Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-25

permission to take DR.. Walter 8.
Washington, the famous Snead case
alienist, to see MacFarland, This sug-
gests insanity may be the defense.
Since the crucial battle of what will
he Que of the most sensational murder
trials In the criminal archives of New
Jersey WIS 10 be waged about the ex-
tradition of Miss Bromley, who was a..e
"other woman" the fact that she fled
Is significant
The report that Prosecutor Mott
would probably charge her with being
an accompIice before the fact ns base
for his extradition proceedings is be-
Iieved TO he the reason for her secret
flight.
A big limousine slid silently out of a
cross street into Viola avenue late last
night and stopped across the street
from the Bromley home at 2437 The
engine chugged impatiently. but no one
left the car.
Suddenly square of light showed at
the door of the Bromley home. A
1.-THE. dark figure dashed down the
steps. ran lightly across the street and
entered the machine.
The young woman was Miss Florence
Bromley the strikingly beautiful
golden-haired stenographer. whose
charms captivated the man who is
awaiting Indictment for murder in Es-
sex county Jail
Miss Bromley Heavily Yelled.
A heavy veil covered her face and
she as bundled in furs. A man with
| the collar of his long coat turned up
] III. -, h., g
Miss Bromley reached the running
board of the machine and helped her
in Then, without an instant's loss Of
time, the limousine started and glided
away into the darkness.
Edward T. Flood, vice. president of
the Rensington Trust Company and
brother-in-la of the young womaf1s
father, was the owner of the machine.
When a reporter called at Mr. Floods
home his wife said that her husband
had gone on an automobile trip, from
which she did not know when he woula
return.
The fact that David j. Smythe and
A. r. Johnson the two lawyers repre-
senting Miss Bromley's father could
not be located, was considered signid-
cant It is not believed that Miss
Bromley will he found when Prosecu-
tor Mott wishes to bring her into tho
State as witness against MaoFarland.
banker Flood Is silent.
When Banker Flood returned to his
home he refused to give any informa-
tion as TO where he had been in hiS
auto or as TO what had become of his
passenger
"An | will say" he remarked, 'ts
that l married into the Bromley family.
and, therefore. am mixed up in this
unfortunate affair"
Since the discovery of Miss Bromley's
! letters to MacFarand her father has
steadily insisted that ne did not know
OF his daughters association with tina
Newark advertising man Superin-
! tendent of Police Taylor threw new
light on the matter, however, in
statement he has just made
Ten days before Mrs MacFarland
was found dead said Superintendent
Taylor. "Mr. Bromley came to me and
said that mcfarland was not only
corresponding with Florence regularly
but that he was using every conceivabls
method to meet her He said that ne
and Mrs. Bromley were very greatly
annoyed because of this
"I wrote to MacFarland and threat
ened to have him arrested unless no
kept away from the girl | got reply
from MacFarland in which he said ne
would comply with my request, al
though / love her and she loves me-
AS exclusively told in the Evening
STAR when Miss Bromley's name WAS
first mentioned in the case, Detective
Godfrey unearthed the fact that she
had been married when very young
and had been divorced.
Further Investigations in the life %
MacFarland make it possible that other
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