The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-02
HE WAS A BAD NAN
FICTITIOUS INDIVIDUAL WHO
HAILED FROM MISSOURI

HAlGhD NUN AlSGUU11s
He Wrote a Letter. or Rather was Made Il
Write a Letter, to the Father of 30,
the Old Man with All Sorts of Disaster,
Unless He Put Up Money at Once-Cas'
is Now on Trial In a New York Court
and the Usual Interest Taken in suct
Cases is Manifested.
New York, Nov. lon the charge OF
sending an obscene and threatening let
ter to Commodore Edward N. Brown
of the New York Yacht club, Joseph ii
Deutsch was placed On trial in the
Tinted States court before Judge Brown
Yesterday morning. Deutsch was en-
nIoved by Young Clarence Brown, the
commodore's son, to shadow Fannie
Ward. who claimed that Brown had
taken her TO a hotel and had registered
as Clarence E. Brown and wife" She
demanded money from Mr.. Brown 5
father, but no attention was paid 10 her
claims.
During this time a letter was receive
ed by Mr.. Brown, signed 'Yokel Yaeoe"
and sealed with spat Of blood, threat
ening the commodore's life if he did not
settle with Miss Ward before July /,
1894 An investigation resulted In the
arrest and indictment Of Deutsch.
That portion Of the letter which Is
printable, Invested Of its purposely bad
spelling, reads as follows:
lF4 r-cif
know there is warrant for your son s
arrest for seducing a beautiful girl,
Now this beautiful girl is willing to dis
grace herself 10 place your son Clarence
in the penitentidry to make him suffer
for his objectionable act and wrong.
have come from Missouri, where they
raise desperate men, to see that this
great wrong is righted and by -.
will aid her for one act in life by her
relatives to me years ago. They gave
me clothes when my mother and myself
were naked; food when We were Starv-
ing. Now comes my chance to be a
great help to her in this hour Of her
affection.
My education has been neg
lected, but there is honor among thieves
Many desperate games I have played,
but, by -, play this game if il takes
years to do it. Now, refuse to settle
with this wife Of your son. l will
make you wish you did not live before
] end your life. l warn you now you
and yours are in danger. I
will make you sweat drops Of blood and
send your gray hairs to the grave in
sorrow because you have been so hard
hearted in this affair
Il will ask justice to her, only / ex-
pect no reward from you or her. am
content TO see her and her child she eK-
poets to bear soon protected. Settle
with her now and do not let the grass
grow under your feet. You will wish
you had a thousand times. 1t will be
too late when your family returns from
abroad They will never spend
one happy hour after they get home
Call this blackmail, if you will: show it
10 Byrnes; also the inspector. If you
will. Il is not in their power to help
YOU now. Bird. There is only one God
on earth who can help you. That is
your own self, and, by -, take my
oath this day that if you don't do the
right thing by this woman by the 1st
day Of July begin nv work.
"YoKEL YACOE."
Commodore Edward " Brown, who
was accom- panied by his son. Clarence,
testified that he lived g. No. IS West
Forty-sixth street. and was member
Of the firm Of Brown & lSeccoRab. of No.
% State street. He said he received
the letter complained Of on the morn
ing cf June Z, 1894. II was addressed
70 Edward c. Brown, but witness said
his name was Edward NJ. Brown.
The letter was then read to the jury.
Clarence G. Brown then took the
stand, and said he had known the de-
PENDANT for ten years. and had on sew
eral ocea sions employed him as a pri-
the defendants handwriting, and he
was positive that tho letter in question
was in the handwriting Of the defend
ant.
Young Brown said he had employed
the defendant during May. June and
July, 1898, when he supposed Fanny
Ward. the actress, was making accusa-
tons against him and was trying 10
make trouble for him The handwrit-
ing in the letter and that on the en-
velope was that OF the defendant.
The witness said that he had noticed
Deutsch's writing when he had taken
down instructions from him. and when
he reported to him in writing. Witness
said he first met Fanny Ward in 1891.
On cross-examination by Mr.. Grant.
Brown said that he had heard that on
June s. 1894. there was a warrant OUT
for his arrest.
His intimacy with Fanny Ward last
ed from November. 1891. until the sum-
mer of 1894. He had. during that time
been intimate with a number of other
women. He could not remember their
names.
Philip Carpenter, lawyer. said he had
two or three times employed the defend
ant as a private detective. He had
seen him write and knew HIS writing
He recognized the writing on the letter
addressed To Edward c. Brown as the
defendants writing.
Mr.. Rawlinson. OF the firm Of Brown
& Seccomb, said he had occasionally
the defendant and had seen
him write reports He knew the de-
PENDANTS handwrt ting. He recognized
the letter before the court as the hand
writing Of the defendant.
John II. Berg. lawyer. 90 Broadway.
knew his handwriting and had often
seen him write. He recognized that
the letter before the court was in the
handwriting II the defendant, also the
writing on the envelope.
As a number OF witnesses were in
court 70 testify 10 the good character
NJ the defendant they were allowed 70
give their testimony on the opening OF
the defense. They all testified that
they had known Deutscil for a number
Of years and that his character and rep
uta'icn were good.
The case was then adjourned.
NEW TIME CARD ON THE SANTA
FE ROUTE
Taking effect October %