The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-09-28
CAPTURED.
Jesse Browning, Slayer of Mary
McNeely, Landed in
Jail.
CAUGHT AFTER LONG SEARCH.
lTwn W. sandy NV. sepl !. 1905 !

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Jesse Browning recently shot and
fatally wounded Mary McNeely on Tut
river. in this county near the Martin
: county line She died from the woun
fe@ days ago Browning escaped
bat nan thought 20 be the murd-
err has been arrested In Lexlng-
ton
browning ani the woman had beeu
living together for some time, aud
ON the occasion Of the shooting she
was In the company OF another man.
This 30 angercd Browning that he
shot her. the bail entering her neck,
cutting hef tongue IN TAO aud
coming out of her check
II Is sald that browning had held
the woman almost AS a slave fot
long time. locking her In house
when going away. On such occasions
be left her supply Of bread aud
water upon which 10 snbsist until he
returned The woman was very
much afraid Of browning. and the
fatal ending shows how well founded
were her fean
After many days the foul murder
Of poor Mary McNeely seems about
D BE- avenged The man arrested
In Lexington as noted In the fore
Eoing article WAS not Jesse Brown
ing. hut the man who fired the fat
al shat on Bill Damrons pushboai on
that hot August day. little more
than year ago, Is In the Lawrence
ounty jail. indicted for the murder
Of his defennelesa victim, aud over
him hangs the shadow Of the gal
lows
From the day the breath left the
woman's body until his capture in
the Loneliness Of Cranberry mountain
In far away Pocahontas county. Vir-
glnia. Jesse Browning was a hunted
mar - unknown 20 him Stewart
Mc..eely. shsrn Of his big muslache
90 prevent recognition. had followi
ed the slayer Of his daughter Yes
terday he was hot On hIs trail To-.
day he had lost IL Hut never for an
instant did be tire or relax. From
camp 10 camp. from settlement 10
che wlds. and from the country
backs 20 the towns went the pursuer.
We si,Sal every dollar he had IN the
world. bm never for day did bis
determination slack or faltur Some
thIng told him that the killer could
not always evade his grasp that
one day his eyes would fan on Jesse
Browning. and them That day
did come lie heard Of camp on
Cranberry. some men Were ~
work getting out crossties One
OF them, 40 the natives told him,
was stranger McNeeley reasoned
that may be the stranger" might
BE- the long-hunled murderer OF The
poor girl. whose body was resting
not far from the banks of the Tug
liver. not far from "The Forks, -
Stewart went to the camp, aud one
look at "the stranger" was enough.
Throw up your hands. Jesse = I've
not the drop on yel" Jesse threw
'em up The least move or motion
on mis- part. and the only jury need
ed would have been one held by the
Coroner
Then began the journey homeward,
McNeely never for one instant relax
ing his vigilance And the wonder
has been expressed by more than one
that Stewart McNeely did not fire
inst one shot and leave the slayer OF
his daughter 10 rot by the roadside.
mt few men win kill a prisoner, and
McNeely was one OF the few, and so
he brought his to Wayne and lodged
him In jail. He probably Thought
that any county had jurisdiction,
hut he was convinced that Browning
could not be held in West Virginia
and last Saturday. he marched his
capuve into Louisa. II didn't ake
very long to dispose of his case here
Circuit Court was yet in session,
Judse Redwine impaneled a special
grand Jury - the second one. by the
by. during the present term. and in
very short time an indictment
charging Jesse Browning with the VIII
4 nrll murder Of Mary McNeely. indors-
ed a true hIll and signed - g. Lack
ev Foreman was returned into
court and without bail Jesse Brown
Inc. who ON that 18th Of August 1908,
~ shot and wounded Mary McNeely
that she died. was committed to
Lawrence County Jail to await his
trial at the next term Of the Court,