The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-25


moral coward whom tho Jew had sue
ceeded 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 a part of
the truth of her situation. She commit
%s- -he 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 too
determined and unscrupulous man to
permit the schemes of years to be dissi-
pated to the winds without a struggle.
He took prompt measures, terrible
means, desperate meansl
ut is perhaps useless to inquire into
the jews motives for using the precise
method for the removal of the heiress
from his path to which he resortcd. At
any rate, he wrote the letter purporting
to come from the Hapgood woman and
caused the unwilling Dye to aid him in
his nefarious work. But he swore SOL
emn oath to that poor, weak gentleman
that his only purpose in bringing the
heiress to the sea road was to frighten
her little, and that he would not harm
hair of her head Think of the utter
depravity and unscrupulousness of a
mind like thatl Observe. gentlemen of
the iury. the urim humor in tho postscript
of his letter, in which he SAYS, L NAV
be late, but l shall not fail to keep my
appointment.
The Jew was monstrosity of heart
lessness He could have chosen no safer
method for a deed of violence. as the
event proved, and if he had been suc
cessful in his search of her pockets for
the letter he had written. which she
carried in the bosom of her dress. clews
to the perpetrator Of the assault would
have been entirely wanting. But with
all his trouble his first nttemnt was nm
successful He tried again. In the sec
ond trial he was thrown from the win.
dow of the rear room of the uppcr story
of 20 Ballayoiue place while irving to
make an escape by way of the roof
1.-THE investigation into the cause of
the disappearance of Felix Rosenfel
failed from lack Of evidence. The rea-
son lay in the fact that the only person
besides the criminal himself who held
the clew to the matter would not speak.
This person was Mrs. Forsythe 1t is en-
tirely outside the scope of this simple
statement of facts to enter into de-
scription either Of the character or the
life Of this corrupt and unprincipled
woman Some time we shall know the
whole truth Already enough is known
to make us hold our breath with Won
der and horror. This woman led two
lives In one life she was the model of
responsibility and virtue. In the other
she had no scruples and no decency. The
mystery is how she was able so long to
hide the fact that she played this dual
role from tho keen and suspicious glance
of society. The reason can alone be found
In her extraordinary ability and cum
ming This woman was a paragon of de-
ceit and duplicity. There can no longer
be any doubt that Door Forsythe was de-
ceived even as to her purity. Miss Ste
yenson is her own daughter, and tho
people who brought her up told one
truth when they said that they had al.
ways been paid large sums for the
child's board, though the fact that this
money was paid Leander Dive. or that he
even knew them before the necessities
of the conspiracy brought these precious
people together, is entirely improbable.
MRS. Forsythe alone knew of her
brothers connection with Leander Dive.
She alone knew that Mr., Dive had been
with him on the day of his disappear.
ance She alone susneeted tbe trnth
The usa which sho made of these sus.
picions has already been placed before
Won. After years of secret hate and fear
and bitterness, when the wretched Dive.
in a moment of frenzy MT the tbopeht
the blow that rid him forever of his un-
scrupulOuS master, he fell at once by