Show 0 11 if i G HI I t fiR tt n u uTHE 1 FJ W Up T TO Ui THE fEDERA FEDERATION nON Bomb Outrage at Baker Balcer city Gity Ore Aliens Aller l to Be Result otT 01 Plot HIS INJURIES PROVE FATAL BROWN HAD fAD OFTEN EXPRESSED FEAR OF MURDER 1 44 It H 4 f 4 i iI 4 I Baker tiny City Cli Ore Oct 1 Harvey K 4 4 Brown ex cx sHeriff of Baker county f 4 died this afternoon at the hospital at f 4 4 as the result of ot the hor horrible 4 wounds he ho received t cel a from froth the th 4 explosion of a bomb at his front Kate gate 4 4 as he entered his home at 10 1015 4 Monday night t F 4 Baker City Ore Oro Oct 1 A special dis dispatch dispatch patch from rom Baker B k i City to the Evening Telegram says that Harvey K Brown Drawn who was last night made the victim of a bomb outrage very sir elm liar Ilar to that which killed former Governor GovernorS S of ot Idaho Is still alive alle but there Is no hope of ot his getting well He lapsed into unconsciousness last night but regained his mental faculties this morning though he still is deaf deat from the terrific noise No trace of the criminal has been discovered Whether Browns hostility against saloon men and gamblers during his term of office which expired a year ear ago brought on last nights outrage or whether some other motive was at the bottom of ot the crime may remain a mystery Brown is the man wh arrested Steve Adams foi for his crimes cri tries In Idaho and for the past six months has been engaged d in detective work for the state of or Idaho Id ho He was WM wasa wasa a witness against Steve Adams and ex expressed expressed pressed his fear of taking the stand for forit forIt forit it is alleged he said sald he knew he never would wo ld escape alive if It he h did Browns Statement Brown Brom made a statement In which he said that on his way wa home from uptown last night he met a t t man in front of a residence a block from his own home and spoke but they the man marl made mada no ce ze e He described the man as being about 5 feet 10 inches tall weight 16 pounds wearing brown suit Fult and cel celluloid celluloid celluloid collar and he was waa smooth I shaven Brown said that he h was conscious he had been shadowed for the past three weeks and that he was marked for death d ath athon on account of his connection with the and Steve Adams cases Chief of Police Jackson believes from what He has luis learned that three men are ar connected with the planning and exe executing executing exeCuting of ot the crime Brown has been very gloomy and down downcast downcast downcast cast for several seer l days past and arid when ask asked asked asked ed concerning his troubles by a friend he replied Constantly Followed I I am a doomed man Those people In I Idaho will get me yet He went on to tell that he had noticed on several occasions that he was being watched and followed every place he went No matter what out of ot the way place he be would go there was always some someone someone someone one around keeping him under surveillance surveillance surveillance lance and watching his actions very close closely closely closely ly that he has an idea of ot the Identity of the th people who Wed triM to murder him is shown by the only words he ha h uttered be before before before fore he becalm be b c cam nio o unconscious last night Only one or two neighbors had arrived d dpn on the scene when they heard him ex excl cl lm They have h v laid for me arid and they got me at last I It is also said that thae Brown received ah in anonymous letter through the th mall mali warn warning warning i ing him to leave the country or that th t his life lite would be taken It Is Impossible at this time to confirm this rumor but cre credence credence cre credence dence is given the tho story st ry by the fact tact that thai he le had h d promised his wife that he woUld leave Baker City this fall and go fornia to live Uve Tail Tall Woman Noticed N t ced One of the neighbors of Mr Brown said that last night a short time before belore the explosion occurred they noticed a tall tal woman walking back and forth In front of the Brown house Although the per person person person son was dressed in womans clothes he looked very much like a man man and it ft it is supposed that the criminal wore ore the fe female female female male garb to divert suspicion n The bomb was made of dynamite and was placed just inside the gate on the south side of the walk From the bomb bomba a wire was run across the walk then up to the top of the picket fence about feet along the fence to the corner comer and then about thirty or forty feet west toward the middle of the road Chief of ot Police Jackson and nd some of bl his men were on the scene of the crime with within in a few minutes after