St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-05
POSTED IN POISONS.
Opinions of the Neighbors of
Mrs. Brown, of Mason
City, 10.
80 She Is Arrested With Sew
eral Serious Charges Hang
ing Over Her.
Blue Earth County Democrats
Have No Time for
Bosses.
Stevens County Republicans
IndorSe Seheffep--Othep
Conventions.
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Special to the Globe.
MASON CITY, Aug. 4.-The now fa-
nous Brown case, which has attracted
so much notoriety, was brought to a cul-
mination to-day by the arrest of Mrs. ii.
E. Brown, charged with mingling poison
IN the food with intent to kill her hus-
band. Hiram f. Brown. The complaint
was made in this form so as to make the
husbands testimony admissible. AL
though Mr.. Brown has furnished the
necessary means to employ detective
IN working up the case, when it came
to making the complaint he weakened
and declared that he had rather die.
His brother, Walter E., who has been an
Rctlye figure in his endeav0rs to solve
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR
filed the necessary information, and
upon that warrant for her arrest was
Issued. Mrs. II. f. Brown was found at
the residence of her uncle, Judge George
Nermilya, respected and prominent
citizen of the city. She manifested no
surprise whatever. having for several
days understood that warrant was
soon to be issued for her arrest. She
was brought before Judge A. H. Cum
mlngS, and on consent of the parties the
case was continued until next Thurs
day. Her bonds were placed at S3. .OOO,
which she readily secured. At the time
OF the corOner'S inquest considerable
comment was occasioned by the persist
ent effort of Mrs. Brown to
FASTEN THE GUILT
OF the crime upon her husband. A short
lime after the investigation was COM
pleted she went to Darlington, Ill.,, for
the purpose of visiting with her parents.
Nhlle there she received some con-
hdential communication from friend
here, through which she learned that
the case was being investigated by de-
tectives and that she had best be care
tul. She was evidently alarmed by
these disclosures and Immediately made
preparations to leave. She left sud
denly that night, telling her friends that
She was going to Mason City. Her bag
gage and her tickets showed that her
destination was Langwathy, 10. That
fact was Immediately telegraphed and
an operator" stationed to follow her.
She arrived there in the night and went
to the house of her old friend, Miss
Bessie Miller. Her movements
WE'RE CLOSELY WATCHED,
all her sayings and doings were care
1ully noted: her letters Intercepted, all
OF which contain very damaging testi-
mony against her. In letter written
to her old friend, Mrs. Bessie Lake,
about the time of the coroner'S inquest,
she says she meant to put it on to
Hiram and end the miserable life she
was leading. Some of the damaging
letters were shown to Mr.. Brown last
evening, and he identified them as be-
ing those OF his wife's, but he said he
could not account for much of the con-
tents. While Mrs. Brown was at Mon
tlcello she was confronted by the de-
tective with the evidence against her
and formally charged with the murders
OF her son Jesse and her father-in-law,
tHlram l.. Brown, and the attempted
MURDER OF HER HUSBAND
and son Henry, and after she had been
told that all her movements were
known she broke down. saying: "There
We're no eye witnesses. and you can't
prove it," The officers claim to be in
possession of evidence of Mrs. Browns
purchasing diluted prussic acid, hydro
Genie acid and Rough on Rats in the
past year without the knowledge or con-
sent of her husband, and further that
she was skilled in the uses and abuses
OF all
THE PRINCIPAL POISONS.
The persistent effort of Mrs. Brown
IN her evidence before the cOronerS
jury to faSten suspicion on her husband,
and inducing Peterson to assist her, is a
strong point against her in the case.
Added to this are the facts of her hatred
for the family, and the unhappy rela-
tionS existing between them, her utter
Indifference at the sickness and death
of her child and her father-in-law, never
during the entire time being seen to
shed tear, or heard to express a regret