The Portland daily press., 1897-12-31
DIR. BROWNE WAS GAY,
Mrs. B. Having Her Innings in nj
YOrce Case Now.

Bath, December 30.-The hearing on
the Browne divorce suit was resumed
Thursday morning with the further
presentation of the deposition of Mrs.
Mary Alderman, who deposed that she
thought the doctor was badly-treated
pany with women other than his wife.
She told of dog that caused trouble in
the Browne home when taken there by
the doctor. Mrs. Browne had told her
she had never been on the doctors yacht
nor had she seen 1t and that she did not
like yachting.
The deposition of George Deak, rela-
tive of Mrs. Browne, brought out that he
lived at one time with the doctor, and
while there he frequently heard Mrs.
Browne apply epithets to the doctor some
times in the middle of the night, and al
most every day. He had sympathy with
both. Had heard her make threats
several times.
Witness sailed once with the doc tor on
his yacht when several women were on
board, one being Miss Annie Clark. Mrs.
Browne is his aunt.
The deposition of Mrs. Catherine Morris
showed that DIR. Browne and wife
boarded with her in the winter of 1872,
from September to the next July. She
had heard her heap abusive epithets upon
the doctor; heard her say to the doctor,
"You damned fool, where have you been
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doctor. "You're as-- liar, you have
been away with some woman" said Mrs,
Browne.
The libelant's case rested at ten O'Clock
and Judge Fogg opened for the libelee.
He dwelt much upon the Bowdoinham
residence of DR.. Browne, claiming that it
was not bona fde one and was.a ruse to
get the suit into native court, he know
ing that it would be impossible to get a
divorce in New York on his allegations.
Counsel said they could show that the
doctor is resident of New York; that
Mrs. Browne gave the doctor $50 with
which to buy his wedding suit; that she
paid his Office rent, and three-q uarters of
the cost OF the trip to Europe and nearly
all Of the house rents. that the doctor
found no fault as long as she was paying
the expenses and only when that ceased
he came to court for q divorce.
Judge Fogg said that it would be
shown that the epithets from Mrs
Browne were provoked by, the doctor
that the cause of the wedding episode was
trouble between Mrs Robinson and
Mrs. Browne; that when Mrs. Browne 8
money began to give out in '91, the doctor
| became uneasy. ss4
Counsel said 1t would be shown that
| the doctor neglected his Wits night after
night by being away with other women
| that he took other women to theatres and
dinners at hotels.
| John II. Deering of New York, de-
| tective, testified that in February, 1896,
he was employed by Mrs. Browne to
shadow her husband at SIS day and ex-
| penses. The detective then related, using
memorandum to refresh his memory
| that on February Goth, the doctor and
| hotel and then went to a theatre and on
| the 2sth of the same month he saw the
doctor ana Miss Clark dining at restau-
| rant; that on eight occasions in March he
saw the doctor and Miss Clark dining
either at hotel or restaurant and. on
some days they dined twice.
The detective said that in April he saw
DIR. Browne and Miss Clark dine either
at a hotel or restaurant five times, the
last date beir 6 on the 10th, when his
work for Mrs. Browne ceased.
Witness related that on one evening the
doctor bought a package of candy and
sent 1t by messenger to Miss Clark at her
home.
The detective said that one evening in
April he saw the doctor and Miss Clark
in a room on the second floor at the Clark
house, that it was about eight o clock in
the evening when they went into the
room; that the lights were turned down
as soon as they entered and remained for
an hour, after which they were turned
up; followed by seeing the doctor and
Miss Clark moving about, and that soon
after he saw the doctor come out of the
house and go to his home.
Witness said that the hotels the doctor
took Miss Clark to dine at were all first
class, as were also the restaurants.
AT the close of the detectives testimony
the noon adjournment came.
The first witness called in the after
noon was Clerk Farrell of the New York
Custom house.
He introduced the following vessel
owners oath In connection with the reg
istering of DR.. Brownies yacht, Tempus
District of the City of New York.
Port of New York.
I, Charles L. Browne, of New York, in
| the County of N. Y. State of N. Y, dc
swear, according to the best Of my knowl.
edge and belief, that the sloop yacht
called the Tempus of New York official
number I,b95, burden no 32-100 tons,
whereof G. l.. Browne, at present master,
| is wholly the property of citizens of the
| United States, and the ownership is as
| follows:
Charles l.. Browne of New York, NY,
| owner.
So help me God
| Charles L. Browne, Managing Owner.