The Butte inter mountain. [volume], June 17, 1901, Image 1

About The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912

Image provided by: Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT

                
The Butte Inter Mountain.
vol. XXI. NO. 74
Stationary temperature.
BUTTE, MONTANA, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 17. 1901. Generally fair tonight Tuesday. PRICE FIVE CENTS
A Jealous Husband Murders His /
Wife and Attempts His Own Life
Awful Double Deed of William Brown at His Home 736 South Wyoming Street
Two Small Children Witness the Trag
edy—Police Find Them Stunning
About the House Screaming
I Frantically and Decrying
Their Father—Quieted
With Difficulty.
Brown, the Murderer.
After slashing his wife's throat
with a keen-edged razor until the
head almost dropped from her body,
William W. Brown, a miner employed
by the Speculator company deliber
ately drew the blade across his own
neck from ear to ear in his residence
736 Wyoming street at 10 o'clock
this morning. The woman died im
mediately and Brown, after being tak
en to Murray A Freund's hospital
where his wound received the neces
sary stitches in order to stop the flow
of blood, was removed to the county
jail. It is thought he will recover.
Jealousy is said to have been the
cause of the awful deed committed by
the desperate husband.
Mrs. Brown's body was removed to
Tjtchell's Undertaking parlors and an
inquest will be held at 3 o'clock Wed
nesday by Coroner Johnson.
The Brown family including two
boys and a girl moved to Butte from
River Falls, Wis., about two years ago
and have been residing at 736 South
Wyoming street for the past several
months. Brown, it is said, has been
very jealous of his wife's actions and
several times has made threats to do
rash things to the whole family. Geo.
Troxler, a son of Mrs. Brown by her
first husband, who aiso works at the
Speculator mine said that Brown never
made threats during his presence but
his mother complained that whenever
he was absent, her husband contin
ually scolded her and insisted that she
should not leave the house except in
his company.
"My mother accompanied her sis
ter, Mrs. Fannie Cherlcks, to the
theater last evening 1 and returned
home about 11 o'clock," said young
Troxler. "I did not hear any words be
tween my parents, but suppose Brown
became angry because my mother hud
gone to the show without his company.
My stepfather wmrks on the night shift
at the mine, and therefore does not re
Eighteen Knots Per Hour Made
By the Battleship Wisconsin
Hew War Vessel Astonishes Haval
Officers by Proving a Formidable
Rival of the Illinois, Known
as the Fastest Boat
Afloat.
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, June 17.—The battle
ship Wisconsin steamed into the port
yesterday morning after a 48 hour trial in
Santa Barbara channel, during which
it was demonstrated that the Illinois
will have to look sharp if she w'ould
retain the honor of being the swiftest
sailor of her class in the United States
navy.
According to members of the trial
board and the experts in naval con
struction who were aboard the Wiscon
sin when she was put through her final
paces before being accepted by the gov
ernment, the battleship will show a speed
of more than 18 knots an hour if put
under forced draught.
The commissioners left this port Fri
day morning, and during the two days
had fair sailing in an easy sea. With
' full head of steam and natural draft
the official record for two hours was
16.45 knots an hour. For the 48 hours
Um average was 15.3 knots an hour.
SLASHED HER THROAT WITH A RAZOR AND ALMOST SEVERED THE
HEAD FROM THE BODY AND THEN DREW THE BLADE
ACROSS HIS OWN NECK FROM EAR TO EAR.
•... >>
v ... >--y ^
.. * ii*
i&Vc. ■
I»«AS
*
p
if',
»
*
V4 v;
*
%
mm
BROWN FELL ACROSS THE BLEEDING FORM OF HIS WIFE AFTER GASHING HIS THROAT
turn home until late. My mother pre
pared my breakfast at 6 o'clock this
morning, and after bidding her good
bye, I went to work. At 11 o'clock I re
ceived word of the awful tragedy which
had occurred.' '
Policemen Barshaw and Old were noti
fied that there was trouble at the Brown
home about 10 o'clock, and upon enter
ing the front door of the house they
found Brown standing in the middle of
Wednesday, while being brought to
this port from Puget Sound, the officers
in charge gave the Wisconsin her head
fiom Point Arenas to Point Reves, and
bad the satisfaction of seeing her put
37.2 knots behind her in 2 hours, or 18.6
knots an hour.
