The Springfield herald., 1912-08-09

and from some house near the Grand
street ferry.
Upon this supposition sent out q
lot Of men to go through the records
of express companies to see II any OF
the expressmen remembered trunk
like the one Bense had seen. Good
luck attended this effort, and 1t &c
happened that at the very first place
| it was Dodds express-at which De
tective Mclaughlin called he learned
that a similar trunk had been taken
from 546 West 10th street to 22 Ridge
street.
''At the 40th street house 1t was
/ learned that the trunk belonged to
August Bodies, a butcher and the
receipt for the trunk in Ridge street
was signed by Edward Unger.
IL put watch on the house at %
Ridge street. 1t was learned from
the neighbors that Unger-Capt. I'm.
ger he was called-still lived there,
but the man named Bodies had gone
to Chicago. The first real connec-
tion of one of the men with the trunk
was made when the detectives heard
the description of Capt. Unger. 1t
was the same as that given by Bense.
THE men had only short time to
walt when Capt. Unger came to the
house. He was arrested, and was
brought at once to police headquar.
ters. He laughed heartily when nc
cused OF numbering Bohles. He said
that. Bohles had gone to Chicago, and
he could bring him to this city with
telegram.
"Unger lived on the fifth floor,
front. and in the room was found
abundant evidence of butchery Of
some sort. The carpet was stained
with blood, and hammer. saw and
knife had particles of blood on them
near the handles. There was a great
blood stain on a sofa. Bense was
brought from Brooklyn. and positive
ly Identified Capt. Unger as the man
who had brought the trunk to his
place. learned from Mrs. Siegel the
important fact that Bohles' little tin-
ger on the left hand was crooked.
"Unger had an iron will and more
nerve than any man I ever met under
similar circumstances.
Il placed the. saw, knife and ham,
mer on my table. and sent for the
captain. He gave a careless glance
at the tools and sat down. talked
with him, not about the crime, and
at the same time kept handling the
tools. He did not say anything about
them nor did l.
The trunk with the remains had
arrived from Baltimore, and I had
them and the bloody sofa that was In
Unger's room brought to police head
quarters. let the captain stay in the
dark for awhile. and then had the
trunk and sofa placed In the corridor
near his cell docs,
After a while l went down to the
cells and stood in front of Unger's
door. AS l said nothing. this made
him uneasy. After fifteen or twenty
minutes l said:
"'Come out here. Cap. I want to
see you moment
"'All right he responded.
He stepped slowly out of the cell.
and as he passed me, slapped him
on the back. He turned quickly, and
there stood. pointing at the open
trunk, with its horrible contents in
full view. Unger jumped, put his
hands over his eyes and staggered
backward. helped him gently to the
bloody sofa. He sat down without
looking. did not say anything. nei-
ther did he. could see him pull
himself together to face me. AS he
took his hands from his eyes he saw
ho 10 1t.r ad
to his feet, and motioned for de-
tective to lead him to the cell. Then
said: Now, Cap. any time that you
wish to talk to me | will be in my
Office
He gave me glance which re-
minded me of a beast at bay. but
saw that his spirit was broken. 1t
was only little while when Detective
Hickey came to the office with the in
formation that Unger wanted to see
me. l fixed the bloody tools on the
table, and alongside of them a pack
age of labels of the glass company in
Wooster street, which had been found
In his room.
1.-The captain looked defaE. when
he came In, but 1t was only the last
bluff.
"'Well. inspector. l can't beat this
game. What do you want to know?
"'Who killed Bohles? asked
quickly.
"T did, he replied. and he acted
as If great load had been lifted from
his mind. Then he told the story of
the butchery, and claimed that 1t was
done in self-defense He was sent to
Sing Sing for twenty years. He told
me that Bodies was looking over his
shoulder all the time. and the spectre
made him insane a short time after
he was taken to Sing Sing"
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