The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-22

| robbed and had. been obliged to Kill
him in order to effect his rs, ape.
The day passed without Miss Ash
worth being arrested. She kept ner
room that and the next day. rbep It
was whispered among the servants tIat
she was under arrest. that ha,I haa
been given and she was awaiting tue
| action of the grand jury. The butler
ventured to ask Mr.. Withers II this
were 30. but Nj. Withers declined {
talk about the ~ The absence OF a
denial was considered a confirmation
of the suspicion.
A week passed and there were no de
velopments in the Forsythe murder
case. The public accused the police Of
negligence. and the police gave out
that they were hot on the murderer's
heels and were gathering evidence that
would insure his conviction. The truth
was that they had not a scrap Of EVIL
dence against any ne:'~
Meanwhile Miss Ashworth returned
to her duties. Mrs. Forsythe gave out
that: she needed occupation and the
childrenneedeu to be returned to their
studies. At any rate. the home school
work began again. and Miss Ashworth
seemed much improved at ha wing some
thing" to do = There were various Opin-
ions as to the position in which she
stood. but no one knew anything about
it. Gradually it came to be doubted il.
after all. she were guilty. though her
lnl tlstl Nhnr IN rrynO
The servants, except the butler, SYM
.pathized with her. He differed from
I them concerning her, and when they
called him hard hearted he became In
dignant and gave up his situation.
The ForSythe murder case gradually
dropped from public notice and came
to be considered one ct the murder
mysteries that would never be solved.
If the widow had not been rich the
loss of her jewels would have made
q great difference to her, for. while
her husbands had been Of little val
ue. hers were worth a fortune In
themselves, But she made no COM
plant against the police for not hunt
ing down her husbands murderer.
But perhaps this was because she was
assured that the detective bureau that
had been given the case vas still hope
full.
One morning 4 man passed out OF
the lobby Of a London hotel and stood
without the entrance as II not Know
ing what to do with himself. ae was
fine looking. we'll dressed. and the only
Indication that he was not to the Il
ner born was that he was che ewing q
toothpick. Presently he strolled down
the street. As he passed q window of
the lobby u 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 we're higher.
he gave an order to sell. While wait
ing for a report Of the sale he took q
seat. rested his elbows On the arms Of
his chair with his hands touching be-
fore him SO as to display a 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 q position
before him.
"You sport a handsome pair Of
sleeve buttons. sir"
The Spectator looked up. started ana
turned pale.
"One Of those buttons continued
the speaker. was made in Persia. the
other in London. But 1t ia an tmper-
feet match. This one Is better"
He took from his vest pocket q
sleeve button which to an eye unsktll-
ed In jewelry would have matched the
other two and held it up before the
others face. But not for long. X e
turning it to his pocket. he pulled out
a pair of handouts, and before the
sp~eculator could decide what to do
they were on his wrists.
These bracelets are OF steel, but they
will serve a useful purpose even II 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 n produced ~
Hawkins. who bad arrested him. was
shown to be it's mate. while the thlrd
was pronounced by experts an imper-
feet copy Mosely had pawned Mrs.
Forsythe's jewels and With the money
had speculated, making a profit. Con-
seQuently there we're sufficient funds
with which to redeem the jeweIry.
Hawkins plan was this: As soon ~
be confronted the group Of servants at
the Forsythes the morning after the
murder bis experienced eye fixed upon
the butler as the murderer. In order
to deceive Mosely as to his suspicion ne
pretended to Miss Ashworth that be
had fixed upon her and had arranged
with Mr.. Withers for his opportune an.
nouncement Of the loss of Mrs. For
sythe's jewels. which resulted In the
governess' collapse. As soon as she ~
viv Oh no roIiovod hor ~ oil c,,sntr,inn