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SAID TO HAVE 3 WIVES
William c. Brown, Aged %. Held on
Charge of Rieamy-t'irst wife
Found Him out.

Because he failed to speak to his
! first wife, whom he married in Cam
! bridge, Md, four years ago, when
she passed him on the street, Will
liam c. Brown. % years old, ia
South Seventh street, Highlandtown,
was arrested late Friday d. ernoon
| by Headquarters Detectives O'Don-
nell and Carey and charged with big
amy The detectives suspect that
Brown is the husband of three wives,
two of them having been but l i
years old when he married them.
| Brown,was locked up at the South
western Police Station Friday night
and was given preliminary hearing
| before Justice Tormollan Saturday.
His known wives are Mrs. Nancy
| Tregoe-Brown, is years old. 2023
| Ashton street. and Mrs. Madeline
Rose Schuman-Brown, IT years old,
| ia South seventh street. Brown
| is also suspected of marrying a young
woman named Crum, the ceremony
| having been performed at the par
sonage of an East Baltimore street
minister.
Questioned by the detectives,
Brown is alleged to have confessed
to two marriages. He said that he
was formerly connected with show
and +bat he wac Fl ret n, arriad tn Miss
Nancy Tregoe, in Cambridge. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
]. L. Ward, a Methodist minister.
According to Mrs. Tresoe-Brown,
she was married to Brown October 4,
1914 He lived with her until June
I3, 1915, when he suddenly disap-
peared. Mrs. Tregoe-Brown heard
nothing more from her husband, and
two years later she and her mother
went to Wilmington, Del. Several
months ago they moved to Baltimore.
A month ago Mrs Tregoe-Brown
obtained employment at the South
west Baltimore plant of the Bartlett
Hayward Company, and when return
ing from work one day she was sur
prised when she saw her husband ap-
preaching her on the street. The de-
serted wife spoke, but the recreant
husband paid no attention to her.
Seeking the counsel of friends, Mrs.
Tregoe-Brown began a quiet inyesti-
cation and she learned that her hus-
band had married again and was liv-
ing in Highlandtown.
States Attorney BrOening was no
titled of the case Thursday, and De-
tectives O'Donnell and Carey were
assigned to make an investigation.
Mrs. Tregoe-Brown went to the Sou
thwestern Police Station and had a
warrant issued for her husband.
The detectives went to Mrs. Schu-
mans home and they learned that
Mrs Madeline R. Schunan-Brown
was the wife No. 2. She said that
she was married to Brown September
1, 1915, three months after he de-
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was performed at Sacred Heart Cath
olic Church by the Rev. Emil Deus
ser. Mrs. Schuman was present at
her daughters wedding.
A further investigation revealed
the fact that on October 10, 1915,
William c. Brown, who gave his ad-
dress as Harrisburg, obtained Ii
cense from the Baltimore marriage
license bureau. The detectives ques-
toned Brown, and while he admitted
that he formerly lived in Harrisburg,
he would not admit his completely in
the third marriage. 1t is likely that
Brown will be held for the Baltimore
county authorities, as the second
marriage was performed in the coun-
ty. There is one child by the second
marriage.