The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-08
Detective SHEVLIN
HOPES FOR SUCCESS,
Declares He Has Clcws Which
Tend Ia Establish iienze
and kaiscr's Innocence.
CHIEF CAMPBELL TO ACT.
All the Evidence Now in His Pos
session. He SAYS. Will BE
Turned Over to Circuit
Attorney Egecrs.

me story % the new developments in the
case Of Jacob Hence and Horny kaiser
POINTING 10 their Innocence OF the murder Of
+ I. Brown. in 1879. as published in yes.
'"r'i1H's Republic. vac one of the principal
subjects Of conversation on the stress YES
to-day. and ELECTED a great deal Of com
ment- The unicrcurrent Of opinion. which
has all along been maintained among those
who had followed the cas-" closely from the
first, that Henzc and Kaiser were innocent.
was strengthened when hey read OF the
new evidence discovered.
Among the legal fraternity. who. as 4
general rale, are suspicious Of statements
made ny members f the rimiual element
fencing toward procuring the freedom Of
t1eir friends or associates. the consensus
OF opinion expressed was that the evidence
obtained by Detective Shevlin should be
sufficient TO influence the Governor 10 par
DIN the men now in prison. II was pointed
out by these attorneys that the statements
made by Eldridge. MrGary. Brennan and
other members % tho same gang. that
Hence and Kaiser were innocent. were made
by them at a time when these criminals
were not aware that any Of the real par
Elephants except Brady I'm the crime Vas
dead and beyond the reach of The Law. and
consequently there could be no incentive
lnF thein 10 hoOdwink the police. "Je;-Eye"
Brady himself, according 10 MrGgry's af-
EuaNit, told him a month after the muir
der, while they We're together in iail. that
ne. brennan and Andrews had committed
n" crime. The attorneys who believe The
admissions of guilt made by these men az
various times to their associates and
friends argue that e there were any ques-
ton that the statements are ROW being
made simply with a view TO releasing
Henze and Kaiser by fas' ening the crime
on dead men. the same object could have
been accomplished years ago. Numerous
members Of the Blair avenue gaug died
Years before Brennan and Andrews met
their deaths. and it would have been az
easy for the coEvicts. who are now con |
Tossing, to fasten the crime upon some O!
them.
Whether there will be any attempt made !
ty the prosecuting authorities to punish
those alleged 10 have been accessories after |
me crime. - as Yet predetermined. From
al Indications. there viii be none. The Cir
cut Attorney. it Is believed. IS not enthusl-
astic In the belief Of the innocence of Hence
ana Kaiser. and il will require strong cor
r"borative evidence To induce him to take
action. Whatever his future course
may be-! It is hishly probable that he Will
OF the pardon before he takes the
'Hl'I OF renee campbell said Yesterday |
he would Ia: the evidence In has pos
session before the Circuit Attorney to-day
FOR his action.
Detective Shev!in is still at work on the
case. lie says ne has by no means con-
pietcd the work of obtaining evidence. and
mat NJ has several important Clews In his
possession which require further develop
'nent before he can make them public.
The efforts of the police authorities Will
cow De concentrated in an effort to locate
me watch stolen from Brown on the night
he was killed. This watch is a most I'M
Item IN the case at the present
NE. inasmGCh as It's production would 10
ar toward clearing up all doubts as to tn.
entity OF Browns murderers. 4 number
with thieves and the criminal
iisses generally. have declared that they
nave seen this watch on several recent
occasions. and know its present where
lhouts. II was originally sold to J.wtie-
IoSs 10y Brennan and Ahern. according to
tfennan's admission to William Smith, ard |
{ its ownership can be traced from that
:me. the key 70 the solution Of this puZz-
ing murder ease viii be found.
Il l. possible that Willie Ah-rn. who fig
in the disposition OF the watch. may
~ questioned by the authorities TO tel
he knows Of il. Ahcrn. who va,
ather a wild youth at the time of the mur-
Is said to be now living a respectable
lie and conducting himself properly.
Harry Halves. President OF the Police
Soard. will go 10 Jefferson city some 1av
his week TO personally present 10 the Gov
Tnor the evidence he has collected. and ,
ma Ike an appeal for a pardon. .