| Show A SHREWD SHARPER as a gentleman and bobbing house BALTIMORE july 6 the usually quiet little town of laurel iu alna state is all agog with excite anent over the arrest of william B brooks charged as told in the world this morning with several burglaries brooks was married to a charming young ady in the village of life is except as regards his marriage almost parallel to parisian burglar and murderer charles marchan don brooks who is a fine looking fellow twenty five years old with large blue eyes brown curly hair andl mustache about four years ago made the acquaintance of mr thomas dennison a wealthy farmer of gooseberry point on the potomac eiver not many mile from washington while there he met miss millie dennison of laurel uncle and although ahe had been paying court to mr dennisonn Denni sons daughter it soon became apparent that he was infatuated with miss millie last autumn brooks paid a visit to the Dennie ons at laurel and as miss millies friend he wa very cordially received he remained at the house for tome time as a guest but afterwards determined to make his home there and insisted on paying board ha told mr john bennison Uen nison Miss Millies father that he was tho owner and caplain of the schooner william anderson and that he was engaged in the oyster business he had not been president of laurel many weeks before his affections took another course and he seemed to lose all iu erest in misa millie and trans erred bis attention to miss mollie ler eldest sister and the recognized elle of the place his easy manner pleasing ways and handsome countenance had made him a general favorite among the people and his company was much sought after he frequently left the house at night saying that he intended to catch the midnight train far this city where he had business to transact and sometimes he would return a few hours later and aa an excuse woid eay that he missed the train in the early part of this year brooks asks miss be his wife and the young girl scarcely 18 years of age consented the girls aathar when spoken to con suited his brother of gooseberry point from whom obtained he such a high recommendation of the young man that he readily gave his consent the marriage was set for march ast 1st and it was intended by the young folks to make tho madriago mar riago a gala event but the bride elects father died february alth and a quiet wedding took place at the home of the bride april let the rev jacob L grimm pastor of christ united brethren church of this city an old friendt of the family performing the ceremony about this diroe be came numerous in and around laurel and the loss was heavy at all the houses which had been robbed young brockb and miss dennison had been frequents i tars and in several cases it had been noticed that brooks had made notes of the interior plans still no suspicion attached itself to he young iman who was supposed to honor about a week ago be concluded to reside in washington and having secured apartments on P street brought his wife to that city on monday down the river on the mary and when mr brooks pointed to avesser on the docks ft alexandria thee t said he to his wife is the vessel I 1 command and I 1 have been notified t wl for after leaving bis wife at their apartments he went lo 10 the river and taking a boat pulled up tho eastern branch landing he walked to laurel it then being about 2 in the morning he stopped in front of a large roan eion occupied by mr Dennl sun bin cifes uncle with a diamond glasa effected effect cd an entrance a window and peare dinto the house soon he came out again and placing in his pocket a packet of bills containing walked to laurel where bo appeared next rooming the police were notified abathe detectives visited mr dennisonn Denn isona house while examining the room froma which the money bad been stolen they recognized a photo graph of brooks on a table aa that of william harrison a borso thief and swindler who had escaped from officers conducting him to upper marlboro Mari boro jail in september last they went to work quietly and adon obtained evidence brooks in all the burglaries committed in that neighborhood wasa cheri arrested arrea ted aad taken to washington being afterward turned over to the maryland authorities ties it has binco been ascer bained that a wiio living n rappahannock Rappa hannock va and on this ground mrs brooks will sue for a divorce he is known to the police aa an unusually daring criminal when a year ago in this city for horse stealing ho was being taken to jail on the train when i about twenty miles from this city he managed to get put on the platform without his attention being suspected the train was going at a rate of thirty miles an hour brooks jumped ckon his feet was uninjured and made his escape going directly to the house of air bowie he said that he bad been kidnapped and escaped and asked to have the handcuffs removed 1 I cannot do it myself said the farm er but I 1 will send a boy with a horse and buggy to drive you to the blacksmiths on the way they stopped at a store where brooks asked the boy to get him some blacking while the boy was doing so brooks although still handcuffed seized the reins and drove away to Geia boro where he stopped here he found a colored man who released him correspondence pon dence N Y world |
