Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-10-14

disposition she intended to make OF her
property.
@. (hy iuryman). "Now, Doctor, when
you left there on the afternoon preceding
your aunt's death, did you seriously think
that she would carry her threat of dis
inheriting you into executionW a. II
seriously thought that if | staid away for a
week or ten days, and she heard nothing Of
my movements, she would probably relent
to some extent at least, think she would
have sent for me and made some con
cessions." q. (by the coroner) when was
your marriage to Miss Fanny Strang to
take place n A. THE exact date has not
yet been fixed. This affair will, of course,
POSTPONE it for at least II year.
This ended the doctors testimony, and
several neighbors were next called upon to
give their versions as to the habits and
characteristics of the deceased. They all
concurred that deceased had ungovernahie
bursts of passion; in other respects she was
an educated, well-bred woman.
The last witness summoned was Miss Kate
| Clare, and, in reply to queries, she stated
that she Was housekeeper, secretary and
| general assistant to the deceased, did not
know what passed between aunt and
| nephew that afternoon, as she had been
sent to the village; scarcely a day passed
| that deceased had not scolded her for nesli-
| gence or inattention, and sometimes for the
nerest tries deceased had not told her
what passed when the doctor called had
| called on her mistress shortly before she
| went to bed. and was ordered to leave the
room at once, as it would be necessary for
her to be up very early; deceased paid her
wages promptly, and had frequently re-
| marked that she would leave witness some
thing; witness had weak lungs; physicians
had Informed her that consumption might
| develop.
| The testimony closed here and the Jury
retired to the room where the dead woman
lay. Both the doctor and Miss Glare had
made no reference to the medicine which
| Miss Lockwood was accustomed to take.
| The last witness, in describing her move.
ments that afternoon, did not think it
| necessary to inform the jurymen that she
had called upon the apothecary. DR.. Monk
seemed surprised when he heard ner state
ment, but thought it best to say nothing.
| Does she suspect me. aud is she trying To
| shield me?'' he asked himself.
| The jury returned in about Is minutes
| and brought i'll a verdict that deceased had
| come to her death through heart disease.
caused by undue excitement" After Miss
Selma lockwood was burie1, her will was
produced by her attorney, and when this
document was read, it was discovered that
| with the exception of her chronological col
lections (Which were bequeathed to some
| scientific institution), and handsome
legacy to Miss Clare, her entire possessions
passed into the hands of her nephew. The
latter sold the irouse, and by the advice of
fellow-physician. he went to Switzerland to
| repair his constitution.
MEMBERS.
About four months after the events Just
narrated, Herr Andreas Fussli, the proprie-
tor OF Der Rothe Ochse. one of the smaller
hotels situated on the single narrow street
| which the village of Xermatt possesses, was
busily engaged in copying extracts from
Bells Improved Letter: Writer for Polite
Correspondence He found it difficult
matter to convey the information he desired
to impart, as he was compelled to take por-
tions Of several letters in the book before
him and fit them together. When, therefore,
his writing was finished ii read as follows .
zermatt, June %, 49,.
To the acknowledgements Fraulein Fanny
| Strang: BE prepared, my dear Fraueu
| to receive information Of a most unpleasant
| nature. Remember, as the Scriptures have
!, that man Is born to die and to be horn again.
| IL IS win feelings consisting Of an admixture of
| sorrow and COMMUNICATION that ] must impart
to you the news Of the untimely demise Of a
certain Doctor richard Monk, whose earthly re-
mains now lie In my back parlor awaiting inter
nent In the English cemetery. The Doctor was
| hlolghr here late last night, suffering from in
| ternal injuries, which he had received when no
| slipped rom the steps cut in the snow-slope at
| the shoulder OF the Matterhorn. A physician
| was immediately summoned, but the sufferer
| lied shortly afterwards. He murmured your
name several times, as we'll as the words "ant ;
AMI ''morphine.N tNota BENEFIT Is TOO cold for
ants in this place. and the physician would not
give him any morphine) Letters from you and
conside able sum OF money wore found in his
clothes | await your further instructions in
this painful affair, and sign myself your obedi-
eut servant, AndreaS Fussh
Post scrptum.-Pa II YOU please, any
grammatical inaccuracies which in my epistle
following may occur. Ny letter-writer did not
! possess any example 70 IT. and alone, with my
| ttench-tnElish Dictionaire, did make him it,
Y. ). Number 2--l wish to say there is due to
me the sum of francs i60.-Shall take this from
Mr. Monks trousers!
7. 5. Number 3.-Some OF my cards enclose
IL you sh9nld yIst zermatt Ny prices are very
in London hotel once formerly,
Washes.
The summer had gone and the death Of
Dr. Monk was no longer the subject which
engaged the minds of the townspcnple. The
parson had briefly alluded to the affair in
one of her sermons; Miss Strang was still
mourning for her lover, and the property
and money of Miss Selma EojtwuoI's
nephew passed into the hands of some dis.
taht relative. The matter was pretty well
forgotten, when it was as suddenly revived
this time once more through the medium
of letter which the village apot l!egary re.
eeived. 1t was not only letter. il was a
confession of guilt from the conscience
stricken Miss Glare. This document was
dated from santa Barbara, CAL, and, after
stating that the writer had seen the death
OF Or. Monk, and that she herself was I.
victim OF consumption, il concluded as fol
lows
Now that know that have not much
longer to live, II IS only fair that ! make
khownt to you adreadIul secret which weighs
upon my mind. Miss Lockwood was always
good to me and even remembered me in her
viii; otherwise | would be absolutely PENN.
less to-day. did not deserve such Kindness
| Tor | was tie means of causing her death
She often sco!ded me for my negligence and
disurdery methods, aud ON that fatal night
she was the victim OF my Carclrssness. On
seeing her in bed that evening she was very
excited and talked bitterly about her
nephew; attempted to quite her but shu
would listen to nothing from nie,and finally
ordered me 10 leave the room and 90 to bed
as she would want me early i'll tile morning
did so, but omitted TO give her the mpttl-
cine which the doctor had strictly cni0iued
me to do, and which had brought nume
with me in the afternoon. You know the
rest The next morning She was dead, and if
she mad taken her customary tome, peghaps
she would be alive to-nay, The cGrOnrr's
Jury stated that she had expired ron some
apopleCiic stroke caused by her Ontbursls of
rage and her excited condition. ltut know
better. was the first one TO enter that
room OF death 10 the morning, ana saw
the bottle Of medicine there untouched and
unopened. Thinking that might he qlIcs
toned Ut the inquest, ! tool out the curk
hlled the tablespoon, and eCattered the
medicine on the floor. ! left the nearly
filled bottle and the sp0Jn On the table
Afterwards both were missing, but do not
know who took them The writer then
reiterated her sorrow, and the letter con.
cluded with a wish that she hoped to he
forgiven.
The druggist eXoncrated her from all
blame, ani when he showed the letter to
the parsOn lie remarked: Poor girl she
should not take the matter 50 scrlOuslv The
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