I personally prepared the child born to the
actress Miss Biggar. for burial he said and
T7z.r
afternoon, August Is, for burial. The burial
did not take place until the following morning,
August is, owing TO objections raised to burial
in the family plot Of the late Mr.. Bennett I
reached Asbury Park about 430 O'Clock in the
afternoon. I am not related in any way to DR..
Hendrick If there had been the slightest
suspicion on my part that anything was wrong
I would not have been connected with the
funeral I was called to the sanatorium on the
morning Of the 18th at 11:30 o'clock
The infant had been dead about hour
when reached the place. have yet to do the
first crooked thing in my life, and hope GOO
may break my neck if I do. There is no ques-
ton the child's mother is Miss Laura BlgSar.
Before taking the child away she insisted that
I take the child to her room, and obeyed, re-
naming in the room about twenty minutes be
fore going TO Asbury Park Miss Biggar was in
bed, and was much overcome with grief as
any mother POSSIBLY could be. ] sure about
this fact. I feel positive the child was born to
Miss Biggar in the sanatoriun1, judging from my
information and observation of the mother when
the deceased infant WAS taken TO her by me be-
fore leaving for Asbury Park. l am familiar
with such scenes having buried. average,
two hundred and fifty infants year for ten
years and consider myself a competent judge
I will stake my reputation her grief was gen
uine.'
He refuses TO believe any other version OF the
birth and death of the child. He says he has
known Dr. Hendrick since the latter came mere,
but was never intimate with him. He did not
Know the actress.
Dr. and Mrs Hendrick lost child the same
date the one whose birth is being disputed died.
notice OF burial being published in Jersey City
papers August 10.
Various appearances OF abandonment are in
evidence about the sanatorium since Friday
afternoon, the house being evidently tenantless
on short notice.