The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-02
CHARGED Up To
THE FEDERATION
Bomb Outrage at Baker City,
Ore, AIIerSt to Be Result
Of !. Plot.
HIS INJURIES PROVE FATAL
BROWN HAD OFTEN EXPRESSED
FEAR OF MURDER.
HIS INJURIES PROVE FATAL

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: Baker City. Ore. Oct, l-Harvey X. Z
+ Brown, ex-sheriff of Baker county, \
y died this afternoon at the hospital at 4
+ $40 o'clock as the result of the hor- =
+ ribe wounds he received from the r
\ explosion of a bomb at his front gate 4
Monday MIGHT
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Baker City. Ore, Oct IA special dis
patch from Baker City to the Evening
Telegram says that ex-Sheriff Harvey
X. Brown. who was last night made
the victim OF bomb outrage very sim
liar to that which killed former Governor
there is no hope OF his getting Well
He lapsed into Inconsistencies last
night, but regained his mental faculties
this morning. though he still is deaf
from the terrific noise No trace of the
criminal has been discovered. Whether
Browns hostility against saloon men
and gamblers during his term of office,
which expired a year ago, brought on
other motive was at the bottom of the
crime, may remain a mystery. Brown is
the man who arrested Steve Adams for
his crimes in Idaho and for the past six
months has been engaged in detective
work for the state of Idaho. He was
a witness against Steve Adams and ex-
pressed his fear of taking the stand. for
1t is alleged he said he knew he never
WOulQ escape dliFc IL ne
Browns Statement.
Brown made a statement in which he
said that on his way home from uptown
last night he met man in front of
residence a block from his own home
and spoke, but the man made no re
Spouse. He described the man as being
about feet 10 inches tall; weight l65
pounds; wearing brown suit and cell
luloid collar, and he was smooth shaven.
Brown said that he was conscious he
had been Swallowed for the past three
weeks and that he was marked for death
on account of his connection with the
Steunenberg and Steve Adams cases.
Chief of Police Jackson believes from
what he has learned that three men are
connected with the planning and exc
Brown has been very gloomy and down.
cast for several days past. and when ask
ed concerning his troubles by friend he
replied:
Constantly Followed.
II am doomed man; Those people in
Idaho will get me yet"
He went on TO tell that he had noticed
on several occasions 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 close
ly; that he has an idea of the identity of
the people who tried to murder him is
shown by the only words he uttered be-
fore he became unconscious last night.
Only one or two neighbors had arrived
on the scene when they heard him ex-
claim. They have laid for me and they
got me at last"
1t is also said that Brown received an
anonymous letter through the mail, warn
ing him to leave the country or that his
life would be taken. 1t is impossible at
this time to confirm this rumor, but ere
dence is given the story by the fact that
lie had promised his wife that he would
leave Baker City this fall and go to Cali
fornia to live.
Tall Woman Noticed.
One of the neighbors of Mr.. Brown said
that last night, a short time before the
explosion occurred they noticed a tall
woman walking back and forth in front
of the Brown house. Although the per-
son was dressed in woman's clothes, he
looked very much like n man, and IL is
supposed that the criminal wore the fe-
male garb to divert suspicion.
The bomb was made of dynamite and
was placed just inside the gate. on the
south side of the walk. From the bomb
a wire was run across the walk, then up
to the top of the picket fence, about
twenty-five feet along the fence to the
corner. and then about thirty or forty feet
west toward the middle of the road.
Chief of Police Jackson and some OF his
men were on the scene of the crime with
in a few minutes after the explosion, and
did all they could to find some clew to
the perpetrator. The only evidence to
show where the criminal had concealed
himself was a WIRE which could be traced
from the gate north along the fence, and
thence west into the middle of the road
The assassin was at the end OF the
wire and was in complete darkness, where
he could not be seen by any one coming