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Show I 'MANACLE MANIAC TELLS STORY OF NIS FLIGHT AND BATTLES Nebraska Bandit Wounded by Officers in Wyoming Wyom-ing Relates Thrilling Experiences to Ogden Man, Son of State Sheriff I How Fred Brown. Omaha "manacle maniac." eluded peace officer from the time he camped from his shack In Omaln where he had two oung women chained up until he was shot and wounded In Wyoming last week was told in Ogden today by F, U Hyers. an employe of the Pacific Fruit Express company. 4 p ( Elvers is a son of Qua Hyers Nebraska state sheriff. Brown Told the storv Of his experiences to Sheriff Sher-iff Hy ' - md his son In Kawlms Wyo., on Sunday . A o WllV HE HELD GIRLS. i "Brown related his story of bla u dnvs of adventure to my father and me." said voting 1 1 vera today . He told ,,. , I ma doings from the time he left Omaha until he was taken prisoner st a ting that through his own errors he was captured. in speaking of the w nahi firia the pHs..ner st.n-i ihit the rcAS n h-had h-had chained them up tfaS du.- to the fact that they 'knew too much H stated that they hud seen a larga amount of loot he had stolen and that he thought It best to get them out of the way for a few days. "A passcrbv sought to releaso the jrlrls and was also bound by Browil Brown Informed his prisoner that he would dig a grave for him the next .lav and pr fled to show the fellow his burial place. Instead of carrying out these plans, Brown departed from the aback In the Omaha suburb and proceeded to one of the Omaha bank-, where he drew $300 of his own money. From Omaha he drove to Lincoln. , . ASKKD TO HINT sKLF "On arrival at Lincoln. Brown took refuge between two buildings. He was approached by State Officer Schroe-der Schroe-der and Officer Rymn. two snots being be-ing fired at the officers by Brown, the latter escaping. posse of 50 men was immediate 13 called together at Lincoln Two of the officers entered a cafe at Lincoln where a man was eating doughnuts and coffee. The officers asked the man to Join them In the hunt for the murderer. Brown informed us tha. this fellow proved to bo none other than himself. 'That night. Brown said, ho stol. a Ford belonging to a special dote -live and returned to Omaha where h narked the machine within one-hair block of his home. Liter he waa surrounded sur-rounded In a field by 50 men and when approached by an officer commanded command-ed the officer to throw up his hands and return to his B0-WOTkerS. The officer of-ficer carried out the Instructions ami Brown escaped. ROBS TWO OFFICERS He managed to steal another Ford and departed that night for North Platte where he abandoned the Ford ,,nd made away In a Lodge car From North Platte ho went to Sidney whero I he held up the chler ot ponce ana , deputy sheriff, binding the two men with their own suspenders Ho also relieved re-lieved the men of $17 In cash. Brow n slso made awav with the keys to the county Jail, which wen- found In his r-rtlrles when captured. I "Brown Informed us that this little, bit of trlckerv was the moSt enjoyable enjoy-able of the entire list of - rlei... s during his 17 days of adventures. REACHES CHFA EN NT. "On arrival at Cheyenne. Brown left the Dodge car standing m a aide Btn et and stole a new Nash car from I Cheyenne garage. He also stole 10 gallons of gasoline, two quart- I utl and four extra tires 'Brown told us of trie'.-;.- USefl t J avoid capture at DiXOH Neb II. 1 '-ed '-ed that a posse In 10 machines was, waiting for him at night on the Slate highway. Brown managed to pnsi nil J of the "cars and on reaching a' side , road, turned off his lights anil latt r proceeded into Cheyenne. unlit: mi fl. , "From Cheyenne, Brown made his ' way toward Medicine How. wluro h'1 was employed 16 years ag I is a sheep herder There Brown was rCCO by residents of the clt ami officers were notified. "Warden F-nton o" the N'ebrask t ; state penitentiary ahd B) fa'her pr. - ; ceeded immediately by train west.' Warden Fenton went to Denver, while I my father yvent to Green River. Of ficer Schroeder proceeded to Casper A second telegram sras received, notifying no-tifying the officers that Br own had again been seen in the vicinity of Medicine Bow CAR STALLED IN MFD "Posses were then forme i, leaving I Lock River, Meadow. Medicine Bow, Rawlins, last Friday nigh' Earlj Saturday Sat-urday morning, th- officers approac -'d Broyvn. who was making h.s way-over way-over the highway After i running fight, Broyvn's mm-hlm- became Stall-, Stall-, ed In a mud puddle In the road "Sefn bullets were fired Into the i Nash car before it was abandoned. On leaving the machine, Brown was chaii-ed chaii-ed 300 feet, yvhen he was commanded. : to throyv up his arms. Instead, Brown maae a dlvo for a large rock for r,f-uge. r,f-uge. In diving for the rock, a shot' mni; out. Brown falling to the irround with n wound directly over his heart. Despite De-spite his weakened condition lie attempted at-tempted to fire at the deputies "When captured, Brown had six revolvers re-volvers In his possession, 150 rounds ot ammunition, a rifle anl provisions enough to last for six weeks. He also had $300 In cash, six watches and other valuables. IN HIGH SPIRITS "At Rawlins hospital Sunday. Brown (appeared to be in high t-pirlts. He wan attended by Or E. A Keii. prison physician, phy-sician, Who announced that ho hail a good chance to recover. I "Broyvn Informed us that had DS I made his way over the barren lanfls Of Wyoming, around Medicine Bow, he ii ould have escaped. lie was trleri for horve thl.