The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-05

SEN0kRS ACBOSS!"
business, was told BY the policeman who
guarded the door that . woman wanted to
SEQ him.
"What does she Want1" asked the mayor.
81 don't know, sir, but I suppose it Is
some complaint about . policeman or health
inspector. She's poorly dressed and has q
letter in her hand"
Tho mayor looked at his correspondence
and at his watch and said: "Well, show her
in,
When the woman was presented to tho
mayor sho trembliugly laid q letter on his
desk and said: '.Mr. Mayor, il you will please
to read this, / think you will see that q
great injustice has been done that you can
make right"
Tho mayor opened the letter without .
| word. As he read his brows contracted
and an expression Of ~incredullty came over
his face. This Is what he read:
"MR. MAYOR: Ihave Just this day learned
| that my husband has been convicted Of muir
dor; and. As I understand the matter. I I'm his
victim. lam too i'll to como in person to tho
| city, but the bearer VII tell you whore I am,
and will take you or an of1ccr to me. She will
also explain m story and circumstance. Re-
spectfully, LEONORA BROwNLOw."
"Who gave you this letter, madameF'
asked the mayor, sharply.
mrs. Brownlow, sir" she responded.
"Sheh has been stopping at my house, oppo-
site Yonkers, for Along time, and has been
very sick. She came unexpectedly Une
night, or rather morning, for she had
walked almost all the way. We never see
the papers, and never knew what had hap
pened until I heard some people in Yonkers
talking about the hanging Of q rich man a.
would take place soon."
The mayor was puzzled. He did not be-
lieve the story at all, thinking it . shrewd
invention Of Brownlow's friends to gain
time. After q few minutes thought he
summoned the district attorney, and TO-
gether they listened to the woman's story.
ut is . matter. " said tho district attorney,
"that needs attention, at any rate. II it is .
scheme concocted in behalf of Brownlow by
his friends or Lawyer Parker. We must DIS
cover who Is responsible and bring him or
them to justice"
Then turning to the woman, who said her
name was Mary Donneily. he said:
~ will rave An officer accompany you to
your home"
Instead Of sending an officer with the
woman, Mary Donnelly, to her house, She
was locked up in the House Of Detention q
q witness, and two officers were sent on the
errand without her. The poor woman pro-
tested in vain against this treatment at the
hands Of the law. Thedistrict attorney and
tho chief Of police thought that the matter
was altogether tcoimportant to allow such
. witness TO escape over the borders into
another State. The officers, instead Of 60
ing to Yonkers to get at Mary D~onnelly's
house, crossed tho ferry into New Jersey,
and after q short railroad ride engaged q
carriage to take them to that point Of the
palisades that overhangs the river near
Yonkers. There. after crossing private
grounds, they came to . path down the
cliff made up Of stone steps and patches Of
wooden stairway that zigzagged hither and
yon across the rocks until it reached the
bottom. There they were within q few
feet OF the river, ind q short walk along
the banks brought them to q low white
house nesting against the rocks. Their
knock at the door was Immediately an
swered by no less aperson than Mr.. Henry
Parker. He was not surprised to see them,
and directed them at once into one Of the
few small rooms Of the house, where the Of
ficers, to their intense establishment, found
Mrs. Brownlow lying weak but conva-
lescent upon q couch.
The story Of her fight and remarkable
disappearance was soon told. After her
quarrel with MI. Brownlow upon the even