The trial just closed demonstrates that
no alteration will have to be made either
in the battleship's propelling apparatus
or in her filing equipment.
On the run up from the channel yes
terday all the guns were tested for
mechanical defects, but none were found.
This side of Point Conception all the
guns were fired. Solid shot was used.
Six months ago the Wisconsin was
turned over to the government by the
contractors. At that time a forced
draught trial was made and the new
grey hound of the navy surprised her
builders by showing speed of 17.6 knots
an hour.
This test was made at a time when the
ship's engines were too new to show
their best work.
Canadian Pacific Trackmen Strike.
(By Associated Press.)
Montreal, June 17.—Officials of the
Trackmen's union announce that be
tween 3,000 and 3,500 of the Canadian
Pacific's trackmen struck today for an
increased psy.
his
wife I
•own
the room with blood gushing from his
neck. He said something about his
and fell to the sofa on which Mrs. Brown
was lying. The police patrol being sent for
Mrs. Brown was taken care of by the
policemen.
The woman was lying in a pool
of blood, her head hanging over
the edge of the sofa. Life was extinct.
Every vein in *he woman's neck together
with the wind pipe was severed and, the
THROWN UNDER THE
WHEELS BT CZECHS
IN GERHART
(By Associated Press.)
Vienna, June 17.—A member of Czechs
tiaveling on a railway near Troppau
with two Germans, named Luzar, de
liberately seized one of the Germans and
dropped him under the wheels of the car.
The man was killed, but his brother
jumped from the car and .escaped with
serious injuries.
!
JEALOUSY-CRAZED RANCHER
SHOOTS THREE PERSONS^
Roswell. N. M„ June 17.—Arthur Ljn«?f
a stockman, shot and killed his wife,
Beatrice, dangerously wounded Marshal
Maddux, probably fatally wounded the
landlady with whom Mrs. Kline was
living, and then committed suicide. KJfne-,
was crazed by jealousy, his wife haying
deserted him. ' >
Kennedy Jury HaB Disagreed.
New York, June 17.—The twelve men
who at 12:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
at the conclusion of the judge's charge,
considered the evidence in the third trial
of Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy for the mur
der of Dolly Reynolds, reported to Judge
Newburger at 10:25 o'clock Sunday morn
ing that they were unable to agree on a
verdict. The judge at once discharged
the jury from further service and re-"
mantled the prisoner to the Tombs.
I
f,
jugular was hanging outside the throat.
A fearful expression covered the counte
nance as evidence of what the woman ex
perienced at the hands of her enraged
husband. Running about the house were
the little daughter and son of the dead
woman screaming and calling for
"mamma." The unfortunate children
cried as if their hearts would break.
Sobs of "Oh, papa! Oh. papa! Why did
you kill mamma?" were uttered by the
SENATOR CLARK VILL
ARRIVE IH BUTTE
THIS EVENING
The Milionaire Mine Owner Passed
Through Livingston Today on
His Way Home.
(Special to Inter Mountain.)
Livingston, June 17.—Senator W. A.
Clark passed through this city this af
ternoon enroute home to Butte from his
^European trip. "I never felt Getter in
liny life." said the Senator in answer to
: a f l uer y from the Inter Mountain man.
1 am glad to get home again from my
tr a vets and get to business once more,
EX-CONGRESSMAN PETERS
FOR PENSION COMMISSIONER
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
% *
^X (By Associated Press.) X
Topeka, Kansas, June 16.— Ex- X
% Congressman R. S. Peters of Kan- %
\ sas has received a despatch calling X
% him to Washington, where he will X
X he tendered the office of pension X
X commissioner, succeeding H. Clay X
X Evans. President McKinley has X
X had under consideration the names X
\ of ex-Congressman Blue and X
X Peters for this position. X
X X
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
little ones, and not until the older
brother arrived from the mine could
they be partially pacified.
Mrs. Brown's sister and older daugh
ter, Myrtle Trexler, who resides with
friends a few doors away from the
Browns, were on the scene of Brown's
crime very soon after the patrol wagon
arrived. The sister said that there was
no cause for the awful act of the hus
band. She said Mrs. Brown was devo
Order May Come Today In the
Montana Ore Purchasing Co. Case
Depositions ip the Litigation Are Re
ceived in New York, and the
Court Takes the Matter
Under Advisement.
