The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-01

On which 70 bold them Chief Reed taIk-1
with them. az did Detectives W4ppensteln,
CGcihee and Powers. and learned their n1s-
mess here and permitted them II 60
They gave their names al ne yossoe sta
tlor Tcri ard sara H~owrn- 50 quiet
were they 50 calm ard cool, so intelligent.
crook who Is inclined 10 be coarse ard
rough al best.
Chef Red and TIE detectives would say
nothing about the two rnesa- Trey apfssF-
enEly know their records. nat there being
10 charge against them, VIII say nothing
about the case AZ al.
But there ara perssns here fr3rn Skag-
way and from talert7o " DO know some
thing OF the records OF the two Browns
and who were surprised 20 know that taey
were IN this city. TIE tale which they tell
OF the desperate encounters and the .eek-
I.ssness OF these TWO hignwaymen are in
fsreSssng.
They came from Western Kansas, and
their first occupation was as cowboys on
the ranges Of Kansas. Texas and Arizona
But that kind of a life was too tame FOR
these gentlemen. A cowboy earns but %
cents and two meas day They went to
Colorado when the Cripple Creek excite
meni commenced, as did hundreds OF other
lawIess characters and desperate men
There were stages held up and roobeviss
committed about there. mines robbed and
hold-ups which were never accounted for
But IL was known that these crimes were
committed by The gang to which the
Browns belonged They had the saer X
with them he had been elected chiefly by
their influence, and they did not fear much
trouble.
When the great Bull Hill strike occurred
the Browns. with their gang, waich then
numbered about twenty-five, were the
leaders Of the miners union. They were
known as hard, tough nghung men, VINO
pulled q gun or held up a train with bust
nesslke dispatch and calmness In those
days with the militia OF the state confront
ing them. the miners did not question
mems characters or morals. They wei
fs hAs rk 10 hes
most daring men Their chief object IN
standing with the strikers Was not that
they sympath.zed with the miners, but
partly TO make themselves popular 70 Sc
cure future barking and TO Clear them
selves OF their past bad records.
After the strike they were holder than
When the Colorado excitement wore Off
they drifted over to Mereur. IN Utah. enc
OF the liyeliest mining camps in the West.
There they were the organ zers Of a min
ers' union which caused seine tension. but
not the trouble that Cripple Creek saw.
One OF their very first schemes, to raise
money, illustrating their versatility. was a
ball which they gave under the auspices or
the miners union. That is, they mercy
used the name OF the union TO make the
affair a financial success. They cleared 5000
from this venture leaving all bill unpaid.
Later on the Two Browns and one OF
their gang were arrested for holding up
faro bank. About $50 vas taken, even
down 10 The dimes and nickels OF the rou-
let.e table. But IS there was no evidence
on which 10 hold them. they were per.
mtte1 10 60 So notorious did they be
come at Mercur that there was al one
time a first-class chance for lynching
bee.
one night a deputy sheriff undertook to
arrest Mckimmins, but tne found himself
surrounded by several OF the gang. heavily
armed and meaning business. Had the Of
ficer forced matters he would undoubtedly
have been killed. On the next day Me
kimmins was arrested and fined SO. He
hat he IaH tod he
cause he feared lynching When he was let
out on bends ne al once stole saddle
In order 10 raise money to pay his line
Several OF this gang have been killed
recently. At a hoid-up OF Southern Pa
cific train in Arizona during 1856 two OF
them were killed
there were other members OF the gang here
could be learned at police headquarters.
though II was admitted that William Ed
dy. or Bow and Arrow Eddy" who had
once operated with them, was in town. One
OF the Browns was taken into custody
when with Eddy. Chief Of Police Reed.
knowing tina. the two men were here. had
had them Swallowed.
Detectives Wappens.sin. Powers and Cud-
thee found Sam Brown at the postoffice
steps reading letter yesterday afternoon.
rs your name Brown" asked Wappen
stein. stepping up with his hand on his
Yes" said the man. not raising his eyes
fran hts letter or showing the slightest
well, l want you TO come To police head
quarters a moment said the detective.
"Ail right: let me finish this letter." said
he. and In a few seconds Detective Cudi-
hee took him on to the headquarters with
out any difficulty.
The other WAS found In the entrance OF
the Burke building A few moments after
ward. He was talking 70 Bow and Ar
row" Eddy. As he saw there was no chance
for fight against Wappenstein and Pow
ers. he, too. went along quietly.
Bow and Arrow Eddy IS a burglar:
that ia his speciality, though he Is good for
all around work. He acquired his name
in Sal, Lake. years ago crowd of East
ern investors having seen an expert rifle
shot, were enthusiastic over him. Eddy
declared that he could beat the rfieman
with a bow and arrow. So preposterous did
the Eastern men think the proposition that
they bet sSnco that Eddy would lose. On
the day when the contes. was 70 occur,
Eddy ard the gang kidnapped the riaeman.
They won the money. and Eddy won q
name that Is famous among crooks.
The Browns were here last fall going
through on their way to Alaska. They were
in Skagway and in the Attn country, At
Skagway one of them got Into a serious
scrape last November by beating a wo-
man. Learning later that Marshal Tanner
for him al night. They saw him standing
under an electric light pole and fired in
hs direction several times but were con-
fused by the shadow. and missed. That
night they boarded a boat for Seattle.
From here they went To Tacoma. return
ing ten days ago. They VIII probably re-
main here 80 longer, since they know the
police viii watch them closely.