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

beputy Su0EIU -hCDOUdIu was present
when Mr.. Johnston detailed the circum-
stances of the capture and corroborated
his statement.
When Brady was searched on his per-
son was found a razor, 81 10 i'll silver and
pennies, two purses, both buckskin,
prospector's triple magnifying glass and
piece OF candle and knife. In his
canvas bundle was Wells Fargo mes
senger dou -barreled shotgun. No. 81,
the one that was ken from the messenger
IN the Castle bridge train robbery. near
stockton. piece OF rubber to patch BIZ
Cycles with and pair of overails.
railroad Detective Gard, Detective
Ihacker and District Attorney Ryan,
with short reporter, took Brady's
statement in the afternoon, having two
interviews with him and questioning him
at great length. lie denied all knowledge
OF the various train robberies in which
he is supposed to have been concerned
and claimed that he and Browning
had quareled and parted company be-
fore the robbery in which Sheriff b.
gard was killed. He said that he was born
IN Illinois, but refused to give his name
ana said that there was only one man
on the coast who knew anything about
him, and he would not tell who that was
His pursuers passed within twenty feet
OF him the night before, but did not see
him. He had intended to travel all
night, but was worn out and went to
sleep.
SMITHS STORY.
\ man who gave his name as Ed. S.
Smith, and said he worked for w. a.
Johnston, came to the RECoRD-UNIoN
office last night and stated that while
Johnston and Mcdonald were looking
under Gammon's warehouse lhe went to
the orchard and then to the levee and
tracked Brady. He met Johnston and
told him about it, He then goL in the
buggy with Johnston and followed
Brady. They met a Chinaman who told
them he had gone down the road. Smith
says he then went back and told Nc
Donald.
The interviews with the detectives con-
sumed the whole afternoon, and none of
the newspaper fraternity were allowed to
Interview the prisoner until evening.
To KECORD-UNION reporter he narrated
the following version OF his Wanderings
and doings:
BRADY's STORY.
az know nothing about the train rob-
berry at Reeds Station" said he. Brown
ing and | had quarreled and agreed to
part the night before. We went to Oro-
vile to buy some secondhand bicycles,
thinking to make some money out of
them. Browning was discouraged and it
was raining. He wanted me to help him
rob the Oregon train, but | refused,
telling him the danger of capture was too
great, and the roads were so bad we could
make no Roadway on our bicycles.
I'VE were opening the valise i'll which
our revolvers and other things were, and
he had handed me mine, but had not got
his own yet. He was angry ana said he
had mind to shoot me. | jumped be-
hind a tree and told him to begin. He
saw that | had the advantage, and said no
\ he tn hay
no more trouble, / gave him his pistol.
l afterward gave him my pistol and my
bicycle and we parted.
After the quarrel [ walked to Sacra-
mento, getting here several days after
ward. [ stayed all night at the Empire
House. L think it was lodging house
on * street, near Browns Comique. |
left here then and was gone four or five
days. don't care to say where L
went. Then / came back and stayed all
night. l had bicycle that time. l
will gives no account OF where | was for
the next three months. / don't want
anyone to know where [ was.
Then l bought horse and cart near
Fresno about a month ago and drove up
to Redding. 1t was while | was on the
road to that place that the shooting at
Clear Creek, six miles from Redding, &C.
CURED, and l was shot in the right side"
Here Brady showed his right side, Oh
which were visible the marks of twenty
or twenty-five shot, apparently fine shot.
81 had stopped to iced my horse" said
he, land was there couple OF hours or
so, when l heard the men coming across
the gravel. / raised up to look at them
and saw one OF them had shotgun.
One OF them said we want nothing of
you l said NO. and the other one
raised his shotgun. l raised mine, but be
was too quick for me aud shot me IN the
u
caught in a grapevine, and being cooked,
both barrels went Oft. | did not shoot at
them and did not shoot at AL after that,
as my cartridges were scattered on the
ground.
when the shooting commenced the
other man ran down the creek. The man
that shot me STOOD on one side of my
horse and | on the other, and he fired
six shots from his revolver at me under
the horses belly, the animal rearing and
kicking. All The damage he did was TO
cut snap on the garter on one Of my
legs, but l thought it took him long
time to fire those six shots. He then ran
into the brush. | was mad and if | could
have seen him after l got my cartridges
| would have shot him. My cartridges
were loaded with No. shot. got them
in Tehama.
'Isfoliowed the ridges and brush till
got to the Middle Fork at night. and
stayed all night there in an old house, as
it hurt me TO breathe on the side on which
l was shot. / travelled all the next day
through the brush and got within eleven
miles of Red Bluff, | stopped to get
drink of water, sneaking in to the well,
as L did not wish to be seen. and carrying
my gun down by my side, so that it
would not show. A young fellow saw
me, however, through field glass, and
came down with gun. | raised my gun
and he asked me what | did that for. [
told him that was the way | did when |
thought strangers were about to harm
me. He asked me what was the matter
and l told him | had had O shooting
scrape near Reddlng. l was hungry and
he took me to the house and gave me
meal and the lady put me up lunch.
They said they were hentuckians. lie
and a negro woman, who saw ME on the
evening OF the shooting, were the only
ones who saw me in that part of the coun-
try. He agreed not to tell, but | found
afterwards that he told part of the affair.
Then l went to the Adobe Ranch,
about three miles further, and stopped in
an old barn, which had a good mattress
and bed in 1.-THE best bed | had had for
some time. | came down to the Sacra-
mento River and took boat and crossed
over. Or Friday l went to VIVA and
stayed there three or four days. The day
before l came there | stole two dozen
eggs. 1 stayed in an old house and went
to the coOk-house and got some cooked
meat and some fruit. One night two fell
lows who had been fishing came along
about II o CLOCK. l came out from under
tree right ahead Of them, as they came
so quietly that did not see or hear them.
[ walked ahead of them. SO that they
would think l belonged to the place. l
heard one OF them say. There is the night
Waterman: he has been to look after
peaches When we got near the house
l turned aside and hid. left the next
day and came within two or three miles
of Chico, and stayed for day, and then