Show WIFE THINKS THIEF INSANE Family Of Naval Officer Believes He Should Be Punished ni B s Standard T Special p Correspondent Oll CUI 1924 by The Th Consoli dated Press atlon LOS ANG ANGELES LES April Out 6 Out In Azusa Azu a II little village of or the foothill now bathed In the th ranc rag rag- ranco ot of o orange oranee blossoms blossom from the surroundIng gro es cro gro e el are arc many small home homes And In III one of these thee perhaps the least pretentious dwell the tho family of ot Lieutenant En R B Brown Dro n until recently I pay pat pa of officer of- of officer of ot the tho 0 Cr divisIon ot of the Pacific fleet The pa pay o of Lieutenant Brown wn was small as ns things go x-o these theae days 8 and he had to keep his hin end nd up a n as an officer of the Ibo th ySo na na navy So Sn the th remittances remittance that came to I muo nomo nom an nn AZU 10 to sUP sUP- sUPport port the th Mrs Eliza Elisa- Elisabeth Elizabeth beth Witt her daughter Mrs both Bro Brown n the mother ot of Lieutenant Brown Mrs Mr Daisy y Brown his wife Mite Ife and their three sons son SIan Stanford ford four tour years old Ervine three years old and Gor- Gor Gordon Gordon Gor Gordon don eIght months old were ere not largo aree but T er cr made sufficient for their simple needs need PROUD or 01 RECORD Lieutenant Brown th the one bread winner was as th the tho hop hope and the 11 Ide of ot the tho and they the held dear the tho th honor of hi his eer- eer cr- cr Ice tice lc In la the navy na for tor honor to them was a part of their religion and sin a debasement for tor 1 which punishment would surely be lIt lIt-ed ed upon them equally The Tho grandmother Witt close clos to t SO 90 years year old I la le a II Puritan and ortho- ortho orth-dox orth doe dol as any of her hr ancestors and has made her influence felt on her family All 11 re the great Illuminated family Bible which occupies a place of honor upon a carted caned can e l pedestal In tn the tho Rent room o of th the tho home grown stiff with Ith th the gauds faud of ot prim r ro- ro CO COI IS SHORTAGE When Mr Daisy Brown Bro II wife wit of f Lieutenant t Brown Broun Dro n received ed letter a aletter letter leller from her husband on March 30 10 In which h he confessed con fooled that ho he had bad ha incurred a shortage hortage In his accountS of oC which he found Cound that he could not make mak UI up and that he h would hate hao hav to run runaway ru runaway away to avoid the consequences nce of his hi act Ilet the three women talked the matter over and could arrive at but one on conclusion It was as plainly evidence of insanity S ral dais da after the brief britt note nole ed from Crom Brown slating th that ho he had left lert Boston and that he had d the navy confirmed them In their belief that h ho O a was insane Insano and an 1 so no Sirs I ra Brown com eom- communicated communicated d with the Admiral onshore on shore duty at Coronado Beach lolling I him all the facts in herp her polon and asking him 11 to aidin aid aidIn aidin In finding her hor husband That investigation act brought about an tion and the th amazing cry that the th officer overdue on leave had al also aino o absconded with payroll currency amounting to approximately matel matel Thle ThI news nes neu came cameto cameto to the tho th family at Azusa Aus through the tho public 1 print It il altered ed not nol their attitude In the tho th slightest The Tho amount of ot money Involved ed meant I nothing to them One dollar oron or orone one hundred thousand It II was a aU all aUthe lone the same SiLme Sol me orI f nL G GOn On Wednesday Mr Mrs Brown re received re- re received received a 0 note nole telling her to 0 met meet m her tor husband at a 0 hot hotel In Los Angelo Angeles Rh She ho dutifully went to bell beg him to give himself up and tako hi his punishment There was wa a a 0 struggle of ot cOq con Science clence and duty between the tho wife and husband In the th hotel t loom oom that lasted through the night In the morning the Ibo th bus hus hus-baad hus I band on n a ruse rune ru fled Cled from duty to f 10 lose los himself somewhere The wife ICo finding that one of hi ids satchels contained a large sum got K I ut ur it by a arule ruse and took It It horn home S i Without even ven opening It IL Mis Brown and her hor In mother got l t tInto Into a small mall S car CALr drove to San Diego and delivered over the tho satchel atchel to the authorities It was as found to contain Int In Int t twenty dollar nty bills bill He H He wa was as Insane that insane that sail sail-In s all all in In Insane sane sano declares the te th wife Ho H I is Inot not nol In hia hix right mind He H must muot bo b a w tl n i Err bOo his hlo I I I I ment sao aa his mother with whit th dry eyes We e hate haio all 1111 been praying that Ill he w nil II I I give himself up It Jt Is enough to kill kilt ro me I dont don't see how ho hoI I can endure endur it It says ay his grandmother lion How Ho did Lieutenant Brown Dro n be become be- be become become I come short t In his hi accounts The family m til at a Azusa has no o interest er I It was rs a sin and n sin does docs d not i weight eight upon circumstances or amount orI I |