Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-07
4 Bloody ARRAY.

Colonel Jim Brown made his last fight
yesterday afternoon. He died as he
would have chosen to die if he had
been given the choice. His gun, emp
tied IN every chamber, was clinched in
his hands. He wore his boots, and he
had put two more notches on the stick
that was already Scared with the
record of IA battles to the death.
Thirty feet from the alley in which
Colonel Jim Brown died, John Powell
policeman of Chicago, Was lying dead
Around the corner P:ijrc!l IAN Henry
Mcdowell, with bullet i. lis right
side, was gasping for help. The Col
onel dying could hear the occasional
cries of his last victim above the shouts
of 20 policemen who fell upon him as
he went to TIE earth.
Colonel jim Brown, as every horse
man in America knew him Games VI
Brown. as he was officially designated),
vas an ex-SEcriftirom Texas. He was
4 cool, quiet man, - years old. slight
iii build, pale Of face, determined and
courageous. Every race-goer and all
the western men from the Rio Grande
to the Mississippi knew Colonel jim as
a tiger in fight
When the arrests at Garfield Park
were ordered the owners OF luc track,
who had reckoncd that their best
chance of winning the fight lay in obey
ing the law, were afraid that Colonel
Jim would resist. He gave notice that
ii 4 policeman attempted to arrest him
he would shoot to kill.
When the police descended on the
Garfield stables on Monday and drag
gcd out the owners, the stable boys and
jockeys, Colonel jim Brown, holding
his pearl-handled revolver in his hand,
ordered the patrolmen away from his
property. He said he would not be
taken alive unless a warrant properly
signed was served on him.
Yesterday afternoon the police clat-
tered into Garfield Park, and 80 pa
trolmen, under Inspector Lewis, cEarg-
ed along the betting ring, arresting
Judge Clarke, jeff Hankims and other
officials of the track, and driving the
panic-stricken crowd toward the rail-
road tracks.
Colonel Jim Brown was at bis stable.
He had not intended to appear at
the track. When the police came he
climbed to the roof of the stable on the
west side of the track and watched the
burly patrolmen clearing and clubbing
their way through the paddock. In
his hip pocket was the pistol with the
pearl handle.
Ten minutes after the policeman had
charged through the gate Patrolman
William O'Donnell came along and
called out to Brown:
"Come down here; / want you! !"
II won't come unless you have a
warrant" said Brown. Show me the
papers"
The policeman climbed to the roof OF
the shed and walked toward Brown,
who was backing away.
Don't come nearer unless you have
warrant" said the Texan, and he
drew his revolver. O'Donnell fired in
the air.
Brown jumped TO the ground and
dashed through the gate and across the
prairie to 4 brick house. II was here
the shooting occurred
John Powell, the first police officer,
was shot through the mouth. Henry
Mcdowell, the other police officer. was
shot in the abdomen, and Colonel
Brown through the right breast and in
the face.
Both the officers fell before Browns
revolver, one being instantly killed, the
other being removed from the grounds
seriously wounded. Who killed Brown
is not exactly known.
Nobody saw the actual shooting OF
Powell and Mcdowell, aud when Brown
was slain, Il dozen officers were firing al
him, including Mcdowell, who, not
withstanding the fact that his life was
ebbing fast, raised himself up on his
elbow and fired repeatedly at the man
who had laid him low.
In this connection Chicago's Mayor
has sworn in contradiction of the Chief
of Police that $4,000 was offered to 90
to the republican campaign fund if Gar
field Park should thus be closed and its
rival race course permitted to 60 on
with its business. The affair is the
greatest local sensation Of the season.