Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1898 — About George Brown’s Return. [ARTICLE]

About George Brown’s Return.

The return of Geo. H. Brown to his home at Knox, briefly mentioned in our last issue, was not an un, looked for event, for as had been previously stated in these columns, he had written to relatives here, stating his intention to return at an early day. The following is the dispatch in the Chronicle, alluded to by us as authority for stating that he had come home. Knox, Ind., Jan. 9. —George H Brown, the wealthy landowner of this place, who disappeared so mysteriously while on a business trip to Urbana and Champaign, 111, Oct. 20, returned to his home last night. Several weeka ago search was made for Brown in Chicago and at Campaign, where he was last seen. He was not found and it now develops that he has been in central Illinois since leaving here. Mr. Brown owns 1,000 acres of good land partly within the corporation, worth $30,000 or more, but during his absence mortgages have been foreclosed and judgments taken against it to nearly its value. He is reticent as to the cause for his recent actions, but it is believed he was temporarily deranged by financial worrits.