El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-07
BRENNAN CONFESSES
He Says He Was Mixed Up In a
Kansas Stock Speculation

George Brennan, the stranger in E
Paso who has been keeping the autho
rites guessing as to his real identity
q I'd the mystery surrounding him, de-
cided to make q confession yesterday
levening, and admitted that his nam {
George r. Landers. AS printed in
tae HERALD yesterday Sheriff Boone
has been ia Communication with the
Saint Louis authorities; and yesterday
learned that the woman whose name
was signed to letters fou I'D in Brenn-
ans possession VIII n arrested, denied
that she was his sister.
Brennan was closely examined yes
| terday, and urged to make q complete
confession. After being ss ffioier tly
persuaded Brennan late in the afte r
noon admitted that bis name is Sander E,
and that until some irregularities in
financial m alters which caused him TO
leave his home, he had been enQsf ed
in the cattle business st Anthony,
Kansas.
He had credit at the banks, he said,
and at one time borrowed $50, 600 from
the firm of Evans, Snyder and compa-
ny, at Kansas City, which be devoted to
stock speculs :;on. He admitted that
he still owed bout $4,000, and that
the bank was anxious to discover his
that he had no Intention OF oefr auding
the bank, and that ali of his troubles
are due to his un,ucky speculation.
The authorities believe that they
have made an important arrest. The
authorities at Anthony, Kansas, will
be communicated with in regard to the
case, and it is hoped LAT more com
plete Information may DO obtained.
Brennan denies the charge of theft
of four chickens, on which he is being
held at the county jail, and insists that
he bought them. The fact that he did
purchase the eleven hams found in his
shaaty at tae time of his arrest, though
it was believed he had stolen them,
has left the impression with some that
he may be innocent.
This morning to q HERALD reporter
Landers explained how he had taken
the name of Brennan. "Shertff Boone
admitted to me that he had arrested
me on a warrant from Kansas" said
Landers, land of course l did not steal
the four chickens which were found in
my possession.
81 WAS pat into the bankrupt court
at Anthony, Kansas, by Evans, Snyder
and company, on the FIRST day of Aug
ust, 1899, and have been in there lit
tie over year. 1 had borrowed $780,
600 from the firm. Iowned considera-
BILE cattle aud the risk was perfectly
safe. The winter Of 1898 was q hard
one, aud lost on that account forty
percent of my cattle. The company
sold the remainder, and realized $50, 600
which leaves me still $50, 900 Ia their
debt.
"They were continually worrying
me, and in May of this year, after liv-
ing in Anthony during all the BILE,
ca ne in this direction in q buggy,
intending to escape their persecution.
had no Intention Of running away .bus
1 did want to be let alone. Ikre~l
that If stayed they would have my
C6eo COQGlQueQ eaCQ Time l6 came uD,
and never let it be settled. They
would keep me in the bankrupt court.
all my life If they could.
81 am represented at Anthony by E.
A. Wilcox, and he will settle nv
for me. The bankrupt case
will come up before Judge Wall a.
Kansas"
he said that he had wife still liv. :
Ing In Anthony, but that he had no
children. 81 have three sisters" said
Lsnders, zone living In Chicago. one
In Fern Hill, Washington, and one IN
1 have cousin in An
thony, Miss Edith Brennan, and when
came TO Ell Paso to get away from
my financial difficulties,
decided to take the family name of
Brennan so that [ could ge. my mail
and carry on a correspondence with my
friends. 1 have another cousin in
Mrs. Lizzie BAssett. Miss
Brennan is the writer OF the letter
which was found in my possession"
He did not explain about the Saint