The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-05
CAPTURE ARCHIE BROWN.
portland Orc CONAN. Sept. 4. !

Last evening aDOt u o CLOCK wagon
drove up to the county Jail containing
three persons. The name of one was
John Cain, the second wasamannamed
Joseph Riley, while the third was no
other than the notorious Archie Brown,
the person who came near numbering
O'Shea and who shot and instantly
killed the lad Louis Joseph. On in
quiring where the city Jail was, thetrio
were directed to that place Thither
they drove with all haste. On reach
ing there the prisoner was taken from
the wagon and escorted to one Of the
cells. Brown was securely pinioned-
bound hand and foot. At IA late hour
last evening we called at police head
quarters and had a short interview with
the prisoner. From him the following
facts were learned.
The night on whichyoung Swards was
arrested, Brown andJ ohnson were sepa-
rated. The night was very dark, and
in escaping from the officers, the two
men parted and did not meet again.
johnson, it is supposed, took to the
mountains; Brown wandered alongdown
the river, sleeping during the day time
and travelling during the night He
says he frequently saw armed men
during the day from his covert, and
could easily at times have shot and
killed those who were searching for
him. He says he entered the cabin of
of Mcdonald and took some provisions
and other articles. On the night fol-
lowing the arrest of Swards he said it
rained hard and was extremely dark.
The rain rendered his pistol useless,
and he said that if he had been found
that night he would have surrendered
without the least resistance. He wan
dered about and did not know where to
90. Everybody was watching for him
and he was afraid to attempt to leave
the country. After he was discovered
asleep under the bank of the river and
had to run to escape capture he had
nothing to eat, as he left everything
behind in his flight
About four days ago he went to the
house of John Cain, some | miles be-
low this city, and asked for lodging,
which was given him. He remained
at Gains four nights, so he alleges.
Curing the night he slept at the house,
but each day he went out to look for
work. At first he was not suspected.
Monday he CHANGED to pick up paper
which contained description of John
son and himself. He was fearful lest
Cain or some of his family would sus-
pcct him, so he cut out the description.
Gains daughter, who, it seems, had
some suspicious from the first that
Brown was one OF the murderers, be-
came convinced that such was the case
after he cut the description of himself.
She told her father yesterday morning
she felt certain that he was one of the
guilty parties. Her father also became
well satisfied that her suspicious were
not without foundation, so he deter
mined to arrest him. When Brown
returned to his house yesterday evening,
after being absent most of the day,
Cain and man named Joseph Riley
came ia on him unawares while he was
sitting ia ore of the rooms, and de
manded him to 'Ihrow mp his hands A"
Being covered by double barreled
shot gun, Brown had no alternative but
to surrender. He said he was worn out,
and exhausted from hunger and priva-
ton. On surrendering Brown was
tied securely, placed in a wagon and
conveyed to this city.