Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-11
WILL CARL BROWNE COME?
He Is Arrested ut Catfstoga by Dep.
utY Brady.

He Is Arrested ut Catfst0ga by Dep.
uty Brady.
Yesterday Deputy Sheriff Brady tele.
graphed his chief here from Calistoga
substantially as follows: "Have arrested
Carl Browne here; will start for Napa a
once. He wants to give bail at Napa, al
he has certificate from his doctor the
he is not well enough to 60 to Los Ange
les."
That looks as if the artist-editor would
not get here just yet. It also looks as i
he was not in half the hurry to come he
has pretended to be in. In fact, it ie
decidedly difficult to get Carl in the hu.
NOR to face the music. 1t will be harder
for him to deny the allegations against
him than has been thought. The little
green bird that whispers secrets to the
HERALD says that Oh a certain memoir
able night young society gentleman
met Col. Boyce, of the Tribune, who
proceeded to call up Carl Browne.
Boyce applied his mouth to the tele
phone and the young gentleman applied
his ear to the recsiver. The one talked
to the eupposititious Browne and the
other listened to the replies. The
Williams affair was the subject under
discussion, and the question was how tc
keep said story in so far as it related to
Villains intimacy with the young repro.
sentative of the local 400, out of the
Cactus. The conversation may be sup.
posed to have run like this:
Hello. Cactus! Is that you,
Browne?"
"Yee, am here; what do you want ?"
"Mr. c. is here. Now, what will
it take to keep that story out of the
Cactuss"
"Well, it will be worth about $100."
Here q whispered conversation took
place at the business" end of the
phone, and then the reply went back:
"All right; the money is paid. Sup.
press the article. Good BY"
"All right, it will not appear. Good
bye, Colonel"
That may not be verbally accurate,
but substantially that is reported to be
the story which went before the Grand
Jury, and on that story Colonel Boyce
and Browne were summoned to appear
before that august body at whose name
all culprits trsmble. Colonel Boyce ia
supposed to have gone boldly before the
legal inquisitors and to have made q
clean breast of all his connection with
the matter, which was that of friendly
mediator, intent on doing good deed q,
any cost, that is to prevent . scanda
being made public which might hurt the
social standing of mis- young friend. He
is supposed to have acknowledged get
ting the money and claimed that be
paid it to Browne for the purposes se
forth.
Browne was summoned, and signifiec
bis willingness to come, but pleaded pov.
erty. On this $40 was sent him to come
on. He got the money, bu
failed to come. His attorney here, Col
]. Marion Brooks, claimed a week age
that Browne was in San Francisco anx
ious to come. But the days came ant
the days went, but Carl came not. The
Sheriff went to San Francisco. His dep
nty, Marsh, went to San Francisco
Browne was at the Baldwin hotel
but left there week ago Thursday. Il,
seemed not to be half as ready to come
as represented. 1t had been claimed fo
him that he would deny in toto al
knowledge of the 500, or anything il
connection Herewith. He does no
seem to be in hurry to make this de
nial.
There have been four bench warrant
issued for him. When he played tn,
role of the lover of the girl in the moate,
grange, who sang so dolefully "H
Cometh Not" the Court issue,
la bench warrant for his attachment
Later the Grand Jury indicted tn
picturesque artist-editor for extortion
and q bench warrant was issued for hi