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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1957-02-06, Page 6This; Is THE LOT WILL ANP TESTAMENT Of P. 41344 WWWiEWT or wrisTs The Ridge WAlbsrY will *wise AS t40 c9sntY of ,Surrey t41.ut tocTqrs104.1. rolidin0 at Beaulieu Rota Wilistbsurs• in the County of USW shell W00114 moleo."0001004.4•4011041000404140461w e, I APPOINT pastor John ;wean ee.ste of Pee LOSS 3,144 It9SA 11p00%.14.* 14%4741101.4 to b. the, sole AsscStOr of this Sy 144 4, I OIYS see paquarre 11700 or SlA.404•11 ;f.. t4) Ti,,ths said P0CtSr John Sedkin 0001 as a slight tOSS Tor ele h10 *AndAsSIS"t0 00 whieh I sits hoss0fripay the Cu0 of Os* S?:IssfsPA P00040 411111 111111.11111.11.amemeism--e of ..Eastbourne althy Widows PREVIEW —In Washington, Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of Vice- President Nixon, models the gown she' wore at the Inaugu- ral Balt. Designed by Elizabeth Arden, it is made of blue satin with the bodice embroidered in pearls and crystals, house on fashionable Trinity Trees, the heart of. Eastbourne. A big, gray, neo-Georgian affair —not to everyone's taste, per- haps, but substantial, exuding an air of opulence. He was president of the local Y.M.C.A. He .taught Sunday school. Dr. Adams was getting on in the world, As the years passed the num- ber of legacies to Dr. Adams from wealthy women increased. In 1954 two spinsters in their eighties died leaving Dr. Adams sole executor of their wills. Miss Clara miller, 87, daugh- ter of an iron and steel mer- chant, died of coronary throm- bosis, leaving Dr. Adams $15,000, while Forence Cavill, 82, left hint $7,000. Now the, rumors began to take an ugly turn. Heretofore the gossip had been goodnatured, people confining themselves to "catty" remarks about Dr. Adams' winning bedside manner. But now people began to no- tice that Dr. Adams, who made his first rounds in •Eastbourne on a bicycle, was being driven by a chauffeur in a flashy spotts model MG and that he used a Rolls-Royce for social occasions. Q. Ireland to a fashionable practice a ong Eestbouree's Wealthiest residents, Ede' Eastbourae it Was the end rufrioreinOlegbeing that had breughe this' sedate seaside re- ti? border of mass hyse t eeee, — , e gossip began nearly 10 years, ago,With idle, rich women, many of them. bored, who had litile else 'to cici, but' goesip. Un- der the hair driers, over the tea- cups,. across -the bridge tables, ,hey discussed ,the remarkable Muncher, of in made to Dr ;Adams in the wills of his dedgrlys Weinete Patients. To thy: eouteider the 'columns 'cif theeweekly Eastbourne Gaz- ette would appear to cpatain no- thing more exciting than news. Of the' latest whist• drive or of a meeting of the Psychical Re- ,.search, Society. (Teeth is not tranquility, , but a, challenge," was the ineseage of a Mrs, Blackwell, epirittialist leader froth London). • But to the practiced eye there is drama that would make mys- tery writer Raymond Chandler green with envy in the little write-ups under the heading eVrobate of Wills." Items such ,as; Mrs. Emily L. Mortimer, 75, widow, died of cerebral throm- bosis. Left $6,000 to Dr. Adams "in return for his kind help and attention.", Mrs. Amy Constance Ware, 76, widow, died, of cerebral. thrombosis. Begeauthed $3,000 to Dr. Adams with the bizarre request that her' body 'not only be cremated, but be examined by Dr. Adams before cremation ."to, ascertain that I, am, in fact, .dead." Mrs. Julia Bradnum, 85, wid- ow, died of cerebral hemor- rhage, naming Dr. Adams sole executor Of her will and leaving him $3,000. How the tongues clacked in the tearooms' as news of the Dr. Adams bequests spread. Many could- remember when Dr. Adams. arrived in Eastbourne 30 years ago, fresh fr9m Queen's Univeesity, Belfast, where he had taken his M.D. degree, pen- niless and 'with a widowed mother to support: . A group of kind-hearted doc- tors had taken up a collection to buy the raw Ulster lad his first medical instruments: Now, Dr. Adams had a big but. much depends upon the moisture of the potatoes, The feel of the dough will tell, If it, is too sticky, add a little Agar. Too much flour will make them heavy and tough, while tee little will dissolve the dumplings into soup,) As this amount should make nine