The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-21

When the reward was offered she said
she would earn it. Her people laughed
They knew Annie.
The trial came on in the summer 1t
lasted two days. Annie did the heavy
swearing. HenZe and Kaiser were con-
victed. They said they were mills away
when the murder occurred They were
not even in each others company then.
But they could not swear like Annie Bog
hlnes Mcdonnell was acquitted. Annie
sWore to him. too, though !. She saw
MIN. she said. She even heard his mama
called. she said But McDonnelIs alibi
was too strong. He is now dead
so Henze and Kaiser were condemn ed
to die The shadow of the scaffold did
not weaken them. They protested their
innocence The police felt doubtful. They
were afraid Of Annie,s evidence. SINE
how. They had inkl ngs of her rast The
proper authorities became inocu ate1
with the uneasiness. An appeal to the
supreme court was taken, but there was
no flaw in the record. Still the men were
reprieved
Eight times the day of their death was
fixed, and eight lines came 1eprleve The
peoples attention was attracted. There
was public Indignation. One reprieve
would have been too late in three hours.
AT last the governor dc tie m ned upon life
imprisonment. So to the state peri en-
tiary went these two men. There they
are today.
There is a detective In st. Louis named
John W. Shevlin. He is ambitious; gilt
ed with what the French call a flair.
The case Of these two men IN the peni-
Tertiary fascinated him. He set to
work.
LONG TRAIL.
He dredged the muddy current of the
Boghines woman's past He went to the
pen1tentiary and saw the pair of victims
of her perjury. They gave him clews
worked up by them within the prison
walls The trail led straight to Philip
Brady. to Jack Brennan, to "Bony''
Andrews. The three are in their graves
The first succumbed to a po.iceman's bull
let in Chicago. the second died two
months since in Missouris penitentiary.
and the third met death at pals hards
He was killed in Chicago last summer
All figured conspicuously in crimes COM
mitted by the Blair avenue gang That
gang has made police history red in St.
Louis. It has recruited convict ranks In
all the West. HenZe and Kaiser have met
the stars of this criminal combination
during their long five years in the peni-
tertiary. It needed Detective Shevlin's
skill to forge the facts into links of evil
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doing time in the city jail at st. Louis
McGarry had long known "Phil" Brady,
They were in prison together seven y ars
ago. Brady then conf1ded to McGarry
the names Of the murderers Of the iIl-fat-
ed Edwin e. Brown. The murderers were
Jack" Brennan, "Bony" Andrews and
third man. The third man was Brady
himself. They robbed their victim Of a
little money and a gold watch
But more than convict testimony was
needed here. The detective fastened an
other link. This time he hunted UP Will
lam Smith, who also lives in st. Louis.
He swore to straight story. He had
known Jack" Brennan for a number of
years. One October night year ago
William Smith met Brennan at Sixteenth
and Bidd1e streets.
You're a friend of mine" said Bren-
nan, land L will tell you something.
which is the truth, about the Brown
murder. Henze and Kaiser are innocent.
They had nothing to do with 1T"
BRENNAN CONFESSED.
And Brennan confessed. He, Brady
and Andrews did the deed. They robbed
their victim of 1918 in money and a gold
watch.
The detective drew up an affidavit and
William Smith swore to 1t.
The Boghines negress remained to be
dealt with. She is I'm the penitentiary
today. Those subtly swearing wits of
hers brought her there. She Is serving
seven years for perjury. 1t was case
of the pitcher that goes often to the well.
Star witness in a robbery case, she took
oath to a physical impossibilty. The
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