, 1891-04-03
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
United States officers Bring Bill
Brown From Buffalo.
To be Tried for Robbing a Mail
Coach.
An Interesting Story Told by Wit.
ness MCGEE.

United States Marshal Rankin and
Deputy Frank Canton brought Bill
Brown, charged with robbing United
States mails, down from Buffalo yester-
day and lodged him in jail to await trial
before the United States court which
meets here next week.
Brown. as it will be remembered, with
a partner, by the name of Parker, held
up the United States mail coach between
Rawlins and White river some time in
September. 1889.
JEFF Carr was at that time United States
marshal and used every endeavor to cap
ture the hIghwaymen. The country was
flooded with kilograms and circulars offer
ing 81, 900 reward for the arrest of the
robbers.
They managed, however, to escape and
made their way to Browns Hole, a hid
ing place of desperadoes and hard charac-
tiers. While there a cowboy living near
Green River located them and tried to
effect their capture. He found his men
but they captured him and took his arms.
horse and equipments from him and sent
him out OF the country on foot.
Parker was subsequently captured near
Provo, Utah, and was tried and sent to
the penitentiAry. Brown managed to
evade arrest and has been drifting about
the country in various DISCUSSES until he
was recently arrested near Buffalo.
One of the principal witnesses against
Brown is a man named McGee who will
be here today from Lander. MCGEE gave
the information which finally located
Brown and secured his arrest. He claims
he had been intimate with Brown in or.
der to get back some horses he had lost
and hat during this intimacy Brown had
told him the story of the stage robbery.
When this intimacy existed Brown was
travelling under the assumed name of
Day. He made confidant of McGee.
and gave him an account of the affairs
he had been engaged in, telling them 10
such a way, too, as Indicated he was tell.
ing facts, and not merely bluffing. McGee
made 1t a poIt to pretend to stand in
with him, in order, as he says, to get back
the horses he had lost. Brown
gave him a full account of
how he robbery of the stage
came about. He and his partner, when
they started out from Rawlins, had NO
d of robbing the coach; thev had
started for SARATOGA, intending to rob a
store there, and had grain cached all
along the road Cor their trip back. For
some reason their plans went wrong. On
their way back they saw the coach coming
down the road towards them. One OF
them proposed to the other that they hold
1t up. and they carried out the proposition
without delay. While they were going
through it, a couple of freighters came
along. One OF the robbers looked after
the people on the coach. while the other
steered the freiRhters past aud out of the
way. Then they finished mp the robbery.
Brown proposed to McGee that they
make a similar attack on the Lander
coach. McGee gave his assent but
feigned sickness the day the attack was &c
be made and stayed in camp. Bad roads de.
rained the coach and Brown gave up the
attempt. In December last Brown LEFT
McGee's ranch, which was in the Shes,
hone reservation, and vent to Buffalo.
When Brown was arrested he showed
fight. Although two s~ix-shooters were
held at his head he attempted to draw hi:
revolver. His trial will undoubtedly
prove to be an interesting feature of the
proceedings of the court.