Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-14 | Page 10 | Ogden Murderer in Minnesota Prison

OGDEN MURDERER IN MINNESOTA PRISON Released from tho Utah state prison May 1, 1918, after serving fifteen years for the murder of a Chinaman in t)g den in November, 19u2. William Brown, alias Klnker. disappeared. On January '21, under the name of William Hinkor. the Chinaman's murderer mur-derer was sentenced to life imprison tnent in the Stillwater penitent lary In Minnesota for tho murder of Sheriff T. J. Call. When arrested in Minn-' sota he refused to divulge his past, according ac-cording to information received by Ogden police ioday. Bertlllon measurements established Brown's criminal record Wah Sing operated a tea garden on the Ogden river, near Washington avenue. ave-nue. Brown and Joe Young entered the hut of Sing and ordered him anJ another oriental to throw up their hands. A movement from Sing caused Brown to shoot. Brown and Young were arrested two days later. Brown is a small man. weighing about 100 pounds, and Ifl five feet three and a half inches tall. He proved himself him-self a trustworthy prisoner and was put on roau wont wuue ui iue uwu prison. Young, his confederate, escaped jail In Salt Lake by sawing through the bars. He was captured some three months later and committed suicide by hanging himself In the county Jail. oo