Jim Browner

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

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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