The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-14

length Of time the traces Of . murder upon
ground which is traversed daily in all direc-
tons and watched over BY . police whose
effective force is the standing admiration
Of tho entire country. He had plenty OF
time not only to get out Of the city but to 60
for . long distance. There arc great many
railroads running from New York with fire.
Quent trains in the early evening. He could
have taken any one Of those and gone out Is
far a from fifty TO one hundred miles and
vet have had two hours or more In which to
carry out his purpose and return TO the city
By the last train and reach his home, as the
servants will testify that he did. at three
O'Clock in the morning. Il will be Necessary,
then, to have the search proceed until al
ground IS covered within Q radius OF one
hundred miles from New York"
THIS plan Of the campaign was 20 expen-
sive and 50 dihacult that il tho murder had
not been one Of unusual interest the detect
ives would never have thought OF under
taking it But the popular clamor wa
30 great, the newspapers were 90 constant
in their publication Of sensational clews,
and editorials were hurled in such volume
upon the department as to compelit to take
every chance, no matter how chimerical 1t
might seem, to ferret out the truth OF this
mystery. The general cry Was: "Let there
be the same law for b rich man as well as
for the poor" The widest sort OF stories
were circulated and even published TO the
effect that the wealthy friends OF Nj.
Brownlow had bribed the police, from the
chief to the humblest patrolman, not to ind
evidence in this case. Smarting under tins
sort Of criticism, therefore, and with q nat
! ural pride in their work, the detectives put
! their most earnest endeavors into the case
| and studied and worked night and day to
get at the truth.
One Of the detectives who had been au-
| thorized to make special Investigations into
the family Of Mrs. Brownlow reported eday
| that the theory of sudden anger would real
" not hold in this case; that there must be
some other satisfactory motive for the deed,
| and that he believed that it would be found
by examination Of the papers OF Mrs.
Brownlow. Up to this time all the private
documents found in the Brownlow mansion,
when it had been Searched, had been care
fully kept without examination. The de-
tective averred that the Champion family
| felt SO strongly that Mr.. BrOwnlow had
married their daughter for b sake OF her
money that he now believed that he had
been instrumental in putting her out OF the
way for the sake Of getting . secure and
undivided hold upon it. Accordingly, an
examination was made Of the property
which Mrs. Brownl0w held 1t was found
that nothing had been touched BY Mr..
Brownlow, and that the property which
stood in her name consisted almost entirely
Of unregistered bonds, which, as every body
knows, are good for their face value on pre-
sentation.
Among the papers, however, was . will
made by Mrs. Brownlow, in which her hus-
band was nominated as her sole heir, and
this will bore q date six days previous to
the crime. The finding Of this testament
created q sensation among the detectives,
but its discovery was for q considerable
period kept from the public. They knew
now what interest the hus and had In the
death or disappearance Of his wife. There
was only one objection to this theory: In
order to inherit this property he u pro
duce q certificate Of death Of his wife.
But after her disappearance this was i'm
possible. However, it would have been
comparatively easy to overcome this, for As
long Is the death of Leonora was not regu'
larry proven Mr.. Brownlow remained in
practicable possession Of the fortune Is the
administrator, and 1t would have been very
dificult to GUST him from his position. II,
later on, her death should become An estab-
lished fact, the will would then set aside
any adverse claim. It seemed 70 be . ciev.
erly executed scheme.