St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 13, 1900

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Tweo Cents Longevity in Housewives Is largely brought about by lack of worry ' to good DOMESTICS, such as may be The nearest DRUGGIST that you see Wiil sead your WANTS to the P.-D. P.-D. Wants. ss SF CAPTURED DYNAMITERS AND THEIR NEMESIS 26 col Norruyvay DYNAMITER. Re DR. A. V. L. BROKAW. THE NEMESIS. Maveice DRENNAN DYNAMITER. ee ee eee ee ae a oe ee oes DR. BROKAW CAPTURES DYNAMITERS SOD SSO Oo OO) 7 °° o> PERSONS IN THE STORY. DR. A. V. L. BROKAW, who worked two months to turn up the dynamiters to the police. MAURICE M. BRENNAN, the youngest of the dynamiters, who has confessed. FRED NORTHWAY, who makes a full confession of his connection with the plot. JAMES SCHWARTZ, who insists he had no knowledge that dynamite was to be used and had no part in it. JAMES FENNESSEY, who was found in the vicinity of the explosion, but denies connection with the dyna- miters. JOHN WHALEN, proprietor of Whalen’s Hall, 3700 Easton avenue, where the dynamite conspiracy is alleged to have been agreed to. oe 7. *,° ” 9 *. *,° > °,° 7 °° fe afo ade ofe ade ade ake oh & Se . — > © oe fe oo “> e *. *. oe ee > °° 2 °° > 9 ? o,¢ . 3 - . o,° . *. * le he Bo he Be ae Go ate he ee oe ae ate ato he ¢ John W. Whalen, proprietor of a saloon and hall, was arrested Monday noon and taken to the Four Courts. Northway claims to have borrowed from Whalen the revolver which he carried at the time of the dynamiting. At 1 o'clock Monday afternoon Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Johnson, in confer- ence with Attorney Chester H. Krum of the St. Louis Transit Co., decided that the dynamiters should be prosecuted under the statute prohibiting the placing of obstruc- tions on the tracks of railway companies. The extreme penalty is 20 years’ imprison- ment. + Through the persistent efforts of Dr. A. V. L. Brokaw_ by means of amateur detective work extending over a period of more than two months, the police have been enabled to arrest several men who, by their own confessions, have been guilty of blowing up transit company property with dynamite. The arrests were made within three hours after an explosion in. the cable conduit at Olive street and Maryland avenue, and on account of this explosion two of the men confessed that they did the work. The arrests were made early morning on information furnished Night Chief Pickel by Dr. Brokaw, who companied the police to each house nated by himself and assisted in the ar- rests. Later he used his knowledge of the antecedent facts to induce the gyna- niiters to confess. Dr. Brokaw himself found 25 pounds of Sunday ac- desig- dynamite in the closet ‘of a room in which | Maurice Brennan, 3728 Lucky street, leader of the dynamiters, was sleeping. So sure of his men was Dr. Brokaw that he agreed to stand the consequences of entering their houses without search warrants or warrants for their arrest. lie piloted the police to the houses ot! feuur men who were placed under arrest, and two of them made signed confessions, while a third admitted that he was in the company of the other two during the dy- namiting episode in question. Men Who Are Under Arrest. Besides Lrennan, the men arrested are Frederick Kk. Northway, 1517 North Spring avenue, tormerly ai tuaston “vvenue motor- wan; James Schwartz, sido Kvans avenue, formerly an Faston avenue conductor, and James Finnessey, 3je20 Cuozzens “uvenue, a former motorman on the same line. Bren- nan was an electrician on that division and went on strike with the other three men May 3. Brennan declares in ihe strike leaders knew nothing whatever about the plot to dynamite, and Northway says he knows none of the strike leaders except Mahon, whom he knows only by sight, and that he does not like him, Andrew J. Schwartz, a brother of James, and Jumes R. Perkins, an insurance agent, were also arrested, but they were released as innocent. The confessions of Brennan and North- way tend to implicate James Schwartz and Minnessey. The men who made the arrests were Dr. Mrokaw, who is chief surgeon for the tran- sit company: James F. Davidson, division superintendent, transit company; John N. Pickel, night chief of