Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-01-27
CARMEL, new YORK, FAILS
TO GET in LIMELICHT OVER
BROWNING DIVORCE TRIAL

city for week. A murder trial
converted Somerville, N. j., into a
metropolis for many weeks. A bat
tie over the teaching of evolution in
the schools citifed Dayton, Tenn.
And trial of the suit of Frances
(Peaches) Henan Browning for sep
aration from her husband, Edward
w. Browning, came within an ace of
putting Carmel, N. Y, on the map.
Shelby, Mont, went dead broke
and quickly lost it's place in the sun
after Jack Dempsey whipped Tommy
Gibbons there. Somerville, N. j., is
just a small town again since the
Hall-Mills trial ended. Dayton, Tenn,
! goes its old way since John Thomas
Scopes was convicted of teaching the
monkey" theory in violation of a
state law.
But Carmel, New York, is discon-
solate 1t was ready for fame. Then
trial of the Browning suits was shift
ed to White Plains, N. Y,
Was Already for Battle
Everybody in Carmel, tits said, was
getting ready for the big day, JAN
uary "a, when the Browning court
battle got under way.
Carmel has about a thousand citi-
zens. It's main street is highway.
Carmel has railroad and a station,
but trains are few and far between.
The charming white frame court
house was all prepared for its share
in this exciting affair. The building,
by the way, is 112 years old.
Town Was Excited
Carmel had not been so excited
and has not been so disappointed as
it is today since the last county fair
was held there. And that was 25
years ago. Newspaper reporters and
photographers have not been seen in
the Carmel court house in five years
but big benches and tables were ready
for them. Now they will not be used.
Lunch rooms were all set for a
thriving business-for did not hot
dogs sell for a dollar each while
Somerville was entertaining the Hall
Mills trial? Rooming houses were
hanging out their vacant" signs. A
big crowd was expected. But no
crowds came.
The principals in the case, the
wealthy New York City real estate
man and his child bride, who was his
second Cinderella, were ready for
the big time. Each has issued last
minute challenge to the other.
peaches" expects to have no less
than Sc witnesses to appear in her
behalf. Browning, it is understood,
will have 81 witnesses.
The charges in the case have not
been made public. Justice horsch-
auser has termed the documentary
evidence "slush." Unofficial reports
have it that the complaints are of an
unprintable naeure.
Browning, through his attorneys,
has charged that he was the victim OF
plot when he married Peaches He
asserts that the girl and her mother,
Mrs. Caroline Heenan, engineered the
marriage so that they might get rich
quickly and easily. Mrs. Browning
also was accused of being fortune
hunter" and gold digger"
To these charges, however, Mrs.
Heenan made the following reply:
"a golden day will come to Babe
in court to repay her for the six
months of mental anguish she suf-
fered. In court will come a greater
reward. We feel that what Babe
will reveal will enforce a great lesson
and accomplish more good than any
thing that may be bought with all OF
Browning's millions. We should win
the case easily"