Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1890-02-15
The Slayer of Conductor Lemon
In the Tolls.
He Is Found In Nebraska and
Pulled by a Detective.
The Story of How He Eluded officers
Here and Finally Struck Out On Foot
For the west-He Takes "Trip to the
Black Hills.
Mondays Daily.l

of Conductor Lemon, has at last been
caught. The following special to the
from Omaha, Neb., tells
where he was caught:
VIM. II. Brame, who is wanted for
the murder of j. III. Lemon, a pas
conductor on the Louisville q
Railroad, at Bakers Sta
tion, Tenn, was arrested al Florence,
a small village north of Omaha, Fri
day night. He was employed as an
ice cutter and went by the name Of
John Ii. Thompson. The murder
was committed on the 18th of Sep
tember last. Brame was located in
Florence by means of decoy letters
sent by Chief Detectives Stewart, OF
the Louisville q Nashville Road.
Brame confess d to the murder Of
the conductor, because he would not
carry him beyond q station to which
he had purchased ticket.
Brame was seen by Mr.. r.. W..
Roach on the Southeastern Road
yesterday in charge Of officers who
were taking him to Nashville. He
talked pretty freely to Mr.. Roach
and said that when he shot Lemon
he hid around in the neighborhood
for ten days when he struck out on
foot for the west. He travelled at
night altogether, and reached a point
in Illinois where he got a job as
brakeman on Il freight train and
went to Kansas City. AT this place
he struck a party who were getting
hands to go the Black Hills to work.
lie joined them and staid in the hills
for some time when he went to
Omaha, Neb. He assumed the name
OF j. Q. Thomas, instead OF
John II. Thompson, as the Ameri-
can has it, and wrote home to his
children sending them money. The
letter fell into the hands Of Mr.. Stew
art, the chief detective of the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad system
and led to the arrest.
When caught Brame was working
for company who were cutting will
lows for the purpose of building jet
ties, and had rented q cabin neal
Florence, Neb., and was living there
and was caught in this cabin by tht
detective.
Brame wanted to know of Mr.
Roach who edited the CHRONICLE
and Tobacco Leaf at this place. HI
said that both papers had misrcpre
sented him and that he "just wanted
toknow who wrote him up" II,
can find this out by calling at tn
office of either paper. The reason thi
is said is because there is no DANCE
of him ever getting away from th
officers who now have him in Gus
tody.
The crime for which Brame wa
arrested is fresh in the minds Of tn
readers of the CHRONICLE. He sho
Conductor Lemon at Bakers Static,
when the conductor tried to put hin
off the train. The facts have all bee
published and it is useless to repre-
duce them.
! Brame claims that he did the Kill
ing in self-defense and seemed t
think yesterday that he would b
cleared. He is now in jail at Mast
| vile and will be held without bail
await the action of the courts.
There was a reward Of 81 200 Offer
ed for his capture, but as Detectiv
Stewart is paid large salary by tn
company it is thought that he wi
not claim the reward.
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS.
The different statements made b
Brame are conflicting. To an Amer
lean reporter he says that after tn
crime he went straight to Hopkins
vile where he remained a week
Being accustomed to wearing a bear
all over my face says the prisoner,
shaved, and, walked to Henderson
travelling at night only. From Her
derson | went to Vincennes, Ind
where l took a train to St. Louis
!. where L stopped few days, butsoo
continued my flight to Omaha, wher
I got in with a gang of railroad lat
orers who were going out into til
Black Hills. l soon returned
Omaha and went to little static
called Florence, five miles from tn
city, where l secured employment
with Hungate & Co., ice dealers
whogathered their ice from large re.
ervoirs in the neighborhood. l wa
sitting in cabin in a canon, not "a
from the place where L worked, reaC
ing letter from home, when Detec
i've Stewart aud Deputy ShesifGrei
walked in and told me to throw u
my hands, which did"