The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-27

places at one and the same time had almost
persuaded the officers and the reading
public that he was possessed of a dozen
beings, is now in Jail, and the blood
thirsty, determined bandit, the fire-eater,
who would shoot "at the drop of the hat, "
has degenerated into Slim built mild
looking, laughing, countriied youth. who
relates the story of his wanderings and
hardships with evident gusto, and tells of
narrow escapes from capture and violent
death with a smile that broadens to a
laugh when he reaches the portion of his
narration relating to the iasco near Red
ding.
They ran like the dickens" he said,
speaking of the officers who were said to
have fought bloody battle with him !;
then he laughed long and loud.
Sheriff Johnson, who in company with
Deputy Sheriff Mcdonald had been en-
gagged in the pursuit of Brady last evening,
after having forwarded notice that Brady
was in the Immediate vicinity to all JUS
tices of the Peace and peace officers in the
surrounding country. He left Mcdonald
stationed on the roadside near Richmond.
About an hour later Justice of the Peace
Johnson OF Highland drove up the road in
his buggy, and in passing over bridge
saw the fugitive crouched beneath it, evil
IDENTIFY endeavoring to escape observation.
Without giving any visible signs of his
discovery he drove to a nearby farmhouse
and entered into conversation with the
inmates to allay any possible suspicion on
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turned his buggy and drove back across
the bridge to where he knew Mcdonald
was in waiting.
Telling him of his discovery, he tied his
horse, and, accompanied by Mcdonald,
hurried back to the bridge. Drawing their
weapons, both men cautiously approached
to within short distance of the structure
and then made simultaneous rush upon
Brady, Mcdonald ordering him to sur
render. Brady, seeing the utter impossi-
bility of resistance, threw up his hands
and was handcuffed and led back to the
buggy.
Brady declared that it was cunning dis
played by Johnson that effected his
capture.
"Had he hesitated one second" said the
fugitive, "he would never have got me-
I'd have made a clean bolt for it if l
thought he had seen me-"
Brady, when placed in Jail here, talked
loquaciously of his adventures, but denied
having taken part in the crimes charged
against him.
~ never had anything to do with the
train robbery" he said to a CALL CORE
spondent, as his face assumed for once
serious expression. "YoE see, Sam Brown
ing and l got in a row and quit the day
before the robbery took place. We had
been chums for a long time, ate together,
slept together, and the papers had every
thing correct about our travels around the
streets of San Francisco on wheels, but we
never had anything to do with the Stagg
affair nor the robbing of the stableman.
At least know nothing of either.
'sWell, we left San Francisco together on
our bikes and went to Marysville and then
to Oroville, where Browning, who's had
little money, tried to rent portion of the
hotel to sell bicycles in.
''You see, we knew a man who had lots
of second hand bikes and he fully trusted
Browning and would let him have all the
wheels he wanted, but Sam got disheart-
ened and we started back for MarysyiIle.