New-York tribune., 1903-07-20
MRS. BEDFORD TO FIGHT.
EOR SHARE IN ESTATE.
declares Child Proved Spurious Was
acknowledged by Husband.

f0- re nroperty left by her husband. Mrs.
ile"s G BEDFORD arrived yesterday on the
ouiii- tre steamship La Gascogne. Her hus-
- a son Of the late Frederick Bedford,
pan. york. The latter left a large estate in
OF ,nterest of which went to his dur
=. his lifetime, and after his death was 10 30
ins - r.tter's children. Cunning S. Bedford
,-,s-fted property in trust from his uncle,
ssO 80. nudge Cunning s. Bedford, which inter
' n mass TO his children or otherwise re-
e - .he nearest kin of his late uncle.
- RedSord after the death of her husband
DTS returned TO this country in April
.,.o4nq his body. She later went abroad on the
--r-,s and II was on her arrival on the other
"a. that she was arrested In Liverpool on a
-. of irving to pass off spurious baby as
- husbands heir. It was proved that she was
:. the mother of the infant, and on charge
,hovtng caused fraudulent birth entry IN the
ro.,enharn Court Road district of ST. Pancras
., december Is. she was fined. This chlio oled
few days ago. -,
cords return marks the beginning OF Fehsa-
.,o,sl hght over the estate of her husband MIS-
bedford contends that widow she is ehIl'ieo
- over $4,000 of the estate
-,ie IS based on the allegation that a great
,sr+ of the money left by Frederick Bed1oro
came to him through his wife, who was ChlI-
,enden This money. the widow declares FRED
e-,cL Bedford had no right TO will away from
his son OF the latter's widow, and 1t is on thls
ground that the legal fight Will be MADE MIS-
BEDFORD refuses to believe that the paov Is
dead.
Mrs Bedford a frail looking woman, with
bond hair and large, dark eyes. vas dressed
q, deem mourning when she left the steamship
yesterday morning She was extremely nervous
,s did not AT once leave the vessel. admitting
that she was not sure that she was not going
70 he arrested. Later she was met by clerk
from the office of Eugene l. Bushe, an admin
;s4rator Of her husbands estate She drove di-
rectly a hotel
I have decided not to grant an interview
she said, until I have seen Mr. Bushe or Mr.
s,enben FYske the trustees of my husbands es-
tate" Later. when she found that neither of
the trustees was awaiting her she decided to
talk OF her troubles
"One reason for my coming here is TO scatter
flowers on my husbands grave at Woodlawn'
she said. Another reason is to begin fight
for my rights in my husbands estate. 1 may
be entitled TO a greater share than some have
snv idea I have been most unfairly treated by
lawyers, and advantage has been taken Of what
J have said to them in confidence
I was treated like rat on the other SIDE
and they had no right TO arrest me. I have
rival here. but what they arrest me for
now?
Mrs Bedford. whose child the baby
which you sought to have declared Mr. Bed
ford's and which was the cause Of your arrest
in Liverpool" she asked
The baby was my husbands. He acknowl-
edged the child, and did just before he died.
Mr. Bushe knows this. It is sufficient TO say
that il was my husbands child. He was gen.
tleman He said that IT was his. and promised
him that I would take of it, I will do so,
and the little one is about months
old and is IN the care of a nurse in the country
near Paris. II is my husbands child, and for
the rest that is no ones business"
Why did you seek to prove its birth?"
What I did is my business. took the action
taat ! did at the request of my husband. He
wanted the child provided for
Have you received word of the child's
death?"
No have not. and I do not believe that the
child is dead. When I left it was in good health.
but it was suspected then that it was getting
the whooping cough
Il have this cabegram, in Low CODE which
/ received this morning, but have been unable
N read II l left my code book in Paris.
DO not think that It refers 10 the child. 1t IS
signed by Thomas, my business representative
IN Paris
According TO cable dispatches Caroline Thomas
IS the name Of the child's nurse
When asked where the child was kept, Mrs.
Bedford said that she could not make that pub
lie.
i would be afraid to-" she said, 4 have had
80 much trouble myself that l don't know what
might happen. l have no proof that al at
tempt was made 10 dynamite the Umbria on
which sailed because was on board but il is
strange that Of all the ships crossing the ocean
the one on which I sailed should receive the
dynamite. have gone through more than most
women could have stood
! want what is coming from my husbands
estate not half so much because want the
money as because it was the desire of my hus-
land that I should have it,
7 make the claim that most of the money
which was left by Mr. Bedford's father came
from the latter's wife who was a Ch,,tepden
and that the father had no right +o will +bis
money away from the son of his wife Mr. Red
ford. my husband, often talked of braal,ng the
viii He wished to get a large sum of yoorey
and invest in a racing stable. That was his
desire. and he believed that he could have dora
SO but he lacked the necessary strength 10
begin an actual contest. and when he died q
was his desire that I should have his estate
am going 10 get il IL possible
As 10 those who are seeking the mona, 4,
had nothing 10 do with them when alive sn6
cordially disliked them. To one of bis ,.,a..--
he gave a pension. though there was no c,a,~,
on him 70 do so. In making this Statement, -
not refer 10 Mrs. Isaac Wright of Berons.os
Long Island. whom I have met
! calculate 10 make some OF Mr Red,o....
relatives peTspire before / am through rha,,
had nothing 10 do with him in life an3
'hey seeA 10 deprive his widow now that he is