The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-23

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each eofzthe, three Of whom confessed to
the charge and Sthus ended the work
OF Capt. Cordell, who is one of the
active men. In the service of the PEN
Aion department ......
Native: Of Kanawha County.
Heretofore Mrs. Brown has been re-
lerred to as native Of Ohio, but the
tact IS that she was born IN KaHawh,,
County and her matrimonial manlpu-
lations have been many. She applied
for pension as the widow Of her
hrst husband, who was Charles w.
Browns, claiming not to have, been
married since. He Is alleged to have
deserted her for more beautiful
woman at a time in her age when the
"rraf wife was especially attractive
from a physical and facial viewpoint,
IT was while he had headquarters il
Catlettsburg, KY, that Capt. Cordcll
was assigned to the case and he has
devoted the greater part Of his time
during the past year and half to
getting solution. He found, in the
first place that Mrs. Brown, was mar
rled several times after she had -Ee-
come the widow of Charles Brown,
and learned also that she, was not an
Chloan but q native Of KanaWha
county, West Virginia, and that her
two brothers, who were indicted With
ner, are residents of this county. One
OF them lives within few miles Of
this city and IS one of the three who
this morning confessed to having
sworn falsely in the case.
At Close Of War.
1T has been shown that at about the
close the -Cipil-Waf Frances -Moo,i-
ey, OF KanaWha county, then q young
and handsome woman, married Char
les w. Brown at Gallipolis, o. Brown
was veteran Of the war but was not
satisfied to settle down and live
peaceably with the woman Of his
choice, so left her and is said to have
married another soon after the act nf
desertion. The deserted wife also
found congenial partnership with
another man, this one happening to
be one Elias Estep. Soon after that
nuptial event, Estep got in the way of
the realms Of memory. Then it is al
legged to have been a third marriage
w which Mrs. Brown-Estep became
Mrs. Harrison, but the HUSBAND;
soon died, and the woman became q
three time widow. Then Cupid got
busy again and man named Clark
is alleged to have become the hus-
band. But Clark didn't last long and
Mrs. n-Estep-Larrison-C Clark had
but little difficulty in finding the Nth
man to become her husband. He was
of the name Of Congleton. She cot Il
divorce from him and in the long his
tory Of the case it was intimated that
she became identified in an unenvi-
able manner with the questionable
district of Gallipolis.
Then Comes Sixth.
Then came the sixth husband, who
is said to have been a New Yorker
who bore name that is not even re-
called by those interested in the case
unless it be by the old woman herself
and she does not care to discuss her
matrimonial escapades. After TIC
separation from the sixth husEnllI.
Mrs. Brown and hyphenated so !Jrlhs.
came back to Charleston and n.4de her
home here for some time. She made
application for a pension as Ms.
Brown and had the affidavit Of her
two brothers to substantiate the
claims she set forth. Almost two
years ago, Capt. Cordell was put on
the case and he has been busy ever
since in getting the evidence togeth-
er which brought about the plea of
guilty on the part Of each of the three