The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-06-29
A Condemned 0urderer's Wife
Ends her Blighted Life
by Blowing Out
Her Brains.
How Hade Brown Intended to
Follow his Faithful
Wife and Was Pre-.
vented.
Details Of the Suicide-The
Little Child-HoW the
Woman Bravely
Battled.
Trightful Scene In the Jsil-BroWn
Choked Into 0ubmiesiou-
The Woman's Letters.

~ W. sOseOSeO eoo wv s~"o CsOuu VI
smoke curling up to the ceiIing-,hst va
al. yet il told the story Of the Last oct Of
brave, faithful little vomsn. Hade
Brosns wife desd-dead BY her own hand,
just four days before she time appointed for
The execution Of
HEB UNwORTHY HUsBAND.
The story Of asde Browns crime il "a
milisr TO everyone. In . Ct Of passion he
slew his step-moiber. He Aed To Iowa end
for year Iurked shout pur.ued By detec-
tises. He va finally captured and taken
bsck to Randolph county, the scene II the
crime. He was dosmed 10 death on the
gal:ows. The supreme court sas appealed
70 - last resort. Pending their decision
be Vas removed to Kansas City 10 escape
the fury Of the Randolph county mob. The
supreme court refused to interfere in his
behalf and the governor declined to inter
pose his executive clemency. The date Of
the execution wac fixed for Friday the 18th
only three days hence.
When the wife heard that her husband
must die, she came At once 10 Kansas City,
bringing with her a. only child, a little
boy Just past hia third birthday.
THE CONSPIRACY OF DEATH
Yesterday afternoon Hsde Bro~n va
Waited in his cell ~ bis ~ife. Whist ps-~ed
hAween them IL not known spd probably
never will be. IT is known. however, that
both man and woman had made up their
minds to perish BY suicide. The visit TO
the jul wss for too purpo.es. The fret
va to bid her husb end IN eternal fare~-Ii,
for she had resolved to die. The -econd
saa To provide him with means whereby he
might end his life and thus escape the gal
love. The means che had 70 offer him
Vas poison-a
HEAVY DOSE OF MORPHINE
which, secreted in the folds Of her dress
she had no difficulty in conveying TO his
cell.
'r.-- che '-o married. there Was NO unu.
sua: display Of emotion between them
There vas not look, nor gesture, nor 4
word that Vas calculated TO excite suspi.
cion. They kiaeed each other goodbye, and
the vile said: I'VE will zee each other in
the morning" and those were her Les, word.
10 him. She had said the same words MANY
times before. and the guards took no partic
ular notice Of them.
At the door, she turned and looked bsel
At him but said nothing. The door cIossd
the man went 10 has cell and the woman
vent to her death.
THE SCENE OF DEATH.
UPon her return 10 Mn. Fishers ree;.
dence on Cherry street, there ~as no(hins
in Mn. Browns appearance or actions "a
convey even the remotest hint of the dread.
fol purpose she had in mind. From The
evidences 1t hand, It il clear tina, upon
leaving Mrs. Fisher she vent into the bed.
room, near the rear of the hodSe and u:,ou
the 6rst 6oor. There she wrote the two
Letters found after her death conveying The
last wishes Of the unhappy woman. The
FIRST vas pinned On the bosom Of her dres.
and read 40 follows
MRS. FIsHER-PIease tell my darling
husband Immediately, will you, that Ii see
are ny dying words. Please see tia,
Hade's relations take me 10 the Sunslell
graveyard and bury me With my desr hus-
band, and IN the same grave and cCf6n.
These are ny dying words, good bye for.
ever and forever. Please aee. thsi nv
child is raised right, no matter Who takes
charge of him. forgive every ono Who
has vroneed me and AK forgiveness, Good
bye to Chris and his family end 10 Noes
and those sweet children; also my sister
and deer old father and Mr.. and Mn.
Fisber. end last Of all ny dear sweet child
and husband. Oh. forgive me, God, is nv
prayer, los the time dravs near when
nuss die. Good By ny dear, darling child
and husband. This u written By Sue
Blown.
The other letter vas found on the bureau,
and VA - follow:
To my darling husband and child and
my friend Belle Fisher, the one Who ha-
been 10 good sud kind to we.-My airing
husband and ! will both die tonight. Nv
life IL . misery TO me for / know that
James IL to hang, and am very oear esa.
y over my trouble-; they ere more sh,n I can
bear. Oh; how I hale 10 lesse my darling
precious hate. hope ny relations will
take charge Of him and raise him right,
sad always Be good and kind to hlm and
for my sske never lei him be imr.osrd up.
on. love nv dear hu-bssd better than
the whole void. and he cant live and
von'i-ve siIi both die together. Ivan,
n he buried in nv d.rling's srm., md in
The s.me ccf6n with Rim.
Am F'shes, will you please see 10 ~
snd DOT let then separate o. in death IL my
dying si.h. int ny (,od vili forgive me
and t.ke Ne safely hoa< l. ny dying pray.
er / wsni ~ siss~rs Assah end Lucy 10
hxve nv things besween ihem. A fasr0ell
81 . 10 ny dear old fsihes, one I love
Mrs. Fi-her, will you p'e.ss for ~ sake
and my dsrIinGs, have THE publi-hed. I
= sns you n take the news 10 Hsde. Il
Dakes no di0ereoce Who says no.
THE MOTHER AND THE CHILD.
HE dead woman wss about tWeuty.o0e
years Of age. Az nearly - can - learned
It this Zine she Wa married to Hsde Brovo
Eve yesrs ago. The ihree-yesr-old boy L.
The only child that has been born 70 then.
Mn. Brown ~ss Of medium heish. and
.hile she vas not in any sense q The tern
} pretty woman che had . remarkably in.
eresiing face. II vss earnest and lhouehs.
ul-a lace thst indicated plainly hov
'everely il bad been chss,eosd By sorrow
and suffering. Her figure vas reGarkably
haPely. NJ. Weld n, the undertakes, say.
'e never prepared . more perfect form 10.
burial.