Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-01

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VIM, II. Browning, q handc1ffed pre-
oner, who was proceeding to West Ches,
ter, to answer a charge Of blgamy, dashed
hesdlong through a car window and es.
capped. Browning was in charge of De.
putty Sherifs Hooper and Baker, Of West
Chester, of this state. He is q coach.
man by occupation and lately lived NJ
No. 1874 Third avenue, New York, and
was acquitted In the general sessions, on
Saturday, upon an indictment charging
him with assaulting his young wife Mar
saret, who appears to be Mrs. Browning
No. 9, the lawful wife being at present q
resident Of West Chester.
Browning sat hsndcuffed In a seat di-
rectly In front OF the two deputy sheriffs.
While the train was running between
Worthwhile and Penn valley, on the
Pennsylvania side, Conductor Jones sp.
peared to collect the tickets. Just as he
reached the seat on which Browning sat,
the latter hastily arose and the conductor
stepped aside to let the man pass, and In
doing go got In front oil the West Chester
officials and completely blocked their
passage. Browning instantly mounted
the seat on the other side of the aisle,
and, placing his mauscled hands above
his head, dashed through the window.
The act WAS such q bold and hasty enc
that many of the passengers did not
know what had occurred until the mat
ter was explained to them. An attempt
was made to atop the train, but this was
not accomplished until 1t had reached
Tullytown, four miles from where the
prisoner jumped. The deputy sheriff
then alighted and walked back In the
dark to where they thought Browning
had left the train. Not q trace of the
prisoner could be found. The search
was kept up all of Saturday night and
yesterday, and all that could be found
was Browning's hat. 1t is thought that
the man must certainly have been in
jured In some way, as the train was
going at such a rapid rate that the train
hands say that he could not possibly
have escaped being hurt. 1t is also like
ly that he may be concealed In some
out-of-the-way place in that section.
Browning has recently figured quite
prominently In police circles In New
in January last to an accomplished girl,
with whom he sfterward went to reside
in New York. The man obtained en-
ployment az q coachman with John r
Rutter, the well-known banker, of No
800 Madison avenue. Browning was In
sanely jealous of his wife, and whenever
he left the house for any length of time
he nailed down the windows snd placed
padlocks on the doors. Whenever sht
went out, which was seldom, he accom-
panied her. The neighbors say she wa
always richly dressed, and had a graceful
bearing and lovely face. Her beauty wa
of the blonde type, but her face was sell
dom seen, as she wore a veil continually
In the latter part of February Mrs
Browning called upon Inspector Byrne,
and made complaint that she had beer
assaulted and robbed In her rooms at Nc
1874 Third avenue. She infinitely de
scribed everything alleged to have hap
pened on that occasion, and told how
three young men who had loitered il
that neighborhood had stolen In her par
lor. Continuing her story she said:
"Three rough looking young men stood
before me. 1 asked them what they
wanted, when one of them rushed sud
denly upon me and threw me back or
the bed. l resisted with all my strength
but in vain. A coarse, strong hand helc
me down, and my lips were closed by
the hands of another. 1 could not MAKE
an outcry. While two of the rufianl
held me down, the third one assaulted
me. Then n let go his hold, while hi
confederate held me, but I did not ceau,
to struggle. One of the men tried thu
bureau drawer, and, finding them locked
he forced them open. He took from thu
bureau q diamond ring and q diamond
breastpin and 800 In bills. The rufianl
then left the house ss suddenly as they
~hsd'enlered. I was not able to leave my
bed for some time, owing to the brutality
of the assault"
The next day John Daily and Michael
Bayley; of No. 1894 Third avenue, were
arrested and identified by Mrs. Browning
as the men who had committed the
crime. They were also held to
answer the charge of robbing the dry
goods store under Browning's rooms.
Several days later, when the three young
men were to be given a hearing, Mrs
Browning was sent for but could not be
found.
Browning was called upon and said
"My wife is 10 years old. We have been
married only N month. Before leav.
ing she wrote mo this noe:
"Your locks and bars have no power
over me. You may lock me In but you
can't spoil my fun"
Browning, continuing, said that hi
left home to drive Mr.. Rutter to hill
bank, and upon returning found his wife
had disappeared leaving the note on the
bureau. he had searched for her every
where, but could not find ony trace of hel
whereabouts.
Several days later the missing young
wife surprised Inspector Byrnes one
afternoon by suddenly appearing In hil
office, He was still moro surprised wher
she related her tale. 1t was to the effec1
that she had never been assaulted o,
robbed; that the three young men whom
she had accused were entirely innocen,
of the charge made against them by her,
and that the job had been set up by hel
husband to imprison the young men be
cause he wa jealous of them and be-
lieved they vera intimate with his wife.
The woman, however said that her bus.