The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-17
Earl C. Brown, of LeadviIle, COL,
Comes to KenOsha to Search
For a Missing Mother.
SHE DISAPPEARED 20 YEARS AGO
Had Lived Alone With Her Son on Ash
land Avenue and no Solution of the
Mystery Has Ever Been Attempted.


facturer of Leadvi1le, Colorado, is IN
Kenosha on very peculiar mission,
and one which has brought to light a
peculiar story of other daysin Keno
sha. Mr.. Brown has come to kenosha
for the purpose of making an effort to
find some trace of his mother, Mrs.
James Brown, who disappeared from
Kenosha under the most mysterious
circumstances more than twenty-e1ght
years ago. The facts in connection
with the case are hidden in the misty
volumes of the past and only the bare
outlines of the story so fraught with
mystery can be discovered.
The widow Brown, as the mother OF
the Leadvil1e man was known IN Re
nosl1a, had resided on Ashland avenue
in this city for many yesrs. She was
young and attractive widow ana
after the death of her husband she
lived alone in little cottage near the
Durkee school building. Her sole
companion was her son Earl, at that
time a boy of fourteen. For many
months the two lived together and the
people in the neighborhood paid little
attention to the matter. One day,
however, it was noticed that the blinds
in the little cottage were closed and
after several days people began TO
wonder as to the cause, and going to
the house it was discovered empty.
The widow Brown was not to be found
anywhere. Her best dresses were
folded neatly on the bed in the bed
room and everything was neat and
clean, but% nothing had been left to
show where or in what manner the
widow had left her home. The only
son remained in Kenosha for several
DAYS and the neighbors cared for him,
but he also left the city and no one
heard of him until years afterward,
when he wrote from Colorado to 1nst1-
tute a search for his mother.
The little cottage was closed and IN
due time it passed into the hands OF
others, although the transfer OF the
property is shrouded in mystery.
Young Brown made success IN lie
and after thine he began the search
for his mother. It was a fru1tless
search and in all these years he has
not been able to find any trace OF the
missing woman. At the time of her
disappearance Mrs. Brown was about
thirty-fve years of age. She was
devout1y pious woman, but withal she
was exclusive and in this manner her
disappearance caused little stir in the
town. No one ever took any interest
in it and for this reason the son had
little assistance in his search.
Mr.. Brown has now started out to
solve the mystery and with his wife
and children he has come to his old
home and will remain here until he
has found something Switch will solve
the fate of his, mother who has been
missing for so many years.
There seems to be some reason to
believe that the widow Brown met
with some foul play and it is possible
that she was murdered in her home,
but the little house remained closed for
so many weeks before any stranger
hands took control that any criminal
would have had plenty of time to cover
his crime so that it would never have
been discovered. Many of the earlier
inha bitants of the city recall the dis
appearance of Mrs. Brown, but none of
them are able to throw any light on
the question.