Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-14
TIPS OFF SECRET
WHEN KANGAROOED
SAYS He WILL GET DEPUTY
SHERIFF FRANK kREIGH WHEN
REMOVED TO CELL ON UPPER
FLOOR STEIN REVOLVER.

The finding of the gun stolen from
the Stein second hand store FRIDAY
night under sensational circum.
stances. upon the person Of Ray Brown
alias Claude De Barr. in the county
Jail yesterday afternoon, has lent color
to the suspicious that are held
against this character whose activities
since being taken into custody have
placed him quite little in the lime
light. He said he was laying for
Deputy Sheriff Frank Kreigh, taller for
Sheriff Knox, against whom he seems
to hold q grudge.
Service Interferes.
The timely arrival on the lower floor
of three women doing church work in
the jail at the time, probably saved
scene in the main cell down stairs
when Brown, alias De Barr made
move to draw the weapon to resist
kangaroo court session In which he
was the victim about 4:80 O'Clock.
The weapon was taken from him by
Deputy Sheriff Frank Kreigh while
Sheriff W. =. ~ Knox coyereh the
.prtroner With his gun. lntset,p.f tfsaat-
ening to, get Deputy Kreigh the
searched man submitted to tho re-
moval Of the gun and Was placed up
stairs in the jail In cell with the two
Burton brothers, AL and Emmett, who
are serving Jail sentence for larceny.
Hung BY Strap.
The gun found on Brown was q
Winchester Frontier Army" type OF
"A calibre, the same taken from STEMS
pawnshop Friday night. It was at
tached to narrow leather strap, toe
narrow to be termed belt and huns
suspended within the trousers OF the
prisoner at q point below his hip
pickets. While there is a supposition
that someone passed the gun to him
since his captivity, the county officials
express unbelief in such a theory, and
the peculiar location OF the weapon
might easily escape the ordinary
search Of q prisoner when taken into
custody.
When asked why he walked with q
strange gait, he Is said to have told
an officer that he suffered from
rupture and thus secretly carried the
weapon that 1t was supposed he had
thrown away before being taken into
custody Friday night by Night Cap
tain Matt Mier.
Gun Taken From Him.
The first intimation Of the presence
Of the weapon was given the sheriff
through q trusty who was one of
number Of prisoners In the lower floor
cell where seven men had been held
together. The occasion that made the
presence OF the gun evident came
about by the carrying out OF custom
among the prisoners to kangaroo new y
arrivals. Brown having been placed
In the county jail Saturday to await
the action Of the grand jury, was
slated as victim Of the kangaroo
court about 4:30 yesterday afternoon.
When the fun began to get interesting
Brown, who did not take kindly to the
mauling he was receiving, reached for
The weapon and was about to draw 1t
out for use. when three women Of the
city on their regular visit among the
prisoners for religious services, came
lown the stairs and started toward the
,ell. The noise was Immediately
luelled but the move made by Brown,
lid not escape all OF the prisoners and
,ne Of them made known his sus-
oicions which were confirmed by
Brown, to the sheriff. Shortly after
ward accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
Frank Kreigh, Sheriff Knox relieved
he prisoner of the gun and transferred 3
i'm upstairs with AL and Emmett Bur
on. Brown was In no mood to talk
Ind beyond stating that he would get
crank Kreigh and some murmured
hreats as to the man who "peached on
lim," he would not talk. The incident
las led to determination to make
borough search of everyone arrested
n the future