Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-10

sel, the process of getting Jury was com paratively a short one. At one point the prisoner addressed the court as juror was being examined for admission into the box, and said:
 "Your honor, may ask if the law allows me the privilege of challenging jurors who are to sit in this easel"
 "It does," replied the court. "You may challenge, either for cause, or, if good cause is not shown, you are allowed the right of twenty peremptory challenges"
 ''Very we'll" replied Mir. Brownlow, "I peremptorlly challenge this man."
 "But," cried the court, in astonishment, "he has not been accepted yet by the prose cution, and you waste your challenge until you see whether the prosecution wishes him to sit in the box"
 ''That does not matter" said Mir. Brown low. 'I do not want this man on the jury, and so shall now challenge him, not to con- sume time unnecessarily"
 Lawyers in the courtroom glanced at 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 Mir. Brownlovv's conduct since his ar rest had led not a few people conversant with legal matters to believe that he was
 
 each other that the prisoner had undoubt- edly adopted this course with view to making insanity his defense, and that he was doing so in the cleverest way possible, inasmuch as every act of his would tend to make iurymen think him insane without having that matter brought directly to tneir attention by lawyer. When the jury was finally fixed upon, the district attorney formally opened his case in Q brief speech, iY,x a, tad fho fop al ready known to the reader concerning the disappearance of Mrs. Brownlow and the work of the detectives in hunting up evi- dence after that time. He then proceeded to call various witnesses, and presented 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 Mir. Brownlow's marriage, giy- ing great number of ugly and disagree able details, which seemed to have grown in bad flavor since the 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 1t was generally believed that MT. Brownlow had married her solely for her fortune. In thls way half day was consumed in present ing a bad background upon which the strongest evidence against Mir. Brownlow was to be placed That is, 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 was taken up 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 that this garment was certainly that of Mrs. Brownlow.
 The day came to an end before the testi- mony for the prosecution was completed, and on the next morning there still re- mained to present to the jury the history of Mir. Brownlow's actions since his arrest. It would be impossible to imagine a stronger array of clrcumstantial evidence than had been brought against him when the prose eution finally rested its case. The court and the spectators turned with the utmost interest to the prisoner to see what he would say. The judge signi6ed to the pris- oner that if he had any defense to make it was now the proper time to make it. Mir. Brownlow rose and addressed the court as follows
 "Your honor and gentlemen of the jury, 1have up to this time kept silence upon the accusations under which suffer. It is now the time for me to speak, and l propose to make an explanation of the event about which you have heard so much. I wish to say, first, that have sat here and inter- posed no objection when the prosecution pried into my domestic matters to an extent that was altogether unjustifable, whatever the merits of the case; that made no ob- jeotion when 2 volume of 6 jidence was pro- duced that had no legitimate bearing upon the matter, and that have done so because felt that was in the hands of the law, which respect and always have respected and have never broken, and that was in the presence of judge who would guaran- tee me fair trial and before 8 jury of in teligence competent to see the truth of this case when should find it time to speak The facts in this matter are these: was going out to dlne with Mrs. Brownlow at the house of some friends on Tuesday, the 14th. While waiting for the moment of leaving wrote letter, and when my wife, who was ready dressed, came to the study, she sat down while finished it. She asked me to whom was writing. answered her that my letter had nothing in it of interest to her. Sheinsisted upon knowing to whom the letter was addressed, and persisted that should not tell her. She became am gry and told me that she was very unhappy, that had no consideration for her, that she had quarreled with her parents for the sake of marrying me, that she had no one in the world but me, and that was happy when I could make her suffer; that I had certainly some love affair because went out at times without her, and because carefully hid from her my correspondence answered her that she immensely exaggerated her misfortunes and my wrong doing. My only care was to make her happy. Idid not suc- ceed in convincing her; she became very angry and made disagreeabls remarks upon the disparity of our fortunes and declared to ne that she was unable any longer to bear the conditions of life such as made them to her. l opposed great coolness to this. With all my care perhaps was wrong 1 enough to smile at her excitement when her anger took still graver character and she told me that sho was determined to leave me. l answered her: 1t shall be as you please"
 "At these words she drew toward me with a threatening gesture and said: Repeat | what you have just now said and I go imme-