Jim Browner

Jim Browner (The Strand Magazine, january 1893)

Fictional character.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• Jim Browner was a Liverpool ship's steward (CARD 355), and husband of Mary Cushing (CARD 387).

• He was known as "James Browner" on the boat "May Day" (CARD 356).

• Mary's sister Sarah Cushing developed feelings for him, but when he rejected her, her affection turned into hatred. Sarah then poisoned Mary's mind against Browner (CARD 417).

• When his wife Mary grew close to another sailor, Alec Fairbairn, Jim killed them both in a fit of jealous rage. He cut an ear from each body and sent them in a packet addressed to Sarah Cushing, but it was Susan Cushing who received and opened it (CARD 287).

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