The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-02-18

fruitleaH search. calling. repeatedly
her husbands name. About three
o'clock. exhausted. she thre. herself
On the bed and either fell asleep or
tainted. Shortly bsf0re ) o'clock.
he woke and vent through the dark
ness and rain half mile 10 me home
Of Murray Mazenhelmer. wno worked
Tor Mr.. Brosn by the year. They
returned TO the barn. MaaenheImer
MIXED he cows. About e70 o'clock.
Hhe had heard the report of a Kun.
but thought nothing Of It. - Il .as
he holiday season. IN the night she
had gone TO the store room md found
Mr. Browns single harreleI shot Kun
IN It's place.
Murray Maaenhelmar told Of hoH he
sas called b. Ars brown. md Of the
search IA soon as i began to grow
light. h noticed . track outside the
barn yard; IN The barn yard and near
Ihe stable door be Eas bleed stains
lie followed The track OF horse nd
man md ef something dragged fof
he distance Of a quarter of a mile
nd then returned Tor Mr.. Brown
us told OF IIeir together follo%Ing
III 1a2A UHEI III Nsiuz pfU#sl
IIeld. across ne county rozd. over 4
piece Of nes ground and into a
Ihiekel hall mile from he barn
sbere nifty feet inside The under,
growth. thay found the body. ~Ith
rope iooped under he arms
md round the body IN tn presence
q Mr.. Brown he raised ne Head
md saE the wound The alarm -
then given and the anthorIIiea nolI-
led. On Saturday sH1ler had asked
him Il he would b On the farm IN
Sunday. lie "a never there on Han,
day. lie had left l.e BEosn faTn
about n'clozk aaIardaf evFfIIng
later. about SO, shils standing On
hIz porch he I'D heard the report ol
; gun.
Mr. browns mud stained clothing
The blood stained milking stool. Ihs
Enn and n boz with t.o shells sers
introduced IN evidence
Al the iirst mention Of ; gun. Hr
HslfanIIsr objected - the Intro1ue.
ton Of any evidence Other than oi
death b means OF : stone. but ne
Court ruled that The evidence o. :
Ean shot va admissible under ne
second count of the indictment. II
every mention Of the gunHhot aa The
means of death. ths objection Has
Of course renewed and oserrnled b,
he Court
Clarence Hankert md Iohn Bank.
aTt. brothers. sho Iad walked out
he county rad to tho turnpike "a
take the auto bus for I4ttleaIown tnld
how tn. bus vas laIs thaI evening
how a. they HIoOd n the darkness
waiting for i. they heard he sound
Of ridden horse coming from the IL
Tection IN which he bodY Of Mr
Brown vas a[IerwaTd found. One oi
them I'D a llaHhlighI and used Il q
see who vas coming. IL va Solomon
sudler. riding MT. Browns lay horse
Billy. and on The horse wa the naF-
neas with breeehban1s. They snoEa
10 him md h answered uHen they
spoke : second time, recognizing
them. lie rode the horse eastward
On the turnpike toward the barn.
Miss Caroline finEIIng testified Inai
he buH was Iate. thai she Eot On II
II Silver Run 10 90 20 LIIIIestoxn:
That near Mr.. Browns. the bus "a
PASSED b SuuIer. walking On the Iefi
side OF The road. rapidly In he dlreo.
ton Of Westminster. that he knss
him well by sight. and recognized him
by the bright bus lights. lie Has
wearing the light suit OF clothes Ir
Brown had given him for : Christ
mas gift.
Theodore Kaufman. assistant post
master II Westminster. father OF MTH
Drown identified the Enn and shells.
Il hid been chiefly through IT
Kauffman,s persisteney thai the n
sestigalIon waH made which confirm
I'd the belief of the States Attorneys
that the death wound was not given
With stone.
John ElIne. undertaken, Of LittIea-
town, Pa. testified that he had en-
balmed Mr Browns body and buried
i on January eth; that on the night
Of February 10Th. the grave was op-
ened b. Mesars Edw. Brown md
Denton Ylngllng, that he and his TO
assistants opened the steel vault, re-
moved the body from the coffin 70
the garage OF Rev. Luther Holman.
1t Silver Run. and that Or. J. j.
Stewart performed The autopsy. thai
h held 4 small paper cornucopia n
- which q number q shot found n
Ine brain we're dropped as found. that
these shot were placed by Or. Stew
art In : small white paper envelope.
DR.. Stewart produced he shot
about dozen n number and descrIb-
ed in detail the character OF ne
wound and the manner in which Ihe
autopsy vas performed.
Chief OF Police Eisenhauer, of
Cumberland, told OF The bringing Of
sndler 10 the police station BY Clay
Wilson, assistant chief. on the night
Of January 9TH. about O'clock.
There without threat Or promise made,
sudler acknowledged that he was the
man wanted 1t first he denied his
Identity. and vas put n cell. Later
Chief EIsenhauer and Wilson went 10
him, and found him crying. Eiaen-
haner said You're IN trouble, yon
know yon are sudler. and yon might
~ well open np." sudler hen Id
mIIled that he was the man and thai
he killed him, and said: ! see nia