Northern Midwest winters are often as harshly bitter and confining as the iron bars of the old Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis. In the fall of 1887, three brothers were inmates there. It was an era of notorious outlaws, but unlike the gangs of Jesse James or Cole Younger, the story behind these brothers has been lost to history-until now. Theirs is a complex story of passion, betrayal, danger, heartbreak, and tremendous loss. Trials ensued. Convictions followed. Sentences passed. Justice would be served . . . but was it?