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121 Hats in
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Last Filing Day for State
Poets Sees Bryan in
Race Gustafson
Uncertain.
Wray and Norton Entered
Lincoln, Tune 17. (Special Tele
grm.) Today 121 candidate! for 21
major state offices began the race
for party nomination which will end
July IK, the date set lor state-wide
prima. V
The h V put two new democratic
candidate for coventor. Charles V
Bryan and Will Maupin in the list of
entries find also a probable new ran
riaaie tor united Mates senator in
the republican ranks ui the pvrson
of Charles H. Gustafson, Lincoln,
head of the U. S. Grain Growers,
inc., and president of the Farmers
union.
Friends of Gustafson filed pcti.
tions asking Win to file and alro
paid it his filijij; fee in the office of
u. M. Amsberry, secretary of stita.
This procedure gives Gustafson five
more days to decide whether to ac
cept, according to a ruling by Ann
berry. Gustafson stated today he was
undccidc-J.
Edmisten Pays Fee.
The same tactics were pursued in
several instances by J. H. Edmisten,
third party chairman, who thrtw
candidates for congress and othei
state offices into the race by U.ng
petitio.ns and paying fees. E inn
ten declared that each of these can
didal, s would tccept the filing. The
candidates filed by Edmisten in this
rnannfr today, the last day, follow:
A. L. Tidd, Plattsmouth, congress,
First district, and also John More
head. Falls City, who filed months
go as the democratic candidate for
congress in this district.
Mrs. Emms. Hanlon Paul, Har
vard, secretary of state.
Dale P. Stough, Grand Island,
railway - commission - who also is
democratic candidate for" 6ame office.
H. B. Cummings, Seward. , con
gress, Fourth district
The filing of W. J. Taylor as
middle-of-the-road candidate in pro
gressive party for governor was
completed, and petitions placing
J. N. Norton, Polk, and Arthur G.
Wray,, York, on the progressive
ticket for nomination for governor
and Upited States senator, respect
ively, were filed. This makes a pri
mary contest for the two big offices
, certain in the progressive party.
"Their filing fee has been paid and
mere is no doubt but that Wray and
Norton will accept," Edmisten as
serted. One Post Uncontested.
With the list of entries practically
completed it shows that there is a
contest for every office in every
party excepting a progressive candi
date for congress in the Second and
Sixth districts. Judge George A.
Day of Omaha, a candidate for re
election to the supreme court from
the Second judicial district has no
(Turn to Pace Nine. Column Five)
Filings Made After
Midnight Illegal
Lincoln, June 17. (Special Tele
gram.) D. M. Amsberry, secretary
of state, has ruled that candidates
who failed to file by midnight today,
would be ineligible.
"This ruling is made following a
conference with the attorney gen
eral." Amsberry said.
The ruling, however, does not af
fect candidate from whom petitions
vere tiled and fees paid today and
who have five days in which to ac
cept, Amsberry asserted.
Omahan Once Frequenter of
Scene of Brown's Capture
Thirty-five years ago. Police Judge
W. F. Wappich, then a young "cow
puncher," browsed about among the
mountain ranges near Medicine Bow,
Wyo., where Fred Brown, manacle
man, was shot and wounded Satur.
day.
"It was wonderful country," the
judge said, reminiscently. "And Med
icine Bow was a good town. There
was -the famous Bucket of Blood
saloon and dance hall, mecca of cow
boys' for states around, noted for its
pretty women, best dressers and best
dancers.
"But about 10 years ago civilization
began to tame Medicine Bow and the
proprietor of the Bucket of Blood
built himself a big stone hotel. But
he went broke, and now I (under
stand, he. is a hired cowhand some
where in' the plains."
Nicholas Murray Butler
. Attacks La Follette
: Atlantic City, N. J., June 17.
Calling on Senator La Follette to
lay aside "the livery of the two his
toric political parties" and to put on
the livery which he should wear and
take both the name and the uniform
of a "destructionist," Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of 'Co
lumbia university last night replied
to the Wisconsin senator's speech
before the American Federation of
Labor in Cincinnati yesterday, in
which he urged a constitutional
amendment for congressional veto of
the United States supreme court de
Mother Receives Word
From Missing Daughter
,
Mrs. Mary Gcrrity, IMS Park
venue, yesterday afternoon notified
I'Olice she had found her daughter,
Margaret, 17, junior at Central High
school who left home Wednesday
morning at 8, and told them they
could abandon the search for her
they had instituted.