-vin 1 r. I Wyoming a tew years ago, and later served sentences in the Nebraska am! I Iowa prisons He told father and I I that there was but one man in the U nited States that he would never have shot at, this man being ir.b n i Fenton. He stated that Fenton was ithe squares! man in the world TALKS OF EXPLOITS RAWLINS, Wyo.. June Fred ! Brown, alias Gus Grime, alias Ernest Busch, wanted in Omaha for the holding hold-ing of two women and a man as prisoners, pris-oners, bound in chains. In his shack, Sunday declared that If he had not fainted from loss of blood when shot I by a member of B posse near here Saturday he "never would have gh.en ;up." Lying on his cot In the Wyoming state penitentiary, where he was brought following his capture, Brown told officers and newspaper men parr of his experiences since he fled from nmaha. Gus Hyers, Nebraska state sheriff, plans to leae berS early Tuesday Tues-day morning with Brown and to reach lomaha with him Wednesday. Ir. E. A. Kell. .d Rawlins, acting physician at the penitentiary said Brown was getting along nicely and probably would be entirely recovered In a few yveeks. 1 "Whv didn't I throw up my hands When the odds were all against me" Brown said, repeating u Question asked ask-ed him Well, odds are never axalnst me us long as I have a gun. I never WOUld have put up my dukes, I never Id hae given up .if I had not 'fainted from loas of blood ' Broyvn was more than willing to talk -Ks.it Knur h K3ld he had outwitted officers and seemed particularly pleased pleas-ed to relate how he had bound up Lwo Sidney. Neb , officers w ith their Dwn suspenders but when he was ak-rd ak-rd concerning B series of crimes In connection with which he will be held as a suspect, ho merely shrugged his shoulders. The crimes of which ho Is suspected include three murders. Brown udmlttcd tjlng up the two Women In Omaha but he refused to tell why he did It Brown admitted that IB years ago he was a theepherder In Wyoming and that he used the. name of Ernest Busch But he refused to tell an-thlng an-thlng about his family. FOKGOT TO BFY SHELLS If I'd onl had ammunition for that rifle I took off that Sidney mar-thai," mar-thai," he said, "I would be sympathizing sympathiz-ing with you birds instead of you sympathising sym-pathising with me, I should have bought some cartridges In Cheyenne. You can't do anything In these mountain! moun-tain! without a rifle. Bevolvers aro no good. "If I had cor.ie face-to-face with Warden Fenton, 1 would not have shut him He treated me square when I was In the Nebnirtka penitential I am onlv sorry that 1 let myself get caught In that ditch. If it hadn't been for that you fellows could have looked for me till hell froze over. "The 'best time I had was In Sidney, Sid-ney, yvhen 1 Saw those two boys and two officers coming toward me with their guns and acting as If they were scared stiff. I said to myself, Boy. here's where vou are In for some real fun' and I sure was. Their suspena-ers suspena-ers came In mighty handy." NUMEROUS CHARGES, OMAHA, Neb, June 10, County and city authorities began putting In shape the iegal machinery which Is to hi termlne the fate of Fred Brow n, Omaha 1 manacle man,'' provided he recovers from the bullet wound that resulted In his capture In Wyoming by a riosso early Saturday. Not In recent years have so many serious charges been made ngainst one man In this state, as are being prepared pre-pared against Brown, alias Ernest I Busch alias Gus Grimes, according to authorities hero. 7'yvo charges of murder will head the list .according to Chief of Do-ti Do-ti lives Van Deusen. In addition there are three separate charges of kidnaping, kidnap-ing, a charge of assault with intent to Kill, another charge of threatening to i kill, us well as numerous legal actlona for the theft of sovor&l automobllos In Omaha and Lincoln, resisting an officer of-ficer while armed, forcibly entering a residence, atmuultlng and robbing officers, of-ficers, with possibility of charges of robbery being added to the list as a result of the discovery of a quantity of loot at his Benson shack near here. It was definitely announced by the detective chief here that Brown wil1 be charge with the murder of Charles and Robert Slefken, father and son, Who Wre shot down when they frustrated frus-trated an attempted filling station rob-I rob-I bery here a month ago. The kidnaping charges rosult from I Ithe holding by Brown at ils Benson shack, May 27 and 28, of two local (women who were manadod prleoneis for 36 hours and the chaining of H. E, Boyd, yvho was made prisoner when he attempted to rescue them State Sheriff Gus Hyers Is said to have had with him at the time of Brown's arrest Saturday, a warrant charging Brown with tho attempted murder of Walter Schoeder, a parole officer at whom the "chain man" is alleged to have fired his revolver In one of his several escapes from officers in Lincoln. |