Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-30

supper, and, after IN absence Of lie:
than an hour, returned TO the hous
and took possession of their room fo
the night.
On Thursday evening two men
rather
TRAvEL-woRN AND sEEDY,
made their appearance at tile Fou
Courts, and OF the sargeantin ehargt
of the Police Station made inqair,
for the City Marshal. They weri
told that Marshal Slevin had goni
home for the night. and even should
they take the trouble 70 follow bin
to his residence, ii would be mon.
than likely that they would have &
defer their business until the mex
morning. Tie two men. who were
Messrs. Faris and Hawk, took gheir
departure, having evidently made
up their minds 10 the necessity al
passing a night of tedium and i'm.
patience. How it came about that
they fell in with Detectives Hulh-
sing and Lawiess is not known, nnl
/ they had the good fortune to DO SO.
and to this fact may be attributed
I the success which has thus FAR attend
/ ed their efforts.
THE STORY or THE ROBBERY
ard the fight Of one Of the robbers
/ to st. Louis was soon told, and In
/ less time than it now takes TO tell il,
/ the detectives were on the trail II
| is not necessary to ten how. stcr by
step, they gained upon the robber,
! but shortly after 10 O'Clock they
made their way into Iursts Hotel,
and after CHANGING over the register,
asked TO be shown to the room Of
-. N. Brown and wife" Tie clerk
had to be informed OF the situation,
and, accompanied by him, tho aili-
GERS went to No. 7. The room was
in darkness and il required some
vigorous knocking before the out
siders could gain admittance. When
they did SO, it was ascertained that
one Of the Browns had blown out tire
gas, and had the officers delayed ac-
ton until morning, one or both of
the BIS must have been asphyNaicd.
Fortunate for them the arrest was
not deferred. The occupants Of ti4e
room, who had evidently been
asleep, were so confused by their IN.
looked for visit that the invading
party had a very material advantage
from the start.
BROWN AND HIS ALIALE..
Brown, who is also known as r.
Braun, and as r. l.. Harris, was in
vited TO "come out" and get into his
clothes rs soon as possible, This he
did, under a warm cross fire of ques-
tons which he met, as might have
been expected, without admitting
even an idea of what the trouble was
all about. He denied knowing any.
thing OF the Knoxville robbery and
scorned the allegation Of theft. As
was anticipated the trunk WIS re-
ceptacle of valuable evidence against
the prisoner, containing several ban
dies Of new and crisp bank notes, and
a package Of letters, the contents Of
which eiiectualIy fix the identity Of
the Knoxville robbers. In the trunk
were found, also, a lot Of tools such
as are used in opening bank locks
by those who have no right 10 the
keys. Brown, alias Braun, alias
Harris, was taken 10 the Chestnut
Street Station, while the woman was
permitted TO remain for time, that
she might be examined. At 1ie=t
she resulutcly denied the charges
made against the man, whom size
said was her husband; bat, upon be-
ing pressed To tell the truth, br0fe
down, and rs her sobs would permit
her. told enough TO leave 40 doubt,
had it existed, as TO Browns com.
pIicity in the robbery. Furthermore
she said that she was
NOT HIS WIFE,
but his sister-in-Iaw, and that Instead
Of being member of that large and
influential family, tine Browns, her
name was Flanders. The officer LEFT
the room long enough for her to Gun
erge from under the bed clothes and
dress herself, when she was also ta-
ken to the Chestnut Street Station
with the valuablCs that had been
found in the trunk. The amount Of
cash recovered was SS23, while upon
Browns person was found corliii-
cate of deposit for 81, 3o0--eash de-
posted by him some time after hiS
arrival here.
1t does not appear that the woman
had anything to do with the robbery
further than to partake Of It's fruits
after it had been committed. she
has thus far shown
4 REPENTANT sTATE or MIND,
and 1t looks as If by her assistance
the other two robbers would be
caught, and the balance Of the money
recovered. She has signilied a will
ingness to be Of assistance 10 the Off
GERS, since through them is her only
hope Of escape from severe punish
ment. Upon information received