Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-06
SLEUTH TRAPPED
MAKING DIVORCE
CASE TESTIMONY
Private Detective Admits Guilt
in Frame Up" Against
Mrs. Bevansee.
HUSBANDS LAWYER TO
WITHDRAW PETITION
Young Woman Now Suing
Father-in-Law for Alienation
of Affections.

Caught in a trap of his own MAX
ing, a private detective, who had
manufactured evidence upon which
divorce might be obtained from
Mrs. Esther A. Bevensee, formerly
trained nurse in the Newark Private
Hospital, has confessed. AS result
1t was announced today by Theodore
D. Gottlieb, solicitor for Edwin A.
Bevensee, the husband, that he
would withdraw the petition and
abandon the divorce proceedings.
The troubles of the Bevensees have
figured In the courts for some time.
Mrs. Bevensee now has a suit pending
against August Bevensee, a dealer
in painters supplies at 13 Springfield
avenue, father and employer of the
young woman's husband, for $4,000
damages for the alienation of her
husbands affections.
The alienation suit has not yet been
tried, but is on the calendar for the
October term of the Supreme Court.
Early in September the suit for di-
vorce was begun, Mr.. Gottlieb appear
ing as solicitor for Mr.. Bevensee. 1t
was charged that Mrs. Bevensee was
found in a room of a Raines law
hotel at West and Cortlandt streets,
New York city, on the night OF Sep
tember Z, in company with a man.
Gave His Name.
Immediately after the receipt of
the petition in the case, Mrs. Beyen-
see visited the offices of Kaiisch &
Kalisch, her lawyers, and told them
her side of the story. She said that
man who gave his name as Benito,
called at her homo at $50 Grove street,
this city, and, representing that she
had been recommended to him as a
trianed nurse, asked her to care for
O woman to whom he was engaged
to be married.
The man said that the lady to whom
he was engaged was resident of
Easton, Pa, and that 1t would be
necessary for Mrs. Bevensee to go
there. She had just undergone an
operation and needed the care of
competent nurse. At that time, he
said, the woman was In New York
city, and could be seen there.
Mrs. Bevensee visited the woman,
who professed to be very much
pleased with her She asked Mrs.
Beyensee to accompany her on a trip
to Coney Island, saying that she
needed watching as she was apt to
become ill at any time.
While at Coney Island, the women
were Joined by the man known as
Benito, and late at night returned to
New York city. Arriving in New
York the woman, who gave her name
as Miss Paterson, apparently became
ill, and escorted by Mrs Bevansee and
at Benito's suggestion, went to the
Glen Island Hotel, on Cortlandt
street. 1t was found that thisl place
T.a11 nr,1 l,,,1f q
carried across the street to another
hotel.
Appealed TO Her.
Miss Paterson appealed TO Mrs.
Bevensee to remain with her. She
said that Mrs. Bevensee and herself
could remain in one room, while
SBenito" could take another. Mrs.
Bevensee yielded and went to the
room with the woman. The woman
seemed to grow better, and toward
morning announced that she would
leave the room for a moment, but
that she would be right back. She
went out, and shortly afterward Mrs.
Bevensee heard the door open, but
believing that il was her female com
panion, dozed off for a moment, only
to be awakened by glare OF light.
Then she found that her woman COM
panion was not present, but that the
room was filed with men, among
them being Edwin A. Bevensee, her
husband, and Mr.. Gottlieb.
After hearing this story, 1sidor
Kalisoh, of Kalisch & Kalisch, de-
cided to look up the man Benito. He
retained the International Detective
Agency and an operative was en-
gagged. He met a man who is not pro-
feSionally detective, but works at
1t occasionally. This man is employed
as a childrens barber In an establish
ment of this city.
Harold s. Williams, the agency's
operative in the case, told the barber
that he was an aggrieved husband
and that he wanted to obtain evil
dence against his wife. The barber
agreed to enter the case, but Will
Jams protested that he wanted to
know something about what the man
could do and how he would proceed
to obtain the evidence Williams. the
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