St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-19
MUST DIE TOMORROW
Clay County's Sheriff Will
Snuff Out the Life Of Brown
on Friday.
He Suffers the Penalty for
the Murder of a Brave Moor-
head officer.
A Dakota Murder in Which
Brown Was Also a Cen
tPal Figure.
Why an Attempt to Lynch
the Scoundrel Was Not Car
ried Out.
speeial TO the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
MooRHEAD, Sept. 1S.-JOseph Thomas
Raymond-which he asserts is his true
name-with probably score of aliases,
the best known of which are Brown,
Ryan or Johnson. will be hanged in the
Clay county Jail in Moorhead on Friday
next, at 4 O'Clock in the morning, as a
penalty for the shooting of Peter POull,
a MoOrhead policeman, on the night of
Oct. II last. The facts which led up to
this tragedy are as follows: About har-
vest time last year tramps, or ''hOboeS,"
as they are termed, were exceedingly
numerous all over the wheat-grOwing
region of North Dakota, and particu-
larly in the neighbOrhOOd of HillSbOrO
and surrounding country towns. One
day large crowd of these individuals
gathered in the woods near HillSbOrO.
Some of them were possessed of means
enough to procure a supply of beer and
whisky, aud the whole gang got into an
intoxicated condition and became very
bOiStprOuS. A number of fiSticuffS were
indulged in, and finally knives and re-
VOlYerS were called into play, which re-
suited in the killing of one of the num-
Der. A farmer happened to be passing
while the body was being
HID IN SOME BRUSH
near by and reported what he saw,
with description of the men engaged
IN the act, to the authorities at Hills
bOrO, who Immediately set to work to
bring the murderer or murdererS to JUS
tice. Word was sent TO all surrounding
points to watch for any person cores
ponding to the description as furnished.
Fargo officials spotted among others
this man Brown, as he was then known,
and as his record obtained upon former
visits, was anything but good, a-SpecIal
officer in citizens dress was detailed TO
watch him and if possible ascertain if
he was in any way mixed up in the
affair. He was kept under surveillance
night and day for some days, but upon
the night in question succeeded in
making his whereabouts unknown, and,
after diligent search Of all places in
Fargo, which had been his haunts, an
officer was sent to Moorhead to con-.
tinue the search. A dance was in
progress in MO0rhead at the time, and
thither the officer went accompanied by
a MoOThead Official. The two officers
at once recognized their man among
the participants in the festivities, and
the recognition seems to have been
mutual and instantaneous, for the Off
GERS had not entered the hall. but stood
in the doorway, when Brown ap-
preached them. and in an underbreath
hissed What in h-l's the matter with
you fellows?" at the same time
SHOWING THEM OUTSIDE
the door. The move did not attract the
attention of other occupants, and as
soon as the trio were outside the hall
door Brown pulled revolver and or
dered the men to pTecede him down the
stairway which led to the street, which
they both did; but, instead of continu-
ing in the line, the Fargo official took
advantage of an open door at the foot of
the stairs and made his escape into the
barrOOm of the hotel underneath the
hall in which the dance was being held,
and. it is said, had this official at once
given the alarm, Instead of hiding be-
hind the ice chest III fear of his own
life, the tragedy might never have oc-
cured. As it was. he remained in his
seereted position nearly five minutes
before informing any one what was go
ing on. In the meantime Brown had
marched the MOOrhead policeman down
and around the block, bringing up be-
hind box car standing on Manitoba
side track, where Brown demanded to
know OF him what their business was in
the hall, and more particularly the
name and business of the man dressed
in citizens clothes, and if either was in
quest of him. The officer evaded all
questions as far as possible, but upon
Browns threats of instant death should
he prevaricate was forced to tell the
truth. The Fargo officer had by this
time mustered up sufficient nerve to
venture from his place of cOncealment
and communicate with Officer Poull,
who at once went to the assistance of
THE COVERED OFFICER.
Brown heard POull approaching, and &C
cOrdngly divided his attention between
the man he had covered and the ap-
preaching officer, When about two rods
distant Brown suddenly fired at Paul,
the bullet striking him Squarely in the
heart. Poull fell to the ground like a
stone and did not utter an audible
sound. Upon Browns turning his at
tentlOn to POull, the other officer opened
fire on Brown, and succeeded in placing
two shots where they had the effect of
Bringing Brown to the ground seriously
wounded, and he was made prisoner.
For two days he lay in a comatoSe
state, when he revived and was taken
from the hotel. in which attendance
had been given, to the county jail.
Peter POull was a man who knew no
fear, a good officer, and esteemed by all,
and there was no laXity in hunting down
to punishment his slayer. When Brown,
wounded and unable to sit up, as he
was, was taken from the hotel to the
Jail. an angry crowd assembled and de-
manded that he be handed over to them
to at once eXpiate his crime. The peo-
l., Il I'd I,f fnY 4l,O
prompt action of Sheriff Jensen there
probably would have been no necessity
for the proceedings Of Friday morning
next. When at last admittance was
gained to the yard, and it was found
that the murderer was not within, a
feeling of having been OutWitted
seemed to take possession of the crowd
OF nearly 1900 which by this time had
gathered about the buildings, and after
a little while the crowd disbanded and
Wended their way back to the city. Had
the angry aSsemblage known that the
sheriff and his prisoner were all the
time
WITHIN a STONES THROW
of them. it is probable Brown would
have shown still greater trepidation
than he is said to have done. Just east
of the Jail, about two rods distant,
stands the court house, and in the ex-
treme upper portion of the tower is
where the sheriff and his prisoner had
secreted themselves, and could plainly
see every move made, and distinctly
hear every expression uttered by the
assemblage below, and the sheriff says
that at times, when the pent-up anger
of the crowd below would find vent IN
some boisterous manner. Brown would
become almost palsled with fear, or