medium-sized dumplings, divide the well-mixed dough into. 3• parts, and then ..each part into 3 more parts. Make bails of the dough by putting 2 or 3 croutons in the center of each ball. (This insures that the cen- ter will be cooked.) Roll each ball in a little flour on the board Or in your hand. When the water is boiling well, carefully drop in the dumplings. Do not crowd them. They will sink, and when they rise to the surface, they are done, but a little longer boiling, 3 to 5 minutes, will not harm—in all cook them about 15 minutes, Take dumplings from the water with a strainer, lay around the meat, garnish with parsley, and serve with sweet-sour gravy from the meat. (Leftover dump- lings are good sliced and fried in butter.) Use them not only with Sauerbraten but with pot roast, stews, and pork roast, * * * Pot Roast and Stews For pot roast and stews, use the same ingredients as for Sauerbraten. Put meat in a pot, and brown, in bacon drippings or lard, carefully ore all sides, turning constantly. On this browning or searing depends the rich brown color of the gravy. Have enough grease to wilt the diced onions which should now be added. And now comes a point Of de- cision. You can make a deli- cious, brown gravy by stirring in and browning the flour now, but it must be carefully watched during the cooking to keep it from burning. Or, you may add just water now, and the other ingredients, and thicken the gravy when the meat is done, However, the gravy will not be so brown as if the flour is browned beforehand. After adding and browning the flour in the grease, add water, and the other ingredi- ents. Cook over low heat until Meat is tender, watching care- fully and adding liquid or fla- voring as desired. * • • Pork Roast With Horseradish Sauce and Potato Dumplings For this dish—the Germans call it Schweinebraten mit Meer- rettigbruhe and Kartoffelklosse —simply lift out the pork roast when it is done, and add grated horseradish roots or dehydrated horseradish to the gravy before serving, being careful not to have it too strong. Cheap Castle With Built-in Ghost When pretty Janet Westwater tapped a typewriter in London, she little dreamed she would ever become mistress of historic Bardowie Castle, near Glasgow. With her husband a clerical job at Glasgow University, they lived for a time in a suburban bungalow. But Bardowie—with ' its Pink Lady spook and sixteen acres of ground—was up for sale at less than the price of a house. The Westwaters jumped at the chance and now, with electricity and cenral heating laid on, they find they can live in a castle in comfort. The decorators blamed the Pink. Lady for upsetting their pots of paint, but the haunting hasn't troubled them otherwise. Everywhere in Britain new- type castle--owners are having fun. Wolsey Towers, in Surrey, dates back to Good Queen Bess. When young Mrs. Ann Piper went to live there she swiftly turned it, into a comfortable home, but still sometimes finds sightseers strolling through the rooms. One trespasser asked her questions about the history Of the building and then tipped her half a crown. A house-hunter was growing desperate when he discovered the derelict 700-year-old Haw- kins Tower near Boughton, Northants with winding stone staircases and romantic battle- ments. The owner was quite willing to let for Is. a year to anyone willing to do• repairs and so Geoff Rowden and his family soon moved in. Most dramatic of all perhaps is the story of Frank Yeates, a Blackpool master baker, whose father was once under-gardener at Clearwell Castle in the Forest of Dean. Frank was born in a castle lodge and • often had a longing to return there. When he finally went back he discov- ered that the castle was for sale and going cheap. Frank Yeates bought it, sold his business and said goodbye to the four-room flat over the shop. The disused part of the castle makes a won- derful playground for his boys and the grounds ere being trans- formed into a lucrative pig and poultry farm. DR:ADAMS' HOUSE IN EASTBOURNE:111e hall table. Wes piled high with Christmas cards from his admiring patients, Ptarple-Handed roue youngsters were caught purple-handed instead Of tea- * handed the other day., when 'athington police sprinkled potassium petmengahate pow, der on