Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-02
George G. Brown Declares He
Would Not Spend a Nickel to
Save Parent From Moose
PUBLIC SENTIMENT is CHANGING
Citizens Now Condemn Aged Man
Who Murdered His Daughter in Law
Brother of Mrs. Brown Takes Hand
in Prosecuting Observation-Disclosures
Expected Soon.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to mes-Republican.
Manson, Sept. 2.-Little that is new
has developed in the Brown murder
here, except that the grand jury is in
session at Rockwell City and is eX-
pected to return an Indictment against
the senior Brown today.
The excitement has not abated. The
tragedy continues to be the sole topic
of conversation on the street, in bust
ness houses and in the homes. The
impression that Manson sentiment
seems to be with John NJ. Brown is
erroneous and gained credence by the
fact that several men of maudIn in
streets last Saturday and shook his
hand and offered him their sympathy.
Altho everybody pities the old man
and sympathizes deeply with his wife
and sons and daughters-all grown
men and women-they have only the
severest condemnation for his deed.
Raves Over Fathers Deed.
George G. Brown, the husband of
the murdered woman, still raves; over
the death of his beloved wife. His
condemnation of his father is most
severe and he has said that hence
forth he has no father, that that par
ent was utterly dead to him. IF had
$40,O0O,000," he declared, land one
nickfiel would keep the rope from
around his neck, would not give it. ;"
He says his fondest hope is that his
father will spend the balance of his
life behind prison bars in punishment
for this crime. "He has robbed me
of my only love and only hope in this
world, this miserable world, that had
to live for. We have been so happy
for fifteen year.; and over, and now,
oh, God, she is taken from me, beaten
Ito death like a copperhead, by my
own father"
Not until he walked into his own
house and saw the casket containing
the body of his wife did he know how
she met her death.
Miss ida Johnson, his wife's niece,
stepped to his side and answered MS
questions as to how his wife died.
"Your father killed her." she said.
The grief Of the man was most Ntlful.
His once strong frame, wasted low TO
almost a skeleton by tuberculosis.
shook with the emotion he could not
control. Between his sobs he hurled
imprecaItinos on the head of his father
and the brutality of his crime. All
night long he raved over his love Tor
the dead woman and THE wreck OF mis-
life and home Not once did he utter
one word in favor Of the man who had
taken the life of his wife in her own
home. The words of consolation OF
his friends met with the same colldem-
nation of his father and outspoken de-
rrlands for punishment.
Brother Takes Hand in Case.
Hon. Edward Anderson, brother OF
the murdered woman, has been here
since Sunday night. He lis & very
wealthy capitalist at Ruthven and was
formerly a member of the lower house
of the Iowa legislature, being elected
as a democrat. Later he ran fo'' con-
gress in this district on the Democratic
ticket and made "a phenomenal run. He
is terribly incensed at the murder ana
demands the extreme penalty for the
crime. He is convinced, he says. that
there is more than a family Quarrel
behind it all and hints roughly that
money and property matters were
largely the motive for the crime, al
tho he admits that his sister had an
unsovernable temper and engaged IN
MANY ouarrels with her parerets-in-
In