The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-01
NO WORD FROM
JEANETTE BROWN
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porter was sent to Petersburg to make
an Investigation. It brought no re-
suit.
1t has been pretty clearly established
that Mrs. Brown has not returned to
her parents home. else why the ar
rival OF her mother and her brother
hero? But there are other hiding
places to which the woman might have
gone, and she might remain and live in
New York, or in Philadelphia or Balti-
more, for that matter. for years with
out being heard Of.
No Trace of Her There.
And now comes the story of her sui
in which her hat was found, has been
thoroughly dragged from end to end
and from side to side. No trace has
been found. superintendent Davis said
last night that all of tho water from
the east basin will not be emptied un-
til late tomorrow night or Saturday,
the fall amounting to about two ana
one.half feet a day Mr.. Davis does
not expect to find more than ten Inches
of mud on the bottom, and it Is doubt
full. therefore, II this would be sufti-
cient to hold the corpse IL Mrs Brown
really killed herself
Having eliminated the drowning the
DRY, the public has generally accepted
| the belief that Mrs. Brown, or some
one else, deliberately tossed her hat
! into the water and left her parasol on
! the reservoir steps, merely to avert
! suspicion while she was fleeing from
| the city. There has been disposi-
| ton on the part of some TO believe
| that she was murdered, but the absence
| of any motive that can now be en-
| planned leaves that idea open to seri-
GUS doubt But even when no foul
4 play is suspected. the police can be-
lieve that some facts have not been
/ revealed She stated on the morning
| OF her disappearance that she had
swallowed nail file. II she had swal-
lowed nail file it is hardly to be be.
lieyed that she could have gone out
! A few minutes after the finding of the
hat and umbrella Brown telephoned
i to ParSkeeper Humphrey Calder &c
4 know whether woman had been seen
in the park. He explains that by say
ing that she had gone there and also
. to Libby Hill Park on the day before
when she looked into the water.
Real, Deliberate Work.
4 AS has been stated before, the UNI
brella was hardly wet, though 1t had
been raining and drizzling all the
morning. II it had been used in goins
out after getting off the car 1t would
have been wet all over The hat was
wet only where it touched the surface
of the water. None had soake'l
through. Only few minutes could
have elapsed from the time they were
left until the time they We're founo,
| Apparently the police have not learned
| n any street car conductor saw wo-
man leave the reservoir carry Monuhs
H morning. Her visit at that hour would
automatically have attracted attention
N ar course she could have worn one
hot and have carried the umbrella
down.
Then. having left the umbrella on
the steps and, having thrown the hat
she carried into the water, she couiu
4 easily have left and caught train
out Of the city. If she did this, she
probably never thought of the effect
on the public when its water supply
was being dragged for her body, anc
/ If she were merely working bind te
4 throw searchers Off her trach' SUI
IIIprobably never thought that it mus
IN he discovered in time with all certain
II ty that her body was not in the reser'
\ voir
The case is one either of a woman
running away from her husband ant
home, or 1t is a mystery which the
& public demands should be cleared b,
the police
Worried by Arrest.
There is some background for thu
theory that Mrs. Brown Was worried
because her father-in-law, Nose:
Brown, is now under bail for his ap
pearance on December in Police
Court He was arrested a week ag'
on suspicion of having received goods
stolen from the Chesapeake and Obi,
Railway. lie was In Police Court yes
ta.d i,ilt