Jim, I view your last couple interpretations of Brown and that January 4, 1914 article as so attenuated that I don't think it is worth pursuing further. You seem to have dug in your heels, and from my perspective it just doesn't seem like you striving for the most reasonable understanding of this stuff. I don't think you can reasonably adopt as Brown's a section of an article he excluded from his book. Likewise, I don't think you can reasonably read that excluded section of the article as supporting the AWT train story. But you are determined and there is no use me trying to convince you otherwise. Plus, it has become obvious that neither you nor Bryan can even begin to cast much doubt on TomM's (and Shelly's, TEPaul's, Travers, etc.) understanding of how Crump first became familiar with the property. So what more is there to discuss?
I believe the date of the AWT article you reference is January 12, 1913, not January 12, 1912.
Good luck! No hard feelings from me.