The evening world., 1911-02-27
$4,000 SUIT FOR
ARREST AS BELLE
GUINNESS IS BEGUN
Mrs. Heeren Tells jury of
Humiliation When Taken
for Murderess.
HUSTLED FROM A TRAIN.
Searched and Given No Chance
to Explain-Was on Way
to Husbands Funeral.
HUSTLED FROM A TRAIN.

The trial OF the suit OF Mrs. Cora
Burke Heeren Of indianapolis against
the New York Central Railroad for per-
hitting her to be arrested on a train
between Syracuse and Utica on May o.
lsh. rs Belle Guinness. the Laporie
Indiana. private graveyard murderess.
was begun before Justice Kapper In the
Supreme Court. Brooklyn. to-day.
Mrs. IIeeren demands tN.0O da
alleging that the company admitted two
persons without authority 10 the train.
pointed out to them the berth which
she and her mother occupied. caused
her TO he elected from the berth and
the car. and allowed her to he taken
back to Syracuse from Utica, where
she was submitted TO a humillatlng or
deal OF personal search and fifteen
hours imprisonment. Her grievance
was aggravated, she alleges. by the de-
mand % the defendant company that
she should purchase n new ticket for
her destination. after having been
forc!bly and wrongfully deprived OF the
transportation she held originally.
Through Alexander s. Lyman. counse
for the railroad. the defense was made
that the company merely admitted ac-
credited peace Officers TO the train at
Syracuse and that the railroad was In
no way responsible for the acts OF these
ofhcers.
Mrs. Heeren. a woman OF imposing APP
pearance. stil wearing mourning for the
husband for whost funeral she was
coming to this city at the time OF her
arrest. was the first witness In her own
behalf. She testified that the officers
who arrested her on the train haa In
sisted upon watching her and her moth
er white they dressed. She aid the two
men were brought TO the berth by uni
formed employees Of the company.
They were hustled into the Utica
station. he said. and there were asked
many questions In the presence Of a
crowd Of curious persons. The ON
GERS refused to say what the charge
VAS. although had the information been
given she and her mother could easily
have made out n case Of mists'ten
identity.
On the way to Syracuse. Mrs. Heeren
said. she was Frustrated by the In.
Iormhtloh that sue ndu Dten hITehteu
for murder. and that she was supposed
to he Mrs. Guinness. who lured men 10
her home through matrimonial bureau
advertisements and there murdered
them for their money. In Syracuse,
Mrs. Heeren said. she was forced to
dlsrobe and take down her hair by a
police matron. who searched her.
Mrs. Burke. Mrs. Heeren's mother.
who accompanied her daughter to
court. has filed a suit for the same
amount against the company.
Mr.. Lyman, on oross-examination.
asked Mrs. Heeren what her weight
was.
1.-TWO hundred and ten pounds she
answered.
was Il, the same in 1882 she was
asked.
mo" she said. - weighed only $50
pounds thcn."
Mrs. Guinness. for whom Mrs. Heeren
was taken. was a very stout woman
n II was apparently Mr.. Lyman's
purpose TO show that there was a
striking resemblance between them.
Mrs. Burke said that she n her
daughter now lived at No. lt West
eixty-hrst street. She added nothing
20 her daughter story except that
her daughter at the time OF her arrest
{! wore her husbands Masonic pin. II
was noticed by y man in the crowd in
the Utica station. who tried to speak
to her. The officers, Mrs. Burke said.
prevented all communication between
them,