East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-05

Baker City, Oct. .-(SpeciaLb-
This forenoon an unknown man Wan
arrested near here and placed in TIN
county jail on suspicion of being hn-
plicated in the dynamiting of Hss-
vey X. Brown. The fellow appear N
be dazed and but little can be got1HE
out Of him. Thus far nothing han
been found to directly connect lam
with the plot, but his manner ami
condition has aroused the suspiciouE
of the officers working on the e2sH.
Another man, who may be impB-
Gated in the crime, was arrested kzeE
last night at Union. He was brouE4
here and refusese to give his mama
He is said to be from Cripple Creeik.
Sheriff Hodgin of Ada county, IdsAaa.
is now here assisting in the detectSsa.
work.
state Offers $4,000.
Last evening telegram was re--
ceived from w. N. Gatens, privsaR
secretary to Governor Chamberlain
saying that the governors reward fsr
the capture of Browns murderer
was $4,000 instead of $1,000. ThiE
news has tended to allay the d!sple7s-
ure that had been caused among B@.-
ker City people over the previnuE
small sum offered by the state
Men Bought KimOno.
What may prove a very importsRt
clue to the murderers of Harvey
Brown was discovered at Baker vs.
terday. 1t was the fact that tvG
men had bought a kimono at a Ba-
ker City store. In view of the f1<a
that one of the plotters is known TN
have been disguised as a woman tkn
information should be of great vaIue.
Last evenings Baker City Herald con-
tanned the following story of the AZ.
fair:
1t was about 4:30 O'clock Mon taH
afternoon that three men went inAp
a store and the tallest, who acted ~
spokesman for the party, asked tn
see some kimonos and mother huk-
bard dresses. He is described as b.
ng about six feet tall, wearing dark
uit, a dark slouch hat, having darn
brown or black hair and being
smooth shaven. The other two mem
we're of medium height and vsrv
lark complexioned and appeared AA
'e foreigners. Both wore light-eus-
red soft hats One had on a daESk
oat and light trousers; the other n
lght coat and dark trousers.
Let me see your kimonos first
aid the tall man, as the salesman
'ent behind the counter.
He threw the first articles laid b.
ore him aside after a careless e.
saying their color was Inn
ark. Garments of lighter hue wex~
laced on the counter and finally n.
elected one that was of a cream
olor covered with violet flowers
That will do" he said, "wrap N
p for me-"
Inc clerk did as requested and I'm.
hree men We're about to walk out ss
ne store, when the spokesman of In
arty suddenly stopped and inouirrk
ne size of the garment he had takrn.
lie was Informed that the size was N
HI" he CALCULATED, that is CO.
rely too small. couldn't vem
hat"
seeing the surprised look on I'm
Jerks face, the man looked embas-
lssed and added as If eager to diyexf
lspicion that the kimona was for n
cry large woman. The bundle WEI
nwrapped and another one, of TN
lme hue, but size 40. substitutc6
he trio then left the store withoRr
lying anything more.
a significant fact in this connectim
that only a few minutes beforr
lis incident occurred a man answer
g exactly the description Of the taS-
st of the party went into Disheimes-
Foremans store half block dr.
mt. and examined the stock of moth
: hubbards but made no purchaae.
rom Harry Foreman he bought threr
airs of socks before looking at In
omen's garments and afterwarE
lrchased a Teddy bear" evidently
ith the intention of divertilg atten-