Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
RABBI. N. BROWNE
! ON MERCY MISSION
Noted Jewish Leader Seeks
Rehearing in Case of I'm
prisoned Soldier.

Rabbi Edward B. NJ. Browne, the
only survivor of the men who served
as pallbearers at the funeral Of Pres
fdent Grant, and who was an inti-
mate friend of the late Col. Roose-
welt, has arrived in Washington to
obtain for Jewish young man, who
has been sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment to Fort Leavenw orth for
INSTRUMENTATION, either release or
new trial
old and married for more than a
year, was at Camp Upton. He is
painter by trade; his wife is nineteen
years old. In July of last year he
was detailed to kitchen police work.
and, after scrubbing nearly the en-
Browne, he became suddenly i'll and
went upstairs and lay down. His
superior officer appeared and ordered
him to peel potatoes.
The young man, Rabbi Browne de-
clares, had suffered for three years
from a chronic complaint, which at
tackled him spasmodicaliy and inn
paired him for manual work. Rabbi
Browne says that Berkowitz had such
an attack when called upon to peel
potatoes and he was unable to move.
Called "Farce of Justice"
Rabbi Browne says the court-mar-
tial was a farce of justice" the ac-
cused being given a defender. he as
serts, just when the trial began. and
being sent to prison. despite affida-
Wits from prominent New York ply
sicians and members of the Berko-
witz family testifying to his poor
physical condition The rabbi main
tains that failure of liberation of
Jews at the camp was responsible for
the sentence of Berkowitz.
Rabbi Browne. for years one of the
most interesting characters of the
country, spoke in Washington in 1907
for more than two hours and half
at the First Presbyterian Church on
the Jews Cruelty Christi" and held
his audience. He was. after DR.. Isaac
M. Wise, the first Jew to open the
United State Senate with prayer. That
was on May 26. 1884.
Though a pallbearer at the funeral
OF Gen. Grant. Rabbi Browne walked
on that occasion from the city hall to
Riverside because lit occurred on the
Jewish Sabbath. on which it was I'M
lawful for orthodox Jews to ride in a
carriage. The Christian clergymen
had q number to accompany the rabbi
| in turn in his walk. The orthodox
Jews gave to Rabbi Browne a gold
| medal for thus observing the Sab
bath.
He retired from the pulpit in 1900
and went to Palestine and the orient
as chairman of the archaeological
(JeWtsh) commission, appointed by
leading European Jews to examine the
recently found secret archives (264
copper plates), declared to be the full
report Of the Christ.s trial before Pi.
late. He was received by the SuItar
and given the privilege to inspect sa-
| cred places up to that time inaccessi.
BILE either to Jews or Gentiles.
| Pope Leo invited Rabbi Browne te
| talk on his travels and was accorded
a bed chamber interview" Rabb
Browne was a close friend of Col
Roosevelt and had been from 1882 III
| to the former Presidents death.
| DR.. Browne has been a rabbi in sery.
Ice fifty years, and he is honorable
president and public defender of tn,
Jewish American Seventy Elders
fashioned after the seventy elder:
created by Moses $500 years ago. 1t i.
| is in this capacity that he is cham.
pioning the cause of Berkowitz. Rabb
| Browne has already saved FIVE meT
condemned to death. three of whom
were Christians.