Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-05

so matters stood on the 21st day Of
April last past. On that day the slate
was clean. There was not an unsettled
claim pending. The last Ethel Forsythe
had been disposed of, and there was
nothing more TO be done. Ten years hay
| ing elapsed since the date of the will
| and the lost daughter not being forth
| conlsng, Feli<Rosenfel had clear title
to her property. The lawyer expected
daily call from his solicitor The days
went by, and he did not come, The pa
| pcrS were prepared, the property was
ready, but no Jew. He did not come.
In fact, there was n great huc and cry
! raised about this matter, for the jew
| had disappeared as suddenly and COM
| pletclv from his home and his acquaint-
| anccs as if, unseen and alone, he had,
| like Elijah. been translated into heaven.
! He had gone ont one night on an GRAND
| He had never returned.
| Meantime what was TO become of
the ForSythc property? The will was
clear and explicit on this point. In case
| of the Jews death and the nOnappear-
! anCc Of the missing heircSs the trust
| funds reverted rs before, TO the charities
| The trustees only awaited proof of the
| jew death to lift this burden off their
| shoulders. Then. like Il thunderbOlt out
! of 4 clear sky. last and most danger
! Gus Ethel FOrSvthc appeared upon the
scene. This girl had been brought up by
certain George and Mary Stevenson in
| the country a. their own daughter They
now declared that in her infancy the
| child had been placed in their hands by
1,nI 4
! them royalty for her support. An affi-
| davit. sworn ont by Dye before n justice
| Of the peace, avcrrcd that he had stolen
the child from Anscl Forsythc's house
| in hope IF 4 ransom. had been terrified
| hv the results OF his decd. 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
| phvsician's test threw the executors into
| confusion. Miss StcvensOn's left foot
| met the requirements of the case. The
| third toe had been amputated AT once
there arose 4 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 4 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 n
| character 10 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 physician,
WAS the bungling performance Of per-
son ignorant Of the first principles of
surgery. The physician who had operat-
cd upon the real Ethel was dead, but
his standing and knowledge of his pro-
| fcSSion We're undoubtedly Of the first or
| der. Here NJ the outset was manifest
flaw IN the Stevenson case, but before it
could bH 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
establishment caused by these develop
mcnts and were preparing to proceed to
L
>ythc imposturrS came to n sudden ter
mination by the flight of all concerned
i'll 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 surfnce history. have added
brief statement Of the secret history
Us 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 a 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 q
moral coward whom the jew had sue
ceedcd in getting completely under his
thumb. She might have been the daugh-
ter Of that moral coward still had not
an accident revealed to her part Of
the truth of her situation. She commit
ted the indiSCrotiuu 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 unscrupulous n man tc
permit the schemes of years to be diSSi-
pated 10 the winds without struggle.
He took prompt measures terrible
means, desperate means!
1T 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 como from the Hapgood woman ant
caused the unwilling Dye to aid him IL
his nefariOus work But he swoce a sol
enn oath to that poor, weak gentleman
that his only purpose in bringing tn,
heircss to the sea road was to brighter
her a little and that he would not harm
a hair of her head Think Of the ute
depravity and unscrupulousness of 1
mind like thatl Observe, gentlemen o
l the jury, the grim humor in the POSTSCRIPT
of his letter, in which he says, I ma!
be late, but 1 shall not fail to keep m.
appointment.
1.-THE jew was O mOnstrosity of heart
lcssness He could have chosen no safe
method for a deed of violence, as tn
event proved, and if he had been sue
cessful in his search of her pockets TO
the letter he had written, which sh
carried in the bosom of her dress, clew
to the perpetrator of the assault woult
have been entirely wanting. But witt
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 90 Ballavoine place while trying t
make an escape by way of the roof.
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