The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-23

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Phelps Win be in in the nornng told the ot,csr 7
first saw the child At Dsyton-now. remember that
and that ySu was 10 The country q TIA. time ina,
policies in your coat pocket thai coat you had on a.
Wesineldthe one you bought 10 Ohio" She had told
Lieutenant Packard that shs married Brown In New
Haven Two years ago. having made his acquaintance ia
nssnord, where no Kept house Of ~ fame ~ hoVurn 70
by the name OF Angelne Brown. supposed she WAS
his own child He told she was and she called him
w sss ii n Ssa IL one Sos
together 10 Dayton He hr.s told ms about the child
or Dayton, cannot tell Inch, ! wrote to his
brother or his sister In canada East to send the girl
She also told the officer that Oh the night OF tho nre she
went over 70 the hotel At six O'Clock and that Joe ana
the little girl we're eating supper when shc left III
was two and half hours before the alarm Of Gre was
man came running up stairs and said Joe your house
Is all burn. up We then ran As fast could FOR The
house and Joe got there before me-" Brown taken
70 jail on gussdsy his wife meantime being kept 81 the
station house. where on Wednesday, cha made another
statement crossing the track OF her frst ss,sment BY
when she left the house, learning chap
YER 10 the Bible, and also said that Brown
Ksoarn stree. IL Ss Mouasy vas
that ne tod her first 10 New York. Afer one or two APP
proachss 70 the truth she said "rnis girl wash
erwoman's enid, aud took ITO live with me. thought
should 80 back to Dayton again. Her mothers namo
Is Stewart, and she s poor widow woman. She went
with mo to the depot when came away to come
East She gave me the child TO CRANKY with me
and ve After the child burnt he tJoe) said to
now they find out that this child - not mine they
WIN nang me Tor numbering herp knew IL was
not his child. The next day no told me not
10 tell any one that II not his child. He told
me this In the parlor at the hoe After their arrival at
Gran6y she says that Joe said he willing to have
the child taken up because they won't nnd ANYTHING
wrong but he said, DON'T for Gods sake, say any
thing about it's not being my child for they will hang
mo Il you do. Joe up on Friday all Of 1utter.
Ing way, and greatly excited said. what ia the mat
erY He said, Mr. patterson has been saying they are
going to take the child up often asked him TO write
or telegraph to her mother, but no said would do no
good That day when Mr. BattersoD was there said to
Joe. when he came In frightened. Joe Is II possible
that you could have burnt murdered that chil1so
horrible deedS' He replied why, do you think did
III II did your he may be In danger sometime. Joe
was as white as he could be and scared about some
thing"
On Thursday Mrs. Brown made = further confession,
rs follows:-"Mrs. Stewart, the mother OF Angelina
lives at 20 Montgomery street. Dayton. She lived IN
the same house with Us. When We came away she and
her child went to the depot to on never kept
ether IN the house but once and that long time ago.
have sent and got morphine twice never knew
Joe 70 get anything OF the kind had q small vial Of
turpentne in the house, but there not than
teaspo0nfui OF n She also said that the coroner's
inquest ~ Canaan Beales brought the papers
and gave them TO Brown, saying, ''Here are the pa
pcs; put them In your pocket and Keep them thcrc,
and II any one insults you about this fre put them
through. The papers will protect you anywhere unless
says that Brown gave Bcales 500 At that time She
concluded her review OF the case by saying Joe has
never by any word told mo that be WAS going to kill
the child or that he did do it, have told yoa all that
led me to think he did do IT, and 1t true every word
of itn
Brown visited by the officers on Thursday at tho
jail but could DO induced to say nothing which would
tmpltcatc him IN any way.