The Browns were a family with their own specific story. All that we have left of their story is a few checks, and from these we have to rebuild their story from the few checks that their bank has donated to this journalist.

Back in the `70s, Mr. Ralph K. Brown Sr. bought supplies for a baby room. This suggests that the Browns were having a child. Indeed, a few years later their was another check written to a military academy in the `80s, assumedly a time of great stress for the child. Before the military academy era the family bought a $5 K computer, which, for the time, was probably the cheapest computer that they could find.

Later on there were a few visits with some lawyers and jewelry stores that have gone unexplained as of yet. If any readers have any information about the Browns and jewelry, please call …

They bought a $24 k car and later ruined it, having to pay the Collision King to repair the vehicle. At a later time, some say, the Browns paid for an ambulance after yet another car accident. The hospital was paid and finally, Mr. Brown himself transferred money from his joint account to his own, and then to M.A.D.D, assumedly Mothers Against Drunk Driving. We can only hope that the Browns did not suffer the tragedy of a drunken loss in their family …

The facts that have been assembled are only collected from the remaining checks. At the moment we cannot assume that we have all of the data on the Browns' spending habits. We only have a very small segment of a possibly much larger story to tell, and even with this small segment there are multiple interpretations possible. Take what you will with the complementary grain of salt.

Bryan Bishop Newspaper Article - the Browns August 24^th, 02006