Greta left Fanshawe in the drawing room, leaving the door to the corridor open.
Despite Fanshawe explaining he was a doctor here to help with his illness, she responded that he would see Fanshawe when he was ready. Greta welcomed him in and apologised that von Closen was indisposed. The tree was surrounded by a crowd, among them what looked to be a groundskeeper, who held a lit torch.įanshawe asked him why they were burning the tree with it raining so heavily, to which the man replied with resignation that his master (whom Fanshawe assumed was von Closen) wanted the tree "dead."Īs von Closen's wife Clara was dead, and his sons at school, the housekeeper Greta greeted Fanshawe at the estate. Upon arrival, he noted smoke and the glow of a fire, and, despite the rain, when they approached it was to find a gnarled and ancient elm isolated from the forest and set alight. Under the impression that he was to improve von Closen's illness, Fanshawe travelled to his estate in early April of 1831.
Fanshawe informed Magnus he would no longer collect and provide him esoteric accounts, and declined his offer of a position at Millbank Penitentiary. Statement of Doctor Jonathan Fanshawe, regarding the months leading to the death and autopsy of Albrecht von Closen.ĭoctor Jonathan Fanshawe visited Albrecht von Closen's estate under the beseeching of Jonah Magnus, the events of which lead him to cease their association.
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