The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-26
No TRACE OF BROWN
NORTH ST. PAUL PASTORS WHERE
A8OUTS ARE STILL UNAC-
COUNTED FOR.
MAY HAVE GONE TO DAKOTA.
HE HAD BEEN PROMISED =
CHARGE IN THE ---.
WEST.
HIS FIANCEE Is TGNGR Mt,
She Says, as to ti.e Present Location
of the MuciI-VVaUtcd Methodist
ParSOn.
MAY HAVE GONE TO DAKOTA.
EGNCR Mt,


ST. Paul, has not returned yet, nor is
it probable that he will. The last heard
of him was Wednesday night, when ne
signified his inten :ol of visiting friends
at Hamline the following day. He has
not been seen since, and it is probable
he took the train from Minneapolis
Thursday morning for some point in
the Dakotas. His forfeiting the $4,000
bail is considered good evidence in it
self that that gentleman has no inten-
ton Of returning in the near future.
His departure from North st. Paul the
middle Of last week was somewhat hur-
ried; ne did not give the presiding elder
of his church the usual three months
notice, neither did he take into con-
fidence any of his little flock, as far as
is known, even his affiarced wife, of his
expected withdrawal from North ST.
Paul
The report that Miss Rogerson and
Mr.. Brown were seen together Friday
evening on an electric car in front of
the power house of the st. Paul &
White Bear railway now seems to be
incorrect. ]. H. Bartlett, the foreman
of the power house, and two others
were standing in a window and saw
car pass. Mr.. Bartlett pointed out a
couple on the car, whom he supposed to
be Brown and Miss Rogerson, and those
standing by also saw a close resem-
blance. 1t was through this that the
rumor got around. Mr.. Ogley, the
stepfather of Miss Rogerson, claims to
have been on the car with her at the
-, n Do,
Brown.
Browns disappearance did not seem
to create much surprise in North ST.
Paul, as it was the talk on the street
that Brown would not make a second
appearance in court. At the time of his
departure it looked as If he might be
acquitted, as Miss Rogerson had not
been able to tell an ineligible story in
court. 1t was, no doubt, the fear of
new and sensational developments
which led Brown to skip. Mr.. Ogley,
the girls stepfather, claims to have
new and important evidence.
Miss Erickson, the young woman to
whom Brown was engaged, was seen
yesterday afternoon by reporter for
the G 10 e. She is scarcely fifteen
years old, but is quite pretty and is
quite self-possessed for one Of her age
She told the G l o b man a straight
forward story, about the last time she
had talked with Brown, and grew quite
interested during the course of the
narrative. She did not seem to be
holding anything back, and it would
not seem as if she knew of Browns
present whereabouts. ''Well, you see,"
said she, ''up to last Wednesday the
last [ had seen of Mr.. Brown was Sat
urday, the day of the trial. Wednes-
day [ received a note from Mrs Jewell
n fr.in Of
Browns, asking me to come up to their
house. I went up in the afternoon and
found Mr.. Brown there"
What was the nature of your inter-
view with Mr.. Brown" asked the
G o b reporter.
We'll as near as 1 can remember
he said he hoped he would come out
he would. We talked about the trial
a good deal when 1 first met him, but
we spent the later part of the after
noon telling jokes, and we had a real
nice time. He told me he was going
to visit Hamline Thursday; said that he
had some old friends with whom he
was going to spend the day. We also
made arrangements for a little party
in honor of a friend of mine, who had
been away to school, and who was to
return Friday night. Mr.. Brown said
he would come and help freeze the ice
cream. Although L really don't be-
lieve he knew how"
Miss Erickson was stout in her denial
of Browns saying anything to her
about his intended departure. 1t was,
however, the understanding between
Brown and the Erickson family that he
was to go away very soon, and take
up a charge in Dakota somewhere, and
in a couple of years return and marry
Miss Erickson
Mr.. Brown seemed very jolly" Miss
Erickson continued, "wednesday last,
but he is a nervous man, and [ saw
that he was a little worried, although
he did not say so. My father and
mother and [ went up to the Retz-
lof house on Friday night to meet
Mr. Brown and have our little party
for Miss Retzloff, but Mr. Brown did
not come. We were a little surprised
L always thought Mr. Brown a man Of
his word. The next day was the day
set for the trial, and L thought Mr
Brown would come in from HamIinc
to the court house, but he did not come
and I have seen nothing of him since
Wednesday,"
Mr.. Brown has not been seen since
Saturday by anybody at North ST
Paul. Mr.. F. Ogley the stepfather
of Miss Rogerson, says he saw Brown
on the street Wednesday noon, but
they did not speak. Browns where.
abouts can only be a matter of con
lecture. His father lives in Montreal
Canada, but it is hardly possible he
has gone there. He has probably gone
to some other state to begin life over
again under a new name.
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