Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-05-07

neighborhood of my house was in an up
roar. People were determined to make me
speak. had no mind to give the victory
of might of numbers against right. Until
the present moment have not been placed
in aposition where my words could have
effect. l was to come to the trial any way
was not compelled to answer any questions
put to me by detectives previous to being
brought before the court"
The judge turned to the district attorney,
who rose in some embarrassment and adj
dressed the pris YER
sit is not 20 part of the public prose-
cutor," he said, Ordinarily to interpose
any defense for prisoner, especially for
one whose means are as yours 1t has been
perfectly possible for you not only to secure
the best legal talent in the city to help you,
but the court has gone SO far as even to
appoint counsel, whom you have refused
to receive. The evidence against you is
overwhelming in its strength. Still,
although I am the prosecutor, it is the
province of my position to get at the whole
truth in regard to this matter, and ! will
therefore ask you one or two questions. 1t
may enable you to make clearer explana-
ton of your case, and may in the nature of
the cross examination bring out more
strongly the case for the prosecution.
will ask you, therefore, to account for your
time from seven o'clock in the evening of
Tuesday, the 18th, until three o'clock the
next morning"
"Very WE'LL" responded Mr.. Brownlow,
in a low tone, cit was about eight o'clock
when I found out definitely that Mrs.
Brownlow had departed. did not want to
go and dine alone with the friends who ex-
pected u.s. l should have been obliged
to explain to them my wife's absence;
therefore remained alone at home until
eleven o'clock smoking and expecting to see
my wife return at any minute. Then beng
unable to smoke any longer, l went out
with the intention Of asking whether she
had not been seen at the house or her most
intimate fir ends. When was outside the
door | reflected that she could not have
sought shelter at the house of any OF the
persons whom we knew, because they
would have Immediately sent me word.
reflected that should wake up people who
had been in bed some time, and that
should make a seless scandal upon the sub
ject of family quarrel, of which it was bet
ter to wait the natural solution. l strolled
up the avenue and into Central Park. where
/ wandered about a prey to sentiments,
sometimes sad, sometimes violent, and do
not know exactly at what hour returned
home"
"You did not dine any where then that
eveninga'
mo"
"Did you take any measures looking
towards discovery Of your wife's where
aboutss"
"No."
ibid you notify her family OF her dis
appearance or her friends!"
al did not, and for the reasons that have
lust now Indicated. l believed that she
would return soon and did not care to ex-
pose my domestic relations to criticism OF
outsiders That nobody has been enabled
to find out where she is or what became OF
her justifies my intention upon that mat
ter"
You pretend to say that she went away
in evening dress wthoutany other clothes!"
"That can swear tor
care you aware that Mrs. Brownlow
made will in which she bequeathed all her
property to yous"
mo, sir. am ignorant of the existence
of any such paper"
"But it was written at date which pre-