The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-31
CONVICTED BY HIMSELF.
! MURDERER'S CONSCIENCE
AROUSED TO CONFESSION.

| Inspector byrnes AellS 1hruiln8
Story OF How Edward UnRer Was
1ad +o Give Fatal Evidence A0ainse
AlinselI oy Leaving 'ne rrl'0ner DO
verely Alone.
(CoDvriohted. 1897
Nan, vonv Mich IN Ora d.v rnora
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ohah Two yoals @so' DaiSAi4Ao'o "u'i"oS'
man received by express an Ordinary trunk
marked ITO be called for" Various reasons
not nscassarv IN datail here induced him
a.. 80 o. onan ., tn. ho-,Isxiro
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spectacle OF neadiess human .oooy' tne
limbs and arms hacked on, met his eyes.
Within six hours not only the Baltimore
| roi;oa as tha fact Int tina detac
pO-Oo wv 80 - - -. .;a.s
'No bureau IA N'" Avs ""N oS,'' ""si.eN
also Two uhya Later tne muruorsr was
under arrest, and two days after that event
he had furnished the evidence necessary to
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oetaileu oonIession' Inc n@s''J VI inc
crime and the detective work employed in
connection with 1t would require many col
umns to tell adequately, and shall review
| the circumstances Drleny IN ordor 70 MUS
trate one OF the most important features OF
| criminal detection, namely, the securing OF
! confessions.
IL Is often the case that the police arrest
the right man with only enough evidence at
command to satisfy themselves, and not
enough TO convice Jury: Inc necessary
| link must then be supplied by the criminal
himself In these days 1t would not be pos
sib!e, II desirable, 10 pursue the methods OF
| the lnquisItlon. IL Il not the body that we
have 10 WORK on, but tne mlnd; ana IL Is
no fear that we seek to arouse 80 much as
conscience In the case OF professional
crooks, the conscience is not very susceptl-
ble and the methods employed with them
have TO be chosen accordingly. Sensational
murders, however, are not usually com
NIT cd by criminals OF long standing, and
the terrible deed once done, the conscience
OF the murderer IS at the mercy OF tne de-
tectiVe.
Take the case outlined above. The vic
TIM, August Bohl, was the friend OF Edward
Unger, aud lodged with him in this city.
Bohl had money, something more than
$1,000, IN the bank. Unger, who had
served creditably through the civil war,
ha been in the saloon business with indlf-
ferent success, and, at tue time OF the muir
der was in need OF capital. He was not q
criminal, aud, although some OF bis saloons
were not conspicuous for the favorite haunts
OF peace, he was, IN the whole, talrly re-
putable citizen. No suspicion was directed
towards him at the start, and, in fact the
nature OF the crime was such, tina suspicion
could attacn 10 NOBODY. It was clearly not
the work OF professional. and ire nnravei-
| or the mystery was the result OF detec-
tive work ot high order.
Inc New Y ork bureau was informed OF
the trunk and Its contents, mainly because
all startling my steries are lad to TINS city.
Our hrSt efforts we're directed to determln-
ing whether any such trunk as the one de-
scrIbed had been carried BY our express
companies "lthlh the past rev Gays. DIX
detectives were detailed for this task, some
In New YORK and others In Brooklyn, from
which point the trunk mad been shipped.
The Investigations in this city seemed ~
hrst TO be VAN, although one OF the minor
points reported proved later to be the right
cew. IL was imply that trunk, impsr'
tectiV described, had been sent from FortIeth
street TO Edward Unger at ~ Rioge street.
Meantime the men who went TO Brooklyu
learned now a man had gone INTO saloon
on Kent avenue with trunk and left Ii
there until be could summon an express.
man' NIUE ister tne same man ehterel
and pasted label on the trunk. That was
the last seen OF MIN, ana IN due Time az
e1pressman called and look the trunh
away.
The express company that handled the
trunk was looked up, and the order which
, had been lett ior IL was found TO be slightly
stained with Dlood. Inc handwriting Oh
tne oruer was compared Win the Writing
on the receipt tor the trunk carried IRON
torletn street 10 ridge street Ihey were
, Iound 10 correspond remarkably.
Here Then was ciew, vague and entirely
susceptible OF explanation 1t is true, but the
detective does not know MS business who
leaves single pebble nnturned that by the
remoteSt chance may lead TO further lnIor
nation. Two men were detailed to hnc
Unger ana arrest MIN quietly.
IL must re unueIstoou thAt tAe identlhca
: tlol OF the InutlIated remains was by nc
means aoSoluVe' Inc head was missing anc
has never oeen discovered to thls day
nevertheless through cham OF clrcum
stances not necesS Try TO detail here 1t Lac
pseh SUBSTANTIALLY setlied that the murdered
man was august bohl, ana, OF course, II
looking up b5hiS NE ms intimate relations
VIII Olger hau oeeh dlScoVerel.
Inc detectives dld not hnd Unger a
nome out they learned from nelg noors nov
ne looked ana they waited Tor hlm IN TN
Street' W men ne appeared they arrested
MIN wuhout explaining the cause anc
brought MIN pelore me. AS they entered
, the room one OF the detectives said:
|, here Is the man"
w ny! bohl is all rlghtF exclaimed The
prisoner.
need not say that this remark settled th'
matter IN my own mind We had no con
Versatlou at the Time, and from That mo
nlent poncy OF silence was adopted by thu
bureau. Ungers rooms were searched onc
Of al