New-York tribune., 1922-12-12
Ir,uen Murder
mems Amid
4 Circus Land
-. Il sawdust Life
''s. Over Selection OF
Wv y and Initial Tes'i-
~, n Jersey Mystery
c;,.v Chats, Then Wits
!. Oarmer, Erstwhile
'':1s ..'hearl Ssp Of MOhr, Gives
an Carnations in Court
r,--tspssdencel


/ - r1 HOLLY, n j. Dec. IL
Y'lS1 ~, q ciresslahd huttered
'.'a,,'',, =. "a soarihouse here to,
r'Fa w NJ, Doris Brunen and
'o'r VAN her brother. went on
~ y ~. i've, ss sccompliees IN
''' y. '.'a !, -Hsnss, John Bronen
4 .'-..,'s, ss'.'l !, q y.rss 10 Shadows ..' Of
si1'i''., '''., Ia q the 'sTdu'' ring
e sI''.'' !. -, little Cd Quaker town
. 'i',', ',. p,'s,' I, y stare 81 is' prineira's
to ''''.i, Z, 'l -. ! ~ .lli 3, rns.i' in ",se
j. an . ~ ~. -, ~ csIsl'l franeis Fe-
rsr'' 50 ~ .s.ssa John" and Harry
i'''',,~ .,,,r ssd manager respcc-
,'l',. s'st +, I. l,Ig,s to make the circus
p'sg go. gsp Nohr is charged with
: -. '..,..,.d Charles NJ Powell. a
- y, ',,si. 70 iil bis brother-ia-iaw'
~. =, srcuser Of both defend
~, -. ,-sseni to-day and will ties.
n. rrnsd states evidence and
% :. = .rsl for murder was post
4. emit him 10 testify TO ms
.s.,e,rs in which he charges MIS-
.,.,r3 Nohr with conspiracy.
y -..,irt courthouse was crowded
y bell toiled solemnly and
= S-rel Kalisch took his seat
..,-.sre dates back 20 1895 ant
1 .rsl with age. both inside an'
4. ,sstoms, such as .he tollini
T.. II conform with jas antiquity
-, ,f.ernoon a jury Of substan
',-.t,r farmers and grocers ha'
..,,,sd from ninety-six talesmei
~ Although about a dozeI
- ;. s.re included in the panel, i'
.-.-..,llv agreed by the state ant
80 ,ia, none should be drawn foi
-. old.Fsshioned Melodrama
,.,,,g Of testimony got under
-s5s,ely and several witnesses
=. - ,slled before court adjourned
go ! Judge Kalisch also pre-
!, ne recent trial Of Mrs. Ivy
.,,,- n TOMS River.
/ ~ "a. ,i,rents Of the old-fashioneo
-, =. sn.er into this trial with
aa.'s woman accompliees and
M Tts three characters charged
Il. ,-i-e sat in easy range OF
.....,, 4 study in contrasts.
/ s.-,r 10 Is supposed TO have done
- .,..,,., vas slouched in his chair
!, ', ,.,,sT His vacillating features
...j,i :. ~ ,s-,s strain and fear. -Mohr,
\. 800, ~ rs,sly built, is a personality.
go IA ut he Is a typical show
,....,ii,t,spt, bull-nccked, with a
,--,,,i,-. I'm. On his vide lips and
/, 90, ir n IA brilliant eyes. En-
49,, An ssa,s the court room ne
,,~'s 6ssa hgs filed with papers
Fl 4 =, ilsa. ss other wes linked 10
+ N sirF5 vtist. The rcstraint
s,,rss . n hin and IL was plain as
4, tiy V,rs on. he was getting
iir.J i,i Rsiless.
ssi 4 vas the blond woman, with
= rlr.irg black plumes in her hat
|friss psson most Of the days IN
M vu foeussed. Honest John
4 krt wife must have been pretty
~ sat tine when she was selling
trs n he circus. She is still rather
.sshfr. with the aid Of peroxide
urf1l makeup. Her hair Is
IN, I'D and frizzled.. Her eyes,
tg kother's. are brilliant and
q, wore a black canton-erepe
Iniu, Itry low. n blue cape ruehed
-s.fy around her neck, a long
lrfy Z pearls and a black velvet hat
y ers enormous plumes rising
'gvciulsfly a. the back. Ihey
~ r'urgly suggestive Of the feath-
Dsn0 Of the circus star, except
p Vsn black.
m Bunen Chatty. Then Willis
" Bunsn started the day by being
-.;l,u and chstty with her counsel
d, prison matron. but wilted a
. he afternoon. When Or. Stewart
Hi1l testified how he found her
aati body, and how her first re-
r. vas ior The money in his pockets.
ttu began 10 trickle down her
sn. Finally she had 20 remove her
% she could cry freely. When she