Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-12-30
john Fnlton Brown Again.


The editor of the Bellefontaine
Republican, has found out something
about our man JNo. FULTON BRowN,
who was sent to penitentiary for
passing 4 forged check, at our last
term of court. His receipt oil the
JOURNAL and letter from Capt. GEO.
B. HARPER, of Pleasant Hill, Mo,
prompted him to cast abont him. ana
find out who he was. In his issue OF
the Sth, he says:
Being satisfied there might oe
something in the case to interest
Logan county people, we started out
IN see If we could hear of any minis
fer by the name of Brown. who ever
lived in the county. Luckily, we ran
AGAINST a man from the neighbor-
hood of Lewistown, almost the first
one. who knew of a minister of that,
name. "Had ne son?' ''Yes; Full
ton Brown" We at once handed
him the photo, which he identified
readily as an excellent photograph of
John Fulton Brown. We then set
ourselves to the task of interview
ing him, and with the following re-
suit:
John Fulton Brown, is the son of
Protestant Methodist minister who
lived in this county, and died at
Rushsylvania, some two years ago.
He is man of about thirty years OF
age. His parents were excellent peo-
pie, and were highly esteemed. His
nroSser now resides near Westmins-
ter, in Alien county From chiid-
hood. "Fulton" was a thief. In his
boyhood he was employed in store,
and frequently stole small sums. from
his employer. He finally was caught
in theft of some magnitude. but
was released, his father settling the
matter. The family then moved
from the Southern part of the. State, J
to this county. About the year 1859
Fulton came into the neighborhood
of Lewistown. as farm hand. He
hired to DR.. B. F. McKinnon. While
there, he was guilty of several small
thefts, and finally stole $50 from DR..
McKinnon, and decamped. He was
overhauled in Iowa, and escaped
Justice by agreeing to work out the
amount with a nephew of the DIR.
He worked till he had paid nearly
the full amount, when he disappear
ed. He was aftcrward heard Of, in
Illinois. where he was sent to the
penitentiary. for forgery. About the
9th of last September, he appeared
at Lewistown with a comrade, about
dark, and got his supper at Mr..
Jonathan Plum's. His comrade
would not go into the house. After
supper, he said that he and his com
rade has just broken out of the Lima
Jail, where he was confined for burg
larry, and said he would kill any man
that would try to arrest him. The
night following, q horse belonging to
IJr. MchlUlOH WAS bdhcH Oub vi ehS
stable and saddled and bridled; but
that horse takes a notion sometimes
that he won't go off the place for any
body, and it is supposed he took one
of these freaks and stayed. The DIR.
hearing the horse, got up and went
out, and after some difficulty, sue
ceeded in getting it into the stable.
About the same time-the same
night, perhaps--the horse and bug
gy of our fellow -townsman, j. A. Nc
Twain was stolen, and it is not i'm
possible that Brown may know some
thing about it. Since his appearance
at, and his disappearance from Lew
istown, however, nothing has been
heard of Brown, till the present.
From a Columbus dispatch in one of
the dailies, we see that he is now safe
in the penitentiary. His whole his
tory would perhaps reveal a vast
amount of rascality and adventure,
and the penitentiary would doubtless
claim many more years of his life,
if he got his dues.