The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-15

sion with some man: that II bad been
arranged between them. IN her infOr.
nation. for bin to enter tie house and
take Mr.. ForSythe's jewels. while abe
stole those Of Mrs. Fnr>v,h.. Her
confederate had awakened the man he
robbed and had been Obliged to xiii
him in order to :effett his escape.
The day passed without Miss Ash
worth being arrested. She kept her
room that and the next day. Then Il
was whispered among the servants that
she was under arrest. that hali naO
been given and she was awaiting the
action Of the grand jury. The butler
ventured to ask Mr.. Withers II tins
were 30. but Mr.. Withers declined to
talk about the case. The absence Of a
denial was considered a confirmation
Of the suspicion. -.
A week passed and there were 40 de
velopments in the F0rsythe murder
case. The public accused the police Of
negligence. and the police gave ont
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 evi-
dence against any one.
Meanwhile Miss Ashworth returned
to her duties. Mrs. Forsythe gave out
that she needed occupation and the
children needed 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 ii,
after all, she were guilty. though her
collapse had indicated that she a
The servants. except the butler. SYM
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 gradually
dropped from public notice n 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
q great difference to her. for, while
her husbands had been of little val
ue. hers were worth q 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 cas- was still hope
full.
One morning u man passed Out Of
the lobby Of 4 London hotel and stood
without the entrance as II moi know
ing what to do with himself. he was
fine looking. we'll dressed. and the only
indication that be was not to the man.
e born was that he was chewing q
toothpick. Presently he strolled down
the street. As he passed a window OF
the lobby a 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 10 sell. While wait
ing for q report Of the sale he took q
seat. rested his elbows ON the arms of
his chair with bis hands touching De-
fore him SO as to display 4 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 tool 4 position
before him.
'You sport a handsome pair Of
sleeve buttons. sir"
The Spectator looked ~. started and
turned pale.
"One of those buttons continued
the speaker. was made In Persia. the
other in London. But 1t ia an imper-
feet match. This n Is better"
He took from his e pocket a
sleeve button which to an eve unskill-
ed in jewelry would have matched the
other two and held 1t 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
Spectator could decide what to do
they we're on his wrists.
''These bracelets are of steel. but they
will serve a useful purpose wen 1t not
ornamental"
Ten days after this episode the for
mel butler OF the F0rsythes 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 Dy
Hawkins. who had arrested him. was
shown to be its mate. while the third
was pronounced by experts an imper-
feet copy. Mosely had pawned Mrs.
Forsythe's jewels and with the money
had s%peculated. making a profit. Con.
sequently there were sufficient funds
with which to redeem the jewelry.
Hawkins plan was this: As soOn Al
he confronted the group Of servants at
the Forsythes the morning after the
murder his experienced eye 6xed upon
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