The evening Republican., 1902-10-01

, infant. Under cross examination or
DR.. Hcndrick gave the woman
name as->Mary Hansen aad her ad
dress as No. "a Division street, New
York city. He said she hadbcen II
employ at the sanitarium. but tha
he had discharged her. He did no
explain why he had failed to produces
her 10 corroborate his own evidence
as to the birth Of the CHILD. He ad
mitted that she was not a so.calle {
"professoaal' nurse or a registere
nurse. "She was just plaio nurse, d
he testified. II would not have q
professional nurse about my place.
NOT KNOWN AT ADDRESS.
No. 64 Division street IS a large
five story ten eTent, with clothing
shop on the ground floor. made
dlligent inquiry there yesterday
among all The tenanth who appeared
to be exclusively Hebrews. None OF
them had ever heard Of M lry HIN.
sen, and they seemed surprised that
a person bearing that name should
be. supposed 10 live there. The
jahitor admitted that psrsons whom
lie took to be detectives have been
there to make the same inquiry, but
he had never hoard Of su:n ten.
ant. except from them.
When Detective Louis Weinthal
and Constable Theodore IIulick
visited the }ayonne sanitarium
Monday ostensibly to look for Laura
Bigger, for whom they held the
Hudson county countersigned war.
rant, their real purpose was to find
incrlm mating evidence, Weinthal
admit ted yesterday that they had
found DR.. llendrick receipt book,
one entry In which bore the sigma
lures OF Samuel Stanton and showed
that the !ormer Justice had re ceived
money from the doctor on-July 10
The receips, Weinthal says, did not
state rot what service the payment
was made. When OIL the witness,
stand Cn September 10 both Hen
drick and Stanton~swore that there
h ad never been financial traHsac-
tion between them, and Stanton
testified that lie had never seen
Hendrick until the latter came to
him 10 get him to id.ntlfy the alles.
ed certificate Of mlrriaye bearing
bis signatute.
New light Is thrown upon reports
Of Laura Biggar's alleged Impover.
ishcd condition by another discovery
made In the sani,arium. WcinthaI
and Hulicls found 10 tho top OF one
OF three trunks containing an elabor.
ate lrdrobe and bearing her name
bank book belonging to her and
containing an ontry which shows
that cha made deposit iu July OF
$1,000 with the Bayonne Trust Com.
pany.
JUDGE HOFFMAN RETAINED
That the alleged conspira,ors are
not lacking in resources was indicated
by the fact, which only became
known yesterday, that former Judge
WE Hoffman, CT Jersey city. has been
retained 10 defend both IIendrIck
and Stanton in tho criminal proce.
dure which the October Grand Jury
is expected to begin when it takes up
the case next week. Judge Hoffman
Is regarded as Que OF the leading
criminal lawyers Of the New Jersey
Bar. lie was Chief counci! for the
defence n The Patterson trial Of the
mur dereri Of Jennie Bosschieter.
IL Is now known that after Ben
nett's death Laura Biggar did not
come TO the Hcndrick sanitarium un.
Ill the doctor had sought her ac.
luaintance, had written, her letters
and had finally obtained aninvitation
to visit her at Bennetts stock farm,
at FarmingdaIe, N. J. lie went there
and persuaded her TO come TO Bay.
Dnne for treatment. On the witness
stand Hendrick has admitted that his
fist idea OF obtaining her as u patient
was from seeing in the newspapers |
accounts OF Benefits death and OF
lis beq uest to the actress, linked with
reports Of her impaired health.
He seemingly won her confidence
She gave him power
)t attorney, armed with which he ap-
peared in court, supplanted the law
lerwho had heretofore defended her
interests and took entire control OF (
Ter legal rights. as we'll as Of her
physical we'll being. After that he
md the actress went shopping to.
,ather, were photographed together,
nd once were arrested together on
harges brought by Hendricks
'rother and his deserted wife.