The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-02

their clothing was neatly laid out.
w. M. Wills was waiting In the land
lady's room to take the trunks when
they were ready. Mrs. j. ]. Pryor
runs the lodging house and her room
separates the rooms Of Mrs. Ward
and Mrs. Lamphere.
II said you weren't going to novel"
Brown said when he had softly closed
the door.
Showed Her . Farewell Note.
"It looks as II you are wrong"
Mrs. Lamphere said, indicating the
open trunk.
cts good night for all of u.s."
Brown said in the same steady voice,
IF you don't believe 1t read my fare
we'll" and he placed a piece Of card
board in her hand. On the back OF
this was carefully written note and
Mrs. Lamphere laid aside the skirt
she was carrying to read 1t. The note
follows:
Fred: Collect my firing and en-
gine inspectors check from the Rock
Island and pay Mrs. Thomas my
room and board, I'LL Kansas avenue.
Get my steel boat at the wharf Of Tur-
key creek; ask Mr.. Wills In the
houseboat. I'VE Mrs. Wolfberg,
fifteenth an S. kson, about $50.
Most Of it she isaee borrow as my
wife. Mr.. VIM s, ~o2 Central
street, about $75. " q We. God
bless you. Be a good b6soc,s,
THAT is to Fred King. msCb At
BROTHER" said Brown when she >1fad
finished reading, "and it is my last
will and testament. And to show you
that 1 mean It."
A Revolver In Each Hand.
And he took revolver from each
of his coat pockets. Mrs. Lamphere
read his purpose and dropped to the
floor with a scream. Brown fired
three shots into her body as she tried
to get away. One shot went wild.
Mrs. Ward still stood in the center
of the floor with tray of the trunk
in her hand-she seemed unable 10
move. Believing he had killed Mrs.
Iamphere, Brown turned swiftly to
the other.
And you are the one who made
her leave me-" he said.
He fired one shot and Mrs. Ward
fell with the bullet through her
heart.
Then Used the Second Weapon.
Having emptied one weapon Brown
dropped it. to the floor. The other
was an automatic pistol. He placed
1t to his left temple and ended his
life with one shot.
BY the time Wills and Mrs. Pryor
could get into the room the two wom-
en- were lying motionless and Browns
arms moved once and were still.
From Pulpit to Engine Cab.
Preacher, gambler, moralist; the
life of G. s. l.. Brown was one series
of violent contradictions. He was
the son of a farmer who lived near
Washington, Kas. After his father
died several years ago. his mother
married Eli King. q farmer.
Fifteen years ago Brown was con-
verted at q Christian revival and soon
afterward was ordained minister OF
that denomination. He was then
twenty years old and the boys elo-
quence moved many q sinner to the
mourner's bench.
In 1900 when the Boer war broke
out he left his pulpit to join the Eng
lish army. He returned to Kansas
after the war was over and took up
his ministerial work. He was award
ed. medal for bravery while serv-
ing in the army of the queen.
Brown left Washington to become
pastor of the Christian church at
Lees Summit, Mo. He met the
daughter Of one of his flock. They
loved-or thought they loved-and
married. Then Brown began to visit
Kansas City and to sit in poker
games. His parishioners found it out.
Brown left his wife in Lees Sum-
NIT and came to Kansas City, He
worked at anything he could find to
do. He was an iron molder. He
worked in railroad shops. Then he
got job as motorman. At the time
Of his death he was an extra fireman
for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa