Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-18

wanted TO go BACK and give myselI up, Dul
my wife wouldn't let me. She said l dldn Z
know whether he was dead or not, and ought
tc wait until found out.
81 took her advice, and we drove tc
Ebensburg. We did not make any effort tt
hide or hurry, but drove leisurely to Pitts
burg. We stopped every night, and only
drove in the dav time. did not know the
old man was dead, even after we got tc
Pittsburg SATURDAY. night we went to the
show, aud when on the way home 1 saw'the
people on the porch and stayed away"
eff you wanted to give yourself up why
didn't you go on home?" asked the reporter
81 didn't know they wanted me.
OBJECTS TO RsE.QUEsTIoNs.
'fDon't you suppose they would have
told you had you gone on home?' Thi'
question was lodged.
''Why were you driving around over the
country" was asked.
We'll, had no work, and rather en-
joyed that kind of life"
Were you peddling?"
ono
''Where did you get your horse and
buggy?"
AT Hollidaysburg," he replied, after
some hesitation.
"What did you paw for it?'
Nothing l traded another horse for it. u
"Where did you get the first horse?"
'.Now. see here: that's neither here no,
there. I'm willing to tell all about this
case; but there's no use of going back any
further. L am here to answer for anything
I've done, but 1 don't propose to go any
further than have"
As this seemed ticklish ground, another
subject was taken up. Bruner was asked
why he carried a pistol He replied that
he carried it to defend himself with.
Mr.. AcoR's OPINION OF BRUNER
did you not always carry pistol?" was
asked
. mo. Only the past few months.
Inspector McAleese-Now, Elmer, have
YOU not had a revolver for the past three
years?
Bruner-No, sir I had one about six
months ago, but it wouldn't reyolve. 1t
was only little one,
This proved all the information Bruner
had to give, and he was taken back to cell
and locked up. His presence attracted
quite crowd. Everybody seemed anxious
to see the man who had been successful in
eluding the police while under their very
shadow
81 don't believe Elmer is Just right, -
said David Acor, one of his captors. "He
never did appear to know very much when
he worked for me a few months ago. He
didn't give us much trouble when we start
ed to bring him down so he could give him
self up"
''Don't say he gave himself up inter
posed the Junior Acor. ''We arrested him,
and propose to get that $500 reward. He
wouldn't have come if we hadn't made him,
and we earned the reward"
The young man WAS proud of his catch,
but the father was not sure they had right
to turn him over TO the police.
PECULIAR METHODS OF POLICE
Just as Bruner entered the door
at the police station Inspector Nc
AleeSe was telling the reason he was not
caught Saturday night. When the country
detectives went to TO the house on Center
avenue, they proceeded to make their busi-
ness public property. They went into the
house and allowed people to come and go to
suit themselves. Had they kept every
body in, and quiet, Bruner would have un-
consciously walked into a little trap, and
all this trouble would have been saved
But he was informed, or saw the crowd, and
took the clew to keep away.
When Inspector McAIeese reached the
house with Detective Coulson and the officer
on the beat, after receiving his information
of the murder from a DISPATCH reporter,
he stationed the policeman at the rear, and
with Coulson entered the front door, There
he found the Latrobe officers in charge, and
thev said they were waiting for Bruner to
come home. His father had already re-
turned, but was slick enough to keep the
Latrobe officers there while his son hid.
Inspector McAleese saw at once that the
cnance of an early capture was gone, and it
developed into chase.
The Inspector volunteered to lock up the
woman who had been arrested until morn
ing and then surrender her TO the Latrobe
police. They refused TO allow that though,
and hung on to her all night, rather than
to lock her up and search for the real GRIM
inal. They spent the biggest end of the
night at the Union depot, and went to La
trobe, leaving the murderer at large. In
spector McAleese put his men at work and
they were still hunting when Bruner ar
rived at headquarters.
WHERE SOMEBODY BLUNDERED.
1t was a badly bungled piece of work, and
il was only through good luck that Bruner
was caught at all. The Latrobe police were
more anxious TO secure the $500 reward and
the glory of catching the man Fright under
the nose of Pittsburg policemen than 20
further the ends of Justice. Had they
given Inspector McAleese the tip at the
proper time Bruner would have been ar
rested Saturday night, as he should have
been. The telegram received late at night
by The DISPATCH was the only intorma-
ticn the Pittsburg officials had, when they
should have been telegraphed when it was
known that the murderer was headed this
way.
Had Bruner been at all anxious to get
away he would have had very little trouble
in doing so, inasmuch as he has been at
large two days with officers looking for
him. Not trace of him had been found,
and he could have gotten out with but little
difficulty. The bad break that cost him his
freedom was when he decided that Mr.
Acor would keep him under cover
There was considerable fun over the
actions of the country policemen. Dave
Bruner, uncle of the prisoner, was at the
Central last night. and detailed how one of
them slept with him Saturday night, and
snored SO loud that no one else in the house
could sleep. This was while the local po-
Gcen,en were watching for the murderer.
VISITED BY HIS MOTHER
Last night Burners mother and sister
visited him aT Central station, and the scene
was very affecting. The mother wept bit
terlv at the downfall of her son, and the
Young man was much affected bv the sorrow
OF his mother. He was also visited by his
uncle. George Bruner, father of the muir
derer, has been in the Eleventh ward sta
tion since last Saturday night, but was re-
leased last evening after the young man
gave himself up. Mrs. Price, who was ar
rested on suspicion, was released yesterday,
as she was in no way connected with the
case.
A special telegram from Ebensburg SAYS:
'Thc woman Stark, now in Jail here as an
aceOmplice to the murder of old man Reese,