The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-29

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raised about this matter, for the jew
had disappeared as suddenly and COM
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 eIrand.
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 a clear sky, Il last and most danger
Gus Ethel Forsythe appeared upon the
scene. This girl had been brought up by
Il 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 affl-
dayit, sworn out by Dye before a justice
of the peace, averred that he had stolen
the child from Ansel Forsythe's house
! in hope of 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 tho
| physician's 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 4 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 u 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 i'll 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
We're 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 n sudden ter
mination by the flight Of all concerned
in the conspiracy.
Such is the remarkable Forsythe
case as we knew it and as the world
knew it q week ago today. This is the
outer and surface history. have added
a 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 ab-
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 q
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 oi
the truth Of her situation. She commit
ted the indiscrction Of telling this Enowl
edge to her pgetended father. He flew
with the startling news Of her fatal in
formation to tho Jew. At first the JoN
was paralyzed with fear, but he was too
determined and unscrupulous a man t
permit the schemes Of years TO be dissi
pated to the winds without Il struggle
He took pronpt measures, terribl,
means, desperate means!
1T is perhaps useless TO inquire int
the Jews motives for using the precis,
method for the removal Of the hoires
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 ncfarious work. But he swore u sol
emn oath to that poor, weak gentleman
that his only purpose in bringing thc
heiress to the sea road was to frighteI
her little, and that he would not harm
a hair Of her head. Think Of the ute
deprayity and unsCrupulousncss of
mind like that! Observe, gentlemen o
the jury, the grim humor in the postscrip
Of his letter, in which he says, L ma,
be late, but shall not fail to keep III,
appointment
''Iho Jew was monstrOsity Of heart
lessness. He could have chosen no safe
method for deed Of violence, us tn,
event proved, and if he had been sue
cessful in his search Of her pockets fo
the letter ho 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 stolv
Of 20 Ballavoino place while trying t,
make an escape by way Of the roof.
"The investigation into the cause o
the disappearance Of Felix Rosenfe
failed from lack Of evidence. The rea
son lay i'll the fact that the only persol
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