police; Willlam T Dowdall, sergeant of police; Officers Sheri- dan, Moore, Lally and Caudle and Night Watchman P. J. Higgins. Dr. Brokaw Tells How It Happened. Dr. Brokaw describes the arrests for th: Post-Dispatch as follows: “For more than two months I have been working on these dynamiting cases. I have assistants working vwnder my instructions. We have run down about 4 clues, and this latest one came Saturday night with the - guddenness of a lightning flash. It came in such a wat that I knew positively that | had my men and all that was necessary was 10 have Officers on the ground at the proper momen — © een Bi sspaig them or make Reo vision Bape aavidson telephoned m and I at that he he Ni is his confession that eee ea ee ny | LAW TO PUNISH DYNAMITERS. Judge Krum conferred with Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Johnson at noon about the charge to be made against the three dynamiters. sohnson agreed that the following section of the statutes covers the c and maliciously “every who shall willfully stones, persor. logs or other thing on the track of any Judge Krum and Col. case: obstruction by or shall tear up or re- place any railroad, move any portion of a railroad, or the works thereof, with intent to obstruct the passage of a car or cars thereon or throw them off the track, shall, upon con- @ viction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding twenty years.” ! +o —o—_ @—_ oo + + oo © 4 # ¢ © 0 #6 4-04 --0 0% aye ——— >a . Brennan and Northway Sign Statements of Their Guilt) and Charge That Others Were Implicated. Following are verbatim reports of the cross-examination of of cross-examination by Chief Desmond 1s, its police name from the fact that the mental strain under which “sweat-box’’—Desmond’s office—is calculated to Northway, which took place in Chief prisoner is placed while in the inake him perspire. STATEMENT OF MORRIS BRENNAN, Aug. 12, 1900. Chief Desmond: What is your name? A. Morris Brennan, WY. Where do Street. ®. How’ long have About seven months. Q. What do you do for a ving now? A. | follow electrical work, repairing bells and incandescent lights. @. For who? A. I have cards printed for myself to make a living during the strike. q@. You were formerly employed by what road? A. 1 used to work on the old Union Depot Road before the transit company consolidated, and then for the transit com- you live? you lived there? A. First on California line. Q. Then whale? Then at the Easton avenue sheds. ®. Are you married? A. Yes, str. Q@. A family? A. No children. Q@. Tell w here you were last night from 6 o'clock up to the time of vour arrest? A. At 6 as near as I can judge, I was eating supper at 3728 Lucky street. Then I went out on the steps till about 7 or little after. Make it 7:59. Phen I went over to Whalen’'s Hall. While there I got in conversation with Northway, Schwartz and Jim Fennes- sev --— Q. Where does Fennessey live? A. On Spring and Cozens. And a stranger--I don't know his name. We sat around there unti!l mavbe a quarter after 8, as near as I can judge. Q. What ting there? new franchise. was the conversation while ait- A. We were talking about the That was the topic of the conversation. The crowd split up, and my- self and Fred Northway, Jim Schwartz and this Dick got Into conv ersation about this Jefferson avenue line, and about how things were going on down there. Schwartz sald: “I made an appointment to meet a fellow here at & o'clock. He ought to be here In a few minutes. ‘cause he is to be here at &, ysut he hae to walk-from near the sheds, lefferaon avenue. and La Salle street, up here. We waited there; finally and along somes this Dick. I don't remember his jast name. We went over to my house at 3723. Lucky. Soh wars z sald to Fontes bangs {promised this oe ree a nae - in police parlance, A. 3728 Lucky | /go get a can of beer. 'on Easton Northway: ; Brennan and Desmond's office. This “sweating.” It gets an unwilling Detectives ‘cause there's asked me see if he knows how to use it, no use wasting it.’’ Northway where the dynamite was. I told him. There was 10 sticks in that little wooden box; that was all in my house at the time. Northway wrapped up five sticks and give this Dick some fuses anda cap. Northway said: “Five might not be enough—you had better take a package.’ Schwartz said for me tu l had trouble finding the bucket. My niece borrowed a buc ket and IT went after the beer, to “The Wedge,’ avenue. When I came back Northway had that big package of dyna- mite. Q. Who was in the house then? selves (). Who? A. Myself, Northway, Schwartz, Dick and Jim Fennessey. Well, when Dick saw the big box he said: ‘I had better not take this tonight— too much, ‘causé Rg Northway said: ‘‘Never mind: the box. Then we will leave it here’ took the box off the table and put it in the pantry, where | gave it to the officer last night. Dick sent for another can of beer. My little niece went for the can of beer and | we got into conversation about the cars. This Dick sald it was a very easy thing to work on Jefferson avenue, ‘cause there was no brushes except on every other car. EI- ther that or Chouteau avenue—something had to be done there. Northway said: “Why not take more?’ Dick said: “TI have been arrested for cutting wires already.”’ And, he said, I think, he was under bond | then. and he had not. better carry too much wae with him Dick started out, by himself and Schwartz went to the door with him. Schwartz came back again in the kitchen, and we got talking about Olive street. Schwartz asked me where !: would be best to work on Olive street. I suid I didn't know much about Olive street. He said: “If we can get a curve somewhere it will be all right."’ He said: “Let's go to Boyle and Olive: It's a long walk, but we will get there some time.’ Northway had a bomb already fixed up. q@. Where did he fix it? A. I don't know. Q. Where did he get it? A. It was made out of dynamite. He had ft himself. 2. on here did he get it? A. He said he unds south of the Workhouse. ere did he get this bomb he had lest vtehe? A. Made it tn my house. He went to work and got--I forgot how many sticks there was, and put them altogether. Then he wrapped them up and tied them. Then he took a pencil an put ie ange. in the dynamite and closed wra the pped the fuse outside the dynamite and LOOM EIN UBD ON PAGE TWO, a ne ORES: A. OQur- | I had better not take. t would be only wasting | om eo * aie | ed pan * ay 4 , eat} iy oe : See enn , NAG: i * 2 or “f oy ee ~ 3 ro i we we wi “_* ee 5 2 “3%. = . « oan aa tS SS ‘ale abe “I Re | . 7 en A Se ae eg. ae . 4 . * a tak ‘ TYPE OF FORT IN THE PEI-HO, Tsin there are more; are not of ancient construction, but nearly ap- | proaching modern types. They carry modern ar- tillery and are manned by graduates from the mili- Bewteep Pekin and Tien than 100 villages or towns, each of which is fort!- fied ber of forts between those known as the Taku ana Pekin ia placed at 40 Rees. 38: of English officera state that these forts AMERICANS WON THE — BATTLE OF YANG TSUN ba ss. « and teeming with popu ation. The total num- men and Germans, as well as natives. The actual fighting force back of these forts is not paced at higher than 50,000. . —_ Frederick Palmer, Post-Dispatch Correspondent at the Front, Cables the First Detailed Story of Engagement. a Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. (Copyright, 1900.) SHANGHAI, Aug. 13.—Frederick Palmer, the Post- Dispatch eorsespondant at the front with the American army, sends the following story of the third victory on the way to Pekin. CHE FOO, Thursday, Aug. 9.—A Russian battery at the battle of Yano Tsun madea horrible mistakeand fired on the Fourteenth United States Infantry. Several were killed land wounded. The enemy’s position at Yang Tsun was taken by the Americans after a desperate resistance. The allies had been ‘compelled to fight for every inch of advantage. Suddenly the American flag was seen flying from the Chinese stronghold. Apparently the Russians did not see it, for a Russian battery fired with disastrous results to the gal- lant victorious Americans. | In the fight with the Chinese and as a result “Of the blunder by Russians the Americans lost seventy men killed and wounded. The great and hard marches have told on the allies, and the forces will rest two or three days. Fully 40 per cent of the Ninth American Infantry is exhausted. | When all have rested there is to be a dash for Pekim. The Chinese are.already demoralized