The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-07-27
Sacramento has sensation, such as it

Sacramento has a sensation, such as it
has not had for many day.
Brady, who is charged with being the
companion OF Browning in the train rob-
berry in which Sheriff Bogard was killed,
was brought into the city about noon by
Sheriff Johnson and his posse.
When the Sheriff left town the day be-
lore with a posse of deputies, to trace up
man supposed to be Brady, who had
passed through Freeport, many thought
he was going upon a wild-goose chase,
and some told him so. He, however,
with Deputies Mcdonald and Schwilke,
had gone out and secured the country
after every train robbery that has &C.
Cured, in order to capture the robbers, if
possible, and he said he proposed to
stand by the search as long as there was
any cl aw to work on. His perseverance
has met with its just reward, and be has
attained what the Sheritfs of other coun-
ties have striven for hard and long. AL
though he did not personally make the
capture, his foresight and prudence were
the means through which 1t was effected,
and he was in the vicinity and the search
was conducted under his personal super
vision.
The news of Brady's capture soon
spread and the jail was besieged with
persons anxious to get a sight of the
notorious Brady and to be able to tell
others how he looked. Many were dis
appointed, however, and left without the
coveted sight.
The captOrs were also besieged with
questions and had to toll their story over
and over. n representative OF the
RECORD UNION interviewed each OF them
and obtained the particulars as follows:
THE sHERIFF's STATEMENT.
Sheriff Johnson stated that he, with
Deputies Mcdonald, SchWilke and Con-
etable Fitzpatrick of Suisun, verified the
first report that Brady had been seen at
treeport, on their arrival there and they
received q complete description of the
man seen. tramp came in before they
left and told them that he saw a man
this side of the Clarksburg ferry, who
was going down the river. That was the
last the party heard of him. They con-
tinued down to William Johnston, Jr.'s
place and sent a man named William
Briggs over the road to franklin TO
notify the Constable and other parties
there to look out for Brady. He held
Briggs there till they arrived at Court
land. At CORTLAND they held a consulta-
lion and Deputy Sheriff Mcdonald
arranged TO meet Briggs, who was COM
ing by the road through the Fay place
from Fran kiln, at the Osborne warehouse,
and to return with him to Johnston's
place, where Mcdonald stayed all night
In the morning at o'clock The Sheriff,
Schwllke and Fitzpatrick rode up the
leyee to the Johnston place and made ar
engagements for the mornings search.
Mcdonald and Johnston were to go up
the levee and make search, and also on
the cross road to Franklin, to see if they
pnnI6
and the others were to go down to Wal
nut Grove, on the 1evee southwark, to fol-
low a man supposed to have passed
through CORTLAND the night before. Ar
irving at Walnut Grove and learning
nothing definite, the party took the back
track to meet Mcdonald and Johnston,
and when they arrived at CORTLAND, on
their return, they learned that Mcdonald
and Johnston had found Brady under the
canal bridge. on the road leading to
Franklin. They then proceeded to John
EtOn's place and met the others with their
prisoner.
w. A. JOHNsTON's STORY.
William a. Johnston. Jr.. OF Richland,
VINO, with Deputy Sheriff Mcdonald,
were the actual captors, in conversation
with RECORD-C MON reporter told the
story of the capture as follows:
This morning the Sheriff and the rest
of us, after consultation. decided before
daylight to separate and go up and down
the river in search of Brady. Mcdonald
and / went about five miles up the river,
to Lufkins' place, but. finding no traces
OF him, we turned back. On our road we
met two men on horseback, who told US
they had met a man answering the de-
scription going down the river road.
I'VE turned back and came down,
Billiard, one of the men on my place,
saw Brady pass and was Swallowing him
WI a h
in conversation and tried to hire him TO
work on the place, but was told he had
never done any of that kind of work.
Billiard gave US the information that the
man turned into the brush near the
cross-road that goes TO Franklin. We
searched the brush thoroughly without
finding him and then went back and
with Ernest Cannon searched all
around Gammon's warehouse, without
effect.
1--WE then concluded that he had made
a break to get out on the plains, and |
jumped into my buggy aud rode out that
way to where l could see across the
country. l saw q man about three
quarters of mile away and saw him
cross the bridge that goes over the canal.
! then drove on to the house beyond the
bridge. In order to make him think l was
not after him, but saw nothing OF him,
and making up my mind he had hidden,
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went nearly to the bridge and tied the
horse We then proceeded 10 the bridge.
on the upper side OF it with my Win
chester and Mcdonald on the lower side
with his revolver.
approaching quietly, we peeped IN
der the bridge, and there sat Brady on
his bundle Mcdonald said TO him,
This is nice, cool place; what are you
doing here. fishing?'
He answered something, and we both
covered him. He said, 1 am unarmed.
/ awill surrender and we told him to
come out He said to Mcdonald. Amt
you rancher?' He made no resistance,
ana we put him into the wagon and
drove back to the house.
lie was surly at first and would not
talk, but after we went back to the house
and had ali had a good breakfast he &C.
knowledged that he was Brady, saying
that 1t was OF no use to DENY il. He told
us that he slept all night in Tom John
sons orchard, and that the first suspicion
he had that he was followed was when he
saw Mcdonald and myself looking in the
road for tracks. He had got up in a near