fireealarm handles fol- lowing number of false elating. When the next false alartn was made, every policeman on beat and car' patrol watched for persons whose hands were swiftly turning purple, Four young men were spotted hastily :tigging their intritriiriating hands ih their pockete. But they Were tore late; they , had been teen dam ning. theta Was no eataphig thedamning evidence of the retitle hands. Other facts about him were recalled, His Passion for clay- pigeon shooting; Police found a remarkable collection of guns in Dr. Adams', house when they arrested- him, They else found- his basement ' stacked with brand-new tires still in their wrappings. Dr, Adams blandly said, "You never can tell, there may be wshortage of them." The sudden death last July of Mrs.,Gertrude Hullett, 50, wid- ow and popular hostess, brought the rumor-mongering to a head, and, incidentally, touched o the Scotland Yard investigation, Mrs. Hullett was well-liked, Somehow the news leaked Out• that she had changed her will less than 10 days before her death, leaving Dr. Adams het Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn mo- torcar. Also, that she had made out a check for $3,000 to Dr, Adams less than a week before her hdetathe. At coroner's inquest it was found that Mr. Hullett had died of an overdose of sleeping pills (115 grains of barbitone were found in her organs, enough, to kill two and a halt normal, healthy persons). Un- accountably, the coroner's jury returned 'a verdict of suicide. But this satisfied no one. Bridge games were forgotten as the tension arose. There were wild rumors of a maniac at large, of a hypnotic killer who mesmerized his victims into changing their wills before fin-• fishing them off with poison. It was at this point that Scot- land Yard was summoned. East- bourne suddenly was invaded 'by fougle-looking detective's, whose` pin-striped suits were a, trifle too loud, who .smoked cigars and cocked their bowler hats .en the side of , their head, Then the `rumors took a fresh' tilrn "Three hundred wills, they'ke looking them all up. . ." "They' say that 10 bodies are to be exhumed. . . ." *, * Rumor is a fool, but fools. hive babbled' truly. The truth, is that• Scotland Yard did scru-• tinize Over .300 wills, eventually narrowing, its investigation down to 17 elderly persons, nine of them widows. 'All were Dr. Adams"' patients,' and they died leaving him richer by $90,000. This does not include gifts made to him during the patients' life- times, nor the 'motorcars, shares, of stock left to him at their deaths. Twelve of the deaths under• investigation' occurred within a year after the patients had changed their will's -to make Dr. Adams a beneficiary; two Wicl— oevs died: within 10 days of mak... ,ihg new Wills. - In addition to the murder of' M Mrs. ,Edith 'orrell, Dr, Adarnl• is charged' with having unlaw-• fully procured the cremation of , few of his deceased patients falsely representing that he had' no financial interest in their' deaths. "FOR ALL HIS KINDNSS" — Excerpts from photostat of will' of Mrs. Irene Herbert; 50-year-old Divorcee who died in East- bourne in 1944, shoW how she made Dr. Adams executor and left shim one thousand pounds ($3,000) "as a slight token." The author of this article W- 144 some popular German re- ,hoes says her tripods and relae Sees frequently ask bew to make Pcse dishes.. We suspect that she at one of those fine cooks evil° Sever need to use recipes, for Oe says she has at last "pain- stakingly written them out and Bested them" before sharing- them with readers of The. Chris- Itan Science Monitor, from which paper I am "borrowing" them to sass along to you. * * * The word "Beaten" is. German or roast, and if you want to retake- Sauerbraten (or Sauer- leech, other pickled meats), I will assume for this first recipe that you have bought an oven toast. The recipes will serve equally well, however, with other meats and cuts, such as pot roast, stew meat, liver, hrabbit or hare (the traditional asenpfeffer), veal, or duck of which may be roasted or Stewed and then served with delicious sweet-sour gravy. In our home we use fresh cuts and never set the meat to, pickle before cooking, as, many do. Also, we serve our Sauerbraten with Klosse, potato dumplings, which are another favorite Ger- man dish. This is the way we make them both. • * • Sauerbraten Fee a 2-pound tender beef cut (shoulder or rump), grease the Master with 2 level tablespoons •f lard or bacon drippings. Salt end pepper the meat and place ft in the roaster. Lay on the meat sliced onion, a small one or half et large one. Sprinkle flour over the meat and into the pan, as Much as 2 or 3 rounded table- epoonfuls. Pour around the meet 2 cups of water, and add to it 2 bay leaves, broken up. Add also 4 cloves, 4 allspice, a bit of bed pepper, and a small garlic bud ne sprinkle of garlic salt (red pepper and garlic may be emitted). 