Death Eaters

[elfundeb2]

No: HPFGUIDX 81446

I, Debbie wrote:
> > Barty Crouch Jr. was Voldemort's faithful servant, but the DEs 
> > thought he was dead, so they must think it's someone else.  What 
> > former DE is at Hogwarts?  Why, Snape!  He must be the faithful 
> > servant.  Now that the dementor had Barty Jr. for dinner, who's 
> going 
> > to tell the DEs who the faithful servant really was?  Voldemort 
> > doesn't seem the type to explain his failures to his henchmen.
> 
Salit responded:
> There is one big gaping hole in this fascinating theory. One more 
> person knows that Barty Crouch Jr. was killed (is he dead?) by the 
> dementors - Fudge - who was completely controled by Lucius Malfoy. 
Do 
> you think he did not tell Lucius about Crouch Jr.'s execution?

No, I don't think Fudge told anyone.  In GoF, when Fudge was told 
about Crouch Jr., he immediately summoned a dementor to have Crouch 
Jr. silenced.  He doesn't want anyone to know that a Death Eater 
managed to escape from Azkaban; it isn't good for his reputation, it 
doesn't contribute to keeping order and calm in the WW, and most of 
all, it could lead to more questions that would make people 
understand that Voldemort has risen again under his watch.

I also doubt Fudge is controlled by Lucius in any kind of literal 
sense.  He has the kind of influence over Fudge that comes from 
throwing one's money around strategically in the face of less wealthy 
government officials.  Unless Fudge is ever-so-evil (and I don't 
think he is), he's not associating with Lucius because he's a former 
DE.  So there would be no reason for him to tell Lucius.

Debbie