The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-14

and presenting themselves at headquarters
to find the latest clew. Certain enserpris-
irg reporters visited b morgue from day
to day and tried to identify bodies - the
remains of Mrs. Brownlow, and many .
sensational story produced good returns to
its writers by the space given to the matter
by al the principal papers in the city. The
private life Of Champion was laid bare be-
fore the public in . way that was little
gratifying to that gentleman. Meantime
the police continued their investigations by
themselves, q gave Is little information
to the reporters - possible. The detectives
called upon the servants of Nh. Brownlow,
and used al the devices in their power to
induce them to give testimony which should
lead { Q 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.
Brownlow or the irritation Of Mr.. Brown
low against her parents. But the dis
agreement had never, apparently. gone
further than high words between them
In these disputes Mrs. Brownlow
hesitated to give vent to her anger in the
presence ofthe servants. As to what might
have taken place On Tuesday, the 18th, they
knew nothing except that when they left
the house ut seven o'clock Mr.. and Mrs.
Brownlow were dressed to 60 out, and that
when 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 We decided
" unfavorabie. Whether they disllked
their master or whether they had some
foolish pride to satisfy in seeing the accu-
sations of which they had furnished the
first elements corroborated, they certainly
expressed the moral 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 Of together. The difficulty OF
establishing this first point was one which
| caused the detectives the keenest anxiety.
| Brownlow in the few words which he had
| consented to utter had declared thai his
wife had left the house between seven and
half past seven. 1t was this point that sew
| eral Of the detectives who were employed
l ON the Case OlSCuSSCO EuOSt "uSA
| they met one morning for . consultation in
| the chiefs Office. One Of the most enter
| prising and successful Of the detectives on
| the regular force was Mr.. Seth Ketcham.
| He had worked longer than any OF the
| Others upon the case, and on the point at
issue SAID to his chief and colleagues:
s.lnasmuch As Brownlow declares that his
| wife left the house between seven and half
$3.50 h4 - l.nhnnH man
in his grade Of society and Of his peculiarly
\ stubborn pride Of character could not let
| any thing escape through inadvertence, and
| if he had furnished this indication it could
| only nave been with the purpose OF mislead-
| ing Justice. 1t is therefore reasonable to sup
nose that Mrs Brownlow did not leave the
house in the way in which her husband iudi-
Gated. In al probability the deed was done
indoors, and the body thereafter concealed
in some way that We have to find out In
nv opinion, therefore, We should search the
house. In all probability Mrs. Brownlow
was murdered without reconciliation,
probably in q moment Of anger. Between
seven and midnight the hour when the
servants had returned, the assassin had
five hours to cover up all traces OF his
crime"
But" suggested the chief, "it is not
conceivable that, having committed the
crime in the house, he could ave carried
the body on his back through the streets OF
| New York. He would have beer Obliged TO
take q carriage. He could not have put the
body into Q carriage and taken it out again
without making the goodman his accom-
plice Now, he had had no time to prepare for
this completely, as he did not know An houE
before seven o'clock that all the servant
were to be out that night. There Is just q
bare possibility, however. that he may have
planned this thing deliberately, for you will
remember that he permitted his own coach.
man to 20 to the theater of his free
will, and it looks Is if he had dismissed him
for the evening with . special purpose. II
certainly follows that his coachman was
not the one who conspired with him to dis
nose of the body. Therefore, although
agree that the house should be most thor
oughly searched, it IS highly important thai
we should look after all the hackdrivers il
the neighborhood, il not all in the city AMI
vicinity"
The next day the search was begun q!
Ketcham had suggested. Almost all thu
detectives were confident that in tn
thorough search men Of their calling know
how to make they should find some direc
clew to the crime in the house. For al
though Q hackman might have been in com
plicity with Mr.. Brownlow In the terrible
| n&u