Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-10
Brown Terrorizes
Women in Small
Cafe in Lincoln
Compels Owner and Cook to
Prepare His Mesl-Non.
chalant % Posse
Searches Nearby.

tceatiausd Prom rage 0nsJ
streets. They also found an old
leather coat. similar 10 The one Brown
is declared to have worn.
Find Grimes Receipts.
On the floor OF the cellar the posse
found receipts signed by Omaha firms
for materials purchased by "Gus
Grimes" and used in building the
shack in which he imprisoned and
shackled two women IL days ago.
One bill was signed by the Omaha
Lumber and Coal company and
showed that on April 20 Gus Grimes
paid $40 for a delivery OF shiplap.
Another bill. signed by the Demp-
ster Milling company, Omaha, show
ed that Gus Grimes paid $5iI.22 for
the purchase and installation Of .
pump on his land in west Benson.
There also was an invoice made
out by the Rivett Lumber and Coal
company to Gus Grimes for $33 for
lumber 10 foot 2x4s.
Clothing Is Identified.
Several quilts made up in the form
OF bed were found with the cloth
ing. The clothing has been identi-
fed as that stolen, from 4 cleaning
establishment at 1884 o street a week
ago Monday, the night before Brown
engaged in q revolver duel with Of
fcers in front Of 1881 Q street.
The church under which the stolen
goods were found is scarcely 80 feet
from where Browns stolen car was
abandoned last night on Twenty
third street between o and P streets.
Members of the Lincoln Automo-
bile club, county officers OF Lincoln
and Omaha, city officers from Lin
coin and Omaha, state officers and
many other volunteers were scattered
over the city tonight, some in autos,
while others were stationed at cor
ners to keep a watchful eye for lurk.
ing figures throughout the night.
State Sheriff Hyers announced hs
would pay reward to anyone turn.
ing in . clue which resulted in the
capture Of Brown. ne
Search Long Tunnel.
As the night progressed, hundreds
joined the posse. Officers headed by
Warden w. T. Fenton walked a dis.
tance Of two miles through a tunne
which runs through the heart of the
city and covers an old creek. Foot.
prints seen at the mouth of the tun.
mel caused the officers to make thei,
STOPPING, uncertain way through this
tunnel.
The warden, after working with
the posse from l in the morning
until 8, discontinued this work long
enough to supervise the electrocu-
ton Of James B. King. Two hours
after the electrocution the warden
with half dozen guards, who knew
Brown by sight, reported at the
Office of State Sheriff Gus Hyers.
At 7 tonight residents living neal
the Rock Island tracks and in the
vicinity Of majority of Browns op.
erations phoned that shots had been
heard. Members of the posse, how
ever, failed to locate the source oi
the reported shots.
All members of the posse were
warned to explore alleys and cellars
in pairs as anyone seen alone in a
yard or any isolated place was con-
sidered unsafe in Eincoln tonight.
Fired at by Fireman.
City Fireman Joe Reisch, 1888 P
street, last night about lO:45 saw a
man walk through his yard. The
man rcsembled Brown.
Reisch was in bed, but leaped to
his feet and got his revolver. The
man was standing between two win
dows Of the house next door. Reisch
went to the window.
"Stick 'em up!" he called to the
man, who turned and ran out P
street.
Reisch said he was not over IL
feet from him when he shot twice
and the fugitive fell to his knees,
staggered to his feet again and re-
sumed His flight.
Reisch ran to the street in his
night clothes and saw the fugitive
get into a Ford coupe parked at
Eighteenth and P streets.
The coupe then raced east on P
street, he said. .....s.
Police were called and half an hour
later found a Ford coupe on Twen-
ty-third street, between o and P
streets.
Stolen Omaha Car.
The coupe bore state license No.
1904. The engine number, which
had not been tampered with, was
5332l45. This enabled officers to
identify positively the machine as
that stolen from in front of the home
of Dr.. B. w. Hall, 2728 North Six
tieth avenue, in Omaha, Wednesday
night.
Omaha police at that time declared
the theft was the work of Brown,
who had been in hiding in Benson
for week.
The state license number of DR.,
Halls car when it was stolen was
1-14388. This had been changed, and
State Sheriff Gus Hyers is. now en-
deayoring to learn whose license
the 1904 is. ..
The engine number on the car
however, identified the car as DR.
Halls.
Near Scene of Shooting.
This car, the night it was stolen
was standing just two blocks from
the spot where Omaha police allegs
Brown shot Officer Charles Geisel
man Tuesday night. l