Telegram-herald., 1889-04-21

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"lr sEENs PROBABLE Now," ua SAID.
arre, that tee house should be most thor
ouea s. searclet. 70 .s hirh.y important taa,
we sa.s'i l9o6 after all The hack drivers IN
tae nclsAocrhool u not al IN tue city and
vicinity"
Tae next dag ne search was begun As
ketcaam had suggested Almost al the
detectives Were confident ttat IN the
thorough search men % their calling know
how 20 make they should hnd some direct
clcW 20 The crime Ia The house For al
lhoggh q hacamau might have been In COM
plclty with Mr.. Browulow in the terrible
affair, every thing pointed 20 prcmel.tation,
inasuuch As 10 had arranged matters so
tha, he could 90 alone with his wlc FOR
several hours.
The pclce searched not only every corner,
every armoire and cupboard. from cellar 20
Carrct, and Oh the barrels and boxes and
packages. they sounded the walls they
dug uD tho stones OF the cellar that seemed
to be- loose; they ripped up the floors and
the steps II the stars. FOR three days they
devoted themselves 70 systematic and
unremitting search. and literally left no
stone unturned that might by any possioili-
" coaccal clew % the crime. They
found nothing
They had 20 come back 20 the first hypothe-
SIS that Mr Brownlow had induced MS wife
10 leave the house and had led her 10 some
out-of- f-tnc-way spot and there murdered
her, where eventually they would find the
body ia sucn state OF decomposition that
is identity could not be established. II
would only Dc one more body 10 add to
those which are found daily IN the river and
bv the docks and in outof the-way places.
Another consultation was held IN the chief
Office, ia fact, they were held every dag,
ont at this one a ncw theory was suggested,
this time also by Ketcham
ut seems probable now" he said, ''that
this deed could not have been committed
in New York at all Brownl0w must have
known how difficult it IS 10 hide for any
length Of time the traces Of a murder upon
ground which is traverSed daily IN al cirec-
tons and watched over by police whose
effective force IS the standing admiration
of the onure country He had plenty Of
time not only 70 get cut Of the csty Dut 10 60
for 4 long distance. There are a great many
railroads running from New York with IRE
oueut trains in the early evening. He could
have taieu any one Of those and gone out as
far as from fifty 10 one hundred miles and
YET have hat two hours or more IL which 10
carry oat his purpose and return to the city
b. the lasr traln aud reach has homo. "a the
servants Will testify that he dId. ~ three
O'Clock In the morning. IL VIII be necessary,
tnen % have the search proceed until al
ground is covered within radius OF one
hundred miles from New York
This p.ar q the campaign was 50 expon-
s.re and 50 difficult that If the murder had
uot been one OF .nusual interest the detect
RS would never have thought of under
tAzug IT, Bat the popular ciamor was
50 great, the vspapers were SO constant
II their puouc--ioa OF sensational c.ows,
4ud editorials wore hurled &c such volume
upon the department as - compel i 10 take
every chance. 100 matter how chimercal u
n ght seem, 20 ferret ont the truth Of this
mystery. Tho general cry was. Jet there
be fba same law for the rich man as we'll as
fer the poor Tho widest sort Of stories
~cre eircg a.ed and even published TO tne
effect trat the Wa thY friends ~ nr.
Brown '7v had n~0ed tae police, FROM tho
cnlef % t1e hamb,ost ratroiman, not 70 find
evidence in fnls cass. Smartir K under tins
sort of criticism. therefore. and with nat
u~ai pride in thor work. tnc detectives put
ther most earrcst cndeavors into the case
srt srff.-d ana worked night aud day 20
e. ~ fee trlte
Ono rftte detectives who had been au
thrf to ua.s special invest IONS INTO
tl. rarI ~ofN Mrs firorr rrv norrr r.i ouoday
thlt fae tH.orF of sudden anger wouId real.
81. rat H .a t1.s case. trar there must De
some t1rr slt sftrrorV motive tr7 deet.
and tl.t ro se swell Chat 10 would bo felnd
tr evHnnat ~ tho pancrs Of Ms
ffrn-r iD tothIs fiwn ai Pho private