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Su amigo lie habia dsdo la Haba ganado
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He entregado los veiate luises la condesa -dio;-
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Jose LlOmpart.
STOP. P.fz.-SANTURcE.-P RICO,

Colmado.-Ventas al por mayor detail
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about $50 o'clock. when Bohle COM
menCed 10 curse and swear at his lard
luck L was kneeling on the floor lin
front of the stove, raking the FIRE with
the poker. and he was sitting close by.
He called me a thief L turned toward
him and told him I was no thief, at the
same time raising my hand To- shove
him away
He then struck me on the neck with
his fist, knocking me down. ] spraug
to my feet and attempted TO strike him
with the poker, which. up to that time,
] had kept i'm my hand. He seized the
poker and pulled it out of my hand. and
at the same time ne grabbed a knife
from the table and ran at me.
II ran into the small bedroom n he
followed me up. I picked mp a hammer
from a chest that was under the bed
lie mad another luuge at me with the
knife, and , warded of the blow and
received a slight cut on the right hand
in doing So. 7 then struck him on the
head with the hammer. He staggered,
and I followed him up and struck him
with the hammer. the hammer going
deep into his skull mp to the handle.
He staggered back and fell upon the
sofa. dead.
This occurred at about 10 ~o'clocis
Expecting my son back at any moment,
and 60 av0id having him see what had
~ NH EA n aAAAL"h Ea-E July HNkAHa NAL
sofa and dragged it up close to the wall,
and then took a cot used by B0hie TO
sleep on, turned it over on the side.
and placed IL against the wall over the
body. and took the bedclothes and
threw them over the cot. so that the
body could not be seen. Ny son came
home soon afteTWard and asked me
where August was, and told him that
he had gone d My son and myself
then went to bed"
The confession goes ON to state that
on the following morning, as soon as
his son had gone TO his work. Unger
had gone out and purchased some rub
Der cloth in Grand street, and had
then returned and cut up his we
TINS body Il packed i'd in the dead
mans own trunk-all but the head
AS the head would not go into the
trunk, he wrapped it up in a part Of
the clothing of the deceased.
Unger's confession continues II left
the house. after cleaning up the rooms
and removing the blood as best ] could.
and taking the head of the deceased
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under my arm went to the Grand
street ferry. i boarded tine boat for
Williamsburg, and went to the for
ward part OF the boat. where I stood.
ON the deck at the bow with the bun
die I'm my hands.
when the boat had about reached
mid-stream I dropped the bundle con-
tanning the head of the deceased, with
the clothing wrapped around il. over
board. When the boat reached the fer
ny slip ON the Brooklyn side / went
ashore % walked to Henry Siger's
butcher shop at 205 Throop avenue.
There I learned that ne was sick in
bed. and I told Mrs Siegel that Au-
gust Bohle had gone 10 Chicago the
night before.
Il then returned to my house. and
between ) pa 6 o'clock i'm the even
ing / got an Italian. VINO is q stranger
10 me. d paid him a quarter TO as
sist me in carrying the trunk around
TO Grand street. to a saloon. where I
asked the prOprietOr's permission to
leave ii until the next day. which was
granted. 7 called for the trunk on
saturday, and, hailing q cartman who
was passing, and who said that he
was going to Brooklyn. 7 engaged this
cartman to take the trunk to Brook
lyn, and I paid him a halt-dollar TO
take the trunk over.
u brought the trunk to the saloon
of Henry Bense. 395 Kent avenue. and
asked permission 20 leave Il there for
a short while. Then I went 10 the
Wescott Express Office, IN Bedford ave
nue., and told them TO send to Bense's
saloon for the trunk. The address on
the label I had written was. John A.
Watson, Baltimore. Maryland. To be
called for, 7 pasted this label on the
trunk and Left the saloon, after request
ing Beuse TO deliver the trunk 20 the
agent Of the Westc0tt Express cOm-
p8ny. and take his receipt FOR il, and
told him that would cali back in the
evening for the receipt. I did call on
returning. and, after receiving the re-
ceipt, came home
The confession concludes. Il did not
mean TO kin the deceased. He was a
quaTrelsOme man. and / believed that
my life was in danger when ] struck
him with the hammer. The in
Which ] disposed 81 the body WAS done
bv me SO as tn save myself and chill
dreu from disgrace.