'Then add 2 rounded table- spoons of sugar. (A cup of mo- lasses gives, the gravy a richer color, but as 'it is not very sweet, Sugar must also be added; though less.) Next comes 1 cup of diluted 'vinegar — diluted to avoid tort Sharp a taste: A little ground cloves and allspice—just a dash —will help darken the gravy, or a level teaspoon of pickled,spices could be used instead of the single spiCes listed` above. (We sever tie the spices in a bag, be- cause we like them in the gravy, hut this can be done if pre- ferred.) Put the cover on the roaster and put it into the oven, at medium heat.. After an hour or to, test by tasting, and add more water, vinegar, sugar, or spices to bring out the desired flavor— but let no spice predominate. Broken crusts of rye bread are good added to the gravy, which may be thickened if necessary. Roast until the meat is tender, about 2 hours. Have plenty of gravy, and serve with potato dumplings; or Klosse.. * * We never used to serve a aide dish with Sauerbraten and Klosse, but applesauce with crumb coffee cake (Streusel- kuchen) could be served. * • * Kartoffelkfosse 3 cups hot mashed potatoes Butter, size of a walnut 1 egg Salt 11/2 cups flour Toasted croutons or bread Ousts Peel about 6 medium-sized potatoes, add salt, and cook. When done, shake and dry well. (Old potatoes are better than new as they are not 50 wet) Mash the potatoes and While they are hot, measure out 3 Cups Into a bowl. Add the butter, and while still hot, add the egg arid mix, so that the egg becomes cooked before the flour is added. While the potato rnieture cools so that it can be handled put 3• quarts of water and a little salt to boil In a pot. Aleo prepare 'Masted croutons or' dry breed trusts. Add fleer and salt, gradually to potato mixture, to bring it to a. doughy eansistency, (I find this Meastifetrieht of flotir about right PUNCH A ,jititit The world's biggest punch fiti*I" was made in afountain it a party staged for 6,606 offi- seere and men of the kitig'S, _Navy in .1694. The ingredients Were 216 . gallons Of brandy, 100 ,gallons of wine, 432 gallons of Witten atid ,20 of lime juice, The Epiting took 25,000 lenient, 1,300 lb. Of sugar arid 5 lb. of gratect To ensure a thorough Mi* •bOy rowed about ofen ,Mid filled the .tatikarde , the guests. atdet you ratite Writ sit. .aleud, Akar:, In• filling but the tedineticin. forms, Dr. .Adattie "ad answered. "No" tO the following '•eti.testiettel "Have you,. so far .you, aware, , 'nay pecuniary interest. In the death- of ,the deceased?" "Retie you any reason` to' elle-- 0dt that the death Of the 'dc-. ceased was due, directly or directly,. (e) Violetice, poison, (o) ptiyatrdn or , leete"" ' He Was '6Ike"tegitired to eete, "i knew Of no reaSOriahloi, Cadge tar Suspect .that the dee ceased died ,either a :Violent Of' unnatural, death ' Or It'. itiddein death tif 'Mica •the •tailSe IS, 'Ube, Ithewn or died• in such pike rer• iiMutnetahees• as tO requiee ails fteniest Sri pursuance of an ' 'De. Adams lied„ in :triakine these statements, according te; teOtidnd Yard.. Nuts To You! In Brazil, where the nuts come from, forty million Brazilians haee never heard of brazil nuts. Practically the whole crop is exported and the few that re- main are eaten as "English nuts" —or German—by Brazilians con, vinced that the nuts have been shipped into their country! What's more, brazil nuts are not nuts. They are Seeds nest-, ling in the fruit of the tree we mentioned in the first place. Take a handful of brazils and imagine them nestling together like orange seginents inside e coconut. The pod weighs up to 4 lb., so tough that an item wheel can run