Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-27
CGcers After Actress, Who
Claims to Be Millionaire
Benefits Widow.
one or her LAWYERS JAILED.
En-.--.-e Of the Peace, Who SaId He
Performed Marriage Ceremony, Al
so In Prison-Conspiracy Charged
by P. j. McNuIty, Ct Pittsburg.

tress, for the millions of Henry NJ.
Bennett came to sudden and dra-
matte ending yesterday before Justice
Wilbur A. Heisley here. The claim
ant, through counsel, abandoned the
suit and announced she would be sat
isfied with the SO per cent OF the es-
tate given her by the will. Hardly
had this been done than counsel for
the heirs opposing the Biggar claim
showed they had been more than pre-
pared for this step, and warrants
charging conspiracy were served on
Samuel Stanton, the former justice OF
the peace Of Hudson county, who tes-
titled that he had performed the mar
riage ceremony between Miss Biggar
and the Pittsburg millionaire, and DR..
C. C. Hendrick, at whose sanitarium
lin Bayonne it was alleged that Miss
Biggar's child was born
Officers Hunting Miss Biggar.
/ A search is now in progress for Miss
Biggar herself that she may also be
presented to the grand jury to an
swer a similar charge. Stanton and
DR.. Hendrick are now in the jail at
Freehold.
During the course Of the proceed
ings Samuel A. Patterson, one Of the
counsel for the heirs, announced that
warrants had been sworn out for the
karrest of Miss Biggar, D.. Hendrick
and Mr.. Stanton on complaints sworn
to. by Peter ]. McNulty, of Pittsburg,
one Of the principal legatees and an
executor Of the will. Hendrick and
Stanton were at once arrested and
held in $4,000 bail and Judge Heisley
ordered the preliminary hearing to
begin at once Miss Biggar was not
in court.
Mr.. McNulty testified to a CONVEX
sation he had with Miss Biggar in
Pittsburg, when Mr.. Bennett was i'll.
This was three years subsequent to
the date of the alleged marriage, and
Miss Biggar had been worried because
Mr.. Bennett was dying and had made
no will, and said if he died no pro-
vision would be made for her. She
made no claim then of being married
to Mr.. Bennett. Subsequent to the
death Of Mr.. Bennett the witness and
A. V. D. Watterson, of Pittsburg, with
counsel for the heirs, visited DR..
Hendrick, who claimed to be Miss
Biggar's lawyer, told them that Miss
Biggar was entitled to the entire es-
tate and would get it, or he would
set up the claim she was Benefits
common law wife.
John F. Hawkins, Of Asbury Park,
who drew the will and is one of the
executors, testified that when the
will was drawn Bennett told him Misa
Biggar was not his wife. He intended
to provide for her fully, however.
After Mr.. Benefits death witness had
talk with Miss Biggar and she said
if she was not properly provided for
in the will she would set up the claim
Of being a common law wife of Mr..
Bennett.
Stanton Trapped In crookedness.
Secretary Tooker, Of the Hoboken
board Of health, testified that on Fri.
day last Stanton told him he had mar.
ried Mr.. Bennett and Miss Biggar
about two years before, but had for.
gotten to file the certificate. Stanton,
so Tooker said, wanted him to testify
that he, Stanton, called on him a
week earlier ana told him that the
Weber woman named as a witness
to the marriage was dead. This
ToCker refused to do. re next
morning, Tooker. continued, STAN
ton called en- him, accompanied
by Mr.. Young. of counsel for the
heirs, who. as it subsequently ap-i
peared, was arranging to entrap Stan.
ton. Stanton, Tooker testified. asked
him for blank marriage certificate,
which Tooker gave him and which he
presently returned. filed out, with the
request that Tooker testify that he
found it in his desk. He also asked
Tooker to make an entry Of it in his
books. Tcoker SAID that he turned
over the certificate to Mr.. Young, and
that, en- learning OF this, Stanton de-
clared that he had been entrapped,
and begged Tooker to swear that he