Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-21

a week passed and there were no a..
velopments In the FOrsythe nnrdo.
case. The public accused the police =.
negligence. and the police gave oo.
that they were hot on the murderer,.
heels and were gathering evidence tb,.
would insure his conviction. The trr,L
was that they had not a scrap Of evi.
dence against any one.
Meanwhile Miss Ashworth retr-r.,
TO her duties. Mrs. Forsytbe eavs o.
that she reeded occupation and ,Ls
children needed to be returned to tbe;.
studies. At any rate, the home school
work began again, and Miss Ashwor.b
seemed much improved ut having soma.
thing to do. There were variouy or,,-
ions as TO the position in which She
stood. but no one knew anything abor,
it. Gradually it came to De doubted n
after all, she were guilty. though ber
collapse had indicated that she was
The servants. except the butler. SYN.
pathized with her. He differed from
them concerning her, and when they
called him hard hearted be became In
dignant and gave up his situation.
The Forsythe murder case graduaUv
dropped from public notice and came
to be considered one of the murder
mysteries that would never be solved.
If the widow had not been rich the
loss of her jewels would have made
great difference to her. for, while.
her husbands had been of little val.
ue, hers were worth a fortune in
themselves. But she made 10 COM
hr
ing down her husbands murderer
But perhaps this was because she was
assured that the detective bureau that
had been given the case was still hope
full
One morning a man passed out Of
the lobby of London hotel and stood
without the entrance as If not know
ing what to do with himself He was
fine looking. well dressed. and the only
indication that he was not to the man
ner born was that he was chewing q
toothpick. Presently he strolled down
the street. AS he passed a window Of
the lobby man arose from his seat,
went out and followed him.
The first of these two persons turned
into a stockholders Office, walked to
the tape, looked at the quotations and
asked how Americans" were selling.
Being informed that they were higher.
he gave an order TO sell While wait
ing for a report of the sale he took
seat, rested his elbows on the arms Of
his chair with his hands touching be-
fore him so as to display handsome
pair of sleeve buttons. They had been
made in the east and were unique.
The man who had followed this spec
ulator turned into the brokers office
behind him and now took a position
before him.
You sport a handsome pair Of
sleeve buttons, sir"
The speculator looked up, started and
turned pale.
"One of those buttons" continued
the speaker, "was made in Persia. the
other in London. But it is an imper-
feet match. This one is better"
He took from his vest pocket a
sleeve button which to an eye unskill-
ed in jewelry would have matched the
other two and held it up before the
others face. But not for long. Re-
turning it to his pocket, he pulled out
a pair of handouts. and before the
speculator could decide what TO do
they were on his wrists.
''These bracelets are Of steel. but they
will serve useful purpose even If not
ornamental"
Ten days after this episode the for
mer butler of the Forsythes was lodged
in Jail in America. One OF the sleeve
buttons be had worn when arrested
was proved to have belonged to the
murdered man. the one produced by
Hawkins, who had arrested him. was
shown TO be its mate. while the third
was pronounced by experts an impeF-
feet copy. MoseIy had pawned MIS-.
Forsythe's jewels and with the money
had speculated. making a profit. Con-
sequently there were sufficient fundS
with which to redeem the jewelry.
Hawkins plan was this: As soon as
he confronted the group Of servants al
the Forsythes the morning after the
his experienced eye fixed upon
the butler as the murderer. In order
TO deceive Mosely as to his suspicion ne
pretended to Miss Ashworth that re
had fixed upon her and had arranged
Win AlE. w iAutfS lbl lis " 't''' q '''''N
nouncement of the loss of Mrs, FOR
sythe's jewels. which resulted 10 Tue
governess' collapse. As soon IS she re-
vived he relieved her OF all suspicion
her not to let il be known mat
she had been eXonerated. lie hau
tracked Mosely to London and learner
before arresting him rs 10 his circnm'
stances and where the property WAS ne
lad stolen.
Mrs. Forsythe had suffered 50 mncn
rom the tragedy that she would ha'e
preferred that Mosely go free. bnt n
his the state differed from her, aho
lie met his just deserts.
There is another story that grew out
# this one which should be told sep 4
Irateiy MIR Hawkins never forSaFe
himself for the strain he had put upon
iisS Ashworih and did everything ID
lis power TO atone for il. indeed n
Iecided 10 spend his life doing 50.