The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-09

would appear in the papers here on
Thursday morning, and if it should
meet the eye of the murderer, in case
he had not left the city, he would dc
SO at once. 1t was case Of jump and
get there. | explained the situation
to Detectives Won Gerichten, Titus
and Mclaughlin, and started them
separately On the Siegel, the glass
company and the Westcott Express
clues.
"The Siegel clue fell fiat; the glass
company threw a little light on the
mystery, but the Westcott Express
proved to be the turning point in the
case. 1t was learned from the Brook
Ign Office of the Westcott Express that
4 trunk had been sent to Baltimore
from Bense's liquor store, at 395 Kent
avenue, several days before. Bense
told Detective Mclaughlin that a man,
perfect stranger to him, had brought
the trunk to his place with an Italian.
Bense remembered the names of Will
son and Baltimore.
Il made up my mind from the fact
that the trunk had been taken to
Brooklyn from this city. That would
be a guilty mans natural device to
hide crime.
Il reasoned that the trunk had been
taken probably from the east side,
and from some house near the Grand
street ferry.
upon this supposition / sent out a
lot of men to go through the records
of express companies to see if any Of
the expressmen remembered a trunk
like the one Bense had seen. Good
luck attended this effort, and it so
happened that at the very first place
1T was Dodd's express-at which De-
tective Mclaughlin called he learned
that similar trunk had been taken
from SAG West 40th street to ~ Ridge
street.
AT the 10th street house it 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 a watch on the house at %
Ridge street It was learned from
the neighbors that Unger-Capt. Un-
ger he was called-still lived there,
but the man named Bodies had gone
to Chicago. The first real connec-
ton 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
wait when Capt. Unger came to the
house. He was arrested, and was
brought at once to police headquar-
tiers. He laughed heartily when &C.
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 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 sofa. Bense was
brought from Brooklyn, and positive
ly identified Capt. Unger as the man
who had brought the trunk to his
place. l learned from Mrs. Siegel the
important fact that Bodies little fin
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 l 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 r.or did l.
THE trunk with the remains had
arrived from Baltimore, and / 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 I had the
trunk and sofa placed in the corridor
near his cell door.
after while 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 said:
"'Come out here, Cap. l want to
see you moment
"Al 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 l 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. helped him gently to the
bloody sofa. He sat down without
looking. did not say anything, nei-
ther did he. l 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 l motioned for a de-
tective to lead him to the cell. Then
I said: Now, Cap, any time that you
wish to talk to me I will be in my
office
HE gave me q glance which re-