The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-02
REPLY FROM MRS DAVIES AS TO HER
LETTER CAUSING CHARLES BROWN 10 |
. COMMIT SUICIDE.
Greentown. d. AnrIl an 1a7s

| uTeentoWn, o. April 30, 1873
EDITOR DEMOCRAT In your last weeks paper
you published one letter written by me, and II
that one was worth publication / want you to
publish one more for me. You published that
one to crafty the evil design OF a malicious Der.
son who had not ought TO have any interest In
the matter. Now, want you to publish one that
the public may know that there are two sides 10
the case. II the author Of your item had signed
his narae that the public might be able to consid
or the source, do not think that would take
the trouble to reply. He omitted some words In
his copy 90 az to make the sense OF the letter
sound TO suit his own evil design.
Charles Daugherty made his boast IN this place
that he would scandal me through your paper,
and said that he could do 30 through the DEMO.
Graf, and, with what success, we have seen. Now,
Mr.. Editor, want TO know who was the "mls.
chief maker In the case when Charles Brown
was to Canton and had q little spree and was
ready to come home, when he met @. Daugherty,
who told him that his wife was dead. Then Mr..
b. procured an ounce Of laudauum, and he took
fully two.thirds OF II. When that failed to have
the desired effect, then he pawned his coat for
whisky and went of on big lapse" Then be
sent word to Mrs. B. to the effect that he was In
fearful plight (Which could not be proven when
he got home). Mr.. G. D. ought to remember that
he Is the very lad Who previous to Mrs. BIS mar
rlage, came to our house and offered Mr.. Davies
three dollars to take him to town and back that
nightin time TO "clean OUT Mary Gorgas He
said that she was lying In his fathers barn and
wanted To kill his father. And he said that he
wanted to give the Greentown folks a chance to
attend funeral. He also said many other things
xuht ua M IN ba, 7
do not see why should be made the subject OF
scandal by an evil disposed, meddlesome fellow
like him, merely done as I wished TO be done
by when befriended Brown, when he was driven
from his home at night, and was sick, hungry,
and penniless, The letter that wrote to Brown
was a reply To one that had from him, in which
he stated he had written to his wife, and asked
her kindly to write to him, But she only sent
him q few articles Of clothing, and told the hack
driver to tell him that she had nothing to say
Then he wrote to Rev. Bedall, asking him to cor
rect bad report that had been circulated about
him. But he treated his letter with scorn and did
net reply. Then he wrote to me and wanted me
to give him all the news and tell him the truth
without fear" This done, and to the best of my
ability. wrote just what l thought have
nothing TO take back. Mrs Brown has admitted
the truthfulness Of my letter with one exception.
That is where l said that she never loved him,
but married him because she wanted man and
could get no one else. Well, Mr. Brown has said
himself that he was not married three weeks be.
fore he knew that she did not love him. And
when she allowed her brother to take half Of
brick In his hand and stand between her husband
and the door Of his shop, and with bitter oaths
defy him TO go in, and call him the worst names
that he knew, and when she leaued her head out
of the window and called him names, mot en-.
dearing,) she fully proved the love abe had for
him. This was done In the presence Of q dozen
persons Brown made no resistance, nor laid one
word OF disrespect to any Of them, but he told
otherpersonS 1t would kill him. And she evidently
wanted man or she would not have married
and do not believe that che, or any other wo-
man would live to be thirty five years old with,
out maG, II she ever had a chance to get one.
Being woman 1 ought tn know. She had but
three months acquaintance with him before she
married him, and, she had heard him tell how
wild he had been In his day and she had no sure
ty that he would be steady. And If she had loved
him she would have put up with some of his
iailings with hope that some day he would do
better. MI. Brown was an indulgent husband
anu kluu uelBuDOIi huu uO On6 Cuulu bhy huy"
thing against him, but that he drank and he
said God knew that he could not overcome that
one evil" Again, In "a hours after Brown re-
ceived my letter, he came to Greentown and was
sitting around town talking with some Of his
friends until half past one o'clock then he went
to his wifes bed room window and raped and
said MARY, God hless you" Then he heard her
say to some one, That's Charley" He then wait.
ed ten or fifteen minutes and she did not speak
nor open the door, He then came to our door
and raped and Mr.. Davies let him in Then
he told uB what he had done and he said that he
was very sorry that he called, for now he was
convinced that he had nothing to hope for Mr..
Davies put him to bed, for he was too cold to go
alone. and he slept WE'LL In the morning he
looked very bad but he ate hearty breakfast
and seemed quite cheerful. Then when be spoke
of going away, Davies asked him If he would not
walk up town, and he said no one wants to see
me. Then proposed that we would send for his
wife, but he said that should not for II she had
cared for him, she would have spoken to him
when he was there. He then said that he would
work and support her, but he could not live with
her as long as her - old mother lived. Now, II
the contents Of my letter would poison" the
mind Of that man, what would the treatment of
his friends do for him2 If they had been as kind
to him as was, there would be no need to charge
his death to any one. Now, have not written
one item but what can Bubstantiate, and tOill
prove, If necessary, And If you wish to publish
any more articles In regard to the matter, and
want to do justice to all parties concerned just
please to send reporter out here, and learn the
truths, and then you will harm no one. Hoping
that you will do the matter justice, will drop the
matter for the present. MRS NJ DAVIES.
P. s-Whatever your last weeks article has
done to affect the minds Of strangers, 1t has not
had much effect here, where the circumstances
are known. have not realized the loss Of one
friend or neighbor. MD.
The above from Mrs Davies, we insert In justice
to that lady and iu reply to what appeared in the
DEMOCRAT Of last week. This, however, will end
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