The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-02-17

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like two weeks previous to her death.
Il have, though, been frequent call
er at her home, because have known
Mrs. Forsythe since she was miss
OF twelve. Until her father died he and
| were the closest of friends, and in
this connection, / believe can &C
count for the policy in my favor.
Mrs. Forsythe's maiden name was
Fernbrook-Ethel Fernbrook The
Fernbrooks were an upper-class Eng
fish family, but poor. In 1872 George
Fernbrook, youngest son of the family,
married and went to South Africa. He
prospered there, and there Ethel-the
only child of their union-was born.
In 1885 Mrs. Fernbrook died and
George returned to England with
Ethel, settling in London. 1t was there
that he and | were thrown together,
and friendship grew up between US
so close that we trusted each other
absolutely.
Il needn't go much into detail. /
was young sawbones with just enough
practice to scrape along on, but had
something over six thousand pounds,
which represented my patrimony.
George was interested in various en-
tc~prises, but needed more capital
had no inclination to abandon my pro-
fession, but was not averse to increas-
ing my inheritance, so l turned this
over to him. For time things pros
pered-prospered amazingly, for he
was a natural-born money maker.
had no reason to regret our partner
ship until a sudden and wholly unex-
pected business and financial depres-
sion caught him, and barely enough
was saved from the wreck for him to
return to South Africa and try to de-
velop his interests there.
ITO make long story short, George
would send me various amounts from
time to time to apply upon what he
} stoutly maintained was his indebted
ness to me. Finally he lad repaid
nearly half of the six thousand
: pounds. Then he died
Now l was in total ignorance of
the sixteen thousand-dollar policy; but
, way Ethel tried to repay me the bal
J ance of the six thousand pounds-prob-
ably a charge put upon her by her
father.
: 1T was in Africa that Ethel met
Captain Forsythe-a gay, dashing
blade, l suppose, who captivated her
girlish fancy. l know very little about
him. She was very beautiful wom-
an, but their married life was not alto
gether happy | don't know just
where the trouble lay, but l suspect
that Captain Forsythe believed that
Ethel would bring him considerable
fortune and that the disappointment
embittered him and estransed ITEM.
81 might as well say candidly, since
1t seems to bear upon the case, that
Forsythe has always been extremely
reticent respecting his past. He Is a
well-bred Englishman and unquestion-
> ably was at some time an English
l army officer. That he has seen much of
Africa the trophies that adorn the
, whole house testify. There are skins
and mounted heads and elephant tusks,
to say nothing of large collection of
| native weapoLs-spears, Zulu assegais,
wa clubs, bows and arrows and the
like. The captain is an interesting
talker and can be a most charming
entertainer. He'll talk about his col
lection of weapons, his hunting expert
erces, and so on; but any question
touching upon his private life or the
= army will make him shut up like a
clam.
Naturally never questioned Ethel,
and she never volunteered any infor-
} nation concerning her husbands his
tory; but there was something that
= saddened her and that clouded his
> life.
Now here's factor that consider
of considerable Importance. AS l said
: before, Mrs. Forsythe's health was ex-
]. cellent until about two weeks ago, at
: which time she complained to me of
!, symptoms that caused me to give her a
: thorough examination. l was consid-
: erably surprised when discovered I'M
: mistakable signs of cardiac trouble,
because, owing to it's nature, it should
have manifested itself to me long be-.
fore ever she complained.
3 when l told her husband he ap-
t peared greatly distressed and ques-
: toned me closely regarding every
feature of the trouble, l assured him
+ that it was not necessarily serious and
that l hoped for a speedy recovery l
was honest /: this statement. AS might
! bo expected, Captain Forsythe is over
: whelmed by his wifes sudden and I'M
r expected end-and. might add, can t
7 account for it myself"
When the speaker had finished Haz'
and said:
J Your statement of the case has
boen quite comprehensive and under
standable, doctor. The inquest, I'M
derstand, will not be held until after
an autopsy, a time. for which has not