The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-29
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 Two Children and Detective.
 Shortly after o'clock yesterday morning one of Liveryman Nesbit's eoupes drove up to Dr. Bergin's resi- dence at 4S1 Orange street and Mrs. Bergin, accompanied by her maid, the baby and child some years older, to- gether with Sergeant Bennett. entered the carriage. the sergeant taking his place on the drivers seat with the coachman.
 The trip to the station was nicely timed and the party arrived at the de- pot just as the New York train leaving here at 9:S5 pulled into the station. Mrs Bergin was met at the station by At torney Walsh. There was hurried con- sultation, after which Mrs. Bergin was escorted aboard the train, getting aboard the second coach of the first sec ton of the train.
 So far as her fellow passengers knew, it was purely family group that occu- pied two seats in the coach. Mrs. Ber- gin, with the baby in her arms, chatted | freely with her maid and did not seem to regard the matter in a very grave light. She was stylishly gowned in a tailor-made suit, wore large hat, and altogether made remarkably smart appearance
 In order that no attention might be attracted to the party Detective Ser geant Bennett sat across the aisle. and Attorney Walsh did not see his client aboard the train
 The friends of Dr. and Mrs. Bergin ] are much surprised over the matter. ! Dr. Bergin's family offer no explana- i ton of it. and pr. Berssin has remained quietly at the home of his father, Po- lice Sergeant Bergin. 5e5 Howard ave- nue, since his wife was arrested.
 Attorneys Fitzgerald and Walsh yes terday did not,care to go into the mat ter beyond giving out a statement that Tt is a civil matter. and we feel that it will be satisfactorily adjusted in short time"
 I The New York Evening Post printed tie following statement in reference to Mrs. Bergin's case last night: "Iyernia G. Bergin, for whose arrest Detective Sergeant Bennett went to New Haven yesterday with requisition { papers. is a daughter of the late Thom- as Goddard, who had coppersmith es- tablishment on Hudson street, Jersey { City. He was man of means, and is said to have left considerable property 1 to his daughter. Chief Of Police Mur- phy of Jersey City said to-day that ] Mrs. Bergin came here about two months ago and passed four bad checks on as many wealthy residents. The checks aggregated about $l,50O. Chief Murphy, on learning of the mat ter, wrote to Mrs Bergin, who had re- turned to New Haven, where her hus- band, Dr. Thomas J. Bergin, Is a prominent physician, and told her that unless she made the checks good, she would be prosecuted. Tn reply to this letter, the chief said, Mrs. Bergin call ed him up on the telephone and prom ised to send check to the chief to the amount of ', the four worthless check. She asked him 10 settle with the persons who had cashed the four checks, and he agreed to do so. A check from Mrs. Bergin arrived in due time. but when presented at the Ln- toln bank of New York, on which 1t was drawn, 1t was pronounced to be nc good.
 Chief Murphy said that soon after ward Mrs Bergin again communicated with him by telephone, and asked whether he had received the check. He replied that he had received 1t, but that 1t was as worthless as the others. She then again said she would straighten out the matter. and a few days later She once more telephoned to the chief, asking him to meet her at the Pennsylvania railroad station in Jersey city The chief sent Detective Sergeant Bennett to the station, and he was met there according to agree ment by Mrs Bergin, who paid over $1,5OG. The money was used to sat isfy the claims of the men who had cashed the four bad checks, and chief 1 Murphy supposed that the matter was settled. He learned later, however the chief says, that Mrs. Bergin had ob- tained the money by passing worth less check on A. L. Gushing, who has storage warehouse at Hudson and Morris streets, Jersey City. It is Cush- ing who is the present complainant against Mrs. Bergin.''