The New York herald., 1922-12-15
SAW WOMEN MEET
AFTER BRUNEN DIED
Mrs. Bader's Tale of Visit
Connects Up -Powell's
Shooting Story.
BOTH STOOD ON PORCH
Prosecutor Thinks Missing
Witness Reported Slayers
Got Away Safely.
MoHR's GIFTS RELATED
Mrs. Powell Says Alleged In
| stigator Kept Husband
Supplied With Money.
MOHR's GIFTS RELATED

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to-day Of seeing a woman wearing a
fur >heckpiece talking to woman
evidently connected with the Brunen
house on the porch of the house
about 1880 on the night of the murder.
This information is being used by
the prosecution to show that Mrs.
Brunen, who was the only person with
I her husband at the time he was shot
from outside the house by Charles Nj.
Powell, was advised by the mysterious
woman that Powell and Mohr were
safely away in the motor car that
was driven and owned by Mohr. 1t Is
a connecting link that lacks only
Identification of the woman with, the
neclpiece. there being every reason
to believe that 1t was Mrs. Brunen
who answered the mysterious woman's
call at the door.
Mrs. Bauer said in part:
II left my home west OF Cambridge
, station about go on the night OF
March 10 to go to the Catholic church in
Riverside. I reached the Cambridge
station in about five minutes and saw
man run toward the station and jump
into a small car that was evidently be-
ing held for him. The car was backed,
turned around and driven away in a
hurry. / was frightened when I saw
the man. but / decided that nothing
would happen to me and l continued on.
The Connecting Link.
ct heard the two men say something
when the running man reached the car,
but do not know what they said. The
lights were not on the car when 1t was
driven away toward Camden. / had to
pass the Brunen house to get to the
church where / was going and when
got there saw two women Z, on the
porch. This was a little after 1880. The
woman out on the porch had on fur
neckpiece and the stout woman standing
at Che doorway had on a house dress 1t
was wet night and ! was holding an
umbrella. I couldn't tell much about
the fellow / saw running toward the
car, but he was short and rather heavy
set for man of his height"
Mrs. Bauer saw the women talking at
7:30. Five minutes later. DR.. Stuart
Maui, of Riverside. says he was called
by Mrs. Brunen and told to come to her
house Immediately as something terrible
bad happened.
This was at least half hour after
the shooting had been done, about the
time that it would take for Powell to
run across the fields from the Brunen
house to the Cambridge station and
for a woman to walk from the station
to the Brunen house to tell Mrs. Brunen
OF the safe getaway of the slayers and
4. tov- hA a.
cution hopes to produce a witness who
saw a strange woman about the Cam
bridge station while Mohrs motor car
was there and who disappeared imme-
6iately after 1t had been driven away.
Mrs. Powell duplicates Mohr.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Powell. wife of the
man who did the actual shooting, was
also a witness. She has two children.
one 16 months and the other months
old, the latter born since Mrs. Powell
has been living in Mount Holly to be
near her husband. Outstanding In her
testimony was her conviction that
Powell was dominated by Mohr. be-
cause Mohr provided the money with
which the family was being kept.
"Charlie Is good at heart" she said.
"and l have always done everything he
has told me. Anything he tells me is
all right, because he wouldn't lie to me.
II was the money that bought us our
daily bread that caused Charlie to sub
NIT TO the influence of Mohr. He tele-
graphed money to Charlie. paid our room
rent In CJmden. called nearly every day
to see Charlie and Frequently gave him
money. At s 80 ON tie morning after
the murder he came 90 Our house with
$50 and another time he gave him 500
After Charlie had been arrested
| went 20 the Briinen house and told
| Doris that Charlie had been kidnapped
and Doris said Hush. / don't want
Bessie to hear it, Harry gave me SIC
then; once he gave me money to pay
Charles Masonic dues. and u think that
altogether he gave me so for my use
after Charlie was arrested. Not until
Charlie had been arrested was sus-
picious that he had anything to do. with
the crime. II was the way we had to
depend on Harry Mohr for living that
caused Charlie to fall for the money
| Mrs. Powells appearance aroused
sympathy, which took the form OF col.
lection OF $40 for her for Christmas.
The cross-examination brought out
many details OF Powell's reduced
! finances.
n didn't think Charlie could ever do
anything like that even for money fol
u.s. said Mrs. Powell when she wa,
asked on cross REORGANIZATION about wha
she knew of Charles movements OF
the night OF the murder Pressed fol
something definite about time, she
flashed out. "He wouldn't tell me ht
was going TO kill someone. would he?'
| Mrs. Powell said that she was sick thai
night and was In bed when Charlie
left the house. She thought he got
back about 7 80 after being out about
two hours She said that every day for
come time after the murder. Mohr came
to their house to see Charlie. 1t was
Mohr who told her the next morning
that Brunen had been shot.
Larry Doyle % years old showed
that feeling of a bitter kind existed
between Mohr and Brunen as early as
May, 1921. Doyle, who was connected
with the Bruncn shows at Salamanca,
~ ", that May. said he saw the two
have a fight and Brunen said 10 Mohr
Get off this lot. or Tll' kick you to
hell off. I'm running this show. not
you
"All right" Mohr replied, but I'll
get this show sooner or lator"