The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-09
Desperate ''Peg Leg" Allen Cap
tured in This State.
Incidentally Wounded Depufy
sheriff who Attempted to Prevent
His Escnpe, and Later On killed .
London, Ont, PoiicemaD-Is No.
torfous Thief-R~wnrd for His
Caufure-story of His Crimes.

Thomas Alien. a colored man known a.
s'Peg Leg Allen, who IS alleged 20 ~ none
other than Nude Brown. tramp VINO =
accused of muraering the CRY MARSHAL o.
Georgetown. Texas. Juga 4, lss5, "ound'ns
a deputy sheriff, who attempted - prevent
his escape. and later killing Police of'icer
Toohey al I.orsi0n. Ont. was brought 70
Seattle yesterday and kept UNDER cover VII
III an opportunity afforded itself FOR trans
porting m 20 British Columbia He left
Seattle las. night on steamer. the ia ne
Of which officers IN the secret refuse
10 divuige. and II now safely across the
I.ue. So el4veriy were all me plans car
risd out tAat hardly a person not Ia the
eecret knew what was going On
Brown was In charge Of United States
Deputy Marshal Deeiey ana Detective
Thomas Sickiee. of Ontario. DIR. Sickies
e. positive that be has The r.gnt u4an and
~ there is 10 mistake OH this point Deeley
will receive $50 reward
Brown In said 10 be a desperate, cold
biooded thief thug and murderer. On June
4, 1888, Brown killed the c.ty marshal OF
Georgetown, Texas, broke jail and. il ~
claimed made Il bee-llne t0r Canada. arriv
ing In London. Ont. about June -. ON
the night Of June u he was Observed at
tempting 10 walk along q railroad crossing
there, ard was ordered off by the watch
man. Brown beat the old IRAN into insn-
eib.ity and attempted TO escape. lie was
followed By Police Constable T0ohcy: hat
when the latter attempted his arrest. Brown
shot him twiee-once just over ana the
next time through the heart. After the
shooting ne hid in the suburbs OF London,
and was tracked by an armed posse. Two
OF these overlook him on one occasion, bur
heshot at them yiciousiy, woUnding one and
he was allowed to escape Since then this
country has been flooded with circulars. Civ
ing his description, and the result was his
capture at North Yakima two weeks ago, by
Marshal Deeley. who held him ever since
on a charge OF selling whisky TO Indians
Detective Nickies arrived al North Yaki-
ma from London October :. and Immediate
~ recognized Brown. Preparations were
made 10 take him To Canada. The arrest
was kept very quiet. In order that Texas
authorities might not hear Of Ii and re-
fuse TO permit him TO be taken 10 Canada.
Brown is a coIored tramp with a wooden
leg. remarkably quick IN movement and
OF splendid physique. He WAS kept In a
steel cage; but was passed knife Oh Tues
day. and before The officers could make him
give II up he had TO be knocked down with
& club. He fought in the face of two heavy
Teyolvers III the hands of the sheriff, but
finally yielded.
On the way TO Seattle the officers we're
constantly on the alert. thsir hands on
their pistols. because they expected Brown
would take desperate chances to get away
He was heavily ironed when lac LEFT Seattle
Nothing has been said 70 Brown about the
charges against him. but ne knows all
about it. He told a Post-Intellgencer re-
porter that he read. while In Jail. an ac-
count OF his arrest and the charge that ne
had Killed a policeman in Canada II don I
know anything about H." he eaid II have
been living IN California"