The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-09-17
THE SCRANTON ARRESTS.
Detective Thomas z. Brown
Gives His Statement Of the
Case!

VIo neduou +: line res al Scfa0
ton" in your paper of the 9Th
, Under said caption is written "a
true account of some peculiar de
tective work."
Your correspondent commences
bis article with u description oil
myself, as though l might be a
Richard Ill. 1t need not matter
to the good citizens of Mississippi
what my stature, ETC., may be, If |
am instrumental in bringing fugi.
tives from ~justive before the bar of
justice. Your correspondent states
that /, by assistance of the sheriff,
arrested Warren Brown, q colored
citizen OF the town, of good reputa.
ton.
Let us see IL this statement IS
tue. 1 was Informed by the Sher.
III (Mr. Clarkl that Warren Brown
was living in adultery at the time,
and | hardly believe such d person
would be considered a good citizen
by the good citizens of Scranton.
Your correspondent states that MI.
Bloomfield demanded of me the au.
thority for arrest, and that | replied
that | would not lend a stick to
break my head. This is false, aud
| leave the matter to Mr.. Bloom.
held MS TO whether it is true or not.
| will give my version OF the mat.
ter and leave 1t with Mr.. Bloom.
fed to say whether not | am cor.
rect.
Mr.. Bloomfield approached me at
Cox's drugstore aud asked me
upon what grounds | had arrested
the above defendant. [ told him,
aud produced, and he read a cOpv
OF the indictment which | had and
which was properly certified to by
Circuit Clerk of Clark county, /
1t is true that he afterwards came
% me in the Office of MeSsrs.-- ,
'nd asked me to give him a copy =
u tho indictment, and stated to /
hin ut that time, @wIth all due
o~nrteSy," us he was employed to
ue out ii writ of habeas corpus,
nj not propose to facilitate him in
he matter, or "'lend him q slick to A
reak my head with" That he
new where he could procure Il I
Opy. Or, IN other words. | did
OF propose to aid him in OBTAINING
e ~ delivering Il fugitive. This :,
+. Bloomfield fully understood as =
ell as the others present.
lie states Also that the sheriff ii
declined to give the prisoners b,
Ielr liberty, rather rejecting upon II
e sheriff. But such correspond. >,
IT'S cannot effect such men as a
lerlH Clark, of Jackson county. =,
Ierif Clark had seen the authori. ",
l had for arrest, and he believed ~
at, from the description, lit being
peltect), Warren Brown Was the Sc,
G man wanted; in other words BE
at Warren Blown was SilaS Be-
lomas, and after tue arrest DR.. be- re-,
was in the Jail and exposed the Be'
or the prisoner, aud he exam. Do'
ad the scars and was perfectly
listed he al the man wanted. 10
must be further remembered vi
at L had set IA decOy or trap in 't'
post office of which MI. z. X. VIZ
yerscognizant, and that | had was va
tied all day Monday, sitting in
;. Mayors Office editor OF the
'MoCRAT-STAR) waiting tor him
come 10 the bait and swallow it, Ri
t he did not come until early n,.t
esday morning, when there was
..entleman that Sheriff Clark had
OrDed OF the matter standing in
pOst.Ofice, aud be seeing him
h the a and his devices to for
the package out of the OF. col
), informed Sheriff CLARK and the the
est was made. cat
our correspondent states that put
dence of undOubted veracity bra
produced aud shown me that the
prisoner was in Scranton on foil
first day of January, 1885. This ems
is also false. Ihave in my Int
session the evidence alluded to, N
1t does not show any such Dlpl
Ig. de states that the attorney Ind
lhe oth"f party, arrested at Mr.. Int
pace, wanted I'D know the Rect
for his arrest, aud that Rect
lined to give il. This is also ~,
Istated to the attorney that Reoe
party was arrested upon "a ca sta
issued by the Circuit Clerk of Rece
derdale county, properly certi- Rene
to. will further state that sor
r the arrest of the parties they Rece
9 placed 10 the custody of the aba
rif, aud it | had declined to
the grounds of their detention lo'
parties could have got the in III
from the Sheriff. mitt
our correspondent seems grew. 81
sighted that | did not show TO III
papers 10 the 'tOwn authuri. the
' L had no business with the been
authorities whatever. My pa ble a
were shown to Mr.. Clark, Sher. ure 4,
I the county, and a man tar defal
rior to the ''tOwn antburitles.H hold,
1 consulted with BIN and was for II
rned a good deal BY his opin. kent
- saws tnat party
'AiPpeu the town. This is since
L left with a perfect under. tion
ling With the sheriff aud the show
ueys Iof D parties, and before Cont
Ig made amdavlt against che est eff
es so as to hold them for fu. all O
developments. mncb
HOS. 2. Brown, Detective. have