The mother said she had received
a telephone call from one of the
am iricnui Bavins' Marffsrer u
at their home and was all right. The
mother decHned to reveal the name
or address ot this Iriend.
President
Sun Yat-Sen
Is Fugitive
South China Will Unite With
North in Reorganizing
Old Republican
Parliament
Pekm, June 17. (By A. P.)
oen. nen Uhiunff-Minor. fnrmerlv
civil governor of Kwantung province,
wnose iroops seized Canton triday,
announced today that the south
China, or Canton novemmeni. ha
oeen terminated and that henceforth
Canton would unite with the north
in recognizing the old reniihliran
parliament.
Dispatches from Canton rlesrrih
the collapse of the southern govern
ment as complete. Sun's militarv
lorces crushed and the former Can
ton president himself a fugitive.
.novices received Here vary as to
the details of what are called the last
hours of the southern constitutional
government, nor is it definitely
known how much fighting preceded
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Leaves on Gunboat.
One dispatch from American
sources in. Canton declares that
suns bodyguard continued to hold
the presidential oalace in the far
of the assaults of Yechui's troops
after their leader had taken refuge
aboard a gunboat and departed for
w nampoa.
Another reoort . said that fhm
Chiung-Ming's forces, commanded
by Yechui, suddenly surrounded:!
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vamun, seized me ions, invaded the
city, and marched upon the palace.
xne tan ot the southern leader is
said to have been the result of an
agreement between Gen. Wu Pei-Fu,
dominant military chieftain of north
ern China; President LfYuan-Hung
and Chen Chiung-Ming. formerly
Sen's supporter, but who later came
out in favor of a reunited China.
Official circles here assert that the
elimination of Sun Yat-Sen will
mean speeding up of the plans to
reunify the country. However, they
issue the warning that a counter
revolution may develop, if Sun is
able to gather enough troops about
him to launch a drive to regain
Canton.
Situation Is Hazy.
Unless Sun is able to retrieve his
lost authority, it is believed that
Chen Chiung-Ming's coup will re
sult in many southern members of
the old republican parliament pro
ceeding to Pekin and establishing
the necessary quorum to put that
executive body in legal motion once
again.
Considerable political! haze per
vades the situation revolving about
the offer of the premiership said to
have been made by President Li to
Wu Ting-Fang, formerly Chinese
(Turn to Page Nine. Column Three)
Moscow Rejects Italian Pact.
Moscow, June 17. (By A. P.)
It was confirmed yesterday that the
Russian soviet government has re
fused to ratify the treaty with Italy,
signed by Leonid Krassin and
George Tchitcherin at Genoa on the
ground that the treaty is not in
accord with the terms formulated at
the last conference of the all-Russian
executive committee.
The soviet officials declare that
under the terms laid down by the
executive committee, Russia can en
ter into agreements with outside
states only when the conditions of
such agreements apply mutually.
The treaty will be referred to the
parliament at its next session.
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Follow Your Dollar Through"
. Advertising Talk No. 9
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f Accepted by the Board of Directors of The Associated
Retailers of Omaha," that was the way the Survey was
marked which brought out the following important facts re
garding: The Omaha Bee:
The buying power of the average, subscriber of The
Omaha Bee was greater than any other paper. The advertis
ing charge of The Omaha Sunday Bee "per 1,000 circula
tion" was lower than any other paper daily or Sunday; the
circulation indicated by the Survey for The Omaha Bee was
greater tban claimed by The Omaha Bee in city carrier, total
city, and grand total circulation.
These facts are of great importance to the advertiser
who desires to "follow through" and learn where the results
to bis advertising com from.
The "please let your competitors decide your advertis
ing plans for you" argument of the paper which talks con
stantly of advertising volume doesn't "go over" with tha
advertiser who initts on results. '
The Omaha Bee is enjoying a growing and an advertis
ing volume growing in step with circulation.
Not Feared
by Roads
Executives Declare Workers
on Western Lines Oppose
Strike Regardless of
Vote.
Charge Split Planned
Omaha Bee leased IT Ire.
Chicago, June 17. Railroad execu
tives declared today . that whil
sporadic strikes may follow the
$135,000,000 wage cuts set for July
1 by the United States railroad labor
board, the prospects appear to be all
against an extended walkout of the
groups involved. A survey of condi
tions upon the western lines, just
completed, they say, indicates that
the men do not want a strike, and
that although they, may vote to place
authority for the calling of a walk
out in the hands of their union
leaders, still their sentiment is against
a strike.
