Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-28
THE HIDEoUS CHILD MURDER Al
CANAAN
FUR ther Particulars

d Tue Hudson New Jersey Star ms n. fol-.
lowing further luforma'Ion rrlanve 20 the sup
posed m nroer OF the child whose life had been
Detective James n. Kelley, Of Albany.
brought the husband OF Mrs. Brown 20 ths
city this morn ING or the si train aud lodged
him IN Jsil. We paid the prisoner visi,, aad
found him very relcrnt he 10 q fre nchmAn,
about I've eet slx or seven inches high, and
has snssking look, which impresses one
with the notion that he 10 capable Of fns, such
q dsed as he 10 sccused of cornmftsios. we
visited Mrs. Brown Eext and foand her d.
rectly ne opposite ef her neee lord. ing
fsdy and willing 70 son yerss. and possessing
double he Intelligence She informed Ne thal
ailer the alleged m urder she went from CanaSn
70 Wese CRANKY, Conn., and thence 10 HArt-
ford, where she and her husband were
arrested An eraminaton wss held
there, and she denied TO us having made a
confession implicaung ber hasbaRd as the
murderer OF the little girl. II would not an
swer any question" !" said she, ssthat vas asked
me ~ frst, but finally told abont matters
relating 10 our domestic sfairs-where we
came from. &C. Sidney Cole. of Hartford
sronGht me 70 Alesny, and 1 did not know
thaf my husband was on the train, afthop. q
he was" 1n answer 10 question as 20 ne
marks OF violence SAID 20 have been foun a
upon the body OF the girl, Mrs. Brown sad
"l'd like 70 know how they could tell anyth ng
about that; Dr. Kearney, travelling aeenr Of
the Hartford LIfe Insurance Company, exsm-
ined the body, and he said that the head OF
Aneeline (the dead child) was burned 70 a
crisp, the eyes burned out, and the fiesn ON
her iees and arms literally dropped on from
her bones. have lived IN Canaan about three
months, and came from Day ton, Ohio. 1 was
married 10 Brown in New York and kne v him
four years previously 10 our marriage. He ~
painter by trade, ana has O good dtspoefrion
He was married once before I msrrled hin,
but got divorce from has wife, she cohabiung
with other men; and i was married once be-
fore Brown married me, 10 Henry W. Bailey
but got divorce from him on account OF in
human cruelty. After Brown MARRIED me ue
boarded awhile At the Union Place Hotel. IA
Fouraeenth street. New York. and after ward
vent 70 hon sekeeping. Ny maiden name was
Hart ORD. NV father was a. one time wortn
ovHr 81 0oo-oO0 Mrs. Brown satd tha, her
husband had agreed 10 purchase a farm for
four thousaua Ave hundred dollars, and we
asked her n he was man Of means, 70 whi N
sne replied, "some; whai he hasn't \
have" when we questioned her about the
escesse girl, she said that her mother, one
Mrs. Stalrl lived in Dayton, Ono, Al ne
time she resided there, aud, having a
large family and becoming interested in Ange-
line, at she was bright girl, she consented 20
eoopt her, and they came 70 Canaan 70 live
with her. Ii was the IN tention ef Browa aud
herself 70 60 back TO Dayton next spring, but AZ
they did not little Angeline was 70 be their own
child still Mrs. Brown said that Aneelns's
sisters were loose characters. ana she tnournt
TIA pity. Coming back to the burnins OF the
house al Canaan, Mrs. Brown said: Neither
myself nor my husband was in the house the
time it burned i had been 20 Chatham Four
Corners thar day 10 buy some books and papers.
and my husband met me at the depot and es-
eorted me home. Angellne was getting supper
when we arrived, and helped her % ge; the
meal. Amer supper said TO Mr.. Brown that
Il was gong TO Mr.. Williams TO spend the
evening, ard at about six O'Clock ne came
over 70 the house where was visiting, leav-
Ing 'Ange' at home. At about nine o clock the
house took fire, and that lie all / know about
the AFFAIR Referring to the statement made
that the little girl was found IN the closet. the
prisoner said that 'sthe closet has q latch on
the door, but there is no catch 10 ~. and A.
could be easily opened"
This f. the substance of Mrs. Browns story,
ana, as our readers will observe, differs mate
rally from her version previously publlsned.