Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-01
BACKS CONFESSION
OF BRUNEN'S SLAYER
Mrs. Powell Says Circus Mans
Brothsr-ir-law Gave hus-
band Money.

Ncunt i,olly, ~ y. Nav L. Mrs |
Nste Powell, wife ~ Charles NJ
Powell, confessed murderer ~ Honest
John rrunen. has eonnrmcd her
huahanis slaiwnon that Harry q.
Nohr paid him sleo following hruncn's
death
NOhf, Nhn was tho slain -howinan'r
hfuihpr ain law, WAS nsosted SATURDAY.
on ihu vh,rso uf murder "a the result
uf row,il. statement that Mohr had
hired him a. kil i,runen hccnusc VI
family lruuhles
county ncicciiye rins n. Parker
sald that Mira rowcllr statement had
convinced him her husband wa. trn
ins the absolute" truth whom N.
namci Mohr as tho rsymas,o for the
,rrnp
"Mra Powell dla NO, know any
thlng about the rtr IN advance" sald
fafhct, hut she confirms the fnct that
Muhr aud her husband had frequent,
diaeusHinna at camden, y. j., ana az
WILKES liarru ana r1ymouth, Pa. and
that Nuhr made frequent loans TO
lnwpn She certinos his statement
that Muhr went 90 powclls home the
morning after the msdcr and the
following Monday and gave him
money each time"
Parker also said that he had check
sd un ON the allhl with which Mohr ac-
counted for HIS whereabouts on the
night OF March 10. last. when Brunen
was Killed with a shotgun fired through
the Kitchen window " his home at
Riverside, and had found that the
alfhi would not stand up.
He says that he spent the evening
In Philadelphia and visited doctor
there" said Parker. but | have found
that he did not reach tho doctors
home until 9 o'clock" II is about an
hours ride by automobile frocn River
side To the doctors home. The murder
was committed between and 7.l0 p.
m, and Powell says Mohr drove him
away from the scene in his Ford
coupe.
Walter s. I<eown. Mohr's attorney.
said that his client had "a perfect
alibi" According TO keown. Mohr
left Riverside at 8 y. m. on March 10
aud did not return there that night
lie made two stops al Camden. ferried
across the river to Philadelphia. and
called on Or. William Paulson and his
sister, Miss Matte Mohr.
Authorities refuse 10 define their
theory as 10 the motive foe the murder.
but make Il clear tha, the explanation
f. believed 90 lie IN the family
troubles of the Brunens and Mohrs
Mrs Brunen was Doris Mohr before
her marriage. and was the Snowman :
second wife. Her mother. her brother
IA
Mohr, lived with the Brunens at
Riverside much of the time. The
murder was preceded by bitter family
ouarrols
Mrs Brunen closed the house at
lNvcsslde on April II and went 20 live
win her daughter. Hazel, IN Phlla
dclphia
There ir another woman in the case.
according 20 Parker but he would not
tel who eho was All that Is known
about her II that Mrs Bessie Mohr.
Harry Nlohr's wife. was Jealous OF
hot. and had Threatened TO shoot her
An odd contrast 90 all the talk of
death and plotting was observed by
reporters who went % Camden IN con
necuon with the case today. On "A rail
road siding were more than twenty
care 81 Brunens show--"the Colonc
ferreri and Mighty Doris Combined
shows, each ear painted bright vel.
low, with great red letters. with ito
animals, lion tanners. snake charmers
and wha' not. the carnival was on ia
way 20 amusS little New Jersey vii.
lere hear Philadelphia.
Ia Camden the reporters interviewed
Mrr, Powell, n pretty. debate younl
woman with brown eyes. IN her earl,
twcntioN She alternately wept over tn.
tragedy 90 her husband and smiled a
the innocent lovelineSs of her S-month
old baby Charlotte. The Powells ar,
loagcns In little two-room apartmen
ON the second floor OF "A detached hricl
mouse az - Cooper Street They ar,
obviously In reduced circumstances
supporting Powells statement Ia nj
confession that he wae tempted TO per
form the crime 10y poverty.
Mrs Powell repeated what she ha,
told Parker. Although she did not be
heve that either her husband or Mob
wac implicated until she r,ad her hus
bands statement In yesterdays pape,
now she says she is convinced tina
u Ia all true She and Powell wer
married ls months ago IN ST. Louis
botectiv. Parker ~aid today that n
Old not Intend 10 order any furthe
arrests at present. but would procee
SLOWLY IL is expected that Mrs. Brune
VIII be a witness IN the Mohr co.'s,
She and her husband had been on ba
terms Tor .ane time before his dealt
brunen had not made a Will and hi
sstnto goes 20 his widow.
The confession OF Powell. which wa
given briefly IN Every Evening on sa,
urday, declares he was 70 receive 81
ou0 from Harry G.. Mohr for killln
the Snowman. Brunen. and that h
had received part OF the money whic
ne says he needed. as he and his famfl
were facing starvation. lie said he ha
visited and inspected the home an
surroundings of Bruncn several time
before he could bring himself 10 com
mit murder. lie told Of making IN
TRIP 20 Brunens home several time
IN motor car driven by Mohr. who In
Sisted on him shooting the circus pro
prietor.
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