Show By 1 j c A A 8 Hu mel melc l i I 73 U HE extortion e prom Captain Edward EdwardI i I Unger V ner some seventeen years yeara ego ago 0 i of or a conf of the murder of Bohte oh was w one oae of the t notable of l the series of et ly which inspector Thomas Thoma Byrnes ne B I that bis hi bl extraordinary lat fa dUt in the tile of crime was wa bared upon profound and aDd Intuitive k 1 iu meu It n hi le net not every eIba I al who ean be bI forced to make confes conte confession cone ion sion find lind most men amen in tB Inspector Jt H i roes n position p pd would have llave consid conald consider t ertI er td d nat the tile phlegmatic and f t iii d German onD who wb was WI suspected of S the th mi r of his roommate te would be beth beI th I h iari ise manto reveal the tile secret ee nt of his lal own j U 11 guilt Yet Vet in n ii spite lIPi of f his bis b strength of will win hi spit of the tact Met that he was a in the th rime Ii Iwo f vigorous manhood in spite of oft the t I ie 4 n rt that his having hating through the civil war made him tb death end and nd viel t Un rn j fer Js r v I uri r the th ni m tod emi em i Iye by b the th grit gri nul told i 1 iho S a of his II a r ime t 1110 hut hideous il are nolI to nl tory story i itly told jt it is follows follow I 1 the lal pirt an o Of 18 t headless I of a aS S tan s oi found a hr ho ox ex exI I at P w h rf re C Ij it for led fr l A tat ma ii 1 the h b iI 11 lIt f tt I i h bore boreI r rt t I he I t nIt ie of tb the r on onS S pan lan nr 1 the lal tty a 8 1 no dink in tra 1 10 I a atalo talo aloi m in Kent flue and t tt t 2 t Oil t the e d df tf f 1 v York Iii ht her 1 the tact tacta U a 8 y I ig nid 1 August 1 h io td li i an older r man Ut of 1 the h nH ie nat dp d named t lard Edward Edwardi ln i IH a ui h C had haI dua 5 lj t i eek k b h and a ii hat t ligo I Iba ba d 1 th the t L that no had tI gone gOIl to t t lu d h of th the afternoon the de tet th ir and Un rn gO 0 Lt tl n at home hom They too UJ UI that omm the d dlf door lf if l t it I for fir t ti I i I turn 4 Edward U s NeWY New Yorks Celebrated nger Confession C 1 Criminal er It was wu 9 t or or r 10 Ie at night before I the suspected man came caine back to hi bl hie i lodgings I n He lie e was entirely unconscious that he be was observed ob as u he stopped be M before f fore t but it was w evident that tho thoat at me e ugly caused him hII to best hesi hesitate tate tat to enter et and after a r glancing up UJ at the I windows two or three times timea he went on past the house bouse When the detectives de arrested hun him a little further r up ap the street however and ami told him what he be was wanted for tor he professed te ed great peat indignation but was perfectly cool On being brought I before fore inspector Byrnes linger said Mid that he knew Im nothing about t Bohle Behie ex ox except that he had bad left the house in I IBl Ridge Bl p street and gone gene to Chicago on the night bf bt the fh of at the month and absolutely alle refused to tu answer u s y fur fUI further fUIt thor ther t questions i iOn On searching t i h 11 In roin that had been hera occupied by Johle and nd the two father and find so 80 a hammer was found that had been used as a wap n with i j butchers saw sa that had haden tn en M dismember the id Iv of ef the fd 1 man and a rub rubOn 1 r sheet on which the te p operation had hadI I II l There wr v r stains tRin on oni fl i f r in ju the room which had been Lk It by uy blood I I anI linger th t tho h fun pon a boy of or 14 u i iI S is I arrested a tEd but obviously knew noth f 1 the crime Crim that had been bel rom corn t 1 f He lie said Baid that t on th evening f bite HII disappeared i he hI the boy bon had bad t ui ut f fr T a walk leaving Iea his hl ra rather r ther ano an Rohl together tJ He lie came home two hours later latet a little after 10 when his father told him that he lit had bad quarreled with ith Bohle and he had left tt the house houM and gone gont to Chicago Young Edward volunteered I he thi Information mation that nn PI n the th following day he hr h had bail se n his hi father tal on m J his hi kne kIlP scrub scrubbing bing tire i flu r of If ib rh Ataa 1 N Uh Ui and ind nd hot water I An Aft exhaustive search of the housa bou and premises for tor t the e head of the mur murdered I dered derd df d man n was wall fruitless Inspector Byrnes R himself arraigned Inger I tr h jf forc lri 11 1 1 i e Justice J nat It l I tin t lf lit i day dy f hi h ct tun x t TW Lle 11 rw B rr ail l along alone maintained the same stolid de demeanor d demeanor meanor He manifested no emotion wh n the hammer hamm r saw w and rubber sheet were erf offered o in i evidene eiden in court I and a his n lv r i ply pi t 1 Iu tin fl put ll i it t I c 4 c only intimation that he was wa at all af at affected