The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-19
MRS. BEDFORD HELD IN JAIL.
LONDON MAGISTRATE KEMANDS
HER FOR A WEEK.
Abe HummeI Tells Her story OF TWO
Wiltshire Recognizing the Ch''d
Not COmpleted-ln Court. She DOESN'T
Remember the Year Of Her Marriage

Wiltshire RecOEnlHns the Sm'u
Not CompIeted-In Court. She Doesn't
Remember the Year Of Her Marriage
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN
LONDON. May 1s,-Mrs. Cunning s. Bed
| ford, who was arrested on the arrival OF
the Cunard line steamship Umbria at Liver
/ pool yesterday on charge Of making a
false entry in the birth register In the st,
Pancras district last December in rep
resenting herself as the mother Of child
| named Eugene who was born on Dec. II
last, was arraigned in the Bow Street police
court to-day before Magistrate Sir Albert
de Rutzen. After q short hearing she was
| remanded for a week without bail.
Inspector Cough OF Scotland Yard
testified in regard to the details Of Mrs.
| Bedford's arrest at Liverpool He stated
that he followed her from the Umbria to
! the Custom House. where he informed her
| that he had warrant for her arrest He
| asked her to step into cab where he would
read the warrant. She complied. remark
! ing. as she entered the vehicle.
Il suppose this is in respect to my hus-
bands money"
No evidence was offered bearing on the
actual charge The Justice asked If there
| was any contention that Mrs. Bedford had
secured any money. Inspector Cough
replied that he believed not
Harvey Wilson, who defended Mrs. Bed
ford. asked for the return of her money and
check book which had been seized by the
police. He said that his client needed
the money aid check book to pay for the
support OF the nurse and baby. The Mag
strate ordered that the money be returned
to Mrs. Bedford, but owing to an objection
by the police declined to compel the return
of the check book. This caused Mrs. Bed
ford, who was attred in deep mourning.
to arise and beckon to her counsel. saying
sharply II do not see why am deprived
Of the use of my own money l need 1t to
pay the baby's board"
The actual cash found on Mrs. Bedford
when she was arrested and which the Mag
istrate ordered returned amounted to
about SO.
An application that Mrs. Bedford be
admitted to bail was then made by her
solicitor, but it was refused because OF an
objection by the prosecutor. 1t is likely
that another application Of the same kind
will be made before the weeks remand
expires next Monday.
In court to-day Mrs. Bedford gave her
age as 80. She is a woman Of the blond
type. She was perfectly composed. She
told counsel she was married to Mr..
Bedford on Jan Is. 1900 or 1901. she was not
sure which. Mr.. Bedford died on Feb. II,
1908 Mrs Bedford was taken to Holloway
Jail.
That Mrs Bedford is determined TO fight
hard against the charge. which il proved
will deprive her of control of the trust
fund established by her husband, was
evident the moment she entered the dock.
She looked to he cool long headed woman.
whose surroundings did not discomfort her
in the slightest degree. She followed the
proceedings with the closest at; entiou. The
only sign of agitation she displayed was
when she indignantly exclaimed in a sharp,
shrill voice that she did not see why she
should be deprived Of the use of the money
taken from her by the police. Otherwise
she was as calm as anybody in the court
room not excepting the Judge himself.
Mrs. Bedford was becomngly attired
in the heaviest mourning. which contrasted
advantageousy with her bright yellow
hair and pale, thin face. which was just
touched with color. Her features were
strong. her nose prominent and her jaws
determinedly set.
After she was remanded, Mr.. Wilson.
her lawyer, accompanied by a middle
aged woman wearing mourning, consulted
with her in her cell in Bow street and suisse
uuently had another consultation with her
at Holloway Jail. whittier Mrs. Bedford
was removed in the afternoon. This latter
conference lasted until late in the evening.
What line the defence will take is az yet
unknown Mr.. Wilson decline, to indicate
what the defence will be or to discuss the
case in any way. saying that the news
papers apparently know more about it than
he does.
Caroline Thomas, the nurse who is caring
for the baby in the case, in an interview at
the Charng Cross Hotel this evening, said
doubt as to the paternity of the child
arose in my mind for the first time when
Mrs. Bedford was ARE sted yesterday. She
engaged me in Paris shortly after the baby
was born She told me it had been born in
London. l never knew at what address.
When Mrs. Bedford became convalescent
she went to Paris. where her husband, who
was i'll in bed. welcomed her and the baby
Every one said that the child was very like
Mr.. Bedford. used to take it to his room
every morning almost until his death. He
spent hours caressing the child and calling
it My darling baby"
The nurse expects to take the baby to
Paris tomorrow She will 20 to Mrs.
Bedford apartments in the Rue des Martyrs
The police would not allow her to start
for Paris to-day. They also refused to
allow her to take the baby to see Mrs Bed
ford.
The prosecution asserts that when the
child was baptized in the Church Of Notre
Dame de Lorette, in Paris. in the ma me
of Eugene Frederque. It's godfather
was the nurses husband. who for years
had been the concierge OF the house in
which the Bedfords had their apartments.
The baptism occurred shortly after the
alleged date of the baby's birth in Woburn
place, London.
The prosecution also lays stress upon the
fact that Registrar r. G. Cowie. who ac-
companied the police to Queenstown and
Liverpool to point out Mrs. Bedford on the
Umbria. positively identified her as the
signer OF the registry of births here. abe
saying she was a sister of Mrs. Bedford
and giving her name and address as Mar
garet Carruette Of No. Paris Strasse,
Antwerp. This address ia non-existent.
Mrs. Thompson, the tenant at No 10 Upper
Woburn place, where the baby is registered
as having been born, says that Mrs. Bedford