The Irish standard., 1889-03-30
Chapter TV.

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cused became more serious. IL was more
and more impossible to believe that Mrs.
Brownlow had left the house OF her own
free will. After discussion OF all the the
cries they could possibly evolve, the report
ers, in order to keep the matter well before
tho public in an attractive shape, origin
simply gone with her husbands consent tc
take a journey, the object of which they did
not care to reveal. Although this theory
gained credit in the papers, especially be-
cause Of efforts on the part of some OF Mr.
Brownlow's friends to substsn tiata it, the
detectives PAID little attention 10 it. 1t was
so evident that Mrs. Brownlow, had such
been the case, would have returned as soon
AS she had heard she accusations directed
against her husband, that the theory seemed
to be OF no Importance Day after day, Of
course. the detectives gave Mr. Brownlow
every opportunity to talk and state his
side Of the case, but he ohstinately re-
manned silent 1t was disappointing TO the
detectives engaged upon the case that they
could not get direct and incontrovertible
evidence OF the fundamental fact In the
case, namely, that Mrs. Brownlow was
dead The fact Of her disappearance need.
ed no proof; the object ct the accused in
committing the cri1no was established; he
had refused to account for the tame passed.
where and how no Que knew, during the
evening and part Of t4la night Of Tuesday,
the 18th. And his attitude from tho time
Of his arrest had been com promising in the
extreme: but there was stu 40 evidence
that seemed to justify conviction. One day
the detectives found just the clew that they
seemed to have been waiting for 80 long.
1t came partly as chance and partly rs
the result Of keen detective work Seth
Ketcham had reasoned with himself that az
Mrs Brownlow had left the house: OF had
at all events been last seen in evening
dress, and as those garments were not
found in the house at the time of the search,
she must have had them on whenever the
deed was committed. Next to the difficulty
of hiding the body would be the difficulty OF
dsposing of this peculiar clothing he had
made tireless searches among the second
hand clothing stores and pawn-shops Of the
city to sect therein might not be found some
Of the garments which Mrs. Brownlow he'd
worn, his idea being the vague one that
perhaps Mr.. Brownlow had taken tnat
means to disguise any trace Of the crime
that might be found on the clothing. Hav-
ing found nothing in any Of those places
that he went through, he thought over the
possible ways in which the crime might
have been committed. ANY noisy violence
in the city would be liable to attract attcn-
ton; therefore he concluded that the deed
must have been done some other way. In
the course Of his investig atoms hefound that
tho deck hand of ierry-boat that had been
crossing the North river upon that night
about ten o'clock had seen q man and WON
an quarreling in low tones upon the afsar
part of tle boat
He had paid but little attention to them,
although he confessed that hls post OF dirty
should have been at that end Of the boat.
moment, and when he returned he saw the
man standing by the rail alone. As be ap-
preached the stranger the man tsarned
abruptly and walked into the gentemen's
cabin. The deck hand had paid no atten-
ton to it. because circumstances OF that
nature are so common where crowds assem-
BILE, and had thought nothing further Of
it until the detectives had put their usual
inquiries to him as to whether he had seen
such people as Mr.. and Mrs. Brownlow
come over on his boat "a the night in CUES
ton. Ketcham reasoned from this that tho
murder had been done upon the ferry-boat,
and he strongly believed that there was
clew to the crime. He was therefore watch
ing the river as patiently as pcssibla
One day ragamuhan, who was fishing
from the end of a long dock that ran out
INTO the North river, pulled up something
heavy on his line. He knew that it was no
fish. and was in some disgust that his line