Arizona republican., 1922-06-19
With PISTOL
odds NEVER
AGAINST NE
SAYS BROWN
Relates HisrExperiences In
Nebraska Ard Wyoming
, During Weeks Of Out
laWry-Will Recover

RAWLINGS, Wyo., June 1S.-F'red
Brown, alias Gus Grimes, alias Ernest
Busch, wanted in Omaha for the hold
ing of two women and a man as
prisoners, bound in chains in his
shack, today declared that if he had
not tainted from loss of blood when
shot by member Of a posse near
here yesterday, he never would have
given up
Lying on his cot in the Wyoming
prison here, where he was brought
following his capture, Brown told
officers and newspaper men part of
his experiences since he fled from
Omaha
Gus Heyers, Nebraska state sheriff,
plans to leave. here early Tuesday
morning with Brown and to reach
Omaha with him Wednesday. DR.. E.
a. Kell of Rawlins, acting physician
at the penitentiary, today said Brown
was getting along nicely and probably
would be entirely recovered in a few
weeks.
why didn't I throw up my hands
when the odds were all against me?''
Brown said, repeating a question
asked him. "Well, odds are never
against me as long as l have a gun.
meyer would have put up my dukes.
not tainted from loss of blood"
Boastfully Relates Experiences
Brown was more than willing TO
talk about how he said he had out
witted officers and seemed particu-
larly pleased to relate how he had
bound up two Sidney, Neb., officers
with their own suspenders. but when
he was asked concerning a series of
crimes in connection which he viii be
held as a suspect, he merely shrugged
his shoulders. The crimes of which
he is suspected include three MUIR
ders
Brown admitted tying up the two
women in Omaha. but he refused to
tell why he did it.
Brown admitted that, Is years ago,
he was a sheepherder in Wyoming
and that then he used the name OF
Ernest Busch, but he refused TO tell
anything about his family.
He bemoaned the fact that he had
had no ammunition for the rifle he
secured in Sidney Neb.
IF I'd only had ammunition for that
rifle / took off that Sidney marshal.
he said, II would be sympathiZing
with YOU birds instead of you SYM
pathizing with me. Il should have
bought some cartridges in Cheyenne.
You can't do anything in these noun
tains without a rifle. Revolvers are
no good
IF | had come face to face with
Warden Fenton, l would not have
shot him. He treated me SO square
when 1 was in the Nebraska peniten-
tiary. / am only sorry that ] let my
self get caught in that ditch. II it
had not been for that you fellows
could have looked for me till hell
froze over
"The best time I had was in Sid
ney when / saw those two boys and
two officers coming toward me with
their guns and acting as if they were
scared stiff. | said TO myself Boy,
here's where you are in for some real
fun And L sure war. Their sus-
penders came in mighty handy"
Faces Many Serious Charges
OMHA, June 1S-County and city
shape the legal machinery which is
TO determine the fate of Fred Brown,
"Omaha manacle man." provided he
RECEIVERS from his bullet wound that
resulted in his capture in Wyoming
by a posse early yesterday. Not in
recent years have so many serious
charges been made against one man
in this state as are being prepared
against Brown, alias Ernest Busch,
alias Gus Crimes according to au-
thorities here. Two charges of n1ur-
der will head the list, according to
Chief Of Detectives Nandusen. In
addition there are three separate
charges of kidnapping, a charge OF
assault with intent to kill, another
charge of assault with intent to XIII,
as well as numerous legal actions Tor
the theft of several automobiles in
Omaha and Lincoln, resisting an OF
ficer while armed, forcibly enterina
a residence, and assaulting and ROD
bing officers, with the possibility a.
charges of robbery being added to
the list as a result of the discovery
of a quantity of loot at his Benson
shack, near here.
1t was definitely announced by the
detective chief here today that BroWn
would b. charged with the murder
of Charles and Robert Siefken,
father ard son, who were shot down
when they frustrated an attempted
filling station robbery here a month
ago,
The Kidnapping charges result
from the holding by Brown at his
Benson shack May 27-2S of two local
women who were manacled prisoners
for SO hours and the claiming of ii.
T. Boyd, who was made prisoner
when he attempted to rescue them.
State. Sheriff Gus Myers is said 10
have had with him at the time OF
Browns arrest yesterday a warrant
charging Brown with the attempted
murder of Walter Schroeder.
parole officer at whom the chain
man" is alleged to have fired his
revolver in. one of his several es-
capes from officers in Lincoln.
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