The Meeker herald., 1914-04-25


fr1Ehtensd.
He stepped forward. took hurried
look At me and. grabbing Hunemann
by the arm. dragged him away. say
ing: KILLED him dead. Right be-
tween the eyes. Lots get away from
this before the coppers come"
They ran away into the dark lay
still for nve minutes. Then l picked
myself up. brushed my clothes aud
went back to my hotel.
Clutter and Hunemann ran straight
down to the Jersey Central freight
yards and caught a through freight
for Philadelphia. 1t was three days
later that I heard from my partner.
His communication was by telegram,
and 1t read: 1--WE got the bird Gagged.
Rutgers lodging house. corner Penn
and Biddle streets. Get stenogra-
pliers with dictagraph from office.
Clutter
One fine morning 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 &C.
cupied by Cluffer 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 1t 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 nal.
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 know"
Cluffer-"You've got a hold on me.
and I've got no hold on you. Good
bye"
Hunemann-"Wcit minute. pal.
I done 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 1t. / needed fifty TO
give girl was stuck on. put my
hand on his mouth SO he couldn't hol-
Ter. and then i grabbed him by the
throat, and pretty soon he was dead.
Honest"
Clutter Laughing)-"Oh.y you dub!
D'you think you can bunk me? You
haven't got nerve enough to kill q
flea"
Hunemann-"I'll show you. Here:
I'll take you and show you where
hid the bank. Now will you believe
I'm in as deep MS you are? Now am
a good pal? VIII you stick with me
now?"
Cluffer-"You show me the bank
and we'll see about It,"
arrested both Clufrer 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 volition to the dis
trict attorney. how he was sent to the
electric chair, and how the autopsy
showed his brain to belong to the
lowest criminal type Of degenerates.
Clutter and l were 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. "Ho
was dog all right, but-he certainly
did believe that l was his friend
And l said, Next time you shoot
me. don't you aim 30 blame closa to
my head. can hear those wads
whizzing past my head in my sleep"