Another deterrent is the fact that
wages of train dispatchers and of
supervisory forces are not cut, while
the case of the telegraphers still
awaits disposal.
Train Forces Escape.
The train forces are not touched by
the cuts. Without participation by
the telegraphers and the conductors,
engineers, hremen and tram men
rail heads say a strike would not tie
up transportation. This lack of uni
fied action, they hold, will prove a
powerful dissuader.
The rail wage board majority, em
bracing the members of the public
and railroad groups, asserted today
that Darts of the dissenting opinion
were oreoared in the headquarters ot
the railway employes department of
the American Federation of Labor.
The majority document accuses the
labor members of placing their
opinion with "incendiary arguments."
The majority says the labor
minority is sowing the "tiny seeds
that .blossomed . into industrial an
archy in Ruuia." ;
Attack Arguments.
It is something new," says the
nijUfi'l n i run In "for labor mem
bers of the board to issue incendiary
arguments to employes in favor of
striking against a decision of the
board. The giving of advice of this
kind has heretofore been left to
outsiders, who were not under the
official obligations imposed by the
transportation act, the main purpose
of which is to prevent railway strikes
and protect the public from dire ef
fects.
"One of the passages referred to
is as follows:
The transportation act aimed to
substitute for the strike just and rea
sonable wages as would render re-
sort to a strike unnecessary. If this
tribunal, created to determine such
wages admits that under existing
circumstances it can not fulfill this
function, obviously the employes
must use such power as they have
to influence the labor market, which
is henceforth to be the determining
factor in theirSvages.'
"That is to say, if the board
makes such admission, the employes
must strike."
Jewell Says Employes
Are Split by Decision
Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Cincinnati, . June 17. Bert M.
Jewell, president of the railroad de
partment of the American Federation
of Labor, today said that the three
recent wage cuts affecting approxi
mately 1.200,000 railway employes,
recently handed down by the Uuited
States railroad labor board was so
designed as to bring about a split in
the ranks of the railworkers.
The effect of this solit. accordins
to Mr. Jewell, is to place the rail
way employes in two classifications.
The first classification, including all
of the men who have received wage
cuts, leaves out all railway employes
wno are vital to the running of
trains.
Anti-Strike Machine.
"The railroads have organized an
anti-strike machine," Mr. Jewell said.
(Turn to Pace Nine, Column Three)
Women Drop Corsets;
Dressmakers Revolt
London, June 17. English dress
makers are jn revolt tgainst the
laxity in the way in which women
wear or do not wear corsets.
The almost ironical weather in
England has caused many women to
discard as much clothing at possible,
including their corsets, and take to
the elastic belt.
Their dressmakers have roundly
condemned their consequent uncon
trolled and over-developed figures,
and well-known couturiers, includ
ing those who made creations for
the wedding of Princess Mary, state
that practically all their customers
have now returned to the light and
flexible corset.
Action on
Shoals Is
Put Over
Senator Norris Announces
Project Bid for by Ford
Will Be Tabled for
Present
Washington, June f 17. (Special
Telegram.) There will be.no con
sideration of the Muscle Shoals proj
ect at this session of congress, ac
cording to a statement made by
Senator Norris of Nebraska today,
speaking as chairman of the agricul
tural committee, which has the mat
ter in charge. While he did not go
into details, Senator Norris indi
cated in a. few brief remarks that he
is doubtful of the wisdom of ac
cepting the Ford offer for Muscle
Shoals.
The subject was precipitated in
the senate today by Senator McKin
ley, Illinois, who read a letter from
James B Smith, president of the
Mississippi Valley association, which
had been broadcast, urging recipi
ents to bring pressure upon their
congressmen to act favorably on the
Muscle Shoals project. Senator Un
derwood. Alabama, in whose state
the project is situated, urged that
action be taken one way or the other
on the project and decried the charge
ct propaganda against Mr. bmith.
Senator Norris said that' he did
not wish to charge Mr. Smith with
propaganda; that this was-a free
country and that a man may do as
he pleases.
He said, however, that in claiming
the Ford project would be a great
benefit to the whole Mississippi val
ley, Mr. Smith did not know what
he is talking about.
1 he senator said it would be a local
improvement and that only. This
clearly indicates the senator does
not believe it will result in cheaper
fertilizers for the farmer. He said
that he did not wish to charge propa
ganda to Mr. Ford, but stated it as
a fact that 99 per cent of the propa
ganda that came to his attention was
in favor of the Ford project.
