The record-union., 1895-07-29
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS CACHED.
Brady's Story Of What Browning Told
Him.
He Tries to Show Detective Thatcher
Yesterday Where the Treasure
Was Buried.

train robbery last October is again the
theme OF interest. This time it is in con-
nection with a statement made by Brady,
who was captured by Sheriff Johnson's
posse on Friday morning.
" hen questioned by Detective Thaoker
of the Wells-Fargo Company on Friday
afternoon as to whether lie had any con-
nection with the robbery at Sheep Camp
last fall, Brady denied having anything
80 do with it. Being questioned closely,
however, he admitted that he knew
something of where the money was.
lie claimed. however, that his knowl-
edge concerning the big haul was en-
tirely from a communication made to
him by his pal Browning. who, with his
mythical companion, seems to have been
guilty of all the train robberies of which
Brady claims to be wrongfully sus-
pected. Browning, however, seems
TO have been on very confidential terms
with Brady, telling him all about the
various robberies, and even reposlng
sufficient confidence in him to tell him
the secret Of where the money received
from the big robbery was buried.
Thieves have been known TO repose that
much confidence in each other, but not
often, and the sharing Of the secret has
generally made trouble for the one con-
hiding 1t, either through MS being robbed
in turn by his contidant, or by detec-
tives being put on his track by the
temptation of reward. Be this as it
may, the story told by Brady to De-
tective rhaeker is as follows:
Browning, he says, told him that the
haul was too heavy for him and his pal
to carry far or fast, as they were AFRAID Of
being pursued and caught with it in their
possession. They therefore buried it that
night near where they stopped the en-
CINE, marking the spot, as they supposed,
so that they would know it again. About
= month afterwards, however, when they
came again TO dig II up they were unable
to find the spot where it was hidden.
Brady says that after communicating
these facts to him Browning asked him
TO go along and help him search for the
treasure and ne did SO. They spent half
day III hunting around the spot where
Browning thought it was buried. but met
with no success. They went again and
spent another half day, bat succeeded no
better than before, and Browning then
said the plumber could go to h, he would
bother himself no further about ii, and
they left the spot.
II think if were there, could show
you the spot where Browning thought he
buried il, however" said Brady.
Detective Thacher continued question
ing him until he finally drew from him
q description of the spot in which lie
thought the spons had been "cached.v
aud went over there Saturday noon. He
took with him surveyor, as we'll as De-
tectives Gibson, Ahern and Snyder Of the
Southern Pacific Company, and went on
hand-cars to the spot indicated by Brady,
which Is about a mile w6st Of Washing
ton, III 8 piece of woods beside the track.
The surveyor measured the land, and
other men who were taken along prodded
the earth with sharp-pOinted iron rods
and dug III spots where it seemed likely
the treasure might be buried, but TO no
avail. The search was continued into the
night. the party finding out pretty thor
oughly before morning the size, numbers
and voracity OF ! OlO County mosquitoes
y esterday morning they went out
again and went systematically to work
going in line few feet apart and prod
ding deep into the earth with their rods
They could find no trace of what they
were looking for, but they found nearly
everything else. There have been num-
Der of hobo camps in that neck Of woods
and the hobos have left their traces be-
hind them. \ number of coal oil and
other cans were found buried, which con-
tanned outfits of clothes, underclOthes
and other articles, one containing lot OF
boiled potatoes, while two smaller cans
We're set inside of il, which contained
clothing. Knives and forks. raZors
combs, and various other articles were
also found, but no shining dollars, either
of sound" money Or silver, greeted the
expectant eyes of the searchers, nor did
the rods strike with the proverbial ring
SO familiar to treasure hunters against
the iron box containing the glittering
doubl0Ons.
About noon Detective Thacker re-
turned to the city to have another inter-
view with Brady and see if he could get
any additional data, and about 2:30 o. clock
he returned, accompanied by Sheriff
Johnson and two deputies, who had
Brady, closely guarded. The prisoner
went with them and pointed out, as
nearly as he could remember, the spot
where he and Browning had hunted on
the previous occasions, but it was of no
use, the earth still refused to yield up it's
deposit. Brady was taken back to prison
and the search was continued.
Many curious persons, who had gone
to the spot on Saturday afternoon and
yesterday morning, were warned off by
armed men, who formed q Gordon around
the piece of woods and allowed no one
not IN authority to enter them. y large
numb Der also went out in the afternoon.
anxious to get look OF Brady, but they,
too, were disappointed, except such as
got glimpse of him as he sat in the
wagon while en- route One enterprisinc
individual took out camera and brought
il back again without a chance to get
snap shot at him.
Detective Thacker and his men came in
last night still unsuccessful, but the
search Is not yet given up. 1t will be
useless, however, for spectators to go out
TO the spot, as they are not allowed to en-
ter the woods.