The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-18

Of Judso Bodford's win under which her
husband had Inherited. and by Undertaker
Jamee II. LOWS, whom MIR. busho had
M. Lewis said yesterday that hi: only
dealings were with Mr.. Bushe, ana tnas
funeral in 81. Patrick's Cathedral, only
Mr.. Bushe and the widow and another
woman, 80 far as he remembered, went 70
the GENET cry. The body arrived here OH
When Coudert Brothers Office in New
York was informed OF the discoveries made
in London and Antwerp, the firm. Mr.. Sem
ole said, notified Mr. Bushe. as trustee
Of the three estates in which Mr. Bedfor
had his life interest, that the alleged infant
heir brought here by Mrs. Bedford was
spurious, and that the other persons inter,
ested In the estates would hold the trustee
to account for the property,.
Within three days after this notification,
Mr.. Semple said, Mrs. Bedford was on her
way 70 Europe. MI Bushe sn saia w KAT
such q statement was nonsense. and that
he, Mr.. Bushe, had received cable from
Mr.. Bedford while he was i'll telling him
that he expected his wife to have child.
So Mr. Bushe had accepted the child az
Mr.. Bedfords heir.
Unless Scotland Yard has information
beyond what is known here, the arrest
will be regarded In some quarters as per-
hape premature, for, in the opinion OF per.
sons familiar with detective theories and
Ms. Bedford left here for England, after
the trustee Of the estates she expected the
child to inherit had been notified that the
child's parentage was disputed. she would 2
70 straight to the place where the child
was born or where she obtained 1t. FOR
to establish the exact particulars OF the
birth OF the child would be all-important
to her II her claim was good. just as knowl-
edge Of those particulars would be OF the
greatest value TO those who declare that
the child is spurious, and these nave not
yet, 1t appears, ascertained lust where the
child did come from or where 1t was born.
Mrs. Isaac M. Wright, for whom Parsons
Cosson d McIlvaine are said to be acting,
lives at Hampstead. Her son said yester-
day that his mother was not interested IN
ties, and that she did not know who the
heirs were who had instituted legal pro-
ceedings He referred the reporter to Mr..
Bushe as representing the estates. Mr..
McIlvaine. who is acting for his firm in the
matter, could not be reached by the reporter
yesterday.
After the notification to, DR.. Bushe. as
trustee, that Mrs. Bedford's baby was a
spurious one, the trustee would be held
responsible for the trust property to the
nghtful heirs. In view OF the arrest OF
Mrs. Bedford in England, however, any
ura ii,S' await the issue Of the criminal pro-
ceedfngs there.
One Of the other heirs to the Bedford
property, besides Mrs. Wright, Is a Mrs.
Zerega, who lives in New Jersey.
OF Mrs. Bedford, who was Helen Middle
ton, little was learned yesterday, except
that Mr. Bedford had met her in Paris and
that they were married in Washington,
something like a couple Of years ago, 1t was
said. The lawyers. it is said. have as yet
learned little OF her family. She is said to
be an American. but to have lived some years
in Paris before her marriage TO Mr.. Bedford.
The cable reports said that Mrs Bedford,s
baby was heir to $500 900 under Mr.. Bedford g
will. According to the lawyers here, Mr..
Bedford's interest in the three trust es.
tates, which all come from the Bedford
family, amounted to $3.50 900.