The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-15
Four Men Taken in Charge Monday
Night Released, After Be
ing "Sweated."
WHALEN RELEASED ON BOND.
Brennan and Northway Will Try to
Give Bail To-Day-New Charge
Was Preferred Against
Schwartz Yesterday.

John W. Whalen, one Of the four men
charged with conspiracy to blow UP tracks
of the St. Louis Transit Company. was re-
leased on $1,000 bond yesterday. John P.
Sweeney. a member of the House of Dele
gates. signed the bond. Efforts will be
made to-day to secure bail for Fred North
way. Maurice Brennan and James Schwartz,
who are held on charges OF obstruction and
conspiracy.
Four new men were taken to the Four
Courts by the police Monday night and
Tuesday morning. but were oil released
after being ''sweated' by Chief Of Detect
Ives Desmond. The Chief had them de-
tanned on information that they could
tell something about the other men
who were assisting in the dynamite plot.
The men taken into custody were Joseph
Greedy Of No. 1903 Cass avenue. William
Blake Of No. s715 Garfield avenue. Emil
Zackowski Of No. 1903 Obear avenue, and
Howell c. Farmer of No. 1924 Page avenue.
All of them were formerly employed by
the transit company with the exception Of
Zackrzowski. who Is a shoecutter. Jack
rzowskl was taken at his home Monday eve
ming by Detectives Harrington and Schm!dt
1t was supposed that he could tell something
about the blowing up of a Bellefontaine car
on the night of July so. Blake was found
at No. 34l5 Cook avenue by Sergeant Dow
dali and Special Officer Woodling. Thirty
minutes later Greedy was found at No. 1898
Easton avenue. Farmer was taken from
his bed at 2:30 o'clock in the morning.
Chief Desmond refused to reveal his
sources of Information. but after talking
with the men for several hours he released
them In the afternoon. 1t is expected that
other arrests will follow.
Miss Emily Eaifrer Of M 27ll Evans ov-
enue called at the Four Courts yesterday
morning to see Schwartz. She told Chief
she was positive that he was the
man who attempted to blow up her moth
eTs house with dynamite on July q. She
said that Schwartz and his mother frequent
ly threatened her mother because she board
ed employees OF the st. Lou Transit Com
3746 Evans avenue.
On the day following the attempt to blow
up her mothers house she said Ellis Nor
good. a conductor on the Easton avenue
line. and Emil Schmidt. a motorman on the
seated in a front room when Schwartz
and an unknown man passed. AS they
passed passed they ,,a said ndrs Sehw war pointed to a
where We placed the bomb" Miss Heifnar
was convinced by this and the threats
which the Schwartz family are alleged to
nave made. that the SchWartz.s attempted
failure. only small damage being done to
one end of the porch.
Brennan and Northway have each gone
back on. their signed statements. North
way said he was drinking. something unus-
ual for him, and must nave said things
which We're not true, for he was positive
he did not do the things accredited to him
in his signed statement. Brennan said the
stenographer must have inserted something
in the typewritten copy. which he did not
read out loud. for he is sure he made no
such statement. Each, however, still adj
mits going to the scene of the explosion,
laying the blame Of the dynamiting on the
other.
Brennan was a member of the Sherif's
posse comitatus, Co. NJ, sworn to protect
blown up. II went to the Courthouse"
said he. and enlisted In the posse because
l did not believe in lawlessness and 1
wanted to help suppress it. They stationed
me along the transit company tracks, and
1 found that l was virtually a private
Waterman for the St. Louis Transit COM
pany. When they ordered me to get on a
car l refused and resigned. l did want law
and order, but that was too much.
Since the company has refused to grant
us anything. l wanted to see some OF its
property destroyed, but it was never my in
tention to hurt anybody"