The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-05-20
MURDERED NEAR MUD LAKE
Tim Brown, Well Known Citizen and
Rancher of Lorenzo Found Dead
Son Has Been Arrested

Morning Post, May IS
Yesterday afternoon about half
past one, the son of Tim Brown, who
was murdered some distance above
Roberts Sunday night or Monday
morning, was captured. The young
man was caught coming in from the
desert. As previously recorded in
The Post, he had been seen by John
Hanson and others early Monday
morning though his identity was un-
known. The Browns, fatAer and son,
had left Mud Lake in company. Later
the elder man was found beside his
wagon, dead, his head being crushed
and nearly severed from the body. A
bloody ak was the mute witness to
the affair. The son was gone. Some
suspicioned the son from the outset,
but in communication with various
parties at Roberts we were informed
Monday night that the impression pre-
vailed that the son was innocent OF
the crime.
Later developments pretty clearly
connect him with the horrible deed.
1t was established that stout young
man with black coat and sandy beard
had been seen on the desert by John
| Hanson and others, who had talked
with him. 1t was noted at the time
that the fellows hands were bloody,
and that there was blood on his
clothes. The man stated that he was
headed toward a railroad station, and
very little was thought of the cir
cumstance until the killing was dis
covered.
Yesterday the trail was taken up,
and it was seen where the stranger
had Quilted the road and struck
across the desert. Following this trail
it was not great time until the man
/ was captured, and it was noted that
there was something the matter with
him. 1t is said that he is an epileptic,
though he could not have comnitted
the deed during fit of epilepsy.
When taken back to Roberts,
Brown, who is about twenty-three
years old, dropped several remarks
that put him in bad light. 1t Is
reported that his mother went across
the country from Lorenzo to Roberts,
and upon meeting the son he made a
remark to the effect that 'I'll tell
you after awhile why 1 did it,
County Attorney Mcconnell and
Coroner Jardine of Fremont county
were at Roberts yesterday and an in
quest was held. During the examina-
ton enough evidence was developed
to warrant holding the young man.
and a verdict was rendered that Tim
Brown came to his death as result
Of blows from an ak in the hands OF
his son. Young Brown was taken to
st. Anthony yesterday and lodged in
the Fremont county jail to await
trial.
AS near as can be learned young
Brown must have either have wander
ed aimlessly over the desert, or hid
out for a night, for according to all
reports he was seen on the road to-
wards Roberts early Monday morn
ing. He was captured within two an
a half miles of Roberts yesterday aft
ernoon. Thus he was over twenty
four hours making the sixteen miles
from the scene of the murder, and
doubtless during that time was with
out water or food, and it was stated
that he appeared to be out of his
head, which may or may not have
been affected. 1t Is quite possible
that the exposure would produce that
condition. On the other hand it could
,e stimulated. Those matters, of
w o arc superficial DEDUCTIONS. 1t
seems pretty definitely concluded that
the young man knows more about the
job than he should, and as far as
he evidence has come to light, is re-
sponsible for the murder. The mo-
tive so far as learned has not come
to light.
Several parties from this city, while
returning from Birch creek saw the
old man and the son camping over in
that section of the country, when they
started home Saturday.