The daily gazette., 1878-12-28
SHOT HIS wIFE's sEDUCER.
GUILTY woMAN's CONFESSION AND A
HUSBANDS DEADLY VENGEANCE.

GUILTY wohAs's CONFESSION AND A
HUSBANDS DEADLY VENGEANCE.
AT Pawtucket, X. l., John A. jerks,
ageu 70 years, was walking In the street
In front Of the Benedi 1t II ouse. with three
companions, when Geo. II. Brown, aged
B years, stepped out of store doorway.
dc held his right hand at his side and
appeared the same as usual. Walking
up TO jerks, he said, "Halloa, John, !" and
then raised his right hand disclosing a
pistol. He fired at jerks, then stageer-
ed back and fired again before jerks
companions could prevent him. The
frst shot struck jerks just below his
upper vest pocket ON the left side, going
through the neck of a small vial in the
pocket and passing down between the
two lower ribs just below the heart, went
out at at the back a few inches from the
spine. He SAID in piteous tones "Don't
george, and then fell back into the arms
OF one of his companions. Another per
son seized the murdered and secured
him. The second shot did not take eff
iect. The pistol used was Smith q
Wesson hve shooter, 38 call bre. Brown
made no resistance and was locked up
In the station house. jerks wound was
pronounced mortal the ball having pass-
ed through his stomach, and his ante
mortt N statement was taken. Tho affair
caused widespread excitement. Brown
was oversee er In the great Conant thread
mill In Central Falls, but lately removed
to Pawtucket. Young jerks, who is the
son OF very respectable citizen, is q
resident ofPawtucket,the of driver ofa bak-
cry wagon, and has wife and two chill
dren. jerks and Brown have long been
friends. Brown, the murderer, also has
o wife and two children, the woman, be-
Ing small rather good-looking woman,
| about twenty five years old. 1t is alleg-
ed that jerks, while leaving bread at
Browns house, seduced Mrs. Brown.
The husband suspected this and be-
came so moody and miserable that while
on visit to Scituate his wife asked hin,
the reason. In reply he asked her If she
had been true wife to him, and she
| affected by his question and serious man.
| ner, burst into tears and confessed that
| she had been false to her marriage VOWS;
that jerks had betrayed her, and that
she even was in doubt az to the paternity
| of her youngest child. This terri BILE con
fession almost drove the young husband
| wild, and when he returned to Pawtuck-
ct he sought Chief OF Police Rice and
told him the whole story. Brown wanted
to have jerks arrested at once, but the
| chief said he would have to arrest Mrs
Brown also, and advised him not to re-
sort to the law, but to leave the guilty
woman. Brown intimated that he either
meant to shoot himself or the betrayer,
but was advised not to do anything of the
kind. as it would be the worst thing he
could do. By request of her husband,
Chief Rice visited Mrs. Brown and talked
the matter over with her. She said the
criminal conduct had begun about two
years ago, but az tar as could be learned
she did not express any great penitence
for her course. The husband, a few
days after the discovery of his wife's per.
fidy saw Chief Rice and told him he had
made up his mind to forgive his wife and
do nothing further about the matter
Thus the case rested until the husband
after brooding over his wrong until his
brain was unbalanced, nerved himself to
the fatal act. That night he hardly real.
lied his position, but sat in his cell in the
station house calmly smoking a cigar
His wife visited him during the after.
noon. He will not talk and appears in a
kind ofstupor.