Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-03-10 | Page 8 | Knockout Brown to Face Federal Court

KNOCKOUT eSOl 10 FUCE FEDERAL GOIfflT ; Alleged Violation of Mann Act 1 Placed Against Him Beth j Held In Jail ! SAN FRANCISCO, Mrrch 10. E M. Biandford; chief or the department or justice here, has sent -to Salt Lake page3 from The registers of the Hotel Oakland In Oakland, the Travelers' hotel in Sacramento and a hotol in Stockton to be used as evidence against Melville Brown, a local pugil-ir,t, pugil-ir,t, known in the sports world as ("Knockout" P.rown. j Brown faces a charge of violating the Mann act. He is accused of transporting trans-porting Mrs. Lillian Belt, wife of Axel 'Beli. from Reno to Sacramento and (then to Onkland. Mrs. Bell has (old , tho department or justice that she 1 traveled with Brown of her own voli-ition, voli-ition, but accuses him of borrowing ! considerable money from hen Under the names of Bob Brown 4 years, or age, and Lillian Jordan.' 21 , years or age, the man and woman were taken into custody early the night of ; February 25 In Salt Lake bv Detectives Detect-ives L F. Wire and G. B." Hamby. j Their detention was asked In telegrams tele-grams from Reno, Nev., sent bv Chief Lor Police J. M. Kirkley or that city. iTlie woman was wanted Tor the rorg-,ery rorg-,ery of a ?20 check on a hotel at RenS. The Reno authorities had no evidence :Of Brown's guilt of any crime and did (not care to have him extradited from I Salt Lake to IJeno, as thev had made (repeated efrorts. according to Chief1 Kirkley, to have him removed rromi the city on a vagrancy charge. j I Chief Kirkley of Reno procured ex-. ex-. tradition papers for the woman and jinade ready to .return her to Reno but after his arrival In Salt Lake it was j decided to prosecute Brown on the 'slavery charge. Both arc being held tin the county jail pending trial.