The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-06-26
A Romantic Story Spoiled

A Romantic Story Spoiied.-T~o week.
Ago We copied from q York Pa paper the story
Of the death Of Paul kunkle. u that place Who,
vas stated, tried FOR the murder of Mrs..
Elizabeth Cooper. near Parkton. this county. Mar
goth. ls1S. Mrs. Cooper was found vim near the
roadside vita her skull crushed in. and a pair Of
new shoes umbrella and . silver snuE box
which we're known 90 have been in her possession
we're missing. few lays after man named
Conrad Winter alias Vender. arrested at
NJ ParktOn On suspicion. and Mrs. Cooper's snuh
box was found on his person. kunkei had been
seen with Nender On the lay Of the murder. and
be was also arrested. pair of shoes. an umbrella
AMI other articles. which were identified a. the
murdered woman's property. being found in his
house in York. Ills story that on the day Of
the murder, while travelling on foot from Bal,i-
more 20 York. man. walking ia the same iirec
ton. entered into Conversation With him and offer
ell him valuable umbrella for an Old one. which
he kunke carried. The exchange vas made
and when the two men reached York. kunkei
asked the stranger. Who gave his name Conrad
Nendcr to stay at his house for lay or two.
Nender remained there for three or four days and
then let. In noticing kunkels death, q CORES
pondent If the New York World weavcs n thread
Of romance around his supposed connection with
the murder which hal no existence in fact. Il
states that kankef. mind became affected when
he vas arrested that he tried and convicted
Of murder and sentenced 20 be hanged within two
months that executive clemency asked FOR
in vain, nut that eight days before the time for
his execution his mental faculties became restored
and he Informed his counsel Of all the eircum-
stances u his meeting Eith Vender and exchang
ing property With him A search vas made for
Vender. and according 20 the Wsrifs story two
days before the day set Tor the hanging q Kunkel
he was arrested.
The true facts u the case are. az has been said
that Fendsr arrested in Partition four days
after the murder aud that Kunksl's arrest follow
cd shortly afterwards. Vendors trial began in
the Baltimore county court. on April 18th, 1912
before Judge. Prick. Purvianee and Legrand. /.
Seveit Steele. deputy attorney general. appeared
Brown and George 6. stoke. for the defense, and
in the first degree, and sentenced 10 be hung
During all this time Kunkle had been in jail. and
for several months had shown signs Of insanity.
Three days after Vendors sentence kunkel was
placed on trial accessory 90 tho murder. be-
ing defended by VIM. Fell Giles and Philip e.
Fricse. The err, question put % the Jury to
decide as 10 his sanity. and after hearing testi-
mony. expert and o'herwise, they decided that he
vas sane. His trial proper vas then proceeded
with. and after hearing evidence akin 90 that in
the Vender case, they returned . verdict sf not
guilty. Nender was afterwards hanged in the
jail yard in Baltimore, aud before his execution
confessed g. the murder Of Mrs. Cooper. II will
thus be seen that kunkel vas never sentenced to
be hanged, never saw his gallows built, and, a.
stated In the World. never was granted . re-
preve. and that, in fact, the %. called "remark-
able incident in his life was commonplace, after
all.