The Meeker herald., 1912-08-10

30 wen that for . second he was
frightened. sr.-.
He s.epped forward. took . hurried
look At me and. grabbing Hunenann
by the arm. dragged him away. say
ing: KILLED him dead. Right be-
tween the eyes. Let's get away from
this before the coppers come"
They ran away into the dark. lay
still for Ave minutes. Then l picked
myself up, brushed my clothes and
went back to my hotel.
Cluffer and Hunemann ran straight
down to the Jersey Central freight
yards and caught through freight
for Philadelphia. 1t was three days
later that heard from my partner.
His communication was by telegram.
and 1t read: I've got the bird Gagged.
Rutgers lodging house, corner Penn
and Biddle streets. Get stenogra-
piers with dictagraph from Office.
"Cluffer"
One fine morning a few days later
found myself with two stenographers
from the office in Rutgers cheap
lodging house in Philadelphia. occupy
ing rooms in each side OF the one oc-
cupied by Clutter and Hunemann. Our
dictagraphs enabled US to hear every
word that was being said by the pair.
Here is the salient part of the dicta-
graph testimony as it now appears in
the records of our agency:
Cluffer-"Yes, I've got to quit you.
I'm afraid to stay with you any long
er. You've got too much on me-
You've got me. You might squeal
about that job up in Jersey City. I'm
going to quit you"
Hunemann-"Don't. I'm a good pal,
amt II"
Cluffer-"You're no pal at all. You
let me do the job-and you could turn
me over to the police any time you
want to and go clear yourself. be-
cause there isn't anything against you"
Hunemann-"How do you known
Cluffer-"You've got hold on me.
and I've got no hold on you. Good
bye"
Hunemann-"Wsit minute, pal
I done a job once. too. You know
that Bauder case? l bumped that kid
off. Honest. did. asked him to let
me see his bank. He showed me the
fifty dollars in it. ! needed fifty to
give girl I was stuck on. put my
hand on his mouth SO he couldn't hol-
Ter, and then / grabbed him by the
throat. and pretty soon he was dead.
Honest"
Cluffer Iaughing)-"Oh. you dub!
D'you think you can bunk me? You
haven't got nerve enough to kill IA
flea"
Hunemann-"Ill show you. Here:
I'll take you and show you where
hid the bank. Now will you believe
I'm in as deep as you are? Now am I
good pal? VIII you stick with mo
now"
Clufrer-"You show me the bank
and we'll see about it."
arrested both Clutrer and Hume
mann few evenings later when
Hunemann was proudly showing his
pal" where he had hidden the Bau-
der boys bank In the soft black dirt
behind Bauder's flower houses.
C!uffer was. of course, released
Just as soon as Hunemann was In jail
You have read, II you read the papers.
how Hunemann broke down and con-
fessed of his own volltion to the dis
trict attorney. how he was sent to tho
electric chair, and how the autopsy
showed his brain to belong to the
lowest criminal type of degenerates.
Clutter and We're back in New York
working on another case long before
the trial came to an end.
I'm glad we didn't have to go on
the witness stand" said Clutter. He
was dog all right, but-he certainly
did believe that was his friend
And l said, Next time you shoot
me. don't you aim 80 blame close to
my head. I can hear those wads
whizzing past my head in my sleep~