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Show FEME'S SLAYER Jerry icicli in Iwk of Authorities, Conscience-Stricken, Young Austrian Knocks at Prison Door. Asks to Be Admitted and Then Astonishes As-tonishes Jailer by Confessing Confess-ing Murder. Special to Tho Tribune. PUEBLO, Colo.. Feb. 24. Conscloncc-Btrlcken Conscloncc-Btrlcken nnd haunted by constant roar of arrest, imagining that his every move was watched by ofllccrs, Jerry Nuclcli, an Austrian, 25 years old. ls tonight confined ln a cell in tho Jail of this county, a self-confessed self-confessed murderer. Knockod at Prison Door. Just as tho sun mado its appearance this jrornlng the turnkey at tho county Jail was aroused by loud knocking at the door. Whon ho looked through tho wicket he saw on the stops a pale, haggard-looking man who begged to be admitted. "Thero is a reward for my arrest," said tho man, in broken English, "and you can nover mtko caeler money." Confessed His Crime. The astonished officer admitted the man end whon Insldo tho prison wnlls he mado It known that he and his brother, Frank, wero wanted at Blnghnm Junction, Utuh. for the murder of Lewis Perme In July of last year. Later Austrian Interpreters vero sent, for and on their arrival at tho prison Nucleh repeated his story in his r.allve tonguo to them. He told them that, together with his brother, whose whereabouts where-abouts ho doeB not know, he aided In killing kill-ing Permo, who was shot ln the head. His Conscience Troubled Him. J. Nuclch said tho fatal shot was fired by his brother, but his conscience has troubled him kr ho was not engaged In the qunrrel at Its beginning. Sheriff Emery last' ulght wired tho authorities au-thorities at Pueblo to hold Nuclch. Application will bo mode for extradition papers tomorrow and tho Sheriff will then go at once to Pueblo to bring tho prisoner hero for trial. Story of the Crime. Tho crime for which Jerry and Frank Nuclch aro wanted was committed on the i-lght of July I In a lodglng-houso at tho Elngham smelter. Louis Perme had damaged dam-aged a bicycle bolonglng to Frank Nuclch Nu-clch and a quarrel resulted. Later, when Formo went to tho lodglng-houso to retire, re-tire, tho Nuclch brothers followed. Jerry Nuclch. according to eye-witnesses of the affair, held Permo securely on a bed while Prank deliberately shot him four times. The Nuclch brothers fled and have evaded all efforts to capture them. Reward for Murderer. Flvo hundred dollars' reward was offered of-fered for their npprehenslon, and It ls presumed pre-sumed that one-half of this will go to the Pueblo officials who mado thc easy capture. |