St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26

lduu tO TdlS6 money W pay Ills ucUtS,
due and past due. positively refused
to cucumber my land. After we had
returned home he gave me considerable
abuse because would not comply with
his wishes. After going to bed he be-
came somewhat angry because l per-
sistetly refused, and said 'he wished
we were all dead, and he was going to
get up and kill HIMSELF He got up
and asked me to come out in the other
room, saying he wanted to ask me
question, and did not want Henry to hear.
l refused to get up. He went to the
kitchen and loaded his gun, came back
into the bedroom and again asked me
to get up. l told him did not want to.
He stood few minutes then blew out
the light and came to bed. Rough on
rats and paris green were in the house.
After changing my dress and getting
ready to prepare supper on the evening
of the poisoning, | saw Hiram shut the
cupboard door as | came from the bed
room, but saw nothing in his hand.
About ten days ago heard Hiram re-
mark that He missed Jessie but so far
as his father was concerned he was
perfectly well satisfied Last Sunday
night before we heard the report of the
chemist Hiram remarked that He
knew it was poison Before the doctor
got there On the 10th Hiram said to
me He knew it was in the water pail.'
l replied, If you knew it was
Then you must know how it came
there. He replied in substances: No
doubt, you would like to fasten the
crime upon me- haven't felt safe
here for some time. Had | applied for
Hram's father would have been my
best Witness" Mr.. Browns testimony
before the jury was almost total de-
NAL of the main facts in his wife's
evidence. A part of Mrs. Browns
testimony was corrOborated by the
testimony of Carl Peterson, the hired
man. MIR. Browns conduct in trying to
prevent an examination by the coroner
tended to fasten the guilt upon him,
and on the 18th of May the jury re-
turned the following verdict: THAT
Hiram l.. Brown came to his death by
taking arsenical poison, Intentionally
placed in the food or drink by
some person unknown, bnt the
said jury are lead to sps- Y
picion from the y evidence e be.
of the deed" This document was filed
with the clerk. With such suspicion
resting upon him Mr.. Brown finally con-
cluded that he would secure the services
of detective, as he said, not to ferret
out the real criminal, but to clear him.
self from the suspicion of guilt. The
services of j. III. Clancy, of Minneapo-
lis, were secured. He spent several
days in the neighborhOod where Mr..
and Mrs. Brown resided and concluded
from what he could learn that Mrs.
Brown was
THE REAL CRIMINAL.
Without imparting this information to
Mr.. Brown he took sudden leave, follow
ing Mrs. Z. to Monticello where she was
visiting with friends. For several days
she was very closely shadowed. and one
evening while she was in company with
young man named Rasted and was
talking over the affair she told Rasted
that she had said to Bessie
Lake ''that she was going to put it onto
Hiram, and end her miserable life"
Clancy secured the services of an as
sistant detective and Mrs. Brown soon
sought place OF cOncealment. She
was on two different occasions Shad-
owed as she was driven to the Office of q
prominent lawyer in Monticello, and
the conversation she had with the law
yer was overheard. Clancy finally con-
cluded that he would openly charge her
with the poisoning. He did so, and
after he had gone through the terrible
recital of evidence against her, Mrs.
Brown, as if in great distress. said:
"There were no eye-witneSSeS and
nothing can be proven" Immediately
after being charged with the crime Mrs.
Brown came to this city, and in a few
days warrant was issued for her ar
rest, on the charge of an at
tempt to take the life of her husband.
Mr.. Brown at once took sides
with his wife and tried to have the case
dismissed, but did not succeed. The
county attorney, understanding that
Mr.. Brown had important testimony to
disclose, had such warrant drawn up
that his testimony would be admissible,
but when Brown was put on the stand
he refused to disclose any important
facts whatever. Although the state
made quite strong case against the ac-
cused, the defense offered nothing in
rebuttal and to the surprise OF many,
Judge Cummings dismissed the case.
Matters rested for awhile and when the
grand jury assembled in October, after
spending two weeks in examining wit
nesses, returned an Indictment against
her for the murder of Hiram Brown.
The grand jury was furnished the let
tiers written by Mrs. Brown to Bessie
Lake at Monticello, and they are in the
nature of very damaging testimony.
The case is being prosecuted by County
Attorney Clark, while the interests of
the defendant are alternately watched.
by John Cliggitt, of this city, and Will
lam Welch. of Monticello.