Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
BAD
MAN FELLED.
By BULLET IS.
NEAR OEA /.
Chase Across Two States
Ends When Fred Brown
Is Shot By Member Of
Wyoming Posse
rRepubIIcan A. p. Leased Wlrel


RAWLINS, Wyoa June 17.--Fred
Brown, Omaha bad man." tonight
rests upon a cot in the hospital at
the Wyoming penitentiary lowering
between life and death.
II. is a 80 chance that Brown,
who was wounded by a posse that
captured ham near Medicine Bow
early today, will recover, according to
Dr. e. A. Kell who is attending him
A steel jacketed bullet from a 5000
rifle is imbedded 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 and later chained them to-
gether in a shack at Benson, sub
urb of Omaha.
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 unconscious.
Penitentiary officials say they be-
lieve he is shamrning. When fish
light 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 wom-
an, whose name is unknown by the
authorities, lives near Medicine Bow.
Last night she saw a motor car
driven by an unshaven, unkempt man
stop near her home. Having heard
reports that Brown was in the neigh
borhood, she telephoned the authori-
ties. A posse quickly formed. 1t
was headed by ]. A. Saunders, sheriff
of Carbon county, and included W.
j. McClement, a special agent of the
Union Pacific railroad, Cheyenne; f..
r. Keiser, a deputy warden OF the
deputy sheriff of Medicine Bow;
James A. Wade. Wyoming state law
enforcement officer; Gus Fleichli,
garage owner of Medicine Bow, and
Gus Hyers Nebraska state sheriff.
The posse set out from Medicine
Bow at l 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.
Finally at 4:45 o'clock this morning,
just at dawn, they sighted an auto
mobile stalled in an irrigation ditch
at the side of the road ahead of
them. The posse then was 60 miles
north of Medicine Bow on the road to
Casper.
AS they approached man leaped
from the machine and with an auto
matte revolver in each hand made
dash for the shelter OF a large boulder
not far from the side of the road.
Members, of the posse opened fire
and brought Grown 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 DR.. r. X. Sell.
Has Jail Keys
It was to Dr. Sell that Brown ad-
mitted his identity and confessed that
he was the man who overpowered
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 his
wound Brown suddenly stopped talk
ing and from that time until late to-
day he had refused to make any
statement concerning his alleged
crime in Omaha or his subsequent
movements.
At $3.50 o'clock, when fast freight
train passed through Medicine Row,
Westbound, Brown was placed on
board and brought here.
He was rushed to the hospital ana
was placed under the care of Dr. r. a.
Kell, MAYOR of Rawlins and pronli-
nent physician.
A probe of the wound showed that
Browns shoulder had been pierced
by steel jacketed bullet, which mace
clean hole. Any other kind of bull
let would have killed him instantly,
according to his attendants.
Members of the posse refused TO
make any statement as to who fired
the shot that struck Brown. More
than one of them carried guns shoot
ing 30-S0 caIiber bullets, one of which
wounded Brown.