Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-19
eRUNeN MURDERER
CRAZY, FELLOW JAIL
INMATES TESTIFY
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noon with self possession. but began
to- cry a. soon an she WAS asked 20
dc~cr,be the finding OF her husbands
body. Several timss her diXect ex-
animation WAS halted 60 give h~r time
90 control herself.
She was steady under cross exam
nation. however. even when she WINS
asked u Doc" Ward. n former en-
rloyce 90 lsruncn. had not met her In
iiohokcn. when she and Hazel Rrunen
wen, there after the latter's secret
marriage 20 William Parkstrom. a
lion tanner. and ~ Wards clothing was
not found hanging In her room when
tho carnival proprietor arrived and
had the whole party arrerted. To
these questions she replied coldly:
Not that | remember"
Mrs. Rruncn testified she IL thirty
sin and was married 10 Prunen. June
10, 1908. When she was sixteen. she
ssid. she was married 20 Herbert Ash
ley. from whom she later was divorced.
An attempt by The state 10 show her
msrrias. % Rrunen took place n year
before the divorce was ruled out by
Nh~iaF M AraAAs Nn AAAf tA'Ght - H'N
no bearing on the murder.
Tells Of Murder Night.
Mrs Rrunen said she could no; re-
member whether u was 100 on the
evening % March 10 when her hus-
hand NaS shot or few minutes
earlier.
u had dinner with Hazel and my
mother" said she. and when my
husband came home I had "A piece OF
pie and Gun 81 tea with him.
washed the dsh,s. my husband sittinG
hN tho window Co read his newspa per
a. usual Then I went upstairs tC
prepare his bath. XIV, ont his clear
linen and was just coming down wher
! heard IN. shot"
she said she thcn ran TO tn,
Walters house Fred sheets cam,
hack with mo" she continued. III,
went into the kitchen and he said
Mrs tsuncn. your husband has com
mittrd s.iicsie
i could not 80 into tho kitchen he
cause 80 the blood" AZ that poin
she gave way ~ tears. hut controue,
h.,"lf and went on: My husha N,
WAS r,sding 20 mo from tho news
paf,cr. soma plere about lady il
California. and remember ne SAYS
Mother, ! don't believe that woman
knew anything about this crime Ther
went upstairs and that was the las
thins heard him say"
Denies Part In Murder.
~. testified that eshe had Offer
talked 10 Hazel about the girls FIRE
gucnt trips 20 the winter quarters Q
~. show IN williams,own
Il paS AFRAID for her" she said
~ loved Hazel and always was
god mother 20 her forgive her 70
.vNyfh,ne what she has esai
about m.
Did you ever DO anything a. AL q
sssst IN ki.nns your husband" aske'
hsr counsC.
How can you ta,k that way. Mr.
Koov7i cried me woman. her fac
jerking with sots
Al ever did N my ne for IN,
husband was slave and work for him
Thirteen years I cooked al winter fo'
thirty-hNra rough ny-,ks. my daughto
and have never IN my lie Take
amoui klanC my husband
She denied she ever had told Powe
she washed somebody would shoe
hsr husband through the window.
cruel Only when Drinking.
A. times my husband was yer,
very s7lc. 90 me. she said. but
lad SO 20 his drink.nE. When ne Wa
Slhcr 10 was al rEa;.
she also denied telling Matt;r Mob
th't sle need no; - surprised 70 re
,,.,c "a telephone message that job
hai hcen killed. or that she had tol
Hazel no; 20 mention that Harry Mon
shsd changed MS overcoat
n 20 ;he dog. which County De
ts I've E-ls PaTker testified Mn
rruner told him she had gone oJ
tu pa, IN the cellar. thereby leav!n
fer cracks heside -hose % The ngu-
dsrer she Sad the dog was in an
Cl' al the tins. but ina; she coul
DOG have gone ou; % pat . in n
tr,m the outside
went out % she garbage cal
though she sad
Bruron O ok her and Hazel back
Eteusid@ after NM. ng them
1lrtoEer with ParlGStrom- and Wan
go. 'eer fed
Ddlf SO. ga. Serg;. Lynch yol
hlftsi nj wac brute and you hate
.o 81 back and that you loy.
Va md asked Prosecutor Kelsey.
d.r.' re-uenlber saving tnS.
rsIp.ne4 M-~ Brlnen
And d.drt YOU Say that u M
'o.d NouF husband he would XII y.
and Ward
dor't rerne-nl,e- ever saying that
she sid che and Hazel receiv,
ma! a. tho Palmyra Post ONCE und
the name O. Nolln Ny mail W
frpm my sister Matte and Haze
was from her husband" she .
planned We couldn't have !, A. .
house or my husband would des.r
o."
She al~o received a-.'t'e- frrn Wa
a. ths Phladel pn - genera deliver
'if we in reEaFd 90 d letter my hu
band y ro'e .o tl.c Es.ks 30 have W.
thrown out" en-" explained lie III
habit % wiring slanderous letts
90 different people
Nrs Brunen testified che was IN Z
Burlington County JaL four mont
lrforr she was perm. 20 see
90 rney. Mohr also testified p "
son Weekr before he wac allowed
g. cpuuse'
Under Keowr's questions Mohr d
-rribcd the cell IN which he sNnt {
nrsi six weeks after he wac arrest.
as hang in a state ~ unmentlOnal
Nth. win a dirty mattress on Z
four and one small window near {
ceiling for ventilation. keown SAID
wanted o, show under what pr,