The Irish standard., 1889-03-30
! MOMENT OF ANGER /;
The History Of Nj. and Mrs, Brown
lows Quarrel.
..ic.;3 =. LIS. broWnlow never
,;oi.;:::s;.: - go vent to her anger in the
Or
BY ROBERT HOTE.

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lv,;.:.; -: - s.so vent to her anger in the
presence Of the servants. As to what might
have taken place on Tuesday, the 14th, they
knew nothing except that when they left
the house at seven o'clock Mr.. and Mrs.
Rrownlow were dressed to go out, and that
Uhen they returned both the master and
the mistress were still absent, and further,
that Mr.. Brownlow returned alone at three
O'clock in the morning. Although no
definite facts, therefore, were developed in
this testimony, the tenor Of it was decided
II unfavoreble. Whether they disliked
their master or whether they had some
foolish pride to satisfy in seeing the accu-
cations of which they had furnished the
arst elements corroborated, they certainly
expressed the NOR al conviction that in their
absence something terrible must have
passed between the couple.
AS for the neighbors whom the detectives
interviewed with unceasing perseverance,
none had remarked whether Mr.. and Mrs.
Brownlow had gone out on that evening
separately or together. The difficulty OF
establishing this first point was one which
caused tho detectives the keenest anxiety.
Brownlow in the few words which he had
consented to utter had declared that has
wife had left the house between seven anu
half past seven. It was this point that sew
oral of the detectives who were employed
on the case discussed most seriously when
they met one morning for consultation in
the chiefs office. One Of the most enter
r,ssiug and successful of the detectives on
axe regular force was Mr.. Seth Ketc ham.
He had worked longer than any of the
others upon the case, and on the point at
issue sad to his chief and colleagues:
'sInas.tuct as Brownlow declares that his
wife left tho house between seven and half
past sever, it must be a falsebood. man
ia his grade of society and Of his peculiarly
stubborn pride of character could not let
any thing escape through inadvertence, and
III he had furnished this Indication 1t could
only have beer with the purpose Of mislead-
ing Justice. Its therefore reasonable to sup
pose that Mrs. Rrownlow did net leave the
house in the way il which her husband indi-
Gated. In iii probability the deed was done
indoors, and the body thereafter concealed
in some way that we have to find out. In
my opinion, therefore, we should search the
mousse In all probability Mrs. Brownlcw
vyaa murdered without premeditatiou,
probably in q moment Of anger. Between
seven ard midnight, the hour when the
servants haG returned, the assassin had
I've hours to cover up all traces OF his
erime.''
"But," suggested the chief, "it is not
conceivable shat, having committed the
crime in the house, he could have carried
atae body on his back through Inc streets at
New York. He would have been obliged 70
take carriage. He could not have put the
body ineo q carriage and taken it out again
without making the coachman his 1accom~
plice. Now he dad had no time to prepare for
this colnplcity, as he did not know al hour
before seven O'clock that all the servants
were to ne out that night. There is just g.
bare possibility, however, that lie may have
planned this thing deliberately, for you will
remember that ne permitted his own coach
man to go TO the theater OF his own free
will, and it looks as if he had dismissed him
for the evening with q special purpose. 1t
certainly foliows that his coaci1nan was
not the one who couspired with him TO dis
pose of the body. Therefore, although ]