The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-18
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Omaha Chain Man Brought
to Bay by Posse North }
of Medicine Bow,
Wyo.
WOUNDED FUGITIVE IS 1
EXPECTED TO RECOVER
Refuses to Discuss Siefkeu
Murder-Admits Tying Up
Officers in Escape at
Sidney.

Fred Brown. Omaha chain man
came to the end OF his trail yester.
day.
Trapped in a net OF his own max.
ing, after threc-weeks' flight which
kept the officers OF three states on
the jump, Brown was shot and
wounded at 4:45 Saturday morning,
90 miles north OF Medicine Bow,
Wyo.. on the w. G. Taylor ranch.
The capture by posse, headed BY
Sheriff A. A. Sanders Of Carbon
county, Special Union Pacific
Agent w. J. McClement and Ne.
braska State Sheriff Gus Hyers. was
in the same mountainous country in
which Bill Carlisle, notorious train
bandit, was captured following his
escape from Medicine Bow nearly
three years ago.
Rushed to Hospital.
Brown. whose body was pierced
above the heart by bullet from one
of tho possemen's rifles. was rushed
to a hospital at Rawlins. Wyo. He
admitted his identity and that he is
the man who tied up officers at Sid
ney, Neb, but refuses to talk
further. -. -
Officers at Medicine Bow were
notified by woman last night that
a man she believed to be Brown had
passed her farm home. The sheriff
at Rawlins was notified and he
rushed with posse to Medicine
Bow. where he joined the officers
there. The party, which included +.
R: Keifer, deputy warden Of the
Wyoming state penitentiary; c. E.
Cooper. deputy sheriff of Medicine
Bow. State Law Enforcement Of
fcer Wade and Gus Fleisch Of
Rawlins, left over the Casper road
at in the morning.
Makes Dash for Rock.
Brown, his Nash car stolen at
Cheyenne stuck in shallow irriga-
ton ditch near the road, was over
taken about 4:45. He was ordered
to get away from the auto and the
small arsenal it contained.
As the officers approached. Brown
seized two automatic pistols from
his car and made a dash for the
shelter of boulder near by. The
possemen opened fire and the fugi-
tives fell half way between the auto
and the rock. A bullet had taken
effect directly above the heart
Despite his wound, Brown made
feeble efforts to use his guns, but
lacked the strength. He cursed al
most inaudibly as the officers
grabbed him.
Has Even Chance.
The officers pounced upon him,
loaded him into car and drove at
breakneck speed to Medicine Bow,
where the wounded man was placed
on a freight train bound for Raw-
Inns.
The bullet which brought the
manacle man down was a steel
jacket .30-.30, which passed entirely
through his body. Surgeons say
Brown. although in a critical condi-
ton. has an even chance for re.
covery.
While bis wound was being dressed
at Medicine Bow by DR.. R. K. Sell,
Brown consented to talk a little, but
he soon shut up like clam and since
reaching Rawlms has maintained for
the most part solid silence.
To DR.. Sell he admitted he is Fred
Brown and that he is the man who
tied up officers at Sidney, Neb. The
keys to the Sidney Jail were found
on his person.
At Medicine Bow he was positive
ly identified as the man who. under
the name of Ernest Busch, had
herded sheep nine years ago for
Frank Walker near Medicine Bow.
Several, besides his former employer,
remembered the man we'll. They say
this accounts for his heading for
this section of the country in which
to make his escape.
Admits Identity to Hyers.
Brown also is said to have ad-
mitted his identity to State Sheriff
Gus Hyers, but became Immediately
silent when the officer questioned
him concerning the Siefken murder
in Omaha.
At Medicine Bow. Sheriff Hvers
took charge of the prisoner and
took him to Rawlins on a
fast freight train. Brown was
placed in the State Penitentiary hos
pital where corps of physicians.
under the direction of Acting Prison
Physician E. A. Kell, dressed the
wound.
Brown was fully conscious during
the operation. but weak from loss Of
blood and extremely stubborn, refus.
ing to speak or open his eyes when
several photographs were taken as
he lay on the cot in the hospital.
Warden Hadsell and State Sheriff
Hyers besought Brown to open his
eyes for picture, but he stubbornlv
refused to do so until u was prom
lsed drink of whisky as soon as the
photograph was snapped.
With this inducement, the wound.
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