The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-13
POLICE CAPTURE A PAIR OF DYNAM|7ARDS
Continued From Page One.
into play.
BRENNAN FIRST TO
uAEE rn>EESSION

arts of "xp"r; Sweaters were brought
into play
brennan FIRST TO
MAKE 4 CONFESSION.
Il soon b.cam" evident that Perkins and
Andrew Schwartz had no connection with
The dynamiting. ard they were released.
Tfen all the efforts of the two chiefs Were
CCr.ctrtrttcd on the other hire. prisoners.
Brennan was the first OF the /! 10 to show
signs Of being willing to tell all he knew.
and shortly before o'clock he declared
his willingness to max. confession.
sttLograph.r was found after some dill
Guilty, and Brennan began his statement
He implicated both Northway and james
Schwartz equally with himself. Brennan :
confession is substantially as follows;
He gave his business as an electrician.
and said. he had been employed by street
car companies prior 70 the strike. he mao
first worked :or the Union Depot Company
on the California avenue division. a.id ait
the consolidation of the companies hid
been transferred to the E,astOu avenue hi
vision.
He ate supper at home Saturday. about
O'Clock. and sat Tor awhile on the iro!!t
steps. Then about 1:30 o'clock, he went 10
Whaens Hall. No. 300 Easton avenue,
where he met Schwartz and Northway.
They went TO Northways home. SchwaItZ
saying he had an appointment with another
sticks OF dyna mite, to see how much good
he could do with them Northway said lie
had ten sticks of the explosive. and II VAS
aggeeG that half dozen OF them should b.
given 20 the man who promised to use them
This was lone. and fuse and caps We're
provided with the dynamite. The man who
received the stun said the Jefferson and
Chuutcau avenue divisions were easy. rs
only every other CIR had brushes" Nor:h-
way. after the dynamite had been given out.
declared that he had already been arrested
once for wire-cuttlng. and that he did not
want 20 run the risk of having dynamite
on his premises.
PUTTING THE PLOT
INTO EXECUTION.
II was then decided that the stuff should
be taken to Brennan's house, and the par
ty therefore adjourned to that place. There
a discussion as to the advisability Of work
ing on the Olive street tracks was dis
cussed, and It was decided that an attempt
should be made. Northway fixed up a
bomb. composed OF five sticks Of dynamite
tightly tied together, and primed and fused.
the fuse being closely wrapped about the
sticks.
At this point the Questioners experienced
some difficulty in learning where the dyna-
mite had been secured. Brennan snswere
questions evasively, but finally stated that
fifty pounds OF the stuff had been secur ed
! south Of the workhouse. Afterward he said
/ It had come from q quarry down there. He
said Northway had secured 1t.
While the discussion as to the Olive street
| cable plot was going on. and while prep
arations for carrying the plans into effect
were being made, several trips TO saloon
| at Spring and EastOn avenues were made
| by Mamie a 12-year-Old niece of Brennan.
| who has adopted her. On each occasion
! she brought back bucketful of beer which
! the men drank.
Schwartz said he helped Northway In fix
! ing the dynamite bomb, and then the party
| left the house carrying the bomb In min
| now bucket. Some one asked them II they
were going fishing. and they answered yes.
| Northway borrowed pistol from Jack
; Whalen. and the party began its journey
| TO the scene of the contemplated explosion.
| Brennan thus describes the route they
took: East TO Grand avenue, south to Del
| mar or Washington. he is not sure which.
| west TO Sarah. south 10 Olive, west to
| BOYLE. south to Maryland and thence west
| to Euclid. There they entered a vacant lot
| and sat on hill for some time while they
| waited for an opportunity to set the dyna-
| mite They waited until four cars had
| passed and then acted. Schwartz, with Il
hook lifted the manhole Maryland, he
| tween Taylor and Euclid and then hurried
| away. Northway took the bomb from the
| minnow bucket, lighted the fuse and placed
| the explosive In the conduit
| WATCHMAN HIGGINS
ENCOUNTERED THE MEN.
Brennan and Northway then started east.
| They had gone about block when the
| explosion occurred. In few seconds a
| crowd gathered. and at Boyle avenue they
met Nightwatchman Higgins, who halted
| them and asked what the explosion was
| Northway said he thought it was gas
stove on Olive street. and Higgins said ''i,
| was a hell OF a noise for a gas stove 10
| make" He demanded to know where the
| men had been, and they told him they were
| Just returning from Il fishing trip to crcve
! Coeur. and showed him the minnow bucket
! Northway called Higgins by name and told
| him he knew him. Higgins searched them
| and found Whalen's pistol on Nor,hway
| 1t was empty. however, Northway having
| tipped the shells out few minutes before
! The watchman questioned them closely for
| a moment and then let them go A short
| distance farther on they met Schwartz. who
] accompanied them TO Sarah street wher.
| they took a Suburban car for their homes
Northways confession Is not long a.
| that of Brennan, nor so exhaustive. Ii is
materially the same in all essential points
| except that Northway says Brennan fixed
up the bomb and deposited il in the cable
| conduit. whereas Brennan attributes thes.
acts to Northway.
! NORTIIWAY TALKS
OF DYNAMITE PLOT.
Northway agrees with Brennan in saying
| that Schwartz was implicated equally with
/ them, and that he raised the lid of the
| manhole for the purpose of allowing the
| dynamite to be placed in the conduit
| Northway concludes his statement by ad.
| mitting THAI the purpose of the men was
| TO blow up the conduits and tracks of the
company. but denies that 1t was 10 blow VI
| cars
Both men signed their confessions in the
! presence of Chiefs Campbell and Desmond
| and 4 dozen other witnesses, and later ir
| the holdover, stated to Republic reporte.
| that the statements We're true. Both
| seemed surprised, however. that the sign
ing of the statements did not relieve then
| of responsibility. although. they stated tina
! no promises of freedom had been made
| them.
Schwartz insists that he took no part ir
| the actual dynamiting. In the holdover las
| night he told Republic reporter:
| II was with Brennan and Northway he
| fore and after the eNplosion hut did no