Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
STARTLING SENSATION.
Infidellty of Wife Causes Startling
Sensation in this City on Mon
day Last.

Inhdellty of Wife Causes q Startling
Sensation in this City on Mon
day Last.
A sensation as startling as it was sur
prising to the citizens of this place, re-
sulting from the alleged infidelity of a
wife, waa a regretable event occurring in
this city on Monday last. The circum-
stances connected with this unfortunate
affair, as reported by the aggrieyed
husband, are briefly as follows:
r. w. Brown, foreman of the railroad
section adjoining this place on the
south, who lives in the section house in
this place and provides board and
rooms for the men employed upon the
two sections adjoining the town, had his
suspicious aroused a few weeks ago as
to his wife's fidelity, and on Thursday
evening of last week. left his house,
telling his wife that he was going to
church. He returned to the house an
hour later, found his four children,
whose ages range rom seven months
to six years, all in bed and asleep.
There was no one astir, and the most
profound silence prevailed throughout
the house, which, as he AYERS, served to
augment and intensity his horrible
suspicious of his wife's guilt. After
hasty examination Of the various rooms
commonly frequented by her, and fail
ing to find her, he approached the door
of the bedroom of Joseph Nelson, an
unmarried man in the employ of the
railroad company as foreman Of the
section adjoining this place on the
north, and finding it locked, forced an
entrance, which led to revelation, the
most painful and bitter in its conten-
plation that he had ever experienced.
Upon entering the room he found
Nelson in bed, and to all appearances.
asleep, and Mrs. Brown standing behind
the door. Mr.. Brown was in delicate
health and extremely weak, haying not
yet fully recovered from spell of sick
ness which kept him confined to his
bed for number of days. Had he
been in health an alteration would
doubtless have followed, and had he
been in possession of a weapon, il is not
improbable that tragedy would hove
quickly resulted but in the condition
he was in at the time, he quickly real
lied the fact that he was powerless to
redress the great wrong that had been
inflicted upon him. Nelson arose from
his bed and left the room in few mo.
ments, after which Mr.. Brown ap-
preached his wife ard demanded an
explanation of her base conduct, in re-
sponse to which she, at first, denied her
guilt, afterward confessing that she had
been criminally intimate with Nelson
upon n number Of occasions during the
preceding two or three weeks, that she
had deep affection for him, and in
sisted upon Mr.. Brown giving his assent
to continuance fher present relations
with Nelson. Mr. Brown, as he asserts,
was fairly paralyzed with mental tor
ture at so vile a proposition, and there
upon mentally resolved to maintain no
further marital relations with her, but
as soon as he could obtain assistance in
the care Of his children, he would COM
pei her and her paramour to leave his
house.
1t was not until the Monday follow
ing, during which time. as ayerred by
Mr.. Brown, his wife made nightly visits
to Nelson's room, remaining on one oc-
casion for period of more than two
hours, that he, Mr.. Brown, who was
powerless to longer endure the mental
strain, procured a revolver, and pro.
ceeding to point on the section, near
the depot, where Nelson was engaged at
work, drew the weapon upon him, and
commanded him to 60 at once to the
house and pack up his effects, and with
M RS. Brown, depart on the south bound
pas senger train, which was due to ar.
rive an hour later. Nelson obeyed the
summons, and in front of loaded re-
volver In the hands Of Brown, he walk
ed directly to the house. where himself
and Mrs. Brown, at once packed theil
trunks under the direction of lIr
Brown, and, proceeding to the depot
departed on the train as directed.
Few, if any events Of like charactel
have previously occurred in this place
and it is source of much regret tina,
We are called upon to record the one
above outlined, which we give in &C
cordance with the facts connected there
with, as alleged by one of the principals
in the affair whose name is above indi
Gated.
Nelson returned to this place or
Tuesday from Pringle, station twelve
miles south of this city, where he anG
Mrs. Brown remained over night, the
latter stopping with lady friend. Mr.
Brown still retains his position with til,
railroad company, Nelson having beer
given similar position upon NOR,
remote section in the northern Hills
Public opinion in this place is more o.
less DIVIDED as to the guilt Of the &C
cused parties in this unfortunate affair