The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-30
Recognised az Oscar Brandt, q
Sailor, BY Two Acquaintance
NO TRACE or oonFEDERArE.
Pelice gcour woods In Vicinity Of
Fatal scene, nut without Success
Il missing Man Believed to Have
Been wounded by Plimpton-R. ,.
lGatterson, who KILLED Drandt,
Tells the story Of the Encounter.

The desperate bandit who was killed by
a. b. Matterson Thursday night In an I'M
successful attempt to hold up Ballard
electric car. was positively identined last
night as Oscar Brandt, sailor. The iden-
tincation was made by two men, one OF
them being Albert Wing. ship carpenter
living at Ballard. and the other being
laurence Kearney. who sailed on the ship
Edward May from San Francisco to Homo
sulu with Brandt two years ago
From the description printed Of the dead
man In the Post-Intelligencer yesterday In
which It was stated that the name Oscar
Brandt was tattooed on the dead mans
arm. Wing, who has known Brandt since
their boyhood days In Norway years ago.
Mas satisfied that ne knew him, He visit
ed Bunney b Stewards morgue last night.
One glance At the pallid face Of the dead
showed him that the daring robber who
died amid q fusilade Of bullets had been
the acquaintance Of q lifetime. the friend
Of many years
wing had in his possession picture Of
the dead man, given to him by its original
several years ago. Anyone who visited
the morgue yesterday and looked at the
corpse unhesitatingly pronounced the like
ness to be perfect.
Had Known Him for Years.
II have known Oscar Brandt for years"
81lQ WINK 10 \ Observation-Disclosures ECk>OEtvt
last night. I'VE were boys together In
Norway. I should say that he was about
thirty-seven years old. although his gray
hair made him look slightly older.
saTen years ago. after not having seen
him for years, we met again at Ballard.
AT that time he had his hslf-brother. Mar
Jus Brandt, with him. They helped me
build my house at Ballard but before 1t
was finished had quarrel with Brandt.
He was very ill-natured, and was afraid
Of him. So finally he left us. His brother.
Marius, stayed in Ballard and still lives
there. He, also, Is sailor.
AFTER our quarrel did not make any
effort to keep up my former friendship
with Brandt. Until saw his body in the
morgue tonight had not seen him for six
months. but always understood he was
on some vessel. One day about that long
ngu met him on First avenue and we
shook hands. He told me he had been In
ns only ~ fs aay IL a sad ne
place did not suit him. did not see him
again.
terms. Oscar never visited Marius at Bal
lard. 80 far as remember now have
never heard Of Brandts having mixed up
in crooked work before. but from the time
time I have regarded him as desperate
character and one likely to Kill someone
IN fit OF anger"
1eSlImOuy u lu0 chcCL tHdt AoEdLut HAo
heretofore born a reputation Of being a
hard character was also furnished by
Laurence Kearney, who sailed with him on
ne .o noM that tri ps said Kearney. me was
look in them which we sailors didn't like.
s around Frisco for good while trying to
ship on some steamer. but he had gained
the reputation of being hard man to get
ss with b sna Ssr Of the Rsa w s5o
time sailed away and did not sec him
until tonight in the morgue. The moment
read In the paper this morning. how
ever, that he had the name Oscar Brandt
tattooed on his arm, was certain he was
the man had sailed with. One look con-
WINGED me Of his identity
ton Of the man has been sailor on the
Coast for years. For the past several
weeks he has been patient in Providence
hospital
Details OF the killing.
r. b. Matterson, the musician who shot
the fatal bullet, was interviewed by a
Observation-Disclosures reporter yesterday. He
with the exception of few minor dis
crepancies the story Of the killing. as pub
lshed this morning. was correct would
on the step Of the car when shot tat at him ms
Upon leaving Ballard got on the front
end Of the car. l was smoking, and for
that reason stood outside. Recalling the
my revolver, 3S-caliber American bull
dog, out of my hip pocket, and put it in
the outside pocket of my macintosh. Just
rs we turned the curve at the south end
nj the long bridge coming out of Ballard
sighted man with mask on, his coat
pulled up about his neck and big gun
in his hand walking towards the car.
which had stopped for moment. l knew
what was coming, and just as the man
stepped on the lower step shot at him.
The first bullet did not seem to hit him,
for he kept on coming. The smoke from
my pistol partially blinded me for a mo-
snent, and all could see was his head,
and the gun which he held in his hand.
THE gun was moving about as If he was
trying to locate me through the smoke,
and took no chances. ! shot again This
time he had one foot on the lower step and
one on the platform proper. My second
shot seemed to stagger him and he stepped
down from the car. I shot again. and then
item the smoke was very thick on the
front platform, which is partially closed,
and it is my opinion that when he began
shooting 1t was not at me. believe he
shot blindly at the car
Il wish to correct the statement that
was in the previous holdup ON the Ballard
line. Such is not the case. merely car
Jied the gun because / believed 1t might
come in handy.
after the man had shot stepped off
the platform and commenced to retreat I
heard shooting at the back end OF the car
didn't know how many there were, and
took to the brush
Matterson is q small man with a good
.,--N IL