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only uumation that he was at all af-
fected by his SURROUNDINGS was given
when the clerk read an affidavit made
Dy Inspector ByTnes, iE which Edward
Unger was charged with the murder
or August Bohle Oh the night Of Thurs
Gay, January 20
when the clerk came TO the word
Thursday, Jnger startled the meresI
triae, The %faintest io0k OF surprise APP
peaTed upon his features. and for a
fraction of a second me gazed sharply
at the Inspector. However. his eyes
Immediately dropped. and ne regaiued
his stOlid demeanor, though ii was evil
dent he thought that the police had
more information than he had pre-
viousiy given them credit for. Riding
back TO police headquarters with IN
sDector ByTnes in q carriage, Unger
said:
You're trying to hang me. aiu't
youo'
That same day the inspector began
the system that resulted I'm Ungers
confession. No ooner had he been
placed in his cell than inspector Byrnes
sent for him. The trunk in which the
body had been sent to Baltimore had
reached New York by that time, and
in ID were some-of the clothes that had
been worE by Bohle al the time of his
death. AS Cpger turned "a corner In
AtNL NLA hAEH W. &1HANN EH'ELA IN
who was taking the blood-staiDsd
clothing out OF the trunk. apparently
unconscious OF the fact that the per-
petrator of the crime was passing.
on being taken into ar. Byrnes' Of
flee Unger was asked a few questions,
and Then sent back 10 his cell. He
passed the trunk. opened. with ITS con-
tents disclosed as he returned. and all
night he was aware of the fact that 1T
was just around the corner from him.
When daylight came iu the morning
he could see the hammer and saw from
his cell door, where they had been
thrown down in the corridor. apparent-
ly without any intention Of leaving
them within the range of his vision.
When the Inspector sent for him that
morning be- was kept waiting a few
moments in a part of the corridor a
short distance from his cell. in the OPP
posite direction from the point where
the trunk was placed. and here he and
the detective VINO had him in charge
sat down on a sofa. III was the sofa
ou which the body Of B0hie had fallen
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New York's Celebrated
Criminal Lawyer

Unger was tried In February and
found guilty Of InausIaughter in ths
first degree. his story thai he had been
attacked by BOhle before striking him
being accepted by the Jury. Justice
Barrett. who tried the case, sentenced
him TO twenty years in Sing Sing
prison
Incidentally Justice Barrett laid down
the law with regard 20 killing another
in self-defense. The learned jurist
said;
4, If between the first and second
blow the defendant was no longer IN
imminent danger he had no right 10
follow up deceased and strike a blow
which would have caused death. A
man must avoid killing another I'm
every possible way, lit is his duty TO
retreat when attacked, rather than
stand and defend himself 1t Isl only
when he is in extremity and must de-
ode absolutely between the taking Of
his own life or of immediate danger
to his person, that he has a right 90
kill"
Unger had fought in our navy dsring
the Civil war, and at one time was
captain of the gunboat Eua. He was
81 years of age, and had come from
Germany at the age OF H. He he'd
been at sea most Of his life. and was
present at the bombardment of New
Orleans. and had lost the hearing in
one a and injured his foot at the
bombardment Of Fort Jackson.
Copyright. 1903. by Abraham Il. Hum
mel.
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when ne had been killed, and Tnger
was unaware until then that 1T mad
been taken from the room where the
tragedy occurred.
However, Unger was a man Of strong
nerves, and he showed no evidence Of
Weakening during his talk with Mr..
Brynes that morning. When the inter-
view was concluded the Inspector said
TO him.
When you get ready to send for me
I'll have another talk with you"
Then Unger was left alone an day.
In returning to his cell he had again
passed the open trunk, with it's grue-
some contents: he knew that the blood
stained sofa was just out of sight in
the other direction the saw and the
hammer, mute accusers. lay before him
whenever he looked through the graft
ings of his cell door. A detective. who
kept surreptitious watch upon him.
saw that though he tried TO remain
calmly IN the rear part or his CELL he
seemed continually drawn to the door
TO cast fascinated glances upon The
tools of his crime.
Who shall tell what were the unhap-
py mans thoughts during those long.
