Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20


ity with the law he was taken within TWEEN
ty-four fours to the Tombs and submitted
to a first interrogatory.
Asked as to whether he wished to answer
the complaint, the prisoner declared that
the warrant of arrest had modified the stu
alton So far he had been a citizen acting
in the fullness of his liberty; he had de-
termined not to be forced to answer ques-
tons which no one had right to ask him
he had become angry at his visitors Now,
as he was in the hands Of the law, he had
no reason for refusing to answer. He did
not consider himself when before the Judge
as man in the presence OF an equal, but as
prisoner standing before the representa-
tive Of the law, and he was disposed to
answer the questions that might be ad-
dressed to him in so far as they bore oil
rectly upon the accusation
Consequently he told his name, first
name, age, profession, his address and
place of birth He affirmed to the judge
who questioned him that he could read and
write, and that he had never been arrested
before, and that he had satisfied his obhga-
tons as a citizen. But when the magistrate
asked him if be had killed his wife he SIM
ply answered:
"Non
"Where is shel"
"I do not know"
when did she go awayP'
"On Tuesday, the 14th, between seven
nd half-past seven o'clock"
What circumstances have caused her
department
..As to that, do not owe any account to
. any one"
The Judge remarked to him that this sys-
eemacic refusal to answer singularly aggra-
waited his case, and even constituted, to tell
ha fr1lth charge
him. He replied with an imperturbable
GOODNESS that he could not be prosecuted for
. the simple fact that his wife had left his
house and that was the only fact he &C
knowledged.
sYou accuse me of having killed my
wife, said he II deny it. II is for you to
furnish the proof. Show me her body.
can not prove that l have not killed my
wife. Prove to me that l have killed her"
''But what reasons have you to refuse the
explanations which would save you from
an Indictment of murders If there is any
thing of delicate nature concerning the
honor of your name you must have con-
fdence enough in the justice Of your coun-
try to know that it will not be divulged. The
personal duty of the magistrate, as well as
his professional honor, is 4 guarantee to you.
If you o not answer it is because you have
something to hide. 1t is in your own inter
est to speak, for whatever you have to hide
could never be as grave as that Of which
you are accused"
o Il shall answer no question which has
not direct bearing on the act of which am
accused State your proofs; shall discuss
their value. My wife's disappearance IS not
proof that have killed her"
After this interrogatory the Judge made
out warrant of arrest against Brownlow
who was committed to prison
CHAPTER Ill
As soon as it became known that Brown
low had not only been arrested, but that he
was under-forual accusation, and that his
trial for murder would soon take place, the
excitement which pervaded the neighbor
hood Of his handsome house on Fifth
avenue abated. But the newspapers threw
themselves with all the more earnestness
into the mystery of clearing up the disap-
peararce of his wife. Their reports were
sent out in every direction, and at times
they supplemented the work of the detect
ives, and at tunes they went into inyesti-
cations on their own account in a charae-
terlstic way. The families of both Brown
low and Champion were successfully in
terviewed and enissaries of the press were
constantly logging the heels of the police
and presenting themselves at Headquarters
irg reporters visited the morgue from day
to day and tried to identify bodies as the
remains Of Mrs. Brownlow, and many a
sensational story produced good returns to
its writers by the space given to the matter
by all the principal papers in the city. The
private life of Champion was laid bare be-
fore the public in a way that was little
gratifying to that gentleman. Meantime
the police continued their investigations by
themselves, and gave as little information
to the reporters as possible. The detectives
called upon the servants of Mr. Brownlow
and used all the devices in their power to
induce them to give testimony which should
lead to definite clew. The servants ad.
mitted that they had been present at some
pretty lively discussions which were
brought about by the jealousy of Mrs.
Browniow or the irritation OF Mr. Brown
low against her parents. But the dis
agreement mad never, apparently, gone
further than high words between them.
In these disputes Mrs. Brownlow never
hesitated to give vent to her anger in the
presence of the servants. As to what might
have taken place On Tuesday, the 18th. thew
knew nothing except that when they left
the house at seven o'clock Mr. and Mrs
Brownlow were dressed to go out. and that
when they returned both the master and
the mistress were still absent. and further.
that Mr.. Brownlow returned alone at th rec
O'Clock in the morning. Although no
definite facts, therefore, were developed in
this testimony. the tenor OF it was decided
" unfavorable- Whether they disliked
their master or whether they had some
foolish pride to satisfy in seeing the accu-
stations of which they had furnished the
nrst 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 the detectives the keenest anxietv
Brownlow in the few words which he bsd
consented to utter had declared that HE
wife had left the house between seven and
half past seven. II was this point that s.sv-
sral Of the detectives who were empIoyef,
IN the case discussed most seriously when
fhey met one morning Tor = consultation 10