Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13

last night that he would conduct a
further examination OF Mrs. Brunen.
her seventscn-y eAr-old daughter, Haz-
eli; her mother, Mrs. Henry Mohr, and
her sister-in-law. Mrs. Harry c. Mohr.
Mr.. Parker said he wa not satisfied
with somc OF the statements made by
Mrs. Brunen regarding things that
happened after the shooting. and was
anxious to have her clear up several
points on which conflicting stories
have been told.
The most important discrepancy, ac-
cording to Mr.. Parker. is between Mrs.
Brunens account Of the escape OF the
murderer from the scene OF his crime
and the story told by neighbors, which
Mr.. Parker has accepted as his theory
OF the flight.
Widows Story Of Flight.
According to Mrs. Brunen, after abe
heard the shot and ran downstairs
from the bathroom on the second floor
or the cottage, where she had been
preparing a hath for her husband. She
found him dead In the chair where
she had left him reading a newspaper
account OF the trial OF Mrs. Madelynne
Obenchain for the murder of her
sweetheart In California. Then she ran
TO the front window. looking out on
New Jersey Avenue. and saw two men
running northward across her front
yard. She says there was a big auto
mobile driving slowly along the street,
with one man i'm the front seat. and
that the two runners jumped in. Then.
she says, tho driver put on speed and
the car shot away to the northward,
In the general direction OF Trenton.
Mr.. Parker, who was not notified OF
the murder until . O'clock Friday night
at least an hour and a half after Il
happened. asked Mrs. Brunen why she
did not give the alarm at once, so that
the fugitives might have been stopped
IN Hight. She said that she was TOO sx.
cited, and that anyway she ran back
into the kitchen where her husban nd
vas. and then telephoned the doctor
The police theory OF the escape
based on neighbours statements. con-
hicts with Mrs. Brunen's story in the
number OF men who ran away from
the house, the direction they tool,
ana the size OF the automobile in
which they escaped. No one besides
Mrs. Brunen saw the two men or the
big car going north.
Il am convinced" said Parker. THAT
enc man ran away from the nous,
toward the south. lie ran back of IN,
Erunen house and then cut across tn,
yard OF the kinezinger's house mex
door. Mrs. Mary Kinezinger saw on,
man running south, toward the Cam.
bridge flag station on the Pennsyl.
Nania road. He ran TO driveway of
New Jersey avenue. near the flag sta.
/ ton. about three hundred yards south,
west or the house. a Ford coup,
parked In this driveway was seen b,
( Mrs. Fannie Kinezinger and JOSEPH
, hinch. "A li-year-old boy"
Murderer Ran to Coupe.
1t is believed chat the murderer wa,
7 unaccomfanied from the house 10 tn,
Ford coupe. The escape in the auto
mobile. probably toward Philadelphia
may have been made alone or Will
an accomplish. The Hinch boy said h,
saw a man slouched down over tn,
wheel q the coupe. That might nav,
been the murderer after the shooting
or IL might have been n confederat.
waiting while the deed was done.
Further proof that the murdere
ran south from the house" said Parker
is THAI two shells from his shotgun
and the grip from the gun. an eight
inch wooden strip with a metal facing
which connects the stock with the bar
I rel. were picked UP along the route be
tween abe house and the driveway I,
the south. ] sent the grip 10 a gun
smith and he tells me Il was made 70
a cheap Belgian double-barreled shot
/ gun. The metal facing has the mum
4 Der ll.s2s. which We have sent TO tn
police in New York. Trenton and Phila
delphia 10 see n they can find any rec
ord OF its manufacture or sale. Tn
shells, one empty and one loaded. wer
made ~ blue paper on which wa
printed Ballistite. L. s. BIB 49,
The shells carried BIB shot, siz
between birdshot and buck.ho an
used for shooting deer. They were 70
a l2-gause shotgun.
Mrs. Brunen's story of the escap
toward Trenton fits in with the stor-
she told the police about three me
chasing her husband from Williams
town 10 Riverside late Friday after
noon. Brunen went 10 Williamstow-
in his Stakeholder touring car TO a,
tend 10 his carnival. which was I
winter quarters there. He left Wi
Jamestown at $40 and reached River
side at $50 after a thirty-mile Fri
The murder was committed some tin
between 40 and $50.