Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-04
JHllH' a. Brown, the ADseoudins. Justice.


We copy the following from the Plain
Dealer, of Thursday evening: A.
Some six or seven years ago, there called
at the Office Of one Of our fellow citizens, a
Prussian, just arrived in this country, re-
questing the translation Of publication for
the town papers. He was poor but bore the
appearance Of one who, with the advantages
of good education, had once occupied more
than an ordinary position in life. He gave
his name as Julius Il. Brown. The request
being granted, he was desired to call again
When he did so he met the Office clerk, who
recognized him at once rs an old aeauaint-'
anoe and schOOlmate, but was at loss to
understand why the gentleman should have
discarded the name by which be went by at
home, and so informed the proprietor of the
the office. Subsequent enquiries elected the
confidential statement that the said Brown
had left a wife and five children in Prussia
He left his country for his country's good,
and that fearing the consequences of some
short cOmings while an official of the Gov
ernment, he had thought it prudent to drop
alli related to the past He desired a
chance to redeem a lost reputation and
begged not to be exposed The request was
granted.
Time vent on, and Brown, after several
unsuccessful efforts, obtained, by the aid of
friends whom he had made by his gentleman
ly unassuming manners and faaiEhf,I. ai4s-,- ai4-s,-, .
tion to business the position OF Deputy Re
cOrdeF of this county, in which he continued
until the spring of 1861.
In the meantime he had married a German
lady of respectable connections, residing on
the West Side, and having joined Rev. Mr..
Steneysel's church, he became one Of its most
prominent members, and by his professions
of piety and strict moral conduct, as well as
by the faithful performance of his duties as a
public officer, soon acquired the confidence of
his friends and felloW-eitizens in such a mea-
sure that they proposed his nomination for
the Office Of Justice of the Peace. f
That old acquaintance and sohoolmate, the
clerk in Mrs office, had gone West,
and the proprietor was probably the only
man in this city, who knew Of his anteee-
dents. He kept his eye on him, rejoicing to
see the sinner repent; but when his name
was mentioned in connection with a highly
responsible office he deemed it his duty TO
communicate his knowledge to some of the
most ardent advocates of Browns nomina-
ton, but to no avail. Brown was nominated
and elected By handsome majority, and sped
on by the good will Of his eOuntrymen, en-
jOyed prosperous business, but alas =
The best laid pans mice and men
Gang aft aglee."
Brown could not endure prosperity. He
soon forgot his friends, became overbearing
and tyrannical, and made himself, by his ar
bitrary conduct and the undisputable evil
dence Of dishonesty for motives in his deci-
sions as an officer, the mark and by word in
the mouth of every well thinking citizen.
In one of these transactions be happened to
exasperate S. g. Baldwin, ESQ.,, of this city,
who permitted himself to vent his indigna-
ton by .he use of some strong language,
whereupOn Mr.. Brown had him arrested and
sentenced to ten days imprisonment in the
county Jail for contempt of court,
The offended dignity of the law was un-
dOubtedly satisfied, but Mr.. Baldwin was not;
and Immediately upon his release he prose-
euted Justice Brown for oppression in Office /;
and having received some information upon
the subject had his attorney refer to the gen
tleman's anteeedents, animadVerting in
strong terms upon his past conduct, and
promising a thorough investigation of all
that related to his history.
Mr.. Brown became conscience-stricken at
this declaration-turuing deadly pale and
being scarcely able to articulate single
word. Being bound over to the Court Of
Common Pleas on the charge preferred
against him by Baldwin, and fearing other
developments, he gathered up the money en-
trusted to him by conHding friends, mostly
the hard earnings Of honest labor, and de-
camped for parts unknown.
was last seen st Sheffield, Lorain coun-
ty, on his way to ElyTia on the 25th ult., and
has probably gone to Canada. His wife, to
whom he hardly left any means, although the
amount. of his robberies must exceed $4,000,
had not the slightest intimatiOn of his inten-
tions. Long and loud are the curses show
cred upon his devoted head by the victims of
his raseality.