The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-02
BROWN DIED BY
BOMB EXPLOSION
Outrage Like that of Steunen-
berg Case

Baker City, Ore, Oct. Harvey
K. Brown, ex-sherif of Baker
county, died yesterday afternoon at
the hospital at $40, as the result of
the horrible wounds he received from
the explosion of bomb at his front
gate as he entered his home at 10:45
O'Clock Monday night. Mr.. Brown
remained in full possession of all
his faculties until a few minutes
before death came. The left leg was
blown almost completely away, the
right one badly shattered and the
hips badly lacerated. He suffered
intensely while he was conscious.
Shortly before noon he rallied and
was able to talk to his friends and
the members of his family He ex-
pressed a wish TO make a statement
and District Attorney Leroy Lomax
and a sten1grapher we're summoned
and took the statement in which he
told why he thought he met his
death. Mr.. Brown said that he was
the man who arrested Steve Adams
and had been employed for some time
by the state OF Idaho in ferreting
out the fact of the case against the
alleged murderer. He was also in
Idaho at the time Harry Orchard was
arrested and was instrumental in
identifying the slayer. 1t is his
opinion that he knew too much about
the connections of Steve Adams and
the inner circle of the Western FEEDER
alton of Miners and it was to their
interest to have him ont of the way.
At every turn one is confronted by
the startling similarity to the Steun-
enberg outrage. Even the counter.
parts to the two red chalk cross
marks which appeared on the Steun-
enberg gate posts are found on the
gate posts of the Brewn fence.
Mr.. Browns official ante norton
statement as taken by the district
attorney follows:
ANTE MORTEM STATEMENT.
81 was on my way home from up
town last night, when / met man in
front of residence which is block
from my house, and spoke. The man
made no response. This man was
about five feet 10 inches tall; his
weight was about 165 pounds. He
wore brown ait and a celluloid col
lar and was smoothly shaver. | have
been conscious of having been fol-
lowed for the past three weeks, AID |
have no doubt that those who at
tempted my life are persons connect
ed with the Western Federation of
Miners, and that was marked for
death on account of my connection
with the Stequenberg and Steve
Adams case.
TOWN IN A FRENZY.
The entire town is wrought up to
almost frenzy. Practically no bus
mess is transacted and people gather
in public places to discuss the crime
from every aspect. The similarity to
the SteunenberR case Is alluded to.
1t is remembered that when all
hope had been lost of finding Steve
Adams, Sheriff Brown placed him
under arrest at Haines. The fact
that Brown was q witness against
Adams during his trial for murder at
Wallace and that he expected to tes-
tify in the forthcoming retrial of
that case as we'll as in the forthcOm
ing Steunenberg case, and discussed,
and offer ample grounds for the dis
cussion of the muder Of Brown to the 4
excited people of this community.
Brown had been very gloomy and 1
downcast for several days past, and
when asked concerning his troubles
by a friend. ne replied: az am
doomed man. Those people in Idaho
will get me yet. " He went on to /
tell he had noticed on several occas-
ions that he was being watched and
followed every place he went. No
matter what out of -the-way place he
would go, there was always some one
around keeping him under surveil-
lance and Watching his actions very |
closely. TIA. be had an idea of the
identity OF the people who tIied to
murder him 10 shown by the only |
words he uttered before he became
unconscious Monday night. Only |
one or two neighbors had arrived on
the scene when they heard him ex-
claim. ''They laid for me and they |
got me at last -