The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-11

was there, with hts Two sisters, bathing his
Taliid cheek and neryeIess hands with her
tears, She had lost a daughter by consumE-
ton but a few days before, and this addi-
tional NsorTaN ssreafuigh drove her wild.
There were many In the crowd that Str
rounded the poor boy who were faniliar
with her previous grief, and among these.
there was not dry eye as her piteotis m0ar.-
ing fell upon their ears. q r s'ssF
AT about 5 O'Clock the body was removed
the mothers house, M. GS Mohawk street.
The little boy was great faroritc among fis
acquairltances, and particularly with the big
hearted BenBinser boys, in whose slaughter
house he was employed. ~.
Mr.. Browne, on being taken to the station
house, was locked up on the charge Of mur-.
der, but lat the solicitation of his son and his,
Attorney he was subsequently allowed the
Freedom of the cell-room. sza .r,,--.s57 So.
+ Finding himself beyond the reach of the
agitated crowd from which he had escaped,
he appeared to be but little Disconnected by
the other occurrences of the afternoon. One
Eef our reporters, who visited him at tte stu
aon-house a couple of hours after his incar-
ceration, was astonished to find him in so
pleasant and contented frame OF mind. He
was seated with his rheumatic limbs resting
comfortably on chair receiving; eonfiden-s
tial communication from his son through his
car-trurnpet; and nedding inatoken of his APP
irthcnsion OF the points designed to be
made az gravcly and thotightfulIy as he ever
in his life went through similar perform
aflce. he was laborlng under no anxiety
whatever, and in the brief conversation
which our reporter had with him talked
about himself, old times, and the early his,
tory OF Cincinnati, with as much compla-
cency as he would have done in his own par
ler. His cotinsel had advised against bis
talking on the subject of the shooting, so
that little was said on. that head-that little
being the representation by the old gentle
man of the annoyance to which 9the bad
boys of the bill ? had subjected him by their
tondness for Illicit fruit, and his pleading the
Justifiability Of the homicide, although lie
was careful not to say that he did the kill
ing. S % s.2t saz - = ~. 2
Mr.. Browne is one of our-very oldest citi-
zens, being now nearly eighty-fve years old,
and having come here from Bristol, England,
IN 1876, when he was but ten years Of age.
Hb was All energetic and very successful
business man in his youth, and also staunch
supporter OF and active worker in the
Church. lie early learned the printing
trade, and IN 1904 published the first No. of
the. Gazette, having done some of, the, COM
position himself Z, 49,. f ........-..,
Having accumulated handsome compc-
tency by his application to variety Of trades
and professions, and made considerable in
yestments in real estate, in which he per-
ceiyed large profits, he turned his attention
with more partialty to the Church, and was
ordained to the ministry in 1914, since which
time he has been Woodworking member of
the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal
churches successfully, and all the time an
enthusiastic believer in the doctrines of the
United Brethren of Christ. He has latterly,
we believe, worshipped with the Presby-
terians. lie is man ofconsiderable worldly
possessions, his wealth being estimated at
half million dollars.
Through the eXertions Of his counsel, but,
probably, more on account of his advanced
age, and the certainty that he would not alb
scond, the old gentleman was released on
bail of fifty thousand dollars last evening for
his appearance before the Police Court to-
day Cincinnati Commercial.