and the plan of the allies is to drive them hard while they are disorganized. FREDERICK PALMER. a i A ~~” FORTY-TWO SAILORS DROWN LIKE RATS of 56, 14 were saved. The losses tnclude three officers, Capt. Mauduit du Pf€ésix, the second Heutenant and the chief engi- neer. Admiral Fournier, in a dispatch from Cadiz, says that at the time of the accli- dent the Brennus was steaming ahead of the Framee on the left. The flagship and the torpedo-boat deatroyer were exchang- ing luminous signals, when the latter ap- proached too near the Brennus. The captain of the Framee ordered his helms to steer 20 degrees to the left while Te increased speed, The man misun- derstood or badly executed the order, steer- ing to the right, which brought the de- stroyer under the ram of the Brennus, the Framee being cut in twain. ~~ ‘ | ! PARIS. Aug. 13.—During the maneuvers of the French fléet off Cape St. Vincent last night a collision oce urred between the firsi- class battleship Brennus, flying the flag of | Vice-Admiral Fournier, commander of the fleet, and the torpedo-boat destroyer Fra- mee. The Framee sank immediately. The accident was due to the fact that the Framee turned to the right when ordered to the left. It is believed that and great anxiety is felt here. The Framee, which was of 313 tons @is- placement, was a recent addition to the French navy. Ron is known that out of the Framee s crew "THE WEATHER INDICAIIONS. SHOWERS. St. Louis and ricinity—Showers Monday after. soon or night; possibly fair Tuestey. Mtssourt—Generally fair Monday “gd and Tues 42 seamen were lost, -_— ~ Iilineis—U peetiiod weather with oecaalenal chow. era; Tuesday partir comnts — DISPATCH THERMOMETER. | BOOM .cccesssses : 1 p. Th. seeesteeee a ao 2 p. | rere a eeteeeee” 82 Ri eee i atten ee ey oe ee Ret 3 Ae age: ‘ Dad ie + Fa fe : Ks _ conenitsiageall mR aE sons me ee ae ae a tary academy, where the instructors were Fren -b- ADVANCE GUARD OF ALLIES NEARING PEKIN a “oa Chaffee Cables 4%» rv That Americans Reached Ho-Si-Wu Last Thurs- day, Half Way From Tein Tsin to Pekin. _-. 4 a = Army If She Would half way between Tien Tsin and Pekin. a a 4 BOMBARDMENT | QF LEGATIONS AGAIN RENEWED ON AUG 1 eo China Must Open Pekin Gates to Entry of Allied Have Speedy Peace Declares the United States. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—A dispatch has been received at the war de partment from Gen. Chaffee, dated Aug. “Arrived at Hos Pi Wu yesterday.’’ This place, which is spelled Ho-Si-Wu on the war department maps, is about 10, which says: delivered on Sunday morning, follows: tilities, pending negotiations, the 12th of August, 1900. gotiations with the Powers and will, tween the two countries. danger, and that the Powers posing the relicf expedition. The text of this reply to the overtures communicated by telegraphed last night to the representatives of the United States for communi- cation to the governments of the Powers co-operating in the relief movement. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The Department of State today made publig the reply of the United States Government to Minister Wu's communication, notifying the department of the appointment of Farl Li Hung Chang as envoy plenip Ten Out of Fifty Missionaries in One Vicariate and 3000 Native Converts Put to Death. paper, Germania, says it learns that, altogether, Pe Chi IA have bees murdered and that 3000 converts have suffered the same fate. ——_°O~e———_ CRISP NOTE FROM FRANCE | TO CHINESE GOVERNMENT If a casualty oceurs, the response unsafe. bility will be entirely with the Chinese gov-~ ernment. Ita strict duty is to protect fore eign ministers even more than tts own, “If it be true that the Chinese gevern- g to the offer of the Chinese gove ‘rument | ment has great difficulty in defending them and in defending i{teelf against rebels, it should order its troops to stand aside before the allied forces. This would render free the road from Tien Tain to the capital and would accomplish the work of protection, which is tnceumbent. » “The Chinese government should un stand t t : =e + ed yt tis y in th given our minister so long as the route is bra me oy + ey to the governments of the ay a SCL ee Ge Nee eed eee ee . Pee na i Sit LL ee ee aw ke