The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-07-27

went through a big field with several
hundred horses in it, and got dinner
within twelve miles of Sacramento and
slept in stack. The next morning [
met Sheriff Johnson and got away from
him. He had some dogs with him. and
his buggy was tied TO a fence some
distance away. | did not know him, but
L thought he was an officer. By the way,
L know now that | met him once on an
electric car, and he asked me to vote for
him. browning was along with me at
the time. When | found he was follow
ing me L became sure he was an officer,
and when got near the bridge and found
him still following me [ took the old
Marysvllle road until I came to road
that ran to the river. | did not know
where it went, but | determined to find
the end OF ii, and | got away from him.
Il thought | would get a boat at the
river, and l gave woman two bits to
ferry nee across. | had to leave my horse.
W hen L got across | started toward
Woodland to make the woman think [
was going that way. But after | had
gone about twenty yards [ turned back
and came down through the brush to
Washington. l crossed over the bridge
and came to Sacramento. | walked up l.
street to the Capitol and down X street.
L took supper at Jack Costello's restau-
rant at Second and Fl streets. While |
was there man came in and sat down.
thought he was detective, and finished
my meal and went out. | got my hair
cut in Rubenstein's barber shop. If you
Will bring the BARRIERS from that shop up
here they Will recognize me. Alter my
hair was cut L went back across the
bridge to whore | had left my bundle,
and slept in Reeds pear orchard.
Next morning / went down the river
road about three miles and got my dinner
and paid TWO bits for it, at a house Just
beyond two big houses. | paid for all my
meals except one at a hay-press and that
at the kentuckian's. | crossed at a ferry
Kept by Portuguese Peters ferry. |
went down to the store at treeport, and
as L was hungry, | got a can of oysters
and some crackers and beer. ! noticed
that the man seemed to be suspicious of
me, tor be waited on me very quickly.
L went out and used precautlon on my
way down the river, but it was too
thlckly settled and | did not know the
country. got some mushmelons from
mau who would take no pay for them.
L stayed all night in an orchard close to
the road. L can sleep any place now. If
| started out 10 travel nights ! got sleepy,
being so weak and having lost flesh.
saw the men in the morning and heard
them speak OF looking for tracks. I was
up pear tree then and L knew / was fol-
where the road went to. | wanted to get
to New Hope. for I had been there be-
tore. L saw man coming and got under
| the bridge. He went on to house and
soon came back again. That fooled me
and l thought he was not after me.
was captured and you know the rest.
would have left the country, but had no
money and | know nothing of beating
trains.
How did L come to have the Wells
Fargo shotgun? Phi tell you. Brown
ing told me that after the robbery at
Castle bridge he threw it intoa deep hole,
and he described the place. l went there
and the water had gone down so much
that the stock was sticking out and
looked like an old shake. | turned it
over and saw it was the gun and fshed
1t out. 1t was all rusty"
Brady has none the look of the des-
perado about him, and would be passed
IN the street without exciting any notice.
liz IS OF medium size and not of stout
build. He has keen eye, however.