Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-04-23

Inc police searched not only every corner.
every armoire and cupboard, from cellar tn
earret, ana all the barrels and boxes and
Packages' tney sounded the walls; thew
aug up tne stones OF the cellar that seemed
70 De loose; they ripped up the floors ana
the steps Of the stairs; for three DAYS theu
devoted themselves to a systematic an.
unremitting search, and literally Left M
stone unturned that might by any possibil;.
ty conceal clew to the CRIME. They
found nothing.
They had to come back to the first hypothe-
SIS that Mr.. Brownlow had induced his wife
10 leave the house and had led her to some
out-oI-the-way spot and there murdered
ner, where eventually they would find the
Dody In such state Of decomposition that
It's identity could not be established. It
would only be one more body to add to
those which are found daily in the river and
by the docks and in out-of-the-wav places.
Another consultation was held in the chiefs
ONCE, in fact, they were held every dav.
but at this one new theory was suggested,
this time also by Ketcham.
1T seems probable now," he said, "that
this deed could not have been committed
in New York at all. Brownlow must have
known how difficult it is to hide for any
length OF time the traces Of murder upon
ground which is traversed daily in all direc-
tions and watched over by police whose
effective force is the standing admiration
OF the entire country. He had plenty Of
time not only to get out of the city but to 20
for long distance. There are great many
railroads running from New York with fire.
quent trains in the early evening. He could
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pom the department as to compel it to take
every chance, no matter how chimerlcal it
mlgnt seem, to ferret out the truth OF this
~AS oSAoAeSA OAJ was A1Ot UhOA .
pc the same law Tor the rich man as well a.
Tor the poor" The widest sort of stories
were circulated and even published to the
eject that the wealthy friends of Mr..
Brownlow had bribed the police, from the
chief to the humblest patrolman, not to find
evidence in this case Smarting under this
sort OF criticism, therefore, and with 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-
tho-ized to make special investigations into
the family Of Mrs Brownlow reported one day
that the theory of sudden anger would real
ly 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 d auphter for the sake of her
| money that he now believed that he had
i been instrumental in putting her out of the
way for the sake of getting q secure and
| undivided hold upon it, Accordingly, an
! examination was made of the property
J which Mrs. Brownlow held. 1t was found