The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09


luck attended this effort, and it 10
happened that at the very. hrst place
lit was Dodd's express--at which Do.
tective Mclaughlin called he learned
that similar trunk had been taken
from 546 West 10th street to ~ Ridge
street. ~ .a 4.
AT the 10th street house II Wa
!; learned that the trunk belonged to
August Bodies. butcher, and the
receipt for the trunk in, Ridge street
was signed by Edward unger. IT,:
Il put watch on the house ct a
Ridge street. It was learned from
the neighbors that Unger-Capt. I'm.
ger he was called-stll1 lived there,
but the man named Bellies had gone
to Chicago. The .drst real connec
ton Of one OF the men with the trunk
was made when the detectives heard
the description of Capt. .Unger. II
was the same AZ that given by Bense.
The men had only q short time to
wait when Capt. Unger came to the
house. He was arrested, and awas
brought at once to police headquar-
tiers. He laughed heartily whom &C
cused Of numbering Bodies. He said
that Bodies 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 .hutchery Of
some sort. The carpet was stained
with blood, and a hammer saw and
knife had particles of blood on them
near the handles. There was q great
blood stain on sofa. Bense was
brought from Brooklyn, and positive
ly identified Capt. Unger as the man
who had brought the trunk to his
place. I learned from Mrs. Slegel the
important fact that Bodies little fin
ger on the left hand was crooked.
ginger had an iron will and more
nerve than any man ever met under
similar circumstances.
Il placed the saw, knife and ham,
mer on my table, and I sent for the
captain. He gave 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 had,
them and the bloody sofa that was I'M
Unger's room brought to police head:
quarters. let the captain stay in the
dark for awhile, and then i had the
trunk and sofa placed In the corridor
near his cell door.
After a while l went down to the
cells and stood in front of Unger's
door. Az l said nothing. this made
him uneasy. After fifteen or twenty
minutes I said:
"'Come out here. Cap. l want ia
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 I stood, pointing at the open
trunk, with it's horrible contents in
full view. Unger jumped, put his
hands over his eyes and staggered
backward. I helped him gently to the
bloody sofa. He sat down without
looking. l did not say anything, mel!
Their did he. could see him pull
himself together to face me. AS be
took his hands from his eyes he saw
the blood spot on the SOFA He jumped
to his feet, and l motioned for a de-
tective to lead him to the cell. Then
l 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 beast at bay. but l.
saw that his spirit was broken. 1t
was only little while when Detective
Hickey came to the ONCE with the in;
formation that Unger wanted to SEQ
me. l fixed the bloody tools on the
table, and alongside Of them 4 pack
age of labels Of the glass company in,
Wooster street, which had been found:
In his room.
THE captain looked defiant when
he came in, but it was only the last
blum.
"'Well, inspector, l can't beat this
game. What do you want to know?
"'Who killed Bohles?' asked
quickly.
81 did, he replied, and he acted
as II a great load had been lifted from
his mind. Then he told the story Of
the butchery, and claimed that it 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"