Wretched hours for it was G o'clock
i'm the evening before he succumhed
Then he sent for Inspector Byrnes and
acknowledged that he had killed BOhie,
while claiming ID a he Ia str1ck him
ia self-defense. His confession was
drawn up in writing. aud signed by
him. II was as follows.
u, Edward Unger, make this confess
sion of my own free viii and accord 7
live at No. - Ridge street. in this city.
Z had known August Rohle, the de-
ceased, since last November. first
met him at my saloon at No. - FL
bridge street. where he called upon me
TO answer an advertisement which i
had inserted in the Stats Zeitung for
a partner We could not agree upon a
price, and 7 subsequently gave up the
business and went 10 live at no. %
Ridge street.
August Bohle came to live with me,
the agreement being that he was to pay
0ne-haIf the rent. which was $3.50 per
month, and one-third of the household
expenses. on the night Of Thursday,
Jan. %, 1887. after we had had supper
my son, Edward, who was living with
me. left home 10 lake a wal5 leaving
Bohle in the room with me.
we remained there talainE until
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Edward Unger's Confession.

IT was 9 or 10 O'Clock at night before
the suspected man came back To his
lodgings He was entirely unconscious
that he was observed as he stopped be-
fore the door. but it was evident that
some ugly memory caused him to hesi-
tate to enter. and. after elaucine u9
at the windows two OF three times. he
went Ou past the house.
When the detectives arrested him a
little further up The street. however,
and told him what he was wanted"
for he prOfessed great Indignation. but
was perfectly cool. on being brought
before Inspector Byrnes. Unger said
that he knew nothing about Bohle. ex-
cept b a he a left the house in
Ridge street % % e to Chicago on
the night of the z0th of the month. and
absolutely refused 90 answer any fur
Their questions.
On searching the rooms that had been
occupied by BOhle and the two fingers.
father and son, a ammer was found
that had evidently been used as a
weapon with "a butchers saw hat had
obviously served 90 dismember the
body of the murdered man. and "a rub
Der sheet on which the operation had
been performed. There were stains on
a sofa in the room. which had been
made by blood
Edward Unger, the SON. a boy Of H.
n 1r aIaErleA- nlA tDh tNleAl knew HINL4-
ing of the crime that had been COM
mitted. lie said that on the evening
that B0hle disappeared. me 0be b0y)
had gone ont for a walk, ieayluE his rc~
Their and Bohle together. He came
home TWO hours later. a little after 10
O'Clock. when his father told him that
me had quarreied with Bohle. and he
had left the house and zone 10 Chicago
young Edward volunteered the infor-
nation that ON the following day he
had seen his father on his knees scrub
bling the floor of the room with soap
and hot water.
An exhaustive search of the house
and premises for the head of the muir
deTed man was fruitless.
Inspector Byrnes himself arraigned
Unger before Police Justice Duffy the
day after his capture. The prisoner all
along maintained the same stolid de-
meanor lie manifested no emotion
when the hammer, saw and rubber
sheet We're offered in evidence go court.
ana his only reply 20 questions put 90
him Was have nothing 20 say The
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have been trying to overtake the reb-
els. who. by this time, have greatly in
creased I'm numbers.
The contest has developed into q
chase around a circle. The government
took the matter lightly at first.
claiming that the uprising could be
put down I'm a few days. Weeks and
months have elapsed and the govern
ment has been unable to keep its prom
Use nd restore order. The insurgents
avoid am engagement. They forage
for their living and make the govern
menJ spend it's money I'm chasing
them Eventually they expect to wear
it out and force terms upon il. Some
say they VIII demand control of the
province where the trouble started.
others that the resignation of the
president viii be demanded. They
VIII doubtless ask much and take what
cver they can get.
Thus il Will be seen that a mere
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By
A. III. HUmmel.

~ he eNtortiQn from Captain Edward
Unger some seventeen years ago
OF a confession of the murder OF
August B0hle was one of the most
notable Of Che series of achievements
by which Inspector Thomas Byrnes
demonstrated that his extraordinary
facility iu the detection of crime was
based upon profound and intuitive
knowledge OF men. 10 is not every Grim
iHal who can De- forced 10 make confes-
sion, and most men in Inspector
ByrDes' position would have consid-
cred that b -phlegmatic and self-con-
tanned German who was suspected Of
The murder Of his roommate would be
the last man TO reveal the secret of his
own guilt.
