Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-18
hints BRUNEN CASE
IS NEAR SOLUTION
Letter Of Murdered Mans Wife
to "6allyhoo" Said to Be
in Parker's Hands
DENIES "D0C" WARD Is HELD

men, wife Of murdered "Ironcst John"
pu,,u r,,.,,
nNers'ue circuS wner' W
DOC Ward. former "ballyhoo' with
the circus arc the latest evidence n
,es'd 10 nave been scrntinized D. County
Detective Ellis Parker.
What he hns learned or .Ypectv q,
learn from these missjves Detectiyc
Parker refused IN sov. Hc vo,,ji not
even say definitely that any letters from
Mrs. Brunrn had been found @ in Wards
dor Jetec]t;vcs ] syasivo & anvao.v ac Ms.u'e "r. hn
ever. ond his rensnted nsscrtio, "yw ,hot
he had "an ace in thc bole'" o~i
would "surnrisc lot OF pconie: wbam
he was rendv IN nroduco a. crao,od thn
impression thnt Tho letters bsd beon
found. '' 'e'"
While doc" Ward was being inter.
rcgated BY Parker Yesterday Jersey Citv
police were under instructions 70 40
through his nossessions with ,be NJ ~
| most care in search of the letters which
| Ward admitted be had received from
Mrs. Drunen on an average of two or
three times q week.
A statement made yesterday by Wal
ter l.. Kcown. Mrs. Bruncn's sttor-
ncy, that the letters she received Mt
the PalmyrG postoffce, addressed to
Mrs, ID, Nolen,'' were really from
Miss Tcssic Alohr, her sister, brought
u loud laugh from Parker today.
ar -. p,,,,.,,
| o' VI D"nh
That's a lot OF BUNK. said Lar-
md and who wrote them
"Were any letters found in Doc
Wards rooms?' the detective was
asked.
~ don't care to answer that ques.
ton he said.
'Is Ward in custody! he was askeh.
'I'll answer that he replied. 'by
saying. absolutely he ia not.
"Will YOU question him again:
~ don't know said Par ker. The
county detective explained that Mnr'
had left Mount Holly Tor jersey C!ty.
in company with Captain Larkins. heni
of the Jersey City detective force. who
brought him.
.If we need Ward" concluded Par.
ker, 1--WE know where he is
Prosecutor Kelsey and Detective
Parker will ho,d an important confer.
cnce today, Parker will make q move.
according to rumor ut Mount Holly.
within the next twenty -four hours.
BEFORE he does so he wants to be as
surcd of the approval ana cooperation
of the County Prosecutor. Parker gives
no evidence of being dismaycd by the
III success of weeks effort. lie said
this morning that he was just as con-
fidcnt ns ever that the murder would be
solved, and solved quickly.
Ou,,zes Eruitless So Far
~ s,,s al orost,oni,y q,
.nnt,,,., Werner, circus cook, who
,.ns n"'Lm in,o+od nt Rcrwyn Yesterday and
'';a,,,I MaS thoro bv tho detectives. has not
,S,.,.JI aIo.r ~ Tho mystery.
he,ttn Wtou o"' rorrr dc6nitcly suspcct -,
hoon cl;ninatcd entirely. He made
i nhe oc"h 'h.ronhnmts known Voluntarily
nIs ..',, t;S ,;cture in tho neners,
WEI wen M -. 'aT oI;on n'I ,nd oarchcd for him in
ul,.' ''T pc os wortino quietly nt his
sh,". ;u,da ot h.Lcr IN Eerwvn and was
oiI ',"ue n,,o ~, tha+ bo Ind becn thorc
ap'. ~ snno,n sm Of tho m,rdor
OIL NV a., ,ou ,,,h, viii In oue,t ;o,of
hho'n., n,ha .ha %"" " ~o;tbar % ,rdsr nrroSt
todaF, ou. WI" nn,,i "r p,.raoi, 'ea, .,
~. lilo was n conccssion .
Paterson. N ,rn,on., -" n;rors omd hnJ ,
nalrc VIII; I'LL, ,In .h"n,n,, v.h;ch nndo'
dispute WI ,i N"M Mt '''" "tto"h"a,ts t'In fo,
III the hu tmu so conds Rruncn nut m 'V'
each other S,Tns, ,onL,nnn. pIf Iif,od ~ "a
,Ht Il
ms snow. uaL''i n'' J ,J. uo ~. a..
hrunrh re.a.ii,u n,' ',a, S""un. h". 'cu.iv' ,,'
l'oran Go's nHt wv" J''roul '.,,, ia. m,. w
cen haG uni t,ins " Wv i'e
dcatn. put pc'Ic''s nH niuf pc "p'c y
give Information y, ,h'", M"'n r,''ru u
with other 'n'"s' NV ""'"or''ie'
know.
Many Persons Swallowed
Parker is working out a definite plar
of campaign. Thirty men have workc,
undcr him. "shadowing'' as many per
sons who have had intimate contact
win brumen nnu ,';, nrS snoW. iis Know
,',,,,m ,"r nf his knowlcdcc has boen fttn
u into II working theory of the murdc
m,Licb iS hi. ono hest -krnt sccret
: The detective has about made I'm hi
mind IN bcrin ihc Uuestionnr NJ tb
nersons who were in the house, or /,
$ the immediate domestic circle, of th
murdered man Mt the time he was sbo
p from behind. as he seat near the kitcbe
window of his home reading n news
Dancr.
Mrs. Rruncn. wife of the circus man
bns been let alone since the murder
Parker said he would give her ampl
time to recover her pose after the shoe
, of the tragedy. lie docs not bclicy
she, knows anything about the murder
lie will question her again, howrve,
. rs he will question Bruncn's daughte
Hazel and other members Of the famil
to see If he cun by any chance get
: new angle ON the murder.
! Probably he will make another exam,
ination of the house also. seeking on
of those inanimatc clues which some
times lead to the solution OF the mos