Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-05-14

again, out In a moment more tho ,,con
VINO mad been sitting with his eyes unon tSs
ceihng and most abstracted expression
upon ms lace, ordered him once more 70
stand. -Ao'e W
Prisoner" said the court "vou bav.
Deen accused Of the most heinous Of crime.
or winch 1t Is possible to accuse any citizen
You nave had every opportunity to present
you. siuv Oh the case in its most favorable
nsn'' mat you nave deliberately refused
20 90 80 can have no weight with this court
In passing sentence for the crime Of rubio,
you nave just been convicted. It 10 not for
US to act as your defender, or to extenuata
the circumstances of the crime. II 10 ON
part only to execute the orders of the law
ana In so doing l am obliged to consider
tnat this jury before whom you have been
tr1ed is fully competent, as 1 believe it was.
70 determine with accuracy and Justice the
trutn OF this terrible matter. The crime of
winch you have been convicted is one that
can not be palliated by any circumstances.
ana can not therefore permit either mercy
OF any other consideration to modify in any
degree the penalty which the law provides
for murder. Nevertheless, / give YOU ono
more opportunity to say if you have anv
reason to offer why sentence of death should
not be passed upon YOU"
Mr.. brownlow looked at the court for 4
moment steadily and then SAID: 81 have
only mis- to say, that the result of this trial
Is the most severe condemnation that could
possibly be made Of the Jury SYSTEM
frisoner," said the Judge, sternly,
when he saw that Mr.. Brownlow had moth
ing further to offer, "you have persistently
aggravated your situation from beginning
to end. 1t would be impossible now, if It
ever had been, to exercise any discretion in
the matter of regulating your sentence
Inc sentence of the court is, therefore, that
you be taken to the county Jail, confined
there until Friday, the 21st of January, and
that you be then taken from your cell and
hung by the neck until you are dead, and
may God have mercy upon your soul. Gen
tlemen OF the jury, you are discharged"
Mr.. Brownlow received the sentence as he
had the verdict, without finching, and to all
Efforts of either friends or reporters to in
terccde In his behalf, or enter into CONVEX
sation with him, he simply asserted that he
had said what he had to say But his friends
did not let the matter rest. AS the de-
fendant's course had precluded any POSI-
bitty OF securing a new trial, all they could
do was to try to secure executive elem
ency. A petition was circulated among the
city praying tnat his sentence be at least
committed until it should be definitely
proven that Mrs. Brownlow hac died by
violence. Various obstacles lay before the
success of this petition. Perhaps the great
est was that the incumbent of the Guber-
Material chair was thoroughgoing poIiti-
clan, and would fear to offend the general
public by extend g to rich man q favor
that might without special risk have been
granted to q poor man.
When Mr.. Brownlow had been taken to
the cell which he would occupy until he
should be put to death he called for the
services of lawyer, but not for the pur-
pose of making a move for freedom. He
would not permit the lawyer to talk
about that, but limited his services
strictly to putting his affairs into such
shape that there would be no possible
question of their disposition after his
death 1t was, perhaps, characteristic Of the
man that in choosing his attorney he passed
over the eminent men in the profession
whom he personally knew and sent for Mr..
Henry Parker, the young. lawyer assigned to
defend him by the judge, and whom Mr..
Brownlow had rebuffed so coldly and
emphatically. The most important work for
Mr.. Parker was, of course, the drawing up
of his strange clients will. Mr.. Parker's
astonlshment may, perhaps, be imagined
when Mr.. Brownlow directed that all his
property without exception should be
given to 'Mrs. Leonora Brownlow, my
wife, when she shall return to her home"
Mr.. Parker was made trustee for her with
a salary of five thousand dollars yearly, to
be drawn from the estate until the lady
should appear to clam the property
The young lawyer protested in vain at his
clients extraordinary testament, pointing
out that it made him, Parker, actually the
heir to the property, for no one believed
that Mrs. Brownlow was alive.
"You are mistaken" responded Mr..
Brownlow, quietly; 81 believe it,"
So the will was drawn as directed and
duly witnessed by officials Of the jail. But
Mr.. Parker went about his duties with
strange feeling of oppression and doubt.
Was the law about to take the life OF an
irresponsible man, or was it about to muir
der an innocent man? 1t must be one OF
these. If he were hanged the will could
not be contested successfully by Mr..
Brownlow's relatives, for it would be the