Senator Norris said he had his
own idea of. what the permanent
policy of the government should be
at Muscle Shoals, but said in view
of the mass of legislation before
congress and because of the ap
proaching elections it would be im
possible to get men to stay here.
Nebraska Will Send
Clothing to Russia
Lincoln, Neb., June 17. (Special)
A large shipment of clothing will
leave here July 6 for the famine area
along the Volga- river in Russia
under . the auspices of the Central
states Volga Relief society. I his
shipment, which is to be accompanied
by Jacob Volz of York, Neb., will
be directed to Saratov, Russia, from
where the clothnig will be distributed.
Requests have been sent to all
points in the state for serviceable
lothing of any description. Received
n Lincoln it is prepared in 100-
pound bales and covered with oil
cloth. The shipment leaving here
July 6 should reach its destination
before October, when winter sets in,
ccording to Dr. H. P. Wekesser,
president of the society. AH cloth
ing must reach Lincoln by July 3.
Persons having relatives in the
Saratov district may ship clothing
directing to them, Wekesser added.
,000 Expected to Attend
Walther League Meeting
Two thousand delegates and guests
are expected to attend the 13th in
ternational Walther league, an or
ganization of young people of the
Missouri synod Lutheran church,
which will meet in Omaha at Hotel
Rome and the Auditorium, July 16
to 20.
On July 17, Ak-Sar-Beh will en
tertain the league at Ak-Sar-Ben
field and an automobile tour of the
city will be given the next day. A
trip through Yellowstone park wilt
supplement the Omaha meeting and
a special train has been chartered.
A. A, .Grossman, of. Milwaukee, is
president and Miss Amelia Wehrs is
chairman of the entertainment .cora-i
mittee, which has been chosen from
the five Omaha leagues.
Bodies of Two Soldiers
to Reach Omaha Joday
Bodies of - two overseas soldiers
will arrive over the Great Western
at 4:15 Tuesday afternoon. The body
of Barnard Sueper is consigned to
Lindsey, Neb., and the body of Fred
D. Hennings is consigned to Utica,
Neb.
'You May Enter Me, Uncle Sam"
Price of Soda
Will SaVe Liftt)
Quart of Milk, One,1 Day's
Food for Infant, Costs No
More Than Cooling
Drink.
The price of a casual ice cream
soda will also buy a quart of milk
one day's food for a needy baby.
A mere trifle that 10 cents.
Yet the records of the Visiting
Nurse association will show dozens
of families where a daily dime would
drain the family's meager finances
too much. It is for these little
ones, in imminent danger of suf
fering from malnutrition or insuf
ficient nourishment, that The Bee
maintains its annual free milk and
ice fund.
Next time you drop in for a cool
ing drink and "treat" the friend who
happens to be with you. have a
thought for the suffering little ones.
lhe fund to date is as follows:
Previously acknowledged S1S1.1S
Mm. A. O.
Bratt. Genoa. Nrh.
wwmh ana vena G. .
From tbe twin,....
Charles E. Smtth ...
K. E. Winkelman...
8.00
1.00
1.00
8.00
Total M,1
Machinists Vote Almost
Solidly for Strike Here
Railroad machinists, member nf
local union No. 31. voted almost
solidly for a strike in resistance of
wage cuts at a meeting held in the
Labor temple Friday night, accord
ing to Tom Wilson, business man
ager ot the union. There were 3S0.
practically the entire membership of
the local, voting, Mr. Wilson said.
The votes will be tabulated today and
sent to Chicago.
The Weather
Forecast.
Sunday, fair; not much change in
temperature.
.Hourly Temperatures.
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50 Live in
Own Homes
Nearly 50 fo of the people
in Omaha own their homes..
A careful reading of the
Real Estate For Sale Want
Ads in The Bee will help to
make this percentage of home
ownership higher.
Today you will find homes
offered for sale in all parts
of the city, some requiring but
small cash down payments. To
be informed on Omaha real
estate values, read the Want
' Ads in the Daily and Sunday
Bee. '
tSNTmcs
l924rftesrDrr.TiAt
WHERE T O FIND
THE BIG FEATURES OF
tbe$unday;bee
PAST ONE,
Foreign Newt
Editorial Comment
Page 2.
Page 9.
PART TWO.
Sport News and Feature
Page 1 and (.
Of Special Interest to Motorists
Page t.
Real Estate and Builders' News
Page 3.
Market and Financial Page 4.
Tax an Anal) sis Charts Page 5.
Want Ads Pages S, t and 7.
PAGE THREE.
Society and New for Women
Pages 1 to S.
