The New York herald., 1922-06-14
WIDOW ARRESTED
IN BRUNEN MURDER
Parker Believes Mt. Holly
Snowman Was Victim of
Three Cornered Plot.
FRAMEUP CHARGED TOO
Circumstantial Web Is Wound
Around Three Persons
Now in Jail.
FRAMEUP CHARGED TOO

Special Dispatch to TIE New YORK HERALD.
MOUNT HOLLY, n. j., June 13.-Mrs.
Doris Brunen has been lodged in the
Burlington county Jail charged with
murder in connection with the Staying
of her husband, Honest John" Bru-
men, in his home in Riverside, N. j..
March 10.
She was arrested in Camden late
last night. In the county Jail also
charged with the murder are her
brother Harry c. Mohr and Charles
NJ. Powell. Powell a former employee
of Brunen's circus confessed in April
to having fired the fatal shot an1
charged Mohr with hiring him to COM
NIT the murder. Mrs Brunen's ar
rest was made at the order of Detec-
tive Ellis Parker of Burlington county.
report to-day said that another
woman may be brought into the case.
1t was said she was outside the Brunen
home when the murder was committed.
This. however, Detective Parke- denied,
although he admitted that the case was
not yet cleaned up.
The detective said from the beginning
he suspected Harry Mohr and Mrs.
Brunen of having instigated the murder.
To-day he recalled how statements made
directly after the murder by Mrs.
Brunen, Hazel Brunen and Harry -Iohr
all directed suspicion toward George
Werner, a circus cook, saying they mad
seen him several times near the aouse
The statements. Parker charged, consti-
tuted a "frameup" originated because
Powell and Werner are of similar ap-
pearance. Parker learned quickly that
Werner was innocent and then suspected
the frameup about the time Mrs. Eliza
beth Jaeskhe. Brunen's sister, caused a
sensation by making public letter
written to her by the murdered man
stating he believed his wife was planning
to have him done away with
Just before III ,nest John" was taken
to the cemetery Mrs. Brunen threw her
self on his bier, kissed his lips and called
for him to come nack to life and name
his slayer. Then, at an order from De-
tective Parker. who had by that time
learned that twenty-five minutes had
elapsed between the time Mrs. Brunen
found her murdered husband and the
time she summoned aid. Mrs Jaeskhe
announced she no longer believed Mrs.
Brunen guilty of tie crime.
Mrs. Jaeskhe then went to visit Mrs.
Brunen in the Riverside home. on advice
of the detective, and learned much that
led to Mrs. Brunen's arrest. While Pow
ell. when questioned by the detective,
always showed a tendency TO shield
all women linked with the case. bits Of
ir formation obtained from him. after
his confession, caused the detective TO
order the arrest Of the widow of the
murdered show man.
T4 To- Ho ct
prior to the murder. Honest Jotr' and
his wife engaged in a quarrel, ending
with an exchange of revolver shots In
their home. Mrs. Brunen emptied five
chambers of a revolver, only ole bullet
hitting her husband.
Detective Parker had planned to ar
rest Mrs. Brunen soon after the murder.
but the premature publication OF
Bruncns letter to his sster, showed
Parker's hand" and he then let her
alone. When he did question ter, he
did so in perfunctory fashion. as he
wished to lull her into a sense of secur.
ity. while ne sifted his evidence
Mrs. Brunen was constantly under
surveillance while she lived in an apart
men: in PHILADELPHIA. Her mail was
watched and her telephone calls were
noted.
Mrs. Brunen was arrested in Camden
by detective Cain Of Parker's staff. and
State Trooper Bading. who have been
working on the case since the beginning.
For days they had waited for her 10
go to Camden. and when she finally
did so. Monday night, they stopped her
and explained that Detective Parker
wished to talk with her In his office IN
Mount Holly. She consented to accom-
pany them there, unaware that Cain
carried a warrant for her.
At the conclusion of half hour 3
interview between Parker and Mrs.
Brunen she was taken to jail. after she
had waived hearing. The case has
not as yet been taken before the Grand
Jury which win not be convened again
until autumn