The Washington times., 1906-08-19
Startling Revelation in
BrOWn-Verrault Com
blnatiOn Love Syn
diCate.
STORY is STRANGER
THAN MASQUERADER
Mrs. Brown Nova Scodan,
Where She Is Said to
Have a Brother
in Jail.

NEW YORK, Aug. IS.-PromIses that
the complete revelation of the careers
Of Mrs. Bina +. Verrault and Mrs.
James Pemberton Brown VIII lay bare
story stranger even than THE Mas
Queader" were made today when an
incident OF the remarkable resemblance
between the two women vas discovered
in the fact that a friend OF Mrs Brown
haa been completely taken ia by Mrs
Nerrault, who posed for several days as
her compassion.
This resemblance OF the figure. man
uer and speech was SO striking that de-
teeJiVe- were misled, often following
Mrs. Brown under the impression that
she Was Mrs. Eerrault and vice versa.
even suitors were duped, either woman
interviewing them when they called
VeEEsult Accused OF Perjury,
Developments today took an unex-
pected turn when Hugh Gordon Miller,
attorney for Mrs. Verrault threatened
shortly 20 cause the arrest OF her hus-
band, George II. Nerrault. Of 1918 Benson
avenue. Beusonhurst. on charges of
perjury, abandonment, and uou-supp0rt.
Il understand on the best authority"
Ar. Miller said. that the affidavit
. given by Nerrault I'm the Metropolitan
street railway case. and for which hs
was promptly and properly h0rsewhip-
ped TWO years agO. was simply perjury
and Thar a letter is IN existence IN which
DE rotracJs the statements made In thar
affidavit Al any rate. the settlement
sr S5,t1o by the railway company speaks
for itself. especially when 4 tell you
that Iu was made after eight years o.
efis and Investigation, 4 can assure
y1u that the-e viii be plenty Of war.
TanJs for NCTTault before this matter Is
over" The affidavit in question set forth
tA.t Mrs. Frrrault was intoxicated az
the time she attempted 10 board The
train. and that the result was that her
laH was due 30 her irresponsible con
duon.
Another Philadelphia Victim.
DE Joseph c. Ellis. or 1852 North
FItU--sec0ud street Philadelphia, is the
latest victim Of Mrs. Hamilton"
The personal advertisement which
Mrs Hamilton" alias Mrs VerrauIt
inserted was a great success and a mis-
erabie failure. The hook was alluTingly
baited. and the FISH bit For a time
men and money were hers. But that is
now over; the lonely widow IS ad-
mittedly in a serious predlcament
gagged 10 marry a Mrs. Reeves, of the
same city. and she discovered that he
made frequent trips out Of town. When
confronted he finally admitted his ac-
qua!ntance with Mrs. Hamilton" but
said that II had cost him nothing more
than postage and train fare Mrs.
Reeves Is the widow of a wealthy dla-
mond merchant. and lives al 1924 Wal
ton avenue Philadelphia
Resemblance Fools Detectives.
The striking similarity between Mrs.
Verreult and Mrs. Brown first became !
cause OF bewilderment when detec-
lives reported TO Assistant United States /
Attorney Carmody that the former was !
the sadie ]. Mason" who told a thrill /
ing tale in Boston OF a treasure island /
in the Gulf Of st. Lawrence The next |
day they came TO the conclusion that ii /
was Mrs. Brown. admitting that they
had been misled by the strange resem-
blance.
No more singular character could be
imagined than Mrs. James Pemberton
Brown. She Is a woman OF surprising
beauty and intellect with a passion ror
music and literature. She Is by birth a
Nova Scotians and. according 20 Mr.
Carmody, her brother. Joseph Mason !
Is In a prison In New Glasgow n. s.,
where he is charged with completely IN
the killing OF q man.
Somewhere I'm New England the wom-
an, then but eighteen years Of age,
worked as waitress. It was a miser-
bic existence, apparently, with no pros /
poets or opportunities.
At last the unexpected happened when
James PembertOn Brown. q young civil !
engineer from Boston, fell IN love with
the beautiful young girl and they eloped. /
Mrs. Verrault Was Nurse.
TWO children were born to them. Vic
tor and Lillian, both of whom have now
attained their majorities. The work OF /
the husband took the Browns to differ
ent cities. They were in Boston, Cleve- /
land Chicago. Denver. and New York. /
II was IN Chicago that the woman met 4
Mrs Verrault, who was then unmarried /
and known as Bina T. Finnegan. She
came from Ironton, Wis, and was then /
IN the company of a man named George /
T. Morse acting as nurse TO his chill /
dren She left IL - said. under the as
sumed name Of Forester.
Years passed and Mrs. Brown and Mrs. !
Nerrault met in New York The former I
was living with her sister-tn-laW, Mrs. 4
Helen Davis. and when her husband \
died in the summer of 1899. she renewed 4
the acquaintance OF Mrs. Nerrault. and 1
IN January. 1904. they gained nOtOriety /
IN the public horsewhtpPinG Of Ferrault. 1
Again they disappeared and trace OF /
them was lost until last April, when they /
took the house 32s West Eighty-secOnd
street. .