The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
The Mother Is a Grass Widow
Named Browning, Who Lives
at 100 I-2 Ninth Street.
STATEMENT OF THE DOCTOR
John T. Flynn, Charged With the
Child's Paternity, an Employe
of the Labor Bureau.

The mystery surrounding the dead and
abandoned babe of one hours age found in
a satchel in a vacant lot on Twelfth street,
near Market, has been solved.
The mother of the dead babe, Mrs.
Browning, is under a physicians care at
her home, 1907 Ninth street, and the
reputed father, ]. T. Flynn, is in the City
Prison charged with the murder of the
infant.
Captain Lees has had six men on the cas-
since the discovery of the little corpse.
The clew which led to the discovery and
capture of the supposed father and MUIR
derer of the child emanated from the State
Labor Bureau.
1t seems that J. 7. Flynn in the employ
of the bureau had given his card to DR..
Quigley, who attended the mother of the
abandoned babe, to be presented to Com
missioner Fitzgerald for payment of his
obstetric fee.
On the strength of this information the
detectives shadowed Mrs. Browning's
house. 1907 Ninth street. with the result
that full description was obtained of the
dead bahy's supposed father and mur-
derer, and his arrest followed last night at
$50 o'clock.
Flynn has worked for the Labor Bureau
and on the organ of the Commissioner for
some time.
When brought into the presence of Cap
tain Lees last night he conducted himself
in natural manner, without being flip
pant or straining for a nonchalance. He
denied in toto all knowledge of babe
having been born to Mrs. Browning and
that he was in any wsy connected with
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less mite of humanity.
The detectives secured a statement from
Mrs. Browning to the effect that FLYNN
was the father of the child, and that he
had taken it away an hour after its birth,
ostensibly to place it in an asylum. The
story of DR.. Quigley, who attended the
unfortunate woman, corroborates her
statement in detail.
Mrs. Ellis Browning claims to have been
deserted by her husband four years ago.
and since then she has been doing the best
she could to support her two children and
herself. When she met Flynn things were
different.
When presented with statement of the
charges TO be made against him by Cap
tain Lees Flynn said:
81 deny all those charges in toto. I
called on Mrs. Browning on that evening
without any idea of what allied the woman.
In fact, do not know even now that she
was pregnant. l called there occasionally
and have been keeping company with the
woman for about year.
II do not know anything about baby.
OF course" turning to Captain Lees, 81
am not aware of what evidence you NAV
have in your possession, and do not wish
to be understood as disputing your word.
but repeat that l know nothing of anv
child.
early in our acquaintance Mrs. Brown
ing informed me that her condition was
such as to preclude anything more than
mere friendship.
~ called there that evening at about
$50 o'clock and found her suffering from
severe pains in the side. / did not think
that 1T had anything to do with her pos.
sible pregnancy. As we had talked about
threatened abscess, l thought her suffer-
ing was due to that cause As her condi-
ton grew worse / suggested that L had
better go to doctor. She demurred and
said that she did not wish doctor. l in
sisted, however, and went to the nearest
doctor that could find. l sent him up
In answer to question by Captain Lees,
Flynn said:
II saw no sign of pregnancy. If had
would have had nothing to do with the
case. was not there during the delivery
of the child. if such there was, and knew
nothing of it. When 1 went back to see
if could be of any assistance in getting
prescription l saw no indication of any
such thing as childbirth
Il went back at half past l and she
asked me to walk around the block with
her little girl. was gone about half an
hour. When / came back did not notice
anything unusual about the room Then
her sister asked me up to her house with
her. 1t was on Larkin street, near Ellis.
She carried bundle with her about so
long measuring with mis- hands about two
feet. / waited at the foot of the stairs
until she came down again. which was in
about fifteen minutes. Then we turned to
Mrs. Browning. After leaving Mrs.