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Show gg AND ffliAL S(f tones- M in S CoortTrial. marMble Case Which Is J Aired in Suit to Secure Hi ! Millions. tiS 1 itlcmal Statement in Which Ac-p& Ac-p& cuiitlon Is Mnde of Stain on. . 3 Birth of Plaintiff. itL . SaJS1 LhiLADELPHIA, June 23.-Today'a W Wrins o "e lt of Arthur W fitzroy Somerset Dundas, a itttii.fl roans Londoner, who Is anxious 2 IE ibU tbe mil,,ons left by hls rc" lSfcrfBoHicr. Mrs. Anna .Maria Wurtz-iiCn.t Wurtz-iiCn.t brought a sensational state-"SM!fi?i'oni'john state-"SM!fi?i'oni'john G," Johnson, attorney. pnJm. glared that the claimant instead HrKdns EOn of Mrs' Wurtz-Dun-Wkitri Capt. Arthur Farquhar of the . ,Luh array. Is the Illegitimate child Til ' Tn Eisteh woman of title, whose in bas been withheld. 'J? JtiIs counter accusation, the truth of -"-5! IlJch the lawyer said he would con-ttt con-ttt the court, was made at the out- lit of a trial which Involves a remarka-UliM1' remarka-UliM1' i' ws of love. Intrigue, and scandal, fciuon In opening nis address rc-.Jfc rc-.Jfc kM the three Judges presiding that , pt)M fr, n-jndas and her husband. Maj. r-Dundas, both died In 1897. SkThijJ j Heard Mother Accused. ciL. Ita'O children were born to them. One " W and Ralph Wurtz-Dundns. whom i ertprents. Is the only child remaln- Am : fct, he asserts. About two year3 after Ofi ti dath of his parents Ralph heard 5IIM fcr 'te flrSt llmc of tne c,nirn3 oi 11 u ferr-Ked lllegitimat child of his moth-t moth-t -aad he was confronted with the most ..Pn jlnordlnary story, accusing his -Pn( sother of having deserted her child In fee most heartless manner nineteen ears before, Johnson dellcd anybody JmTS o eiplaln how these secrets had been l ;pt and the birth of the child con-31?CC con-31?CC Eiled for so long a time unless by running up charges threatening Jn-' Jn-' ? ct pen-ons. i 'I will show you,"said the lawyer, A hit this proceeding Is the result of n i V-5t to conceal the true mother of this i fcj, Arthur Somerset. ' ic 1"I do not know but that Mrs. Dundas '; its In love with Farquhar. Taking tlrantage of that he compelled her to 'J Kcproralse herself so that he could tmiUcr have entire control over her. "Tot History that a child was born Is wlth-? wlth-? ht the slightest foundation. I j Calls Farquhar a Cad. f 'Tarquhar was a cad of the vilest 'A He was the young eon of a althv KndiBh fair.!!:-, bt tvas ustra-'Jt ustra-'Jt because of the vile life fTc led. In la to protect an English woman of Ji. to save her from disgrace, Far-iir Far-iir decided to sacrifice Mrs. Dundas. American woman. It was then the kitne to make her appear as tho 4MU Mtber of an Ileglltimato child was I kicked, n fjif : "The keynote of tho whole case Is the M WtUng and intrigue on tho part of ftriohar to sacrifice Mrs. Dundas to T favorite English beauty." IC 1 lawyer tlien referred to '-'hush" lh lut 'JP by Maj Dundas to sup- Jrullhe Publication of hlu wife's scan-W, scan-W, tut said the demands became so Mil i.avyJh!U llc- though desiring to laM J4! "Is "I wife, finally was forced to iriw f" them. 3lJi Le yount' lnnn declares he was born i dvarls ln im- h,s falher (-'Ing Capt. Mur Fai-iiuhnr, a dashing British , ' P offlcer, who afterward was Idlied :.0 tbi Soudan. |