South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-30
POLICE ARREST
TWO SUSPECTS
IN BRUNEN CASE
Confession Of Former En-
ploye of Slain Man Claimed
10y Authorities.

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hal shot the circus man. Powell as
serted
Mohr Denies Part.
lie lies. Parker. he lies. Mohr
sa!d after County Detective Pa.ke.
had finished reading FoweUs con-
tess1Ou.
" hen confronted with c.rcgm-
stanual evidence which the author
iles said tended 10 confirm tae .n-
fcssi0u, Iohr reiterated his denial
THAI ne had -ny'hiug 90 do With
/ the death OF mis- brother-in--aH.
We do not know yet the 1ul ey-
+ Kelsey, cO-prosecItor.
-Nohr above all persons was The
. least suspected in he beginning. He
was trusted bv Brlnen. The motive
is not entirely clear 20 US yet"
Powell has been in the lit Holly
Jail since April 8. buc his arrest was
kept secret He vas subjected TO
constant questioning, according to
4 Parker and confronted frequently
with evidence gathered. He has
identified pieces Of a shotgun found
IN q creek following the shooting as
tnc gun WIKI which Brunen was
killed. according 10 Parker.
clio said le wanted 20 kill Brunen
because hc was killing his mother
and sister, the confession quotes
Powell AS saying
Discharged BY Brunch.
Powell was formerly sideshow
concessionai-e with Brunen's show
but was discharged by Brunen.
I Mohr. a brother Of Brunen's wife
Mrs. Doris Brunen. has been man
aging the circus since the owner
was slain.
Early investigation revealed Bru-
men and his wife quarrelied Decem-
Der.
The wife said Brunen had slightly
wounded her In a letter from
Brunen TO his sister made public
recently Bruueu had eXpI ess-d fear
that some one would get him -"
Detectives also said they had learned
ne had told friends he planned 10
get a divorce.
the house when her husband was
killed.. she said she ran down ana
saw two men running out OF the
gard
Poweus wife. who was formerly
Marie Fleming Of Beechwood. Ind.
was near collapse tonight. She de-
uounccd Mohr as responsible for he-
husbands plight declaring he al
most had Charley hypnoCzed.'
She visited her husband i'm the
at. Holly Jail yesterday. she said,
out he would not tell her why he
was under arrest.
He vas haggard and there were
lines on his face. I asked him what
he had been doing and he shook his
head"
Plotted Against Snowman.
Mohr approached him at Wilkes
Barre. Pa. last october or Novem-
Der and urged him 20 do away with
John Bruneu." PovelIs alleged con-
feesion states He kept houDdne
me for five months to do this job.
III, confession continues.
The night before Brunen was kill
ed. the confession says, Mohr took
Powell 10 Bruneu's home and hid
the gun and shells in the garage.
The next night the confession re-
iates. they returned in Mohr's car
Before ] go. out Of the automo-
bile Mohr gave me o bottle OF
vhlskey 1t was not quite half
pint. / drank it all. ! went to the
garage and got the gun. ] Went over
10 the window where John Bruuen
was sitting l pulled the fron'
| trigger
As soon as I shot him ! turned
and ran and started 20 take the gun
apart / lost "a piece of it on the loI
and two shells fell out"
The barrel OF he gun was thrown
into a creek on the way TO Camdel.
the confession says.
after reaching Camden. the con
fessiCn says. Mohr left the autono
bue and Powell drove il on thC
Philadelphia ferry Mehr followe,
and got into the automobile again
on the ferry and Powell later gav.
, him $5o and told him to clear
himself up"
THE Monday following be gave
me 500 and he had given me abou
5000 during the winter. lie ais,
= promised me a good job with The
'irtus' the confession said.