The times., 1897-09-11

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called upon DIR. w. Franklin Taylor and
DIR. Emory Walk last night and requested
that they make careful examination OF
the remains. Neither of these men had
previously Seen the remains. The party
Went To the town hall! where the skeleton
lies, and Drs. Taylor and Walk made as
careful an examination as possible. They
said that as the skeleton was, no con-
clusion could be arrived at as TO its sex.
To do this IL would be necessary TO clear
away tie hard skin and dried meat and
arrange the bones. The skeleton is sim
ply thrown loosely into coffin.
One new theory advanced yesterday at
Laurel was that the strange German
tramp, with the red moustache and the
squint IA his eye, with the little woman
in black had lcft the Relay House with
baDy, which they rolled along Ia "a BABY
carriage. 1t was said that ON the road
the man became provoked with she child
and that itInysteriousI Y disappeared. Then,
to cover up this crime, the father Igred
her. A1r. Mastead, who keeps the hotel
at Laurel, told The Times man last night
that he clearly recollects O man and
woman who were tramping through the
country trndling baby in a baby car
riagc. Hedeclares that they passed through
Laurel on the road to Washington not
more than ten days ago, which would
seem to interfere with this child-ldllmg
theory.
a good deal was learned ahout Drown
Yesterday in Baltimore. II viii be re-
Inernherea that 5 ylvester Smith. farmer,
living la Anne Arundle county, atout two
miles from Laurel, told the reporters that
IN june he met d man and woman near
Savage who answered 90 the description Of
the couple alleged to have been seen by
FREQ Duyall IN Keilogg's woods on Sstur-
day, Angus! 7. Tie main discrepancy was
that the nHn had but one eye. Smith said
that this man told him that his name was
Brown, and that he had at one time owned
property On Stockholm street, Baltimore
Investigation proved that one-cyed man
| by the naue OF Drown had lived at No.
S0T Stockholm. street Baltimore, ana that
he and bis wife were missing from Balti-
more,
Brown was in Baltimore seven weeks
ago. That is positively testified 10 by
is-n3aiiiin Brooks, coiored, S64 Stockholm.
street, who was well acquainted with HIM
Brooks said that he met Drown about that
length OF time ago on Camden street, near
the Baltimore and Ohio depot He had a
SRan bag, and said he was on bis way To
| Philadelphia, where he was in the junk
business aud doing well Mrs Brown
! was not with hin. but in answer to in
! quirieS about her the husband said she was
| well
Toward the end of March, 1893. im-
mediately after the sale of the house, No.
/ S0T Stockholm street, to Jacob Heath, cvl-
I orcd. Drown and his Wife disappeared.
/ He stated that Ire was going TO Boston
I 10 see his son, who was an engineer there.
1 For year ana a half nothing was heard
! OF either of them. Then Mrs. Dcowa re-
appcared. She said they had accunula ted
! little money and were anxious to get
back tae property which had been fore
| closed on by the Scott Street BEildlag
/ "A Association.
SIX rnont Us later Drown was seen on the
| street. He WAS then going about as au
umbrella nreRaer. The browns hex Balui.
! = =.
! had two wagons apparently well stocked
With them was d big yellow dog OF the
/ mastifT breed. Drown was strongly at
| tacbed 70 the animal, and swore that he
! WOULD never he parted from him. How long
| the couple led this yagahond life Is not
| certain, but year ago August Baker saw
! Drown on Fayette street with his ulu-
! brelia alending kit Then, three n.ontAs
/ ago George Baker IT'S West Cross street,
| saw ttIn at EtHaling's saloon, Eutaw and
! Lombard streets. He was in the yard
! mendihg tubs. The last seen OF him was
| by Benjamin Brooks, on Camden street.
| seven weeks since.
/ Rrooks is under the impression that he
was theu stopping in the neighborhood ef
West and Leadenhau street. but diligent
Inquiry last night failed TO establish that
point.
f! That damaged left eve is accounted for
! by John Baker. Drown told him that he.
had been an engineer on a Western rail
road and had been shot in tie eve while
sitting in his cab. He also says that the
| missins man IS English and not German.
/ but tnat his Wife was irish. The only rela-
tive she is known to have had in Ralti-
more was HaIlihan, her nephew, who
married Drcwn's sister although but n
/ boy compared to her. He deserted her
three years ago, and she is now at the
Church Home. Broadway. Baltimore.
Drown. according to Baker, would get
| drunk, say once u year. and would then
| MAKE 1T good one, not soberiRg up for
| three months or so. His wife was also adj
dicted to liquor and was also great snuff
taker. whisky was, in effect, what caus-
ed the Browns downfall from compare
| lively comfortable circumstances to the
Condition Of tramps.
| The coroner 5 inquest win reconvene on
| Thursday night. 1t is hoped by that time
| to establish the sex OF the skeleton teyon1
question tits also thong that the county
officials VIII defray the expense OF bringing
| Mrs Gift, the wife, and Mrs. Gift, the
mother down from Baltimore, that they
may lon& at the teeth of the skeleton
These things will probably go far tow ART
| clearing the matter of the identity or tht
remains. There viii then remain the work
of ascertait,ing how he met death. He
may have poisoned himself if it be Gift
or he may have been murdered.