Alleged Attempt to Defraud an Heir. A woman named Madeline Caroline Lindower, and a boy named Andrew Webber, were apprehended on Saturday, charged with attempting to defraud the heirs of Charles F. Webber [sic] out of certain property. It appears from an affidavit made by Charles F. Webber, of No. 363 Ninth avenue, that his father died a week ago last Friday, at No. 20 Thompson street, and that he and his mother claim to be the only heirs. The old man left about $300 in gold, several gold watches, and due-bills for $400 - in all about $1,000. Webber alleges that the property above-mentioned stolen by the accused. The Surrogate directed the Pubic Administrator to take possession of the money and valuables, but Lindower and the boy refused to give them up. The accused were taken before Aldermen Wilson, acting magistrate at the Tombs, mad required to give bail in the sum of $1,000.

Andreas Alexander Weber Jr. (1796-1857) is the deceased and Charles Frederick Webber (1825-1863), his son, is the rightful heir. The article calls both parties "Charles F. Webber".

Steve Bocckino writes on August 8, 2021: "I found some short newspaper articles, describing a conflict between my great-grandfather Charles Frederick Web(b)er (1825-1863) and Madeline Caroline Lindower and Andrew Weber over the inheritance from his father, Andreas Alexander Weber (ca 1798-1857). The “Attempt to Defraud an Heir” article is from the NY Times of Oct 20, 1857 (Andreas died on October 16,1857, at 20 Thompson Street. of tuberculosis. His son Alexander had died of TB on September 7, 1857 in NYC). The other article is from the New York Tribune of October 19, 1857. I don’t know what the disposition of the case was. Andrew Weber was the son of Andreas and one Harriette Clapp (I have looked for her to no avail). In the 1850 census Andreas and Alexander were enumerated in Charleston, SC along with a woman named Madeline, probably the Lindower cited in the articles. One of the articles stated that Charles’s mother (she was Christina Rittmann Weber) was in the almshouse. I had assumed she had died long before, but I found Christina Weber's admission to Blackwell’s Island on 5 Oct 1857. She died there, on 31 March 1858 of “chronic diarrhea.” By all accounts, Blackwell’s Island was a miserable place. So it seems that Andreas had relationships with at least 2 women while leaving his wife in penury. … I wonder if Madeline was somehow related to your Oscar Lindauer, was maybe even his mysterious first wife. Sadly, Andreas’s son Andrew Webber also ended up in at Blackwell’s Island, dying there in 1898."

• Andreas Alexander Weber Jr. (1796-1857), the deceased
• Charles Frederick Webber (1825-1863), the legitimate son, and rightful heir
• Andrew Weber was the illegitimate son of Andreas and Harriette Clapp
• Madeline Caroline Lindower or Madeline Caroline Lindauer is unknown. "Lindauer" is often written phonetically as "Lindower" and the Webber family was married into the Lindauer family. Madeline Caroline Lindauer at Familysearch
• Christina Rittmann, Andreas Alexander Weber's wife who was institutionalized on Blackwell's Island on 5 October 1857. She died there on 31 March 1858.

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