Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-27
BODY TAKEN FROM
 PUBLIC VIEW Jack the Shooter" Remov- ed to Cemetery By
 the Police.
 IDENTITY IS COMPLETE Thousands Visited the Morguc and Looked at Dead MaE-Broth.
 CT Takes Body.
IDENTITY IS COMPLETE

Little Rock, July 26.-What is be. ] IleVed to have been an attempt te ! Bring about a sensational sequel te
 tue l. sllhG of James B. Brown, the
 Ec&fo Supposed to be the mysterious { morning marauder known to the i public as Jack the Shooter occur red last night when a rumor ran that
 a band of local citizens intended to
 take the body of Brown from tae un-
 dertaking establishment of Healev & Roth and burn it.
 Ch-e of Police Erred w. Cogswell
 was immediately notified and al the
 head of detachment of some dozen
 patrolmen came to the undertaking
 parlors about 10 o'clock and stood guard until the body could be slip
 ped out the back way and hidden. It
 was taken to Oakland Cemetery, where it was placed in the receiving vault, formerly an old powder maga- zine, and left until o'clock this morn ing.
 While no actual attempt was made to enter the establishment and snatch the body, yet much serious talk of such action, it is said, ran through the crowd of men gathered in front of the morgue
 However, the arrival of Chief Cogs- well and his men put to rout any such idea, but as an extra precauton the body was removed secretly and taken to the vault in the cemetery. No move or any indication of such a move was made after the arrival of the officers.
 According to estimation made by c. A. Roth and J. J. Healey, the under takers in charge of the body, some thing over 26,000 people viewed the body of the dead negro as it lay in their chapel yesterday. Up to 8 o'clock last night 24,S30 persons had visited the morgue by actual count, and it was estimated that about 2,O00 more looked upon the corpse from that lime until it's removal. Three men counted the people as they came into the morgue all day yesterday and un- til s o'clock last night and their total ed court was 24,830
 Browns Brother Arrives.
 Henderson Smith, half-brother of the dead negro, who lives near England, Ark, Browns former home arrived his morning to take charge of the body and it is expected that the remains will be taken to England for burial either during this afternoon or tomorrow. Smith stated at police headquarters this morning that Brown always seemed to nave plenty of money and that he had made vari- ous presents of clothing, jewelry, etc., to his female relatives at different times. He also stated that on one trip to England Brown brought with him an automatic shotgun and consid- erable value.
 When the trunk of Brown was searched many articles of women's clothing were found, including silk hosiery, sashes, etc. Also many bot 1 ties of perfume, toilet water and num- erOus boxes of talcum powder were found. A box of powdered alum sup posed to have been the article used by Brown to whiten his face in order that he might pass for white man, was also discovered. He had good band account and his hank book show ed many deposits. At one time a sin gle deposit of $100 was placed in the bank
 The dead negro was identified yes lcIudy dIlcIuOOu Dy WITS. C. w. fTeS- | ley of 810 Cross street as the negro who attempted to enter her home and with whom her husband engaged in a duel. Mrs. Presley stated that at the time of the affair she say Brown shake his right hand as if he had been struck by bullet and finger of the right hand of Brown is missing.
 Dr. G. w. s. Ish. a negro physician at Ninth and Gaines street, stated that he had treated the wounded fin ger for Brown and that Brown had i told him he had been accidentally shot 1 while loading his gun. Previous to this, however, Dr. Ish stated that he had treated Brown several times once for "a shot in the back which Brown proclaimed was received ac- On several occasions Jack the Shooter" has been fired up- on and it is thought that several of the bullets took effect.
 The police are now convinced that Brown was the mysterious parsonage known as Jack the Shooter and connect him with the majority of the crimes of the nature of the one for which he paid with his life.