Shopping with Polly Page 8.
Amusements Pages 6 and 7.
Musical News Page 6.
"Kings and Temples of Old Egypt,"
by Henrietta M. Rees Page S.
PART FOUR.
"Happyland," for the Children
, Page 1.
"The Hand on The Shoulder." Blue
Ribbon short story by Meredith
Nicholson Page t.
"The Romance of A Million Dollars,"
serial by Ellsabetn uejeana
' Page 4.
Navy Yard Junking
Commission Planned
Washington, June 17. Steps to
save millions of dollars by abolishing
useless navy yards and other land
adjuncts of the navy, which cannot
be efficiently maintained, were taken
at a conference of Senator McCor
mick, Illinois; Senator Poindexter,
Washington, acting chairman of the
senate naval affairs committee, and
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt. ,
Following the conference Senator
McCormick announced that he
would offer an amendment to the
so-called scrapping bill to create a
commission to study and recom
mend ways of getting rid of navy
yards and various shore stations and
property in conformity' with the
naval reduction program.
Senator McCormick explained that
although the navy could stop the ex
penditure of money on establish
ments no longer needed, legislation
would be required to enable it to
dispose of property.
Exposition Head Arrives
to Discuss Harmony Lack
Washington, Tune 17. fSoecial
Telegram.) Col. David C. Collier,
head of the American-Brazilian Ex
position commission, arrived in
Washington today to confront the
situation that has arisen surround
ing the activities in the commission
of Frank A. Harrison of Nebraska.
While .not denying there is lack of
harmony in the commission, Col.
Collier said he did not wish to say
anything about it now. . It is under
stood ' Col. Collier has an appoint
ment with the president shortly and
that the matter will be thoroughly
threshed out then.
Tokio Chamber of Commerce
" Opposes Fordney Tariff
Tokio, June 17. The Tokjo
Chamber of Commerce has decided
to send circulars to the American
Chamber of Commerce urging oppo
sition to the Fordney tariff bill on
the ground that it will restrict Jap
anese silk export to America and
American exports of machinery and
cotton to Japan,
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in
Erin Resumed;
Homes Burned
Cardinal and Archbishop
Halted While Motoring in
County Armagh and
Searched.
Belfast, June 17. A terrible mas
sacre of Protestants in the Bess
brook district- near Newry occurred
this morning, four men and one
woman being murdered and several
wounded. The homes of several
Protestants were burned down. A
large number took part in the raid,
the first since the British cleared the
republicans from the Pettigo district,
which was believed to have been in
reprisal for the murder of two Catho.
lies. Cardinal Logue and Archbishop
U uonnell were stopped bv special
constables while motoring in County
Armagn, ineir automoDUe was
searched.
Leaders of Bond Syndicate
Are Now Sought in Chicago
Minneapolis. Tune 17. While nost-
office inspectors still were centering
their investigation of the sale of
stolen bonds in Minneapolis and St.
Paul, reports from Chicago were that
the search for the four leaders of the
bond syndicate had moved to that
City.
While clearing house operations for
the bonds which were stolen in the
?4UUU,000 robbery in New York in
October are believed' by postal in
spectors to have been conducted here,
many of the bonds have been re
covered, it was said today.
. WAAW
MONDAY
Monday's radio program broadcast
by The Bee through the Omaha
Oram exchange station:
8:4.1 a. m. Market reports.
9:CO a. m. News bulletin.
:4S a. m. Market reports.
9:55 a. m. News bulletin.
10:45 a. m. Market reports.
10:.-5 a. m. News bulletin.
12:80 p. m. Market reports.
lt:58 p. m. News bulletin.
8:30 p. m. Baseball.
S:00 p. m. Market reports.
8:i0 p. m. Concert.
The Bee's popular radio concert on
Monday night will be presented by
two vocalists and two instrumental
ists. . C. Kerr will sing two baritone
solos from Carrie Jacobs Bond's
compositions. Leon H. Connell,
pupil of Annie E. Glasgow, will sing
"Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride."
by Geoffrey O'Hara, and "My Lindy
Lou, by Strickland. He will be ac
companied by Harold C Miller,
pupil of A. M. Borglum. Rita
Thcmas True will play two piano
numbers.
Samuel Carmell. 11 -year-old vio
linist, will play "The Souvenir" and
"Serenade," by Drdla. This talented
pupil of Emily Cleve was pronounced
by the judges in the contest of the
Nebraska' Music Teachers' associa
tion the best student violinist in Ne
braska and said to have the greatest
potential talent in violin, that has
ever been discovered in this state.
