The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-31

similar to Mrs Lew.
Then Leslie Fieldenweider, man
ager of a newspaper feature syn.
dictate, told how the story of "Why
1 Left Daddy Browning" came to be
published.
1.-TWO days before Mrs. Browning
left her husband she came to my
office with her mother" he said.
"She told me that life with Brown
ing was unbearable. We had
previously handled Peaches honey
moon diary for Mrs. Browning.
Received $1,000
"The next week 1 saw her again
and she agreed t owrite a series of
twelve stories on her life with
Browning. l gave her $1,000.
After those had been printed.
they proved popular and she
approved six more articles for which
was given $1OO."
Price coming down." broke in
John +. Mack of Brownings legal
staff.
Three employees of the syndicate
described how the stories were writ.
ten and how the week following the
break between Mrs. Browning and
her husband, they had kept her in
seclusion while the material for
why I Left Daddy Browning" was
being prepared.
John S. Garden broke down and
confessed that he really wrote the
story for Peaches she aud her
mother reading and approving it.
You are what they call a hot
writer. aren't you?" a Browning law
yer commented.
Garden smiled.
a parade of witnesses called to
paint the Browning married life, as
seen in public, as a perfect idyl, fol-
lowed.
Very Happy Couple
Miss Belle Edwards, a waitress
at Kew Gardens Inn, where the
Brownings lived for some time, said
that they appeared a Every happy
couple
did you wait on their table?" the
Lawyer asked.
Yes, and there were always
flowers on 1.-THE gave her flowers
all the time" she answered.
Miss Edwards saw nothing to in.
dictate, she said, that Mrs. Browning
was nervous.
She had observed her clothes. the
witness went on, and found that
they were very nice" clothes.
You observed her clothes?" asked
the attorney.
yes, I did"
"Of course, you would" comment
ed John E. Mack, attorney for
Browning.
Frank NJ. Golden, head waiter at
the inn; Edward F. Mcdonald, man.
ager, and Leo Ehrenreit, guest at
the inn, followed Miss Edwards.
They agreed with the waitress that
Browning was very considerate" to
his wife; that she had shown no
signs of nervousness, and that her
wardrobe was lavish" as one de-
scribed it.
In cross-eXamination of Ehrenheit,
Mrs. Browning's attorney asked:
You wouldn't expect a man to
beat his wife in public, would your"
objected to as improper" spoke I'D
Mack.
Yes, it would be improper to beat
your wife in public" ruled Justice
Seegar, and the audience wasn't
reprimanded when it laughed.
Powders Her Nose
Peaches way paying little atten-
ton to the testimony. Her nose was
quite shiny and she blushed when a
newspaper woman leaned over and
reminded her of the fact. The
powder puff was used freely.
Frank Dolan, a newspaper man,
said he had seen Mrs. Browning two
days after she left her husband and
that she had posed for photographers
after Directing mildly"
I'm some of these pictures I see
very distinguished person with
Mrs. Browning" said Mack. "Who
is he?"
"Why, that's me-" answered Dolan.
"Have you ever been arrested?"
Mrs. Browning's lawyer shot at
Dolan on cross-examination.
"No-Oh, yes, sure 1 have" an
swered Dolan.
He denied, however, he had been
arrested for disorderly conduct dur
ing the Leonard Kip Rhinelander
marriage annulment trial.
Weren't you arrested for pound
ing on the door of the county jail?"
From the inside or outsider"
well, were you ever convicted
of anything?"
NO" h eanswered. and was ex-
cused.
Court then adjourned. It took f1f-
teen minutes to get the rowd out of
the courtroom, and the corridors
cleared. Two policemen and several
deputy sheriffs escorted Browning.
The crowd began gathering at 7
a. m. People were coming from all
directions. The drawing power of
the Brownings, their rubber eggs and
honking ganders, was actually en-
HANGED by three days out of court.
When Frances Peaches) Eeenan
Browning reached the courthouse
she faced solid wall of persons that
refused to make way for her.
Mrs. Browning's attorneys organ
ICED a flying wedge of newspaper
men when the police had trouble in
parting the crowd, and they bucked
and Straightforward their way through
the courthouse corridor and finally
landed Peaches" in the courtroom.