The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-01
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Frances had been burned with acid?"
the question came. 1t had reference
to the acid burns which marred
Peaches" beauty.
when Mrs. Heenan called me
on the telephone and said that
Frances had been burned, and for
me to come and bring a doctor.
Il went Immediately. When went
in and saw her l said. My, it looks
like she was badly burned. Peaches
was in her bedroom. 1t was the
first time L ever had been in her
bedroom"
Browning said he then went i'm
mediately to a corner drug store.
called a doctor and bought bandages,
boric acid, vaseline and other medi.
cines.
Il didn't know what to get" he
said.
Then he returned to the Heenan
home.
did you ever suggest not call
ing the police?" he was asked.
mo. certainly not"
Did you ever have anything to
do with the acid burns?"
Absolutely nothing"
How late did you usually stay at
the Heenan apartments?''
Never very late. | left about H."
what did Mrs. Heenan ever say
about her work."
"She said she made $50 a week.
/ gave her $50 a week so that she
could stay home and take care of
her daughter"
Paid Apartment Rent
Browning said he also paid the
rent for the Heenan apartment and
bought groceries for the mother and
daughter.
A day came, it seemed, in the
ripening romance, when Mrs. Heenan
told him that the Children's Society
had threatened to put Frances in an
institution. Mrs. Heenan cried and
said such an action would kill her,
Browning said.
shortly thereafter you were
married." asked the lawyer.
Yes, at Cold Springs"
"And where did you so on your
marriage night?" -5o
'To the Hotel Gramatan In
Bronxville. We had private bed
room and bath"
did you on that night make any
advances to your wife,"
"I did not"
Later he said at the White Plains
house, when alone with him, Mrs.
Browning threatened to call her
mother.
"I told her not to bother and
stepped to the door and called Mrs.
Heenan myself" Browning testified.
"I could understand. Mrs. Heenan
came in, she and her daughter went
into another room and 1 did not see
her again that night"
He denied with explosive empha-
sis that he had mistreated his wife.
Browning was frowning as he tes-
titled The high, stiff collar which
he wore seemed getting far too high
and to stiff and he squirmed and
pulled at it.
Acid Burns Treated
Browning said that at one time he
offered to give his own skin for a
grating operation to cover Peaches"
scars from the acid burns. Numer-
Gus physicians treated her, he said,
and it was when one of them asked
If they knew where they could get
some skin for grating that he
answered:
"Why, certainly, I do. / can give
her skin. / did 1t for my mother
Why not for Frances?"
did you give Mrs. Browning an
allowance"
II gave her pin money and bought
most of her clothes"
did you give her mother an al
lowance?"
Eyes, both an allowance and other
gifts"
What did you do on your wifes
birthday"
Five-FOot Cake
IT gave her diamonds, flowers, a
dinner party with a birthday cake
five feet high and a dance at the
Victory Club
Did you take your wife to shows
or plays?"
Il took her to every show there
was"
did you take her to dances?"
Yes, she liked to go and I liked
to go and we went frequently"
Browning said that they left the
Mayfair apartments in New York
and went to the fashionable Kew
Gardens Inn in midsummer because
it was too hot in New York.
What about the golf?" he was
asked.
Frances had been going to the
doctors for her nervousness and one
suggested outdoor exercise and I
bought a complete golf outfit and a
complete tennis outfit for her."
he said.
What was her practice about
coming into New York City with
your"
IT came in every morning and
would call up during the day and
we would plan for the evening"
lie told of an occasion when "she
had what she called the jerks" at
/ Kew Vardens Inn.
( 'She would jump on the floor" ne
said. lone morning when she was
4 IL he.
arms, her neck, her head, her eyes
and then she rolled on the floor and
l wrapped blanket around her and
| called the DOCTOR
He said that her mother then told