The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-09-07
Wife is ILL AT HOSPITAL
Defendant Who Held Excellent Position
in Kenosha Arrested as He Tore Up
Letter from Wife Living in Eastern
State-Says All Is Mistake.


Thomas Fl. Brown, electrician at the
plant of the N. r. Aliens Sons Com
pany and widely known in Kenosha, is
in the custody of the Kenosha police
department pending an investigation Of
charges Of bigamy made against him
by Attorney Jacob Il, Fisher Of
Punxsutawney, Pa. Fisher alleges
that Brown has wife in the Pennsyl-
vania city from whom he was never
divorced and also that he has
two children there dependent upon
him for support.
Brown was arrested at the Kenoslra
postofice just before noon Saturday
by Desk Sergeant Emil Meissner of the
police department A minute before
his arrest he had called at the general
delivery window for mail. AS the pc.
lice officer walked up to Brown with
the salutation ~ want you,n Brown
tore up letter which he had just re-
ceived from the clerk at the window
Later fragments of this letter were
pasted together and it was found to be
letter from the woman who claims to
be his wife and who lives at Punxsu-
tawney. She had sent demand for
money for the care Of the children
Brown after his arrest made guard
ed statements in regard to his mar
riage in Pennsylvania and Kenosha and
declared that his defense was that he
believed the woman who claims him
as her husband at the Pennsylvania
city had secure divorce from him.
The police claim that the letter which
he had at the time of his arrest dis
posed of this defense.
Brown who is a decidedly capable
fellow has been in Kenosha for about
two years and according to the letter
from Fisher the authorities at>Punxsu-
taWney had been seeking him for lust
about the same time. Al little over a.
year ago Brown was married to Miss
julia Morrison, well known Young
woman of Kenosha, and their first baby
was born at the Kenosha hospital on
last Thursday evening. The condition
OF the baby caused grave concern this
morning and it was declared that If
was feared that it would not survive
the day. The mother of the little child
knows nothing of the charges which
have been brought against her husband
or of his arrest. Care has been taken
TO prevent any facts in the, case reach
ing her as It is feared that in her pres.
emit weakened condition ANY shock
might prove very serious. Brown has
visited his wife and baby at the hos
pltal on several occasions, but these
trips have been made under the ems
tody of an officer.
Fisher makes broad CHARGES AGAINST
Brown. He asserts that the Kenosha
man is not new to the marrying came
and that at one time when he was liv-
ing at Ridgeway, Pa, he left his wife
ana went to Emporium where he was
married a second time. After he serv-
ca term for bigamg he returned to
the former wife ndythey4had lived to-
gether until he came west two wears
ago and settled in Kenosha The faith.
"a =
er OF the young woman. to whom he
was married in Kenosha was closetod
with the district attorney this morning
making further investigation into the
facts in the case.
District Attorney Drury announced
inns morning that he could take no
action IN the matter until all the facts
IN the case had been supplied to him
by the authorities, in Pennsylvania
II any crime was committed by Brown
IL was committed in Kenosha., A4tor-
ney Fisher declares that he Is. now
seeking to secure divorce for the
Pennsylvania Mrs Brown and that he
IS anxious to locate Brown IN Kenosba
that ne may be served with the proner
papers In the divorce case. Brown adj
mlts all that has been said by Fisher
put ne declares that when he married
Miss Morrison in Kenosha he had every
reason to believe that his former wife
mad divorced him. He admitted that
since the marriage here he had heard
from the former Mrs. Brown and that
the letters had BEEN sent to. him
through the general delivery2a de-
Partment of the postofice.
The formal warrant for the arrost
OF Brown had not been issued this
morning but he was being held pend
1ng further developments.
AL the hospital it was declared that
bhe wlte was in good condition bu+
critical. " :"