The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-04
EMMA BROWN DEAD
Sad Ending of the Negress
Who Buried Her Child
In a Back Yard.
BURIED IN A PAUPER's GRAVE
The Mother Weeping in Her South
ern Home-Father's Pathetic
Letter.
BURIED IN A PAUPER's GRAVE

Emma Brown, q c0lored girl, twenty-five
years old, died at st. Mary's Hospital, Ho-
boken, a week ago yesterday of pneumonia,
and from evidence collected through letters
sent the Hoboken Board of Health by the
girls father in Richmond. Va, there appears
to have been an attempt to make capital out
of the girls death by some interruptions per
son in Hoboken who must have known her.
Emma Brown is the girl who was employed
as a domestic by Counsellor John c. Besson
at No. 800 Hudson street, Hoboken,
and vino gave birth to a child on
August 10 of last year and buried it
in the back yard. The child's body
was found by Policeman McKenna in the
yard, when his attention was called to the
matter. The girl had left her home with
friends and mixed in bad company. She
was charged before Judge L%ippincott with
infanticide. She was too much ashamed
to return home, although urged by her
parents to do so.
EMMA'S FRIEND WRITES HER FATHER.
1t is not known precisely what became of
Emma after she was discharged from Mrs.
Besson's employ, and the Hoboken Board
of Health are 10th to accept the explanation
advanced in an anonymous letter written IN
q feminine hand to old Mr.. Brown. The
l0UVGI ID DOOIlJ COuSb4 uCbCQ, anu Al EAfOl
here exactly as written:-
MY DEAR FRIENDI now write you a few lines to
let YOU hear from me. when You written TO me
about Emma / did not know where she was but
now she Is IN hoboken sick in bed. she was in new
Y e sn seme syhsss when sbe !, You 0ov written IL s1hot1 Just ,y 59Sna q
friend OF my apd she Is Very low. you better come
Want 1aG me 81 70 V wrise tong 70 You Sns about s5asf it Hf Out Tn I had 1t to d" Do
something Offered e pay her way home about two
them and sFf I ahd s oat d SIS H on h Man sRe sG sto ope Mss at Slea <
friend Of mine now, but she is homeless and not q
so bad off. please let us know at once what you are
going to do II you don't she will have to go to the
let us know what you are going to do at once. She
is unablct 70 get up and we do not expect her to live
VIC are all doing all we can. / will close Good bye.
telegraph at once and let me know whether you
send for her, don't fail.
Il FATHERS REPLY.
On the back sheet Brown wrote the follow
ing note to the Health Board.
Please to Notice this letter, the Reading of 1T. I
boken So l send this for the Bord to look at it. the
know where to Write. i am Coming to hoboken.
Please keep this letter for me after you Bead it;
that Emma dide at. WILLIAM BROWN.
WANTED FIFTY
The next day after the date of the letter
Emma Brown died at st. Mary's Hospital.
The following letter of Mr.. Browns to the
Health Board shows Of the attempted
trickery:- .
No 5000 N STREET,
RICHMOND, Va, May 30.
to the Bord of health.
Received q telegram sunday morning from Hoboken.
dated atsds The q q { Nay \ yt AND tb IL g B @,i # 5=oli STdag vour
Daughter Emma Brown Is dead. she dide SUM sunday Z
MM9lTiln eosrs f, 8 Doiia ana If Il no sq Bari SfP ssis hs evening" BEay II
l ans. the Message Right 1t Way, please to END
my Child home to me'-the money will be Pade at
So waited until monday Morning and I did not
from them. The kilograms did read as following,
s spldaS Emma nns5 nb bqor ass e 20 m as0y wII If sap B 5 s3lnf her e4
father" So they Would not Ans. any Of my tele.
Know What 70. do to get ans. from, them 50
l Came TO Conclusion to telegraph the Bord
had not telegraph TO the Board Of health i Would
not know nothing at all What had become Of my
to thank you for your kin'ness; for send me Word.
Me- 9Sa a siss m y9g vo aul sq last q asy lss on se earsS S0ss Be al yon IN
Best. Emma Brown is been from her Poor Mother 2
gsaTs h s.aee B hss Mesn Please q ss send p me Y 4 Il i e Come ne
t. hoD Ssr bo eaa II haze bsg ny mot Femme n faasn n s9 sS ! w eaa
her Body, she not satisfied. she Want her home.
POOR EMMA BURIED.
Mr.. Brown neglected to state the address
to which he was directed to send kilograms.
He had, as his letter shows, telegraphed to
the Board of Health for information inc re-
ceived word that his daughter had dice n
that the body had been buried. The remains
were placed under ground in the Hoboken
Cemetery last Monday by Coroner Volk.
The health folk think that the anonymous
letter and the telegram were sent by
the same person and that the letter
was sent so as to allay any suspicion at the
reception of the telegram asking for $50
It is certain that Emma Brown had ac-
uuaiutances who knew Of her Southern home,
and it is probable the trick was perpetrated
by one Of them. 1t is noticeable that the
letter was sent Saturday and the telegram
Sunday, the letter being followed directly
with the intelligence by telegraph that
Emma had died, and asking for the $50.
HER HoBoKEN ACQUAINTAECEs.
A NEWS reporter ascertained this morning
that Emma Brown had for a month pre-
vious to her death been living with acquain-
tances at No. 66 Ferry street, Hoboken. She
met the people while in Hoboken and told
them of her troubles. They ascertained that
she had q father in Virginia. 1t was one Of
them that wrote to Emna's father that she
had befriended Emma and was undoubtedly
the same person who sent the telegram at
Eumas death. At the house. however, very
little could be learned. They all knew
Emma had died but would not speak con-
corning her.
The Sister Superior at st. Mary's Hospital
told the reporter that Emma died on Satur-
day night q week ago at six O'Clock, instead
of the following Sunday morning as the
telegram sent Mr.. Brown stated. The mat
ter will be entrusted to the care of the
County Board Of Health.
MARRIAGES IN H0B0KEN.