The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-27
WHO KILLED BROWN?
Railroad Men Held for Murder
ing Conductor Brown.
Supt. Mckee and Trainmaster
Walsh Are Accused.
TWO PORTERS IN JAIL.
They Are Also Suspected of
Knowing Something of It

Fort SMITH, Ark, Nov. 27.-Super-
intendent Mckee and Trainmaster
Walsh Of the Missouri Pacific road.
were arrested h ere last night for the
murder of Pullman Conductor J. E.
Brown, at Mackay, Ind, Ter, No
vember 19.
Two train porters were also ar
rested.
Mckee and Walsh were released on
bonds Of IS. 900 each.
The murder of Brown was a most
mysterious one. He was a conductor
on the Missouri Pacific running
through the Indian territory and
Southern Missouri On the morning
Of the 18th his body was found lying
beside the track about one hundred
yards from the little town of Mackay,
a bullet hole in his head.
1t was Conductor Browns first trip
over the road He had premonition
that some thing fateful would happen.
Sunday night he was nervous and told
the porter. j. w. Barker of 16l West
Sixth street, Kan sas City Mo. that he
would never make another trip over
the Missouri Pacific through the In
dian territory.
Early that evening the train crew
received word to prepare for bar dts,
as a raid was conte plated somewhere
in the nation. The news spread among
the passengers and the more easily
frightened hid their valua bles. A law
yer from Coffeyville, Kan, IN Browns
car told tales of blOOdshed and car
mage until the most of the passe gers
were badly scared. The conductor
plainly showed his fright. He retired
in berth No. 10, near the rear end of
the car, about 2 o clock IN the morn
ing Porter j. W. Barker sat IN berth
No. .. In the early gray of the morn
ir7~- hea 4r-a11 cd int a I
T., where it stopped for water. The
pause was Of short duration, and then
the train began slowly to move away
from the water tank No station is
there.
While the wheels were still grind
ing heavily two rifle shots rang out
in the morning air. Porter Baker
heard the shots and invOluntar1y
lodged his head. The engineer open
ed the throttle wide and the train
sped away toward Kansas City. Morn
ing came and the passengers IN the
Pullman car arose. The porter began
to make up he berths. When he came
to No. 10. he discovered the con-
ductOr's absence from the car. The
porter notified the train conductor
who telegraphed the disappearance of
Brown when the train reached InOla,
Ind. Ter. to the Pullman Office here
Word was flashed along the line to
search for Brown. About the moment
Barker discovered that Brown was
missing. section men discovered his
body lying beside the track about 100
feet from the water tank at Macl1ey.
"A bullet hole was in his head and a
strea1z of frozen blood dyed his hair.
The body was benum bed. Life was
not extinct and the section men
hastily took the body to the nearest
house. Before a physician could be
got Conductor Brown died He never
spoke after he was found.
Brown was an unmarried man, -
years old He was born al Leaven-
worth, but had lived since childhood
with his parents in Kansas City,
Kan. His father. J. H. Brown. lives
at present at 221 Garfield avenue.
Four months ago the young man
went to work for the Pullman com
pany. For several weeks prior to
that he had worked as a timer for
the Armour Packing company.
Three cans of the cheap baking pow
der are required to 60 as far as one can