arter the explosion and did all they could to find some clew to the perpetrator The only evidence to show where the criminal had concealed himself was a wire which could be traced from the gate north along the fence fenc and thence west Into the middle of or the road The assassin was at the end of or the wire and was in complete darkness where he could not be seen by any anyone one coming along the sidewalk while he would have havea a aj full view of the gate cate and tho the walk along the front of ot the house More Than One Assassin Mr Brown 1 had ad Just just returned yesterday forenoon from his mining milling claims calms In GUlch Gulch and was going home when the bomb was exploded d It would appear that the th assassin must have had an ac accomplice accomplice accomplice who had been keeping watch on Browns movements then notified j men at ot the house hawse that Brown was com corn ther f Inc In whereupon the bomb Was put In place 1 Mrs Brown Drown and her daughter t Ethel were at home at the time timo of the th ex explosion explosion A few before It occur occurred OCcurred Occurred red Mrs Brown Drown went to tb the th front froM door do rl walked out onto the porch and looked lo k a down the street to see if Mr Brown Brawn was coming She did not see Mr Brown but noticed a n man walking slowly along the sidewalk near Mar the house She went Inside and closed the front door but did not lock it A few minutes later lItter the th explosion e occurred and when she rushed to the front door to see sed what the trouble was the door was locked and she could not get out The porch light had been put out by the bomb but she heard some one groaning and nd knew In Instinctively ly that her husband ld had h d been dynamited Effort to Trace Murderers Mrs Yr Brown knew that her husbands life lIf had been threatened The authorities are Hard at work on the case and are fol following following following lowing several clews which sooner or la later later later ter may result In arrests Chief of ot Police Jackson last night t tele telephoned phoned to the penitentiary at Walla Walla for tor the bloodhounds but was w s unable to se so secure secure cure them and telegraphed today to Spokane Spokane Spokane kane for Harry H rry Drapers bloodhounds The dogs are expected here tomorrow The road on the north side of the house bouse where the assassins hid to explode the bomb has been roped off ort and the crowds ate lite being kept away that the dogs may be given every ever advantage possible It is thought that the thee rain last night will be advantageous adv In helping the dogs to pick pickup pickup pickup up the trace of the assassins and follow them Similar to CaldW Caidwell lJ Tragedy At every turn one is confronted by the startling similarity to the outrage Even the counterparts to the two t o ored red chalk cross marks which appeared appe red redon on the gateposts are found on the gateposts of ot the Brown fence tence Shortly before noon today Mr Brown re recovered recovered recovered covered consciousness and his official ante morten statement was taken by the district attorney It follows I was on my way home from up town last tast night when I met a man in front of ot a residence which is a block from roy my m own house and ind spoke The man made no re reply reply reply ply This man was about five feet ten inches tall his weight was about pounds He Wore a brown brown suit and a cel celluloid celluloid collar and was smooth shaven I have been conscious of ot having been fol followed followed followed lowed for tor the past Dast three weeks and I have no doubt that those who attempted my ray life are persons connected with the Western Vestern Federation of or Miners and that I Iwas Iwas Iwas was marked for fo death on account of my connection with the and Steve Adams cases Citizens Wrought Up Tho The entire town is wrought up to al almost almost almost most a frenzy Practically no business is s transacted and people gather In public places to discuss the crime from every The similarity with the St berg case Is alluded to It Is called to mind that Brown had bad been active in gath gathering gathering gathering ering evidence against the men arrested in 11 connection with that case It is re remembered remembered that when all hope bOlle had been lost of finding Steve Adams Sheriff Brown Drown placed him under arrest at Haines The fact that Brown was a witness against Adams during his trial for tor murder at Wallace and that he expected to testify testify testify fy In Ih the forthcoming retrial of ot that case as well as in iii the forthcoming cases are discussed and offer otter ample grounds for foi the discussion of or the murder of Brown to the excited people of this community |