The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20

In a saloon.
His mother and father separated
about this time. and Mr.. Brown went
with his father to Petalufna. Cal.
whore he spent year In school.
Becomes Fortune Hunter.
He later helped his father with the
fruit shipping business In San Fran
cisco. About this time gold was found
In Canyon City. Ore, and M. Brown
wanted TO 60. he did not have the
money, and his father forbade him go
Ing so he slowed himself away under
the taEpaulin ON the-forNard deck of a
ship going north. The sailors walked
all over him until he could bear n no
longer. and he cried out In pain. They
dragged him forth then and made him
work for his passage.
When the boat reached the wharf at
Portland he had not a cent. A young
man, noticing his predicament. took
him to the Union hotel and found him
job as g matter. HIS banjo splaying
o Of the sssR sniooS S,ss e iS59r
He offered him s25 per night 60 come
and play in the saloon.
Harry Knox afterward hanged in
Florence. Ida, for dhe murder OF Ma
gruder engaged him after this at $50
per night TO play in Canyon City.
Discovered by Actress.
khfo fpeasI gle Ssi.t, tho asreafesr ac-
tTess california knew in those Day
picked him up after he had been In
Canyon City --hile, and she took him
With her to Idaho City. He was play
ing the graVedigger IN Hamlet" there
one night when the alarm of fire was
given The cabins were built OF rough
pitchpinc lumber. In half an hour The
town was reduced to ashes, and all Mr.
,j&rewn had saved were the clothes he
moro and his banjo.
His next theatrical venture was nj
San Francisco. where he played in Gil
bert's MeloGeoo. on the corner OF Clay
and KearneN. This was then the bust
hess portion OF the city. He was a Oro-
VILE when he read an article in the
newspaper describing a woman whom
he thought he recognized. He started
out Immediately to Dutch Flats. from
whore the article had come. A China
man was pointed out to him as the one
who told the story.
He gave the Oriental twentv-dollar
gold piece. and he led the way out OF
the town straight TO the mountains. At
tie base OF n mountain the Chinaman
turned and began to toll uD the steep
ascent. They had proceeded for half ?
mile when the Chinaman stopped and
rlotioned AR brown to go ahead 10 a
small ledge. At the side OF the path
was Something white and bleachcd. He
touched 1t. TWO yellow papers fell on
the ground. \ pair Of eye glasse vert
bounding down the rocks. 1t was he
skeleton OF his mother
Mother Dead Year.
His mother had been 5ead a year
from all appearances. 1t was probable
that she was travelling alone in q
wagon with some money. Some China
men learned of il. They followed her
from the town and on the lonely road
had murdered her. Taking the money
they had dragged the body up the as
cent where IL lay unnoticed until his
guide had found it.
Mr.. Brown commenced mining again
IN the Sierra Nevada mountains at
Meadow lake. near Chico. Cal. From
mining he returned to Truckee where
he played his banjo in George Steven s
saloon. When the last spike was
driven connecting the Central Pacific
With the Union Pacific from the east at
Promcntory he went 10 Salt Lake
Meets Brigham Young.
Here he met Brigham Young and his
wives He gave several reeitals on the
great organ in the Salt I.afSs Mormon
Tabernacle and appeared for some time
a the Salt Lake theatre He made his
home with Claude Spencer and his six
wives. Many times Mr.. Brown noticed
the official shadower, Bill Hyde. watch
Ing him to see that he did not prov, a
traitor.
His travels. next took him to Denver.
Cole, where he earned, $50 per night
playing with Billy INITIAL With him lie
went to England, and from there to
South Africa to the diamond fields
Lacking machinery, their dreams of a
fortune i'm the diamond business soon
faded, however.
When he came back 10 the United
States he went straight 10 cheyenne.
Wyo.. whereshe played sips stcDaniei's
saloon until he learned that gold had
been discovered by Professor Jennie.
the government geologist, in The Black
Hills. Anxious 60 be in The open again.
he gathered a company of miners To-
Sether. They started with covered
wagons through Red canyon. Just out
side OF Custer City. s. d. Mr.. Brown
laid claim to. 1e9 acres OF land. recefv-
ing them free from the government. He
sold half his interest to b. Gooden for
sis,in. afsssiii IoasS shs sgsias%Sih T a9a
whisky he hauled into the town square
and with tin cup ''doled' it out to the
boys at 30 cents a Gun. The land
never amounted TO anything.
Started to Tour World.
In 1876. just after he founded Dead
wood no gfarfQff IN mako a .fottv ~ ,1.o