(Special to Inter Mountain.)
Helena, June 17.—Depositions taken
before Commissioner Cory in New York
in the hearing to justify the Delaware
Surety company on the $330,000 bond of
the Montana Ore Purchasing company
were received this morning, and the su
preme court proceeded to hear argument
on them and on the offer of John Mac
Ginniss, vice president of the Montana
Ore Purchasing company, to .tile a sub
stitute bond in case the Delaware Surety
company was not approved.
Robert B. Smith, for the Montana Ore
Purchasing company, admitted that the
Delaware Surety company did not jus
tify, and in order to make sure the said
surety company had deposited $350.000
in the State Pavings bank at Butte,
which the Montana Ore Purchasing
company offered as security, he presen.
ed affidavits of A. B. Clements, presi
dent, and T. M. Hodgens, cashier, to the
effect that such deposits had beer made
to the credit of the surety company.
L. O. Evans of the Boston & Montana
company condemned the bond as bogus.
He said the Delaware Surety company
was a dummy, organized for the purpose
Murderer and Would-be Self Destroy»
er Mow Locked up in the County
Jail—Physicians Say He Will
Recover—Body of Slain
Woman at Tackell'a—
Inquest Wednesday.
The Dead Woman.
tion itself, and very seldom left the
house without his knowledge.
Mrs. Cherlcks continued: "The fam
ily, including two boys and a girl,
came to Butte a few years ago from
River Falls, Wis. My sister had threêf
children and Mr. Brown has seven chil
dren by a former wife, residing at the
old home. The married couple got along
nicely for some time, but a few months
ago jealousy crept into the home and
the husband became cross. Trouble of
a slight nature ensued, but we never
supposed such an ending as this would
follow. It is horrible to think of."
Brown was 40 years of age, good look
ing and of muscular build. The dead
woman may have been a few years
Brown's senior and was apparently one
who had gone through a great many
hardships.
The couple attended the theater last
night, and seemed in good spirits. They
had been on good terms, according to
the statements of women of the neigh
borhood.
The house in which the Browns resided
is a one story brick, of four rooms, at 736
South Wyoming s ( treet. It is up well from
the street. The Brown family had lived
there for some time, and were well known
in the neighborhood.
There was no suspicion of a family dis
agreement such as would lead to the deed
which has cast a gloom over the entire
community.
As soon as the news of the murder
spread, a crowd began to gather, and in
a very few minutes there were a hundred
or more of curious sightseers on the
ground. Among them were scores of
children, who thronged the yard and the
street around the house.
Mrs. Brown was of a very quiet and
reserved manner, according to the state
ments of those of the neighborhood who
knew her. She dressed quietly and neatly.
TO TRY JESSIE MORRISON
Twelve Men Ready to Again Hear the
Case Against Alleged
Murderess.
(By Associated Press.)
Eldorado, Kan., June 17.—A jury was
secured at noon today to try Jessie Mor
rison a second time for the murder a
year ago this month of Mrs. Olin Castle.
of giving it. and the filing of the bond
an attempt at evasion and fraud on the
court.
The officers of the surety company had
sworn it had assets of $t,998,000, but Mr,
Heinze admitted that he simply gave a
check for $330,000 and took back stock in
exchange. As to the deposit in the Butte
bank, how did the court know Ileinze
had not a string to the money? Mr.
Evans called attention to the inconsist
ency between MacGinniss' statement
that the Montana Ore Purenasing com
pany had no interest in the surety com
pany and Heinze's admission that he
owned control.
Even if the officers of the Montana Ore
Purchasing company were not held
guilty of contempt in attempting to per
I petrate a fraud on the court, he said.
1 the onl >' order the court eou'.d make was
that an injunction should again come in
force. He asked the court not to con
sider any offer to justify the surety
company and not to consider any offer
to introduce a substitute bond.
E. W. Toole, for the Montana Ore
Purchasing company, made a p!ea that
the whole transaction has been the re
sult of improper advice of counsel and
that anything done in the nature of
contempt cculd be stricken from the
record.
The court then took the matter un
der ad'-h -ment and may make an or
der late today.