Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-01

Inspectors pocket was dated that day. The
mystery mad deepened. The Inspector
asked the girl few more questions and
then took his eave, promising to attend the
funeral He had learned the name of the
physician and the name Of the undertaken.
He called on the latter first and asked few
questions about the condition OF the body.
If a crime had been committed the under
taker knew nothing. The certificate stated
that death was due to heart failure. 1t was
signed by DR.. Anson Lawton, q young ply
sician in good standing.
The Inspector called on DR.. Lawton, who
gave full history of the case from the
time he was called in till the end came His
manner was frank, and there was absolutely
nothing suspicious in his statement
Chow does his young wife bear her sudden
bereavement" asked the Inspector.
''She is utterly Frustrated by the shock
and can see no one"
Cunning DR.. Lawton had overreached
himself at last The Inspector had not
asked to see Mrs. Broderick, but his ques-
tion had brought out the fact that the doctor
did not want him to see her and was going
to prevent meeting between them if pos
sible
Henry Broderick was rich. Who would
profit by his death? He had no children
and no relatives so far as the Inspector
knew. Then his widow would come into
possession of his fortune. Why was it
she would see no one in the hour. OF her
great sorrow? Why was DR.. Lawton inter-
ested in preventing meeting between her
and Inspector Byrnes?
She Had Been an Admired Actress.
Returning to his Office, the Inspector
called two of his best men and sent them
out on the case with instructions to learn
the past history of Er. Lawton and Mrs.
Broderick and to learn how long they had
been acquainted. A third man was sent to
the Surrogate's Office to learn if Henry
Broderick had made will That night the
three officers reported. No will had been
filed. DR.. 'Lawton's history was unevent-
full. He had been fairly successful and
stood well.
The history of Mrs. Broderick was not so
clear. She had come into the theatrical
armament like a meteor from no one knew
where Nothing of her life before she came
to New York could be learned. While she
was On the stage DR.. Lawton had been one
of her scores of admirers, but was not an
especially favored one at that time. After
her marriage he was called as the family
physician at the Broderick home. That was
all the detective had learned, and it did not
solve the mystery.
There was no evidence on which to call
in the Coroner and have an autopsy made.
There was no evidence that a crime had
been committed, no suggestion of such
thing, in fact, except the mysterious note
and the man whose name was signed to it
was in his coffin when 1t was delivered and
was dead at the beginning of the day it was
dated The man who brought the note was
the only one who could thrown any light on
the affair, and he could not be found The
Sergeant who received the note did not see
the fellows face we'll enough to describe
him.
Married to the Dead Mans Doctor.
One of the best men from the central
Office attended the funeral of Broderick, but
there was nothing suspicious about the
affair unless it was the fact that the coffin
was closed the dav after the mans death
and was never opened again. This was done
it was said at the request of the widow, " no
could not bear to look at the face of her dead
husband.
Alter the funeral will was filed for pro-
ity and then the bulk of the fortune was
given to Mrs. Broderick. The will was
dated six months before the death of the old
merchant. Eighteen months after the
death of her husband. Mrs. Broderick and
Dr.. Lawton were quietly married and went
away to Paris and London. the Inspector
heard of them over there occasionally dur
ing their six months stay. They were liv-
ing rather fast and spending money freely.
Nearly three years after the case was put
on the records of the Detective Bureau at
police headquarters an old man one day tot