Yet in spite of his strength OF Wiu.
ln spite of the fact that he was in the
prime OF vigorous manhood. I'm spite Of
the circumstance that his having
fought through the civil war made him
Iamllar with death and violence. Tn
ger weakened under the method em-
3i0yed by the great detective. aud told
the story Of his crime.
it was "a ghastly crime that UuEer
committed. but the hideOus details arc
non essential 90 the story. Briefly told
81 is as follows. In the latter part OF
January. 1850, the headless corpse of a
1pan was found iu a trunk in the ex-
Aress Office an Baltimore. which had re-
GENTLY been forwarded from Brooklyn.
A tag on The handle of the trunk bore
the name of the Westc9tt Express COM
pany OF The latter city. and The police
found 10 difficulty Boo tracing III 60 a
saloon in Kent avenue, and thence back
10 No. p Ridge street. 0u the east side
Of Kew YoTk
Inquiries here revealed the fact that
q Young German named August B0hle,
who had lived with an older man of
She same nationality, named Edward
Eneer, and his son. had disappeared
.ebout a week before, and that Enger
bad told The others in the house that
Bohle had gone 20 Chicago. Tt was in
the middle OF the afternoon hat the de-
tectiVes made their inquiries. ana Du-
ger was not then at home They took
I'D q position chat commanded the door
81 the house, and waited for him 20 re-
fuTn.
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back, it is not improbable that he may
De taken by recruiting officers aud sent
10 n camp OF the other. S%hOpkeep-
ers dread the time to close their stores,
because they may he taken on the way
home. For a while business people
were allowed to pay a certain amount
Wheu they were summoned, but this is
noN being refused i'm many instances.
We need men as well as money said
one of the officers. The administration
papers are fun of glowing accounts Of
the loyalty of the government forces,
One would suppose that they were the
most loyal troops on earth.
In reality the people have little sym
pathy with either side. There is really
no cause for War and every one is sick
and tired of the whole business. There
would be few recruits TO either stand
ard If compulsory measures were not
used The bOasted volunteers are in
most instances men and boys who were
literally captured and foFcibiy pressed
into service. Nor do these fighting pol
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$50 miles long has only fifteen miles in
operation. Both sides are co~udscating
whatever supplies they need, and draft
ing men by the thousand. The insur-
gents are most .Want0u i'm their depre-
datiOns. ON one large farm they killed
a number OF head of fine steers and
took nothing but their tongues. The
ragged, dirty troops are followed 10y
warns of low women and a more des-
perate lot never pillaged a country.
These revolutions, even if they are
fought i'm a good cause-as this one is
not-give the lawless element an Op-
portunity to run loose and commit dep
relations that i'm time of peace would
not be tolerated There is a class which
always welcomes revolution because of
the chance it offers for plunderiug and
piiferiuE.
The "press gangs of both sides are
q constant source of terror to most men
and boys i'm Uruguay. It IS said there
are fully 10000 men hiding i'm the woods
to keep from being pressed into service.
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No Relation Of His.

A thin. nervous looking man stepped M
TO the pastor as the latter came doWu
from the pulpit.
You have had q good deal TO say mis-
morning he observed. about a feiler
that killed a man named Abel
Certainly, replied the pastor. The
Sin Of Cain was the subject OF my DIS
course.
IT wish you'd do me the favor next
Sunday. said the thin man. I'M some eN-
element, 10 tell the folks that the man
YOU were talking about this morning am Q
go relation 20 the Kane that Keeps a.
livery stable down hE fhe mil : don't
want none Of my friends y TANK that 4
had 3 hand ia that kaiu Inata a4
Good DAY
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quarrel between a few greedy poll
ticiaHs I'VE the control Of a province
has thrown a country into war. Tt
is claimed the real cause of the strife
is the underlying hatred of the op-
posing factions; that the provincial
quarrel was merely q blind to precipi-
tate hOstilities and give the old ene-
mics a chance to have fl out. Al any
rate, politics in one form or another is
at the bottom of st all. and the c0un-
try is going To ruin. The schools are
closed. because one side or the other
has drafted all the boys large enough
TO keep in line and carry a gun,
Business in Bad Shape.
Business is al a s|tandstiI. In u
block I saw five stores with the blinds
down, and failures are occurring every
day. The banks are afraid 20 take
money. They refuse to pay interest ON
deposits. and make a charge for storing
cash In their vaults. A line of railway