Evening star., 1909-06-22
SON OF FORMER GOVERNOR
Action Said to Result From Recent
Auto Accident.
FIGURED IN MANY ESCAPADES
Ran Down and Killed a Negro While
on "Joy Ride"-Made Rich by
His Mothers Will,
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

special Dlspatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. June oo-The Frank
Browns are again in the limelight in this
city. the latest being the announcement
by Mrs. Frank Snowden Ridgely Brown,
who was formerly Miss Mabel Michael Of
this city, that she will soon begin divorce
proceedings against her husband who
is the son OF former Gov. Frank Brown.
now city collector. Mrs. Brown made the
announcement in her apartments at the
Mount Royal. but she refused all details
or the case further than to state that she
had retained Attorney William Cotton 10
prepare the bill. Just when the actual
court proceedings will begin is not known.
The divorce will cause little surprise in
the circles in which the couple moved. as
they have been seen but little together
for some months.
Young Brown and Miss Michael were
married in New York. October q, 1906, by
Rev. Henry W. Warren. known as the
hotel chaplain" at his home. IS West
24th street The witnesses were Mrs
Mary Gresswer, sister of the bride, and
Bernard j. Hall Of this city.
Young Frank Brown has figured in a
number of sensational escapades during
the past few years. He is an ardent auto
mobilist. and that fact has gotten him
into lots of trouble. In September last
year young Brown is said to have visited
| the Mount Hope Asylum and helped 10
escape from that institution Lester Bre-
See "a son of the late Edward Bresee,
| who had been an inmate there for nine
weeks.
Fatal "Joy Ride
| In November. 1907, young Brown. who
| had been on Joy ride with a number
of friends. ran down and killed James
| Grinnell. a colored waiter. During the
investigation that followed certain Incl
dents were brought out and women wit
nesses summoned who told OF the even
ings frolic. At that time it was reported
that Brown and his wife would separate
as result of the disclosures. Young
Brown. as soon as the case ended. disap-
peared from the city. and his relatives
| said that he had gone west on a trip
His wife remained here, and it is gener-
1 ally believed that the divorce suit is the
| development Of events that followed the
| killing of the colored man.
May Is last Mrs. Gordon Taylor Hughes,
sister of young Brown, was married to
Alfred Dieterich of New York. and young
Browns wife did not attend the wedding.
The first wife OF Mr.. Dieterich was Edna
H. Young of Richmond, Va, who eloped
10 Europe In DeCeInDeT, ISVt, Win harry
S. Brenchley. formerly a coachman for
| Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. 1t was at
| horse show in Long Branch that the
| first Mrs Dietrich first met Brenchley.
| He was driving in the show ring for Mr..
| Vanderbilt, and an attachment sprang up
between them. Brenchley and Mrs Die
| terich were seen together frequently rid
| ing on the bridal path at Central Park.
| The husband was warned by his friends,
| but he refused to believe the stories car
| ried to him.
December I. 1907. the coachman of Mrs
Dieterich sailed from New York for
1 Europe on the steamship Bluecher. 4
| few weeks afterward the husband filed
papers for a divorce. and when a decree
| Brenchley were married They are now
living abroad, and short time ago il
was said they had bought an estate in
England.
Made Rich by Mothers Will.
Young Frank Brown is the second child
of former Gov. Brown. and was born in
| August, 1882. BY the terms of his
| mothers will he became one of the rich
est young men in Baltimore. Mrs.
Browns will provided that her husband
should have one-third of her estate dur
ing his life. The residue of the large
| estate was bequeathed to former Gov.
Brown in trust for his two children.
When the two children became twenty
one years of age they received the in
| come on the trust estate. The will pro-
yides that when young Brown became
| twenty-five years of age he was to re-
ceive one fourth of the trust estate. and
when he became thirty-ive years of age
he will receive another one-fourth, freed
entirely from the trust