The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-15
Victim In
Daily Fear
of Assassin
BELIEVED CRIME WAS
FRAMED IN OWN HOME
Jersey Prosecutor Declares
Arrest for Bruner Killing
Imminent.

RIVERSIDE, y. j. March l4~HundrcoS
OF persons including circus ro'k ann
members o. :ra'c-nal organizations at
tended the rrrerai -day OF John Theo-
do-o Br90cH, ci-cHa 7ropr'"t"-. who was
s,ot 70 death as hc :at reading III hts
homo V~ida. n.Si''. The Sc'fi"cS "'''
u naNH h"ca held At : =. N, hut "N IN"
10 the -rc.,' crowds that pHcNed 'AN
house and cvc-C'owed into u" lawn. =
VAS after NhcH the course Sia''cu
for The ccmctrrH. Representatives, q,
a.. thr leading circuseS and OF many ~
the Snale" wagon SHOWS anu "arh''"'
corparIcs we're among the thronES ina
2t!d their last respects to honest
John" aH Brunen Was known among INC
show people.
Aftcr the funeral Prosecutor JchM"
than kri.cv ard County Detective Ellis
Parker expressed the belief that an ar
rest In CONNECTION with III" case w"u'd
be made v:tAlu fcrty-cight hours. R"-
ycuge. the prosecutor declared. un-
doub,odlv was the motive for the KILL
Ing. which he added had bean planned
cunnjneIy hy shrcwd calculating m'nd
Whcn fully exposed, Kelsey said the
details would hc startling.
Th, motor car believed 20 have been
used BY Bruncn'S slayer was identified
to-day a. one that had been stolen In
philadclNhia about ten hours before he
was shot It had been abandoned At
Hammuutun. y. j.. ON saturday by three
men. who fled on foot after the car had
crashed into u tree
Bruucn lived IN fear OF his life and
had expressed the belief that he was
being framed n hts own household" ac-
cordluC to a letter he wrote his sister
Mrs. Eliza beth Jacschc. Of Cary. Ill"
The letter dated February 80, is in pos
session OF Prosecutor Kelsey, to whom
it was sent by Assistant plstrt"; Attor-
ney Welsh. Of Philadelphia. Mrs
Jacschc. who came cast TO attend tn"
funeral services &C hcr brother. was
said to have turned the !cttcr over TO
the Philadelphia authorities.
Accuses HIS wHe.
The letter. written by RruTcn 20 his
sister, requested that If anything hap
pened 10 him she come and take full
charge of cverything.'
II ,Sink Doty MRS. Bruncn' is tigur-
ing 10 do away with me. and thinks she
'can get free for she talks about Il all
the time" said the letter, as given out
By Prosecutor KcISc".
They never give i woman the Just
penalty, and besides She fears leave
everything ito you. she wants 10 set
money, for all she cares for is q good
time She shot al me Christmas uay'
and she would have killed me, hut J
lodged and grabbed my gun and !
fred and hit her IN the stomach, ou'
her corset saved her She shot SIN
times and I only once
"I am not afraid 10 die. but I Will
not Let them drive INC AVA lhcy
cannot do 10 mo what they did TO their
fathc- am willing TO die in har-
ness and I Will mako out Will as sooN
as possiblc. dear sister. and send II 10
vou Take caro- Of Hazel but Doty
my wife. only 81. No one around thc
show owns anything but me.
To-day Doty had q gun put away
aomcwhcrc. IT IS my gun. hao
words With her again this morning for
caught her and Hazel lying TO me
again Just TO get money FOR hcr s'e
lc- do not care for tho money cnd
~ =, II hurts mo greatly how sh'
,.schcs Hazel to lie and so NrorS
Sho simply Is running the children
The wors, crime on earth. ! Wlsh Eot
wnuld vrite her and tell her what u
means to harm Nttle ones. You arr
ua.cVs Sodmothcr and may ee She W"
listen.
"Now. sister, should anything nap
pcn 70 me. get an ATTORNEY anu S"o"
,(r, ,,hts letter. am disguised tc
"ork for a man wants some one t(
, r.orl FOR. and I cant DO IT any more
to- N, ones supposed to be my family
do my best and accomplish my enu
! onlv TO be disappointed IN tho one:
YOU think are depr to YOU Keep I'M:
ictter and say nothing to your fanny