| Show THE BROWN WIFE MURDER strong Evidence to Prove the Prisoner Insane Presented In the First district court on Tuesday afternoon too witnesses in the John L Brown murder case were called forward and sworn and by request of Prosecutor Zane were excluded from the court room There were fourteen for the prosecuti hand h-and twenty for the defense Ann Bird of Goosberry was the first i witness who testified Mary Bird is my I daughter I saw her last in May Dont remember the date but it was Thursday Saw her dead body next at Jack Russells ranch on May 24 She had been killed the night before The defendant defend-ant was married to my daughter June 6 1890 My daughter was living at Ivies ranch justbefore the killing with Inc Brown had been living at his own home Brown had not been to tho ranch for nine weeks before the child was born I in March but came after its birth Seven days before the murder he was at our house There was a reason for my daughter daugh-ter not living wilh Brown She refused to room with him which brought out an oath at one time which I remember about and he said Ii am a s of a b if cant paddle pad-dle my own canoe The cbild lived eight days after it was born On crossexamination was killed about a mile from the Jack Russell ranch I never noticed a cross word between the man and wife they seemed to think a reat deal of one another Agnes Bird of Goosberry sister to the murdered woman saw Mary the 24thday of May last at Ivies sheep ranch about 11 oclock Brown came to the house He asked her to take a walk and they went up a drag road southeast of the house They were two blocks away when I saw them last CrossexaminedHe had been there that week aud seemed to be affectionate toward her and she toward him They were occupying occu-pying the same room Christian Madsen a physician of Salina Knew the defendant 1 have been treating treat-ing him for spermatorhea which I believe 1 has been caused by sexual excesses I advised him not to associato with his wife I as there would be likelihood of disease This was nearly a month before the killing I saw the deed body of Mary B Brown on the 25th or 20th of May The corpse was stretched on a bed 1 saw marks of violence viol-ence on the throat arms and limbs There must Lave been a blow administered on the throat I believe tho blow toetber with the strangulation caused the death I Brigham Casto Was at Goosberry last I May Mary Brown was living at the Jack I Russell ranch Brown was at the ranch also They were shearing sheep at the ranch On Monday theiJotn I heard of the I missing woman and started in search Two men accompanied me I looked for Brown in a granary where he slept aud found him I alter calling three times and told him 1 was in search for him and his wife 1 got I him on a horse and I took another wo rode I toward Choke Cherry nollow When we got to the top of the hollow he pointed to a I ridge and a large rock We rode on and I asked him where lie saw his wife last and ho pointed to tho place He would not answer my questions about what had happened but finally said nothing had happened The men with me made a thorough search in connection with myself I then went to the Russell cabin and T heard the signal I from the searchers from near the rock Brown had pointed out I went In that direction and found Brown on my horse running and wnlpping him I The body was on a side hill with tho feet toward the top of the hill She was on her back with her head to one side and ono hand up Her clothes were smooth I There was blood from the mouth and nose and one cheek was covered with blood I found evidences of a struggle There I t were marks of the elbow and knees in the 1 mud the marks were a few rods apart I I The apron was torn in slips I measured 1 the tracks and they corresponded with Browns and tho woman who had been I murdered I noticed black marks on the throat which proved treat violence i I carried the body to tue cabin I then followed fol-lowed him and found my horse tangled in a thicket with another hors Saw Brown again the next morning Mr Cuddebeck and I found him in a potato hole and ordered or-dered him out Irons were put on him and he was taken away There were marks on Browns throat CrossexaminedThere is a dstant marriage mar-riage relation between the deceased and myself William Heath wont with Casto on the search for Brown ana his wife He followed fol-lowed Brown on his attempt to escape and in striking at him with a piece of broom ban die ell off 0 Cuddebeck arrived on the scene the night after the murder I searched and found Mr Brown pulled a gun on him and brought him out of a potatoe hole I asked why he had killed his wife and he said she has deceived me He also toid mo that she baa made him mad and he choked her and I thought ho had choited her too long At Manti he wanted to go and see the grave and as 1 took him along he remarked that I banging was too good for a man wo had committed the crime He had asked me if 1 thought his case would bo worse than McParians of Munti murder fame He stated that since committing this horrible I deed he thought m < re than ever before hat there was a hereafter TEaTEUDAT > Court opened at 10 oclock Marshal Cuddebock was recalled in the Brown wife murder case and said that Brown badasked him why he didnL shoot hIm when he found him in the potato hole He said he wanted to be shot Commissioner Leonard said Brown was advised to plead guilty in his court and he 1 did so This evidence was stricken out THE DEFENSE Tho prosecution rested the case and Ann 1 Brown mother of the defendant testified t something about trouble at Browns birth which was objected to Another child was I said to be insane and at times was in a raving condition It was a girl sixteen years of ago and she was taken into custody cus-tody because of her condition She is now thirtytwo years old and all right An aunt of hers and a cousin were reported to go out of their mind Dr C E Webt lived ir Salina over year Knows Brown treated him last December He was reluctant about being treated Ho had no disease except spermatorhea aud nervous weakness I prescribed medicine for this disease His action in seeking solitude sol-itude and avoiding everybody would indicate indi-cate this disease At the time of killing his wife I believe he was insane I saw actions that were symptoms of insanity Ho often had a wild vacant stare and a grinning way about him After the homo I cide he showed the same symptoms He l I gazed at the men who had their guns on him m blank amazement I had counseled I I i i hts wife not to live with him not as a separation sep-aration but not to occupy the same room Crossexamination I think he had melancholia I mel-ancholia delirium and mania Saw him a week before the killing Did not notice how he was at that time The doctor was i of the opinion that there was a little more I I i the matter with him than the disease he 1 I prescribed for I A half hour was consumed in cross questiOning ques-tiOning tho witness testing him as an expert ex-pert He seemed to know pretty well what he was talking about Mary F Brown stated The defendant is my brother Have lived at Salina twenty years in the same house with my brother I most of the time Ho used to be very I cleanly in his habits before his marriage Seemed to like amusements and society After marriage ho became very indifferent about his dress and at times became delirious deliri-ous and foolish talked about starving to death His wife once showed marks of how ho tried to hang himself His actions were very unnatural |
