Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-18
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YOUNG WOMEN IS
BADLY WOUNDED
Fred Brown of Omaha, Is In
Hospital at Wyoming Pen
itentiary lowering =
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Omaha's bad man, topS < rests
upon a cot in the hosp ~ Wyo-
ming penitentiary res fg be-
tween life and death, 2 5000
chance that Brov Tho was
wounded by poss captured
him near Medicip early TO-
day will recover, ID, ding to Df.
e. A. Kell, who is attending him
A steel iacketed bullet from a
$3.50 rifle is embedded In
Browns body just above the heart.
1t was this bullet that ended
Browns career of lawlessness that
began in Omaha May 27 last when
he kidnapped two young women ana
later chained them together in
shack at Benson, a suburb OF
Omaha.
Admitted Identity.
Brown has not talked since he
was brought to the prison shortly
after noon. At Medicine Bow he
admitted his identity.
Brown lies upon his cot with his
eyes closed, apparently uncon-
scious. Penitentiary officials say
they believe he is shamming.
When a flashlight photograph of
Brown was taken this afternoon
his attendants say he gave a start
and opened his eyes.
Quick thinking by a woman re-
suited in Browns capture. The
woman, whose name is unknown to
the authorities, lives near Medicine
Bow. Last night she saw a motor
car driven by an unshaven, un-
kempt man stop near her home.
Having heard reports that Brown
was in the neighborhood, she tele-
phoned the authorities. A posse
quickly formed. 1t was headed by
j. A, Sanders, sheriff of Carbon
county, and included w. j. Nc
Clement, special agent of the
Union Pacific railroad, Cheyenne;
T. r. Keiser. a deputy warden of
the state penitentiary; c. u. Coop
er. a deputy sheriff of Medicine
Bow; James A. Wade, Wyoming
state law enforcement officer; Gus
Fleichli, a garage owner or Medi-
cine Bow, and Gus Myers, Nebras-
ka state sheriff.
The posse set out from Medicine
Bow at 1 o'clock this morning, fol-
lowing the road toward Casper.
For nearly five hours the party
made the best possible speed over
the unimproved road through the
rough country.
Sight an Automobile.
Finally at 4:l5 o'clock this
morning, Just at dawn, they sighted
an automobile stalled in an irriga-
ton ditch at the side of the road
ahead of them. The posse then
was sixty miles north of Medicine
Bow on the road to Casper.
As they approached, a man
leaped from the machine and with
an automatic revolver in each
hand, made a dash for the shelter
of a large boulder not far from the
side of the road
Members of the posse opened
fire and Brown fell to the ground
with a bullet wound through the
left shoulder just above the heart.
He was lifted into an automobile
by his captors and driven back to
Medicine Bow. where he received
emergency treatment at the hands
Of DIR. r. X. Sell.
Admits His Identity.
1t was TO DR.. Sell that Brown ad-
mitted his identity and confessed
that he was the man who overpow-
cred two city policemen at Sidney.
Neb., last Monday and left them
tied in the county fair grounds
there while he continued on his
way. The keys to the Sidney jail
were found in Browns pocket.
After the doctor had bandaged
MS wound Brown suddenly stopped
talking, and from that time until
late today he had refused 20 make
any statement concerning his al
legged crime in omaha or his SUBJ
sequent movements.
At $3.50 o'clock, when a fast
freight train passed through Medi-
cine Bow, westbound, Brown was
placed on board and brought here.
He was rushed to the hospital
ana placed lnder the care of DR..
II. A. Kell. mayor of Rawlins and
a prominent physician.
Bullet Pierced Shoulder.
A probe of the wound showed
tnat Browns shoulder had been
pierced by a steel jacketed bullet
which made a clean hole. Any 9TH
or KIND of a bullet would have
killed him instantly. according to
his attendants.
Members of the posse refused to
make any statement as to who
iired the shot that struck Brown.
More than one of them carried
guns shooting ,S0-.30 caliber bull
lets' one of which wounded Brown.