The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-08
Saws He Believed That His Vic.
Tins Were Strike
Breakers.
WITNESSES ARE HELD.
Tom Dempsey and Hugh McCand-
less Testify Regarding Shoot
ing Of Robert Reynolds
and George Green.

With smile On his face az he IooE"G
from one member Of the Corcaer'S jury
! TO the other. Louis. alias Monk" Kane
declared that he WAS the one who killed
Robert Reynolds and George Green on the
brooklyn road just outside tire city lin
IT'S OF Eas; 81. Louis and in the packing
house district Monday afternoon
Because Of the fact that Hugh Nc
Candies WIS with Kane 1t the time Of
the killing of Reynolds. the white man.
and the charge that McCanJless called
Reynolds TO the Yellow Dog saloon. Nher.
the shooting occurred. and al.o the fact
that he Is charged with first striking Rey-
nolds. the corcner's jury held him a. he
ing in part responsible for the murder u
Reynolds. Tom Dempsey. the principal
witness. who saw the murder Of Reynolds
and also OF the reEro. Green was held -
accessory after tie fact. because ne f,ilcd
20 report the facts to the pro,er au.hor.-
ties.
The Inquest was conducted in the F.as;
81. Louis Police Station and IN IT, .r.s-
ence OF State Attorney James \. Farmer.
Who questioned the Witnesses. Tom D.:np-
sey. bTichlaycr. was tn. first Wines
and told the story OF now Reynolds had
..sn called across the street ~ slc-
caldless, Who then struck aim and = Ter
STRIKING Reynolds h.'d turned to kau- and
ssia something. Then. he said. Kane snot
Reynolds. Dempsey said that ne was the
one VINO got the water to harne Rev
l.oidss head. and that when he declared
the man was dead Kane carefully
ewabhed out the revolver and reloaded IL
dempsey declared that Kane ard Nc
sandi-ss were the men who dragged the
BODY OF Reynolds across the s:Ie-t into
the weeds. and where they went through
the dead mans pockets taking a package
or cards and papers from them to an out
house. where h. soon saw smoke and con-
Guided that the men were burning these
papers.
Letter Dempsey. Jim Graham and Kan.
Went TO Venice and on their return they
met Green On the Black Bridge. Kane
charged Green with being a soap. and the
negro denied IL. To prove that he was not
they started across the Black Bridge. and
negro.
STORY CoRRoBoRATED.
Dempseys story was corroborsted by
Graham and then Kane was placed on the
stand He was asked whether he wished
10 make statement. and said tina. all he
cared to say was that he had shot the
two men and that ne did IL because he
thought that they were strike-breakers.
When asked whether he desired to say
anything about the unknown negro whom
ne shot In the arm. ne declared. ''Two's
enough now FOR me TO talk about
Mccandless when placed on the stand
contradicted himself several times He
denied that he struck Reynolds and also
that he called him over TO the saloon or
even spoke 10 him. He said that although
he stood within few feet of him he
was not sure that Kane had shot him and
after first denying. admitted having helped
someone carry the body into the weeds
He denied searching ReynoIdss clothes
The Coroner's jury was out only long
enough for them to sign w the papers.
which held Kane and McCsndiess for the
Death of ReynOlts and Ilenrzev
cessory after the fact. and Kane for the
murder OF Green