Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-10-04

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went by, and he did not come. The p
pers were prepared, the property was
ready, but no jew. He did not come.
In fact there was a great hue and cry
raised about this matter, for the Jew
had disappeared as suddenly and CON-
pletely from his home and his acquaint-
ances as if, unseen and alone, he had,
like Elijah, been translated into heaven.
He had gone out one night on an errand
He had never returned.
Meantime what was to become Of
the Forsythe property? The will was
clear and explicit on this point. In case
of the Jews death and the nonappear-
ance of the missing heiress the trust
funds reverted, as before, to the charities.
The trustees only awaited proof Of the
Jews death to lift this burden off their
shoulders Then, like thunderbolt out
Of clear sky, a last and most danger
GUS Ethel Forsythe appeared upon the
scene. This girl had been brought up by
a certain George and Mary Stevenson in
the country as their own daughter. They
now declared that in her infancy the
child had been placed in their hands by
a certain Leander Dye, who had paid
them royalty for her support. An aff1-
davit, sworn out by Dye before justice
of the peace, averred that he had stolen
the child from Ansel Forsythe's house
in hope of a ransom, had been terrified
by the results of his deed, and had been
afraid ever since to produce her through
fear of the Jew.
$50 far the case was simpler and more
straightforward, but not more plausible,
than some of its predecessors. But the
physicians test threw the executors into
confusion. Miss Stevenson's left foot
met the requirements Of the case. The
third toe had been amputated. At once
there arose a dispute among the execu-
tors Some were for admitting her claim
without further inquiry, but the good
sense of the others prevailed, and the
most rigid investigation ensued A
choice list of the best physicians in the
city was made up, each of whom was
to make separate examination of the
scar left by the amputation and return
to the executors his opinion as to its
age. The opinions varied greatly, but
the average result was certainly of a
character to justify our worst suspicious.
The general verdict placed the date of
the wound within year, and there was
but one voice to the belief that the am
putation, instead of being the intelli-
gent and careful work of a physician,
was the bungling performance of per-
son ignorant of the first principles of
surgery. The physician who had operat-
ed upon the real Ethel was dead, but
his standing and knowledge of his pro-
fession were undoubtedly of the first Or
der. Here at the outset was manifest
flaw in the Stevenson case, but before it
could be followed up information was
obtained which let the light in upon
the whole mystery. While the executors
were getting over the shock of the first
astonishment caused by these develop
ments and were preparing to proceed to
extreme measures the last of the For
sythe impostures came to sudden ter
mination by the fight of all concerned
in the conspiracy.
"Such is the remarkable Forsythe
case as we knew it and as the world
knew it week ago today. This is the
outer and surface history. have added
brief statement of the secret history
as the events of the past few days have
made them known to US.
"Ethel Forsythe was stolen by the
Jew himself. From the day of her alb
duction she led forlorn and unsatisfac-
tory life. She was brought up under the
false name of Annette Dye. She travel
ed about the country, believed and be-
lieving herself to be the daughter of 6
moral coward whom the Jew had sue
ceeded in getting completely under his
thumb. She might have been the daugh
ter of that moral coward still had moi
an accident revealed to her a part o1
the truth of her situation. She commit
ted the indiscretion Of telling this knowl
edge to her pretended father. He flew
with the startling news of her fatal in
formation to the Jew. At first the Jew
was paralyzed with fear, but he was toe
determined and INSCRIPTIONS a man tt
permit the schemes Of years to be dissi
pated to the winds without struggle
He took prompt measures, terrible
means, desperate meansl
SIT is perhaps useless to inquire into
the Jews motives for using the precise
method for the removal of the heires'
from his path to which he resorted. A
any rate, he wrote the letter purportins
to come from the Hapgood woman ant
caused the unwilling Dye to aid him il
his nefarious work. But he swore sol
emn oath to that poor, weak gentleman
that his only purpose in bringing TIN
heiress to the sea road was to frightel
her little, and that he would not harm
a hair of her head. Think Of the ute
depravity and unscrupulousness Of {
mind like that! Observe, gentlemen O
the jury, the grim humor in the POSTSCRIPT
of his letter, in which he says, L ma,
be late, but shall not fail to keep m.
appointment
''The Jew was monstrosity Of heart
lessness. He could have chosen no safe
method for deed of violence, as tn
event proved, and if he had been sue
cessful in his search of her pockets fo
the letter he had written, which sh
carried in the bosom of her dress, clew
to the perpetrator Of the assault woul
have been entirely wanting. But wit
all his trouble his first attempt was un
successful He tried again. In the sec
ond trial he was thrown from the win
dow of the rear room of the upper stor
Of 30 Ballavoine place while trying
make an escape by way Of the roof.
"The investigation into the cause {
the disappearance of Felix Rosenfe
failed from lack of evidence The res
non Law i'm the fact that the OnlV DerSO