Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-12

Catholic he told her. He left his room
in perfect order when. at 40 m. he
paid his bill and went to the clubhouse.
Miss Hughes went to feed the chickens
at am, when she heard a moaning in
the clubhouse. Looking in she saw the
man on the floor his throat cut. She
called a passing mail carrier who with
another man. took Carmichael into the
house. Three physicians were called.
Cold Helped to Kill Him.
The doctors found that the man had
cut small slit in his throat. but the
knife had not touched the jugular vein.
If it had not been that he had lain SO
long in the cold and lost so much blood
the doctors said that they could have
restored him to consciousness. but as
the thermometer stood almost at zero he
had become so thoroughly chilled that he
never aroused from his stupor and died at
12:4O pm.
When the sheriff had esta blished Car
michaels identity through the letters
found in his one valise. he was informally
placed under arrest with d guard over
him. The letter to his wife was mailed
to her.
Carmichael had shaved his beard and
was smooth-fa faced. He was six feet tall
with reddish brown hair and walked with
a limp. He wore suit of black and
gray. and fine black fur overcoat.
Wife Defends Husband.
ADAIR, Mich, January 12-When MRS
Carmichael was informed of her hus-
bands tragic death she sobbed in an
agony of grief.
I'VE never had any trouble said she,
except over that manuscript referring
to blood and thunder novel that Car
michael had written and sent to De-
troit publisher.
II saw some Of it once she continued:
"a few sheets, / can't remember just
what they said, but l felt called to
tell him he should not write such things.
But ne persisted. That caused d GOODNESS.
but not a quarrel. And now he is dead"
Mrs. Carmichael made statement indi-
eating that her husbands humiliation be-
cause of his belief in Browning's power
over him was so great that he never
spoke of hypnotism even TO her. She said
she knew nothing of hypnotism; that her
husband. SO far she had known, was
ignorant of it. and that Browning was
not of sufficient mentality to understand
it. She could not understand her hus-
bands deluson about hypnotism.
That her husband could have harmed
any one seemed incredible to Mrs. Car
michael To her he was a gentle man,
always doing good
my husband never spoke to me of Mr.
Browning. with whom had only pass
ing acquaintance. j never was in his
i.
Carmichael were such close friends until
this came out. / can't understand it, I'M
less my husband wanted to help Mr..
Browning to make d success in life. He
would naturally take some interest in
any one like that.
IF he ever did anything to Mr.. Brown
ing he must have been crazy. Why, he
didn't have an enemy He never showed
any anger to any one: he controlled him
self: he never struck a man or was in a
fight
He couldn't have been aroused over
any action of the people here, for every
body was kind to us from the first. l
have often been afraid that the gather
ingS in my husbands ears would cause
his death or make him insane"
1t is remarked as strange. and as bear
ing out Carmichaeps idea that Browning
had a power over him, that Carmichael
should not only have assumed as a name
the church title by which Browning ad
dressed him. but should also have said
at Carthage that he was a carpenter.
Browning was the village carpenter here.
He was a ne'er-do-Well. and the people
wondered at the olergyman's interest In
him. Undoubtedly it Is explained by Car
michael's obseSsiOn that Browning, though
weak mentally and morally, controlled
him by hypnotic power.
Browning Cruel.
AUBURN. N. Y, January 12.-Mrs.