Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-07-03
BlEamist Brown At BAY.

CHICAGO, July 2.-The mystery sur
rounding tina biaamist james yelling
ton Aldrich Brown has been practically
cleared up. He to-day ANNOUNCED his
willingness to leave his osll at the
Armory and accompany IN officer To
Detroit without waiting fog the for
mRlity Of o requisition. His decision
was brought about by d visit from wife
No. 81, whose nsme is May Burnell, and
whose conversation convinced Mr..
Brown that no prosecution 10 Detroit
would be more vigorous than In Obi
oago.
Brown doGs not attempt to deny that
he has mora wives than the law RlloWF,
but he denies that the number is any
where near = score. He was willing to
be tried here, but he did not want to be
taken to Detroit. His last wife, with
whom he WAS living At the time OF his
arrest, will not prosecute him, he says.
When he Was first spoken to about No.
81, he said he could not remember
whether he married her or not; but IL
appears that her visit TO him refreshed
his memory, besides causing him to
change his mind about being tried
here. She WAS Q resident OF Auburn,
Ill, q, and answered Browns advertise
ment for q housekeeper. Three days
later they were married, several neigh
bors attending the Ceremony, aud stt-
tied down IN o fat on West Madison
street. Brown after . few weeks
moved their furniture out Of the State
and disappeared.
It has been reported here that there
ia another wife In Baltimore. Brown
says this report must apply to young
woman there whom he met onos or
twice, bat Gid rot marry, "beoAuBe she
was deaf aud dumb" he explains, and
Therefore could not consent to cere-
mony." Her name the priDoner keeps
q secret.
"Yes," Brown said TO o reporter, VI
will go back to Detroit and stand my
trial there. There is nothing against
me know nothing OF half the women
they talk OF, and whAteEer my rela
tlons with the other half may have been
can truly say that they will not be
recognized by law. Still l have enc
mics there. One man will probably
shoot me on sight. They can't proteo,
me from him. Bat II escape him
will stand my trial. Should l be 80
quilted, well and good. Should 1 b'
convicted they can never MAKE mt
work in the penIteutiary, vii
always have = lAbt reo6utss, and yol
NAV - sure will avail myself OF IT.:
IfYou will not commit suioids2'
"Yes, fir; will. j would rather die
hundred times than be sent to piiSol
toF no crime" ,,,-oa
The arEt known OF Browns olesmoG
tenderoies WAS In 1885, when ne, ;i y
ready possesse,. at least one Ia, ing win wiz
married Miss Ida Kelly, q pretty y ~
woman living on Jefferson avenue, Do
troit. This was In the fall Of the year
and a few months later he deserted he
And went to Muskegon, Mich, Whsrt
he vas mArf!el In January, 1885, to {
lady Of that town whose name oanno
be aEcertained. Miss Kelly followed
him and caused his arrest, when he wa
sent from Court at Saginaw TO the pent
I ntiary ~ jackson, where be serveC
nine months, and during his term o
Inn prisenment made an unsuccessful
attempt to end his life by outing hi
throat with a razor. He iLhioted bat
cash, but was finally cufed, though b.
still bears the scar.
It Was early IL November, 1885. whai
Brown wAs re.eaaed from the peniten
tIary, and ell trace Of him WAS lost untl
January Is, 1857, when he made his ap
peaTaloe In Pontiac, Mich and hv
Days later married Miss Annie NJ
Hazel, OF that town, From there b
fsd to Detroit, closely followed by Mis-
y H. z9I's friends including q brother
who is the man who threatend to shoo
Brown on aight, and the fear Of whom
made the prisoner unwllllpg TO 60 haol
! to Michigan,