over it and not crack it. Growing on trees 120 feet high, the pods taro dwelt in the gathering season, sometimes kill, ing unwary tut-collectors be- neath them. Apart from being eaten, the nits are valued far their edible oil, Which is used for 'burning, soap -Making and lubricating watches. Brazil exports 40,600 tons of brazil nuts a year. Living in palni-leaf shelters, 'the native In, than. net-collectors use the pea 'as booking vessels. Besides the risk of huts on the riapPer r, letters In the Atingles must -be- ware of blockl-draihing vampire hats, fiendish jaguars and the twenty foot •Man-crushing anew con& All ehese heiarde have becl Oiled on the nerves of 'the coll ector's. Yet the world has been buying' beatil nuts foe' 322 Years, tele supply is unfailingly meintaleed by a little animal, that Attiaeort- ien here, •which inatitietiVelSe gathers fallen .seeds and hued 'theM In the depths. Of the •eurigle *tette they germinate. Scleit, 'Clefs at. Wew who tried to take` over the jog failed distnallY, 'Ater importing and planting seeds they waited, three ye.arS. for the ' first signs o .giceith, Yet in •It§ Otirav Mined element iri 11ittill; the nut tree abrOuls yip Wiret4' het totir iieNieeeeseesee•-:•,:, sees:ea-4W ABLE. TALKS lane . Amtmv.s..... • fiy TOM A. 01,441,EN NEA, Steil Cerresponeept Eaetbet‘en.e, Agland-e- (NEA) —"Murder?" SIsrt, bald, be- spectacled. rg. 'John B. (for Bodkin) Adams seemed startled when the. Sgetland 'teed detec- tive came tte!"e'rresteeeire. ("Murtiee?''' •Zit repeated, » his pale eyebrowee slidotipg up. Then a crafty• gleam came ,into hie.eyes. "Can you prove it was merderee in hiS :soft Irish, brogue. " Most Britons are wondering the same thing. Can Scotland yard prove that Dr. Adeins, 57e year-olds Ulster-born, leacheler, murdered 81-yeareeld widow, Mrs, Edith Morrell, "against the Queen's peace?"- Dr. Adams, the center of Brit- ain's biggest murder sensation in 25 years, is accused of poi- sonine the wealthy widow by prescribing an overdose of drhgs, • • • Bat there is no body, for one thing. Mrs. Morrell was cremat- ed—en. Dr. Adams' orders. Her earthly remains were consumed in the furnace of Brighton's brand - new, nickel - and - tile crematorium, the few ashes re- maining being scattered in the English Channel. The motive for murder is weak, for another. Mrs. Mor- rell, the widow of a wealthy Liverpool food merchant, left Dr. Adams only "the oak chest containing• silver in my draw- ing-room." But Scotland Yard, it is un- derstood, is prepared to prove that she gave large sums of money to the doctor in her dy- ing days while under the influ- ence of drugs. All this must have flashed through the doctor's mind as he buttoned on his clerical gray, single-breasted topcoat and pre- pared to accompany the detec- tives to the local police station. ""I did not think you could prove murder," he mumbled, more to himself than to the' Scotland Yard men, adding, af- ter a pause, "She was dying in any event." The hall table was piled high with Christmas cards from Dr. Adams' admiring patients, 'for it was Dec. 19, 1956—only six days to go to Christmas. "To dear Dr. Adams, for his many kind- ness," read One of the _inscrip- tions, "How can I ever, repay you?" read another. Dr .Adams was repaid hand- somely fee his services to the wealthy widows of. Eastbourne. He netted over $90,000 from the deaths Of 17 of his patients over a 20-year period. • In the waiting room when Dr. Adams was arrested were four elderly women, waiting ,their turn to ,see Eastbourne's most fashionable doctor. Going 'out the' door, flanked by detectives on either side, Dr. Adams al- most collided with still another woman patient. , But first there was a touch, of pere Victorian melodrama. Act- ing on sudden impulse, Dr. Adams gripped the hand of his white-coated receptionist, say- ing in a heavy stage , whisper, "I will see you in heaven." Henry Irving, the great. English actor, couldn't have read the line better. Then, pulling his dark blue, snap-brim hat well down over his eyes, he dashed for the po- lice car. For Dr. Adams, the' arrest was the end of a long road that had taken him from his father's `tiny 'watch repair shop in Pandals- town (pop. 986) in Northern Alli104406• 1 dId net *4114* sdvld prove frOrTi