At the time, his death was ruled a stroke, but soon after the widow was found to have poisoned, between 1797 and 1801, not only her husband, but also her aunt and her lover, as well as to have attempted to poison her servant in 1803.
أُعلن في ذلك الوقت أن سبب الوفاة هو سكتة دماغية، لكن بعد وقت قصير(1797-1801) وُجد ان الأرملة لم تسمم فقط زوجها لكنها سممت عمتها و عشيقها، كما حاولت تسميم خدمها في عام 1803.