The evening world., 1894-02-05
IS IT A FORGERY ?
Annie Pi1ley's Name Appears on
Mortgage Transfer.
Said to Have WiIIed the Property to
Her Mother.
Maid Joyce's Alleged Influence Over
the Actress.

Further sensational developments II
connection with the death of Annie Pix
ley. the actress, who died in London Nov
.. came to light to-day through Robert
J. HARE, Of a5 Broadway. He was en-.
snsed a month ago by Mrs. Pixiey
mother Of the actress. to bring out thu
full facts and circumstances connected
with her death and fathom the myster,
Of the missing will. Mr.. Haire said to.
day:
1t is said that ! shall take steps tC
ascertain whether Mrs. Fulford's wishes
regarding her property have been carried
put. I took these steps a month ago, and
my associate counsel on the other side
writes me he has gathered valuable evil
dence.
y am sorry the newspapers got hold
Of the case yet, and still more regret tina
Mrs. PiSley made those rash statements
susp!cious powders.
The statement that Mrs. Fulford left
100000 In realty and mortgages Ia incor-
An estimate by half. Her estate was
There wa a mortgage on some South
srn property for s50,0Ob which Mrs. Full
ford had willed her mother, and 50 in
formed her before sailing on the Etruria
on Oct. u. She also wrote her to that
erect from the other side.
Now, when we come to Investigate
here, we find that the mortgage was
transferred to Fulford, and the signature
does not closely resemble Mrs. Fulford's
ON the deed.
The strange story Of Annie Plxley, re-
Evening World" is widely discussed
sTong actors: Mrs. Pixley, in her little
GUS Incidents t, tell, and they crowd
themselves In upon her as she talks.
r,rlx case seems ZEN to me IKE sems hor-
tsrdas, and the more. I think about t.
the more nnfatbomable does It seem.
How is 1t all going to end What shall
back. He has his relatives on the
sssin, i IS an awful Misunderstanding
we four sit blankIy about the room,
staIins at each other, and not daring to
,razy Tith The horror 81 it ali. and ne
that Annie welt to. Europe on the
Ltrurla. Wen. when that ship returned
meet It ard Interview he stewardess.
she was told that Mrs. Fulford had been
very III on the journey. to England, and
ardess offered the services Of the ship
doctor. but Joyce, my daughters maid:
absolutely declined to avail herself Of
.neni' anu treated tine parent nerselt.
The Etrurla's people thought this
strange, but nothing could be done.
Annie was completely under the iniu-
ence-a strange. uncanny ~inhuence-ot
the maid. II was Joyce who regulated
her expenditure; Joyce who administered
her medicine; Joyce who attended to her
c~crrespondence. A singular thing was
the similarity existing between Annie's
handwriting and that of her maid. ]
vas scarcely able 10 tell the two apart.
Joyce was a peculiar. self-contained Eng
lishwoman, who always dressed In gray
and never made a noise. Mr.. Fulford's
own sister, Mrs. Fraser. said that both
Joyce and her. powders ought to lie
thrown out of the window. On one &C.
casion Annie took a walk with her sis
tern. ACCOMPANIED by joyce. She bought
q few tribes for me. and Joyce was quite
angry. III you spend so much money,
madame, she said. you'll soon be bank
rupt.' Joyce has a sister in this city,
Z hospital nurse. The woman was our
brgbear. She knew everything. and it
h who has duplicate keys Of Mrs
Fulford's .safe-deposit Vaults. l could
tsik on this subject for hours. New in,
cldents come to me every day, and they
only make the story darker