The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-21
'svsry WELL" replied Mr.. Brownlow, Il

''Vsry WELL" replied Mr.. Brownlow, y
peremptorlly challenge this a
'But," cried the court, m astonishment,
'he has not been accepted yet BY the prose
cutiOn. and you waste your challenge unit
you see whether b prosecution wishes him
to sit in the box"
THAT does not matter" said M. Brown.
low. 81 do not want this man On the jury,
and 20 shall now challenge him, not to con.
sumo time unnecessarily"
Lawyers in the courtroom glanced 1t
each other significantly, and the district
attorney was so nonplussed at this action
on the part Of the prisoner that he stood
perfectly still for . half minute before he
turned to the juror and said:
"You are dismissed. sir" The truth was
that Mr.. Brownlow's conduct since his ar
with legal matters to believe that he was
insane, and shrewd lawyers had said to
each other that the prisoner had undoubt-
edly adopted this course with . view to
making insanity his defense, and tina: he
wa doing 20 in the cleverest way possible,
inasmuch As every act Of his would tend to
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having that matter brought directly to their
attention BY . lawyer. whn the jury
wa finally fixed upon. the district attorney
formally opened his case in . brief speech,
in which he recounted the circumstances al
ready known to the reader concerning the
disappearance Of Mrs. Brownlow and tho
work Of the detectives in hunting up evil
dence after that time. He then proceeded
IN call Uario1a -ifnAaeoR and nrQAAnfAA
their testimony to the court The servants
Of the Brownlow house were the first to
testify. They told all the history Of the
family since Mr.. Brownlow's marriage, Civ
ing aRreat number Of ugly and disagree
able details, which seemed to have grown
in bad favor since tho time that the wit
nesses knew that they were to be called
upon to testify. Mrs. Brownlow's parents
and other relatives also testified TO say that
the marriage had been contracted against
the wishes Of her parents. and that it was
generally believed that Mr.. Brownlow had
married her solely for her fortune. In this
way . half day was consumed in present.
ing . bad background upon which the
strongest evidence against Mr.. Brownlow
was to be placed. That il, it was made ap-
parent to the jury that he had . very strong
motive for committing . terrible crime, and
that circumstances pointed to the fact that
he had been preparing for it for some time
before the thing occurred. After the usual
recess, the testimony Of the police depart
ment Wa taken mp BY the facts concern
ing the discovery Of the opera cloak in the
river and the Identification Of the body At
the morgue were brought out. Even the
dressmaker was called in to declare hat
fhio Dop~ont una NoYfosn1v that NJ Me
Brownlow.
The day came to m end before the testi-
mony for the prosecution was completed,
md on the next morning there still re-
NAMED to present u the jury the history Of
Mr.. BrUwnlow's actions since his arrest. 1t
would be impossible to imagine . stronger
been brought against him when the prose-
cution finally rested its case. The court
and the spectators turned with the utmos,
interest TO tho prisoner 70 see what he
would say. The judge signifed to the pris-
that il he had any defense to make it
was now the proper time to make it Mr..
rose and addressed the court IS
Your honor and gentlemen OF the jury,
I have up to this time kept silence upon the
under which I suffer. It is now
tune for me to speak. n l propose to
make m explanation Of the event about
you have heard so much. l wish to
say, first, that I have sat here and inter-
posed 40 objection when the prosecution
pried into my domestic matters to An extent
hat was altogether u~njusufable, whatever
lhem merits of the case; that I made no OBJ
when . volume Of evidence was pro-
auced that had no legitimate bearing upon
the matter. and that I have done 50 because
felt that / wa in the hands Of the law,
which I respect and always have respected
and have never broken, and that ! was in
presence Of a judge who would guaran-
tee me q fair trial and before q ury Of in
telligence competent TO see the truth OF
his case when I should find it time to speak.
The facts in this matter are these: / was
going out to dine with Mrs. Browniow at
The house Of some friends on Tuesday, the
l4th- While waiting for the moment Of
wrote . letter, and when my wife,
who was ready dressed, came to the study,
she sat down while l finished it. She asked
to whom I was writing. Ianswered her
hat my letter had nothing in it Of interest
10 her. She insisted upon knowing to whom
he letter was addressed, and I persisted
IlAl i SuCoA0 uOt eCu uCI. ouC OCCoxAC all
cry and told me that she was very unhappy,
hat I had no consideration for her, that she
lad quarreled with her parents for the sake
II marrying me, that she had no one in the
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