The evening world., 1922-12-12
Brother of Widow Promised
Him $1,000 to Get Rid"
of Victim, Star Prosecution
Witness TeStifieS.
Mrs. Brunen Wished "Some
One Would Shoot Him at
Window" Charles Powell
Tells Jury at Trial.
Especial From Staff Correspondent
Of The Evening WORLDLY

Especial From a Staff Correspondent
Of The Evening WorId)
MOUNT HOLLY. n. j.. Dec. r.
The manner in which Charles NJ.
Powell to-day told in minute detail
how he had killed "Honest John"
Bruncn, by shooting him through a
window in his home at Riverside last
March. Was as devoid OF emotion as
V he had boon telling OF booking (,
circus act. Only once did the young
mans voice change In the least. and
then scarcely pcrccpuhly
II was when he reached the climax
OF his narrative lie had been warned,
he said, by Harry c. Mohr, Bruncn'1
brother in-law, on tripl with Mrs.
Doris Brunen, the widow, for pro-
curing the murder that the shooting
must he done az u train passed the
Brunen residence, so the noise OF he
wheels would smother the gun shot
~ train came by. II was about
O'Clock and let II 20. was stand
ing beside the kitchen window with
tho shotgun in my hand The win
dow shade had been raised about four
or five inches. could just see Bru-
mems head. Then the second train
came and I put up the gun"
Here came the first faltering. the
first departure from the absolute nom
oh Ian Of
went down a full tone as he COM
pletcd the sentence, "and pulled the
trigger"
Powell glanced down as he said this.
but as quickly looked up and went
on after that | ran
~ asked Mohr if | should go 20 the
funeral Powell testified, "and he
said no But ] sent a wreath Of
flowers"
The Climax came after the wit
ness's recital Of repeated interviews
with MOhr in which. he said, the lat
ter spoke always of the necessity for
getting" John Brunen, either with a
revolver or a shotgun, saying that
there was so much trouble in the Bru-
nen household that the mans death
along would end 1t, and when the
night came, Powell said, Mohr drove
him to the murdcrous rendezvous and
cautioned him not TO miss Brunen,
'even IL you have to shoot both bar
rcls"
Powell said that the first question
Mohr asked him when he came run
ming back TO the waiting motor car
was, "Did YOU get him" anI all that
Powell could reply waas. IL didn't
know % lie felt that Mohr must have
known that the shooting had been
done, but the result rested with fate.
FEARED ARREST IF SHOT
MISSED, WITNESS DECLARES.
well, if YOU didn't get him, Wen
all be arrested" he said Mohr de-
clared, as he turned the car and sped
Powell back TO his home and hiding
place in Camden.
Neither Mrs. Brunen nor Mohr
took an eve Off Powell all the time ne
was on the stand, but the story pro-
duCes no visible change in their pla.
Cdity.
On" telegram was read which
brought out the difficulties which had
been growing between Brunen and
Mohr, one of his Executives in the
show business. 1t seemed that for a
long time Mohr had strlven to get
Bruncn to take up the wheel Of for
tune and punch card business with
church bazaars. But Bruneu, from
religious or other scruples, had evil
IDENTIFY been disiuClncd to do this.
Mohr wrote a letter about this 10
Brunen when the latter was In
Chicago I'm February. 1929, and this
was the answer Brunen sent him by
egraph:
In reply 10 letter, / VIII never take
orders off anyone but the law. VIII