The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-20
WILL WITHDRAW
PLEA OF GUILTY
Mrs. Fitzhugh, Through Her
Attorney, Prepares to Make
Determined Fight.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. ]

New ork. June l9.--When Mrs
Randolph FitzhuSh, who pleaded guilty
TO the larceny Of Il gold mesh bag
worth $500 on Monday, was arraiyncd
before Judge Swami in general ses-
sions to-day for sentence &. NJ Fulton.
an attorney Of Washington. asked on
behalf OF Mrs. f>itxhurh that tho nro-
cccdings he deferred that he might
iamiliarizc himself with the ease and
formulate certain natters which he
SAID he desired TO submit 10 the court
Judge swami granted the adjourn
ment until June 20. MIR Fulton said
that ne had come TO New York al the
urgent request of Mrs. fitzhuph and
announced that ii was his plan to have
her withdraw her plea Of guilty and
seek trial While reticent about Mrs
f1tzhueh's past. MIR Fulton said that
his client came from IN old but "un-
fortunate virginia family. He would
not deny or affirm that she was related
To the Randolph or Fitzhugh families
of Virginia
Mrs Fitzhugb is Il beautiful woman
and at the time OF he. Trial il was sur-
sested that If her case were allowed
70 go TO the jury She might be ac-
quilted. But her lawyer advised her
to plead guilty After entering her
plea Mrs Fitzhurh denied that she had
committed the thcfts. III explanation
OF her action, she declared that she
preferred going to Bedford Rcforma-
tory rather than 10 prison
The mystery surrounding Mrs Iritz-
hugh will be removed when she uoxt
appears III the Court OF General Sos
SONS. In final desperate attcfnpt 10
save MS client from prison and spare
her ffteen months child lasting
disgrace Mrs. Fitzhugh's attorney will
lay bare the story of her life. which
E,,e
sensa tional chapters
Mrs. Randolph Fitzhugh was Miss
Catherine Fenncll, Of stanton. VA on
her mothers side She Is related to the
Randoiphs and Fitzhughs. Of Virginia.
while on her fathers side she il con
nccted with the Mcki,ns and Ashbys.
The tragedy in Miss Fennells life
began when she was sixteen years. old
and when she is alleged to have at.
tempted to murder her sweetheart with
an az while She was couvalcscent from
{: severe attack of typhoid fever Fol
lowing this she was placed in an in :
sane asylum. where She remained until
1911. and VAS then released as being
cured.
when she returned to her home.
which She had left ten years before.
Miss Fennell was Frustrated to md
that her mother. father ana brother
had all been committed 10 insane asy-
luIns y friend of the family said to-
night this was caused partially by a
hereditary faint in the blood. and also
hy the daughters act
Miss Fennell then went to Washing
ton TO live with q married sister There
she met a young attorney who was con J
nectcd with the Department or Acri-
culture. ANA despite the protests OF her
sister, accepted his attentions and
"loped 10 Baltimore with him in the
summer of 1911. Miss Fcnneil was
then Twenty-Five years old The Young
attorney took Miss Fenneil TO a man
whom she Was told was "a clcrgyman
ana who performed what she supposed
was - legal marriage ceremony
several months later thc attorney
went TO Chicago. saying he would send
for her when able. but Miss Fcnncll
las never seen him since; although hc
las At times sent her s,s;n,i sums Of
money.
piso"ned ~ her sister. Miss Fennell
came TO New York last winter Win
her child. which is now fifteen months
old. II Was when The rcmittanccs from
the attorney failed to appear that the
young mother became desperate. and
which she now claims caused her to
take the mesh bags from where thev
lag IN the church pews
since her arrest here Miss Ecnncil
has found through her attorney and
friends III Virginia that there is no
record OF her marriage in Baltimore
and IL is believed that she will not be
able TO prove that such a ceremony was
ever performed Her close friends are
now cndeavorlng TO locate the persons
who were concerned in the fraud