The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-10


Bend crook has made a statement
charging that the shooting was done
by James Costello, after he and Co.'S
tello had planned the hold up. 1t is
certainly true that Krienke and Cos
tello were together. but there are *
cellent grounds for believing that
Krienke was the murderer. 1t is said
that a majority of the people of South
Bend, including several officers of the
police department hold to this opin-
ion.
The arrest of Krienke was brought
about by the Identification of his cap
which was found at the drug store
after the shooting. Krielke admits
that it is his cap but says that Co.'S
tello wore the cap.
According to Krienke's confession
the crime was planned by him and
Costello in the rooms rented bv Ed.
Wagner for Mrs. Krienke at 44S Wis
lula avenue. The two men vera to-
gether during the afternoon and even
ing on the. day OF the murder.
After supper Costello urged Krienke
to 60 with him to get some ''easy
money!" To this Krrienke at first
demurred. Because of this Costello
went into the kitchen and asked Mrs.
Krienke If she thought her husband
had sense enough to keep his mouth
shut.
II have no knowledge Of what
Charley would do under such circum-
stances, T" she replied.
"Well, 1 am going to take him out
end try him." said Costello, and with
these worn he left the house with
tie mar now under arrest,
"Costello wore a stiff hat and an
o~vercoat, " said Krienke at this point
of the confession. 81 had a up and
was Without an o%vercoat. At the cor
ner of Monroe street and ViStula ave-
nue. Costellj proposed that We ex-
change u headgear and l gave him
the cap at South street. Costello
doubled up bis o%vercoat to give it the
appearance of a top coat. When we
reached the Sepress candy store, just
across the street from the Runyan
place. l backed up and refused to have
ANYTHING to do with the stick up
l crossed to the east side of Vistula
avenue and turning walked north for
about so feet before l looked back
and saw Costello opening the door of
the Runyan store. / walked on aoCut
100 feet and then l heard breaking
glass. Turning l saw the grocervman
run from his store to Runyan's DOOR
way. Then 1 saw the fash and heard
the report of a gun and a few seconds
later Costello and Runyan struggled
out from the store onto the sidewalk.
The groceryman cried for help and 1
ran for the house. On reaching the
alley between South and Monroe
streets | looked across the street and
saw Costello coming up. is that you
Charley?" he asked. l answered in
the affirmative and he came over. He
was ~bareheaded and excited. Il lost
the cap he said, Give me the hat. ,
That was all that was said. | turned
into the house where my wife wa', and
Costello went Oh to the Grand Trunk
tracks"
Kriepke concluded his confession by
stating that his wife would bear him
out by confirming the story, and that
night she was taken into custody.
When Mrs. Krienke was arrested
she refused for more than an hour to
admit that she knew anything cor
corning the murder, but after being
told that her husband was in the tolls
she opened up and told a story which
corr0bOrated Krienke'S confession.
"When Charley came back that
night" she said, she was excited and
short of breath. He rushed into the
house and told me. My God, Costello
has shot Runyan, the druggist Soon
after he entered the patrol wagon
went by and Charley said the police
were afte- Costello. l didn't know
until then that a shooting had taken
place.
Costello is a small man and it is
said that it would have been imposSi-
BILE for him to put up the fight that
was made with so powerful a man as
Runyan, consequently it is to be be-
lieved that Krienke is lying to save
himself from the gallows. Still it
seems probable that the two men were
together and that Costello left the
city on a graud trunk train. The po-
lice expect to have him in custody in
a few Gays.
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