Eastern Colorado times., 1912-08-09

receipt for the trunk Ii Ridge street
was signed by Edward Unger.
Il put . watch on the house at 2:
Ridge street. It was isarned fron
the neighbors that Capt. I'm
ger he was called-still lived thsre
but the man named Bodies had gone
to Chicago. The frst real conneo
tion Of one of the men with the trunk
was made when the detectives heard
the description Of Capt. Unger. II
was the same as that given by Bense
The men had only a short time te
wait when Capt. Unger came to the
house. He was arrested. and wal
brought at once to police headquar
ters. He laughed heartily when 40
cused Of numbering Bodies. He said
that Bodies had gone to Chicago. and
he could bring him to this city with
a telegram.
"Unger lived on the NTH floor
front. and in the room was found
abundant evidence Of butchery oi
some sort. The carpet was stained
with blood, and hammer. saw ant
knife had particles of blood ON then
near the handles. There was a great
blood stain on sofa. Bense wal
brought from Brooklyn, and positive
ly identified Capt. Unger as the mar
who had brought the trunk to his
place. learned from Mrs. Siegel the
important fact that Bohles' little I'm
ger on the left hand was crooked.
"Unger 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 sent for the
captain. He gave q 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 aud 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 door.
After q while I went down to the
cells and stood in front of Unger's
6oor. As said nothing, this made
him uneasy. After fifteen or twenty
minutes said:
"Come out here. Cap. l 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 I 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, neil
ther did he. could see him pull
himself together to face me. AS he
took his hands from his eyes he saw
the blood spot on the sofa. He jumped
to his feet. and I 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 l will be in my
ONCE
"He gave me q glance which re-
minded me of beast at bay, but
saw that his spirit was broken. 1t
was only little while when Detective
Hickey came to the ofice with the In
formation that Unger wanted to see
me. fxed 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.
"The captain looked defiant when
he came in. but It was only the last
bluff.
well. inspector, I can't beat this
game. What do you want to know?
"'Who killed Bohles? asked
quickly.
al did, he replied, and he acted
as II great load had been lifted from
his mind. Then he told the story of
he-butchery, and claimed that 1t was
done in self-defense. He was sent to
Sing Sing for twenty years. He told
me that Bohles was looking over his
shoulder all the time, and the spectre
made him insane short time after
he was taken to Sing Sing"