The association presented a special
gold medal to Master CarmelL
PRISONER
ADMITS HIS
IDENTITY
t
Omaha Chain Man Brought
to Bay by Posse North J
of Medicine Bow,
Wyo.
WOUNDED FUGITIVE IS i
EXPECTED TO RECOVER
Refuses to Discuss Siefkeo
Murder Admits Tying Up
Officers in Escape at
Sidney.
Fred Brown, Omaha chain man.
came to the end of his trail yester-
day.
Trapped in a net of his own male
ing. after a three-weeks' flight which
kept the officers of three states on
the jump, Brown .was shot and
wounded at 4:45 Saturday morning:,
ou mnes norm oi oieaicine dow, .
Wyo., on the W. G. Taylor ranch.
The capture by a posse, headed bjr
Sheriff A. A. Sanders of Carbon
county, Special Union Pacifio
Agent W. J. McClement and Ne
braska State Sheriff Gus Hyers, was
in the same mountainous country in
which Bill Carlisle, notorious train
bandit, was captured following his
escape from Medicine Bow nearly,
three years ago.
Rushed to Hospital.
Brown, whose body was pierced
above the heart by a bullet from one
of the possemen's rifles, was rushed
to a hospital at Rawlins, Wyo. He
admitted 'his identity and that he is
the man who tied up officers at Sid
ney, Neb, but refuses to talk
further.
Officers at Medicine Bow were
notified by a woman last night that
a man she believed to be Brown had
passed her farm home. The sheriff
at Rawlins was notified and he '
rushed with a posse to Medicine
Bow.' where tie "iolnerl th nffirers .
there: : The party, which Included F.
K. Keifer, deputy warden of the
Wyoming state penitentiary; C. E.
Cooper, deputy sheriff of Medicine
Bow, State Law Enforcement Of
ficer Wade and Gus Fleisch of
Rawlins, left over the Casper road
at 1 in the morning.
Makes Dash for Rock.
Brown, his Nash car stolen at
Cheyenne stuck in a shallow irriga
tion ditch near the road, was over
taken about 4:45. He was ordered
to get away from the auto and the
small arsenal it contained.
As the officers approached. Brown
seized two automatic pistols from
his car and made a dash for the
shelter of a boulder near by. The
possemen opened fire and the fugi
tives fell half way between the auto
and the rock. A bullet had taken
effect directly above the heart. i
Despite his wound. Brown made
feeble efforts to use his guns, but
lacked the strength. He cursed al
most inaudibly as the officers
grabbed him.
Has Even Chance.
The officers pounced upon him, .
loaded him into a car and drove at
breakneck speed to Medicine Bow,
where the wounded man was placed
on a freight train bound for Raw
lins. -
The bullet which brought the
manacle man down was a steel
jacket .30-.30, which passed entirely
through his body. Surgeons say
Brown, although in a critical condi
tion, has an even chance for re
covery. While his wound was being dressed
at Medicine Bow by Dr. R. K. Sell,
Brown consented to talk a little, but
he soon shut up like a clam and since
reaching Rawlins has maintained for
the most part a solid silence. -
To Dr. Sell he admitted he is Fred
Brown and that he is the man who
tied up officers at Sidney, Neb. The
keys to the Sidney iail were found
on his person.
At Medicine Bow he was positive
ly identified as the man who. under
the name of Ernest Busch, had'
nerded sheep nine years ago for.
Frank Walker near Medicine Rnur.
Several, besides his former emolover.
remembered the man well. They say ;
this accounts for his heading for
this section of the country in which
to make his escape.
Admits Identity to Hyers.
Brown also is said to have d.
mitted his identity to State Sheriff
Gus Hyers, but became immediately
silent when the officer questioned
him concerning the Siefken murder
in Omaha.
At Medicine Bow, Sheriff Hyers'
took charge of the prisoner and
took him to Rawlins on .a
fast freight train. Brown
placed in the State Penitentiary hos
pital where a corps of physicians,
under the direction of Acting Prison
Physician E. A. Kell, dressed the
wound.
Brown was fully conscious during
the operation, but weak from
blood and extremely stubborn, refus
ing to speak or open his eyes when '
several photographs were taken as
he lay on the cot in the hospital.
Warden Hadsell and State Sheriff
Hyers besought Brown to onen hi
eyes for a picture, but he stubbornly
ciutcu io uo so until at was prom
ised a drink of whisky as soon as the
photograph was snapped.
v itn this inducement, the wouneV '
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