The sun., 1909-01-10
GID BROWNING'S WIDOW
FIRST HEARS or ms PROBABLE
MURDER ~ MICHIG4N.
Laughs at The Idea That the Rev. Mr..
Carmichael Was Eer Ia Love With
- Her Never saw the Preacher Chi
cagO Police Think They Have clue.

WAN EhFT t-ONt WIZ
Her-Ncycr saw the Preacher chi
- cagO Police Think They Have a clue
AUBURN. \. Y, Jan, 9.-Mrs. AaroI
Gideon Browning, wife of Gid Browning
the Adair. Mich. man who was butchereC
in the Battle Run Methodist Church, ant
for whose murder the arrest OF the Rev
John II. Carmichael ~ desired. was 10
Gated on a small farm near this city thi'
afternoon, and when interviewed by q
representative of The SuN received hel
first knowledge Of the foul murder
"Oh. it's Gid. He's been killed, she
exclaimed when told Of the crime. In al
interview she told of her husbands
check cred career and Of his threats "a
kill her before she left him. a year ago
Although tears welled up as she spoke
her characterization of his butchery was
summed up in the sentence We'll, he'll
have no chance to misuse anybody now
When told that her husband some time
before his death had been overheard to
remark that the Rev. NJ. Carmichael,
the supposed murderer. was in love with
her she laughed in spite Of her tears and
said
Lord sakesl never met that minister
in my life. lie must have meant some
other woman, left my husband because
he abused Inc and refused to support me.
On March 10 last he sold all Of our things
and kept the money. Most Of the things
were mine. | could have got them II
| put mp fight, but | would not fight.
He would not give me cent, not even
my own clothing. Another reason
left him was that he said he'd shoot me.
lfaTr1 htta lnV "A MIL
for he married a woman named Ada
Bowen in ST. Clair county, Mich, ] mar
ried him in West bloomfield n. Y, In
1894, but when | accused him OF being
married to Ada Bowen he said ! lied,
and stole my marriage certificate. He
mad "A child by that woman.
He was of an awful jealous dslSSl-
ton, and when he used to fight with me
l thought he was crazy. Still, he liked
Inc, even If he did take my boy away.
Why he came all the way here to Auburn
last February. He made out his life
insurance in the Maccabees, Adair Tent,
40, in my name for 81 900 and paid many
Auburn he asked me il | would make up.
] said No and he said Then ! will kin
you | will shoot you! He went away
but did not come back he took my
boy Willie with him to Adair. ] sent him
Christmas presents, but Gid would not
letter got from them was December %.
am going to get my boy back now,
and see II the insurance is in my name :
] don't believe he had more than 81 600
insurance. So it's Gid that was muir
dered And they think knew Mr.. Car
michael. Why ] never went out in COM
pany with any one in Adair. They were
all strangers to me. win admit, though
that that was tough church that Metho-
dist ehurehr rt Bett+e Rup. -.
Mrs. Browning recovered from her
grief Suddenly and will endeavor 10 he
made administrator nf the murdered
mans estate. '.''
PORT Huron, Mich. Jan. 0-Acting on
2 tip received to-day from a Grand Trunk
tcketagent, thee ChicaEo police are diligent-
ly searching lodging houses of Clark. Wells
ana Nest Madison streets, tho haunts Of
eN-Jailbirds and crippled beggars, in the
belief that the Rev. John H. Carmichael
Ia in 'hiding it' that city.
The reason given for the hunt among
those haunts is that in insanity cases -
and the preacher Is believed to be ma MAC
there is usually a marHei falling off Ia
morale, and because " merely criminal
and not insane he weuil seek the hiding
places OF his kind.
A man whose dssoriptop .t1llied with
that given of the Rev, Mr. Carmichael
came into the Tunnel depot Wednesday !
morning at 5 o'clock end purchased |
bot For -, 80 Al.
sa uehe. ior nlcdgo u me belei 'of tne
IN % oollI II.p, TICKET Sgeht, saiG
.ne man acUeu rVther nervous put ne PSlG
no nS s.'enlloh 10 nun as he had not nerd
81 81 the CRIME at th time. lS'mo s'ysno
tha, ne mas seen picture OF the nlnlAiei
nt EIlI swear thst " Is the %ne nan
"no ooHEh' uchet from nun
IL. i'leu WIN the statement OF ne
llcket agent the baggage master at the
IrIl uul,lel suatioil sdye hat i've was accOs'en
"eul'eSuay morning ny nrge ma wear
ing d IuT coa' VINO asked that mis- suit
'"sT oe P,iecht3 70 ,hiclgo.
mere sald me stranger, drop lnl
ahe apparently heaNy sun case on me
noor ! hafe carried mar several miles
ana am glao 70 get chanct 10 set II
uown.
u IL now nelleVedhy ine officers that the
sun case contained part of the body OF
drowning.
to conceal their intentions Of burning the