The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-01
When Arraigned in the Circuit
Court Brown Desireds to
Change His Plea From That
Of Guilty to Not Guilty.
THIS WAS DENIED Bf
RULING OF JUDGE FOX.
1t Appeared Plain That Brown
Was Attempting to Deceive
The Court---ReciteS Some
Of His Domestic Troubles.

John Brown. colored who on June Is
shot his wife and Mrs. Lulu Fee in an
attempt to murder the former. and
then tried to commit suicide by firing
two bullets into his chest, was sem
fenced to term of from two to four
teen years in the state penitentiary at
Michigan City. when arraigned before
Judge Fox in the circuit court
Saturday Brown appeared in the
circuit court and plead guilty to a
charge OF assault and battery with in
tent to commit murder. At that time
Judge Fox stated that he would not
impose a sentence until Monday. This
morning Brown wanted to withdraw
his plea of guilty and enter plea OF
not guilty, but the court overruled this
petition, although Prosecutor Jessup
recommended that the court suspend
judgment until p. J. Freeman, pauper
attorney, could be consulted.
Denied Any Intent.
In making his statement Brown told
the court that he did not Intentionally
shoot his wife. He said that she and
Mrs. Fee had been wounded while try
ing to prevent him from taking his
own life. Judge Fox. at the concln-
sion of this statement. reminded Brown
that Saturday he had entered a plea OF
guilty to shooting his wife with the I'm
tent to commit murder. II (. plead
guilty to shooting my wife. buS said
that ! did not Intentionally shoGe her."
Brown said. Judge Fox was con-
vinced that the man was lying to him
so he imposed the sentence. Later,
Sheriff Meredith and Officer Henry Vo-
gelsong took Brown to Michigan City.
After Brown had been taken from the
court room, Prosecutor Jessup stated
that Brown had told the same story to
Attorney Freeman Saturday. that he
had told Judge Fox The prosecutor
also stated that after making thor
ough investigation OF the case, Mr..
Freeman had told him he was positive
the tale told by Brown was concoc-
tion of lies
Tells Of His Trouble.
In making his statement to the court
Brown said that he and his wife previ-
Gus TO the shooting. had lived happily
for four years. When they
moved from Eaton to Dublin to live
with Browns mother. the two women
did not get along well together and on
his consent, Mrs. Brown went to live
with her parents at Mt Auburn.
ff,1.y
enough money SO that he and his wife
could go to housekeeping. About two
weeks before The shooting Brown
stated, his wife asked him to allow her
10 go 10 Richmond for week to earn
some money At the end of the week
she asked him to allow her to remain
here another week. and he again con-
;ented. The Sunday before the shoot
ng he came to Richmond. and in COM
Dany with friend. went on a ramble
through the north part of the city.
There a woman told him that Mrs.
Brown has been going TO north end fes-
ivities in company with Will Robin
ION. Brown stated he hunted Robin
Tim to stay away from his wife and
nat HoDiHsOH Hdd pTOIHlSeu ldlLnIully
o do SO.
Turned Brown Down.
A day or two later Mrs. Brown de-
ided to go to Mt. Auburn and visit
Ter parents. Brown stated that he
anne TO Richmond to escort his wife
o that place. While at the interur-
IAN station he met Robinson again and
old ti,,, II, = tba ,,rocon1o - A.
o leave her alone, threatening to shoot
i'm If he did not do so. On the day
f the shooting. Brown stated. he went
o the home of Mrs. Fee. where his
rife was staying. but she was not
here. In the parlor he saw man ne
hought TO be Robinson. Later Mrs.
'rown came and she went TO talk with
i'm in the kitchen. There she told
i'm that she had decided not to live
nth him any longer. Are you GO
lg to waste yourself on that Robin
on?" Brown said he asked her. He
aid that she then told him she liked
johnson better than she did him.
rown said that he then pulled his re-
Oliver and turned it on himself and
hat Mrs. Brown and Mrs Fee grappled
-ith him. He said that he did not
now that either one of the women
ad been shot until the following day.
The man who Brown saw sitting in
he room was not Robinson, but man
AIMED Thomas. Prosecutor Jessup
so states that Mrs Brown did not run
bout with Robinson and that all the
cts in the case positively point to the
le conclusion that Brown deliberately
led to murder his wife.