affected by hy his surroundings was wae given when the clerk read an affidavit made by Inspector Byrnes n which Edward Unger was charged with the murder of August Poble ohle on time the night of or Thurs Thure Thursday day January 20 When the clerk dork came to the word Thursday startle i the merest trifle the Uw th faintest look of surprise ap up appeared appeared peered upon his features and for a fraction of a second lS he gazed gaz d sharply at the inspector r However Howe er his bl eyes immediately dropped and sd he regained his hs h stolid demeanor Ua hough gh it was evi ei evident eident dent be thought that the police had hai ha more information than he had pre previously previously them credit for Riding back bak to p headquarters with In Inspector Inspector Brt in a carriage Inger Unger said saidy Youre Yure y ule trying bing to hang bang ban me aint you That Thai same day the inspector began bellan the system that resulted in confession No sooner had he been placed in his cell than Inspector Byrnes Byrne sent for tOY hm him The trunk in which the body lad hail been sent nt to Baltimore had reached reach i NE w o York by that tin tim and andin andIn andin in it were the t clothes cloth that had bern ben worn by Y Bohle at t the he t time of ot his ils death th As A per turned oed a corner Orner n the corridor 0 01 he hr amt on a detective who was taking the Ute b clothing lothing out the trunk apparently un of ot the feet fact that the tho per ier Ia of the th crime eri wa passing paRI On Un being beng be taken ta n line into Mr Byrnes of office flee fice linger Unger was asked a at Ww w questions and then t sent back beck to t his hiE cell ell He tie Hepas passed pas ed the trunk opened with tie 18 eon con contents tents tent disclosed ed as he returned and all night he hI h was vas aware Har of thc thi fact t that it was just jUl t around the tbt corner lorn r from him When daylight ne iu it the morning he be could nee Ke ie the hammer and sow saw w from his bi cell etil door where they had bad been thrown down in the corridor apparent apparently ly Iy without any mentton of or leaving them within the range rang of his hil vision Yil When n the th inspector sent I for him that morning he hI was ass HI kept kf k pl waiting a it few moments in ia a it pat part of the tAt corridor a short distance dita ce from hs cell II in the op opposite opposite direction from the th point whore where the trunk was placed and nd here he and the detective P who had him in charge sar as Ir v ni on c a J I t a a I IC l I f fn f I c 1 i C when he be had bern been killed and I was unaware until then that it had been taken from the room where the tragedy occurred However Unger was a man of strong nerves Derv and aDd he showed no evidence of weakening during his talk wit with Mr Brynes Bryne that morning When V n the inter Inte interview view was B concluded the to him I When you gel ge ready to send end for tor me Ill have h He another talk with you Then Unger was a left lett alone alume all aU day In returning to his cell ell he h me had bad again In passed the open trunk with its gene erne gruesome 1 some contents he knew that the blood bloodstained stained sofa was just out or of sight tn in inI I the other direction rhe the saw and the hammer mute accusers lay before him I whenever he looked through the grat gratings gratings I ings of his cell door A detective who kept surreptitious watch upon hint him saw aw that though he tried to remain calmly in the rear part pa rt of his cell ellb he i seemed continually drawn to the door to cast glances upon the tools tool of his crime I Who ito shall toil tell what wore H the unhappy py mans thoughts during those long lon I wretched hours houn for it wat iH 3 in the evening before he ho succumbed I e ITh Then Th n he sent for Inspector Byrnes and acknowledged ed thaI that he had killed Bohle Be hIe while hile claiming that tha t ht he h had at lit rock him himin hi hImIn rn in His was wan drawn dran up in writing and signed i ned by i iI him It was wal as HI fallows j I i j I I I Edward n r nako this thi I sion mon of my own free tree wilt will and aced accord I 1 Ilive Ilive live at No 22 2 Ridge street It refit in this thu th city eIty It l I had known August Bohle the tte t de di deceased ceased since nee last November i 1 first I Imet met him at my saloon sa loon at No Nt 24 4 El Eldridge Eldridge dridge street where here n he Riled called upon me meto meto meto to answer an all advertisement a which I had inserted in the Staats Staat Zt lU for or fora a partner We W could not agree pe upon a aprice aprice I price and I subsequently gave gae up the business and went to live at No 22 2 Ridge HI street I August Bohle Bohl came cam to te live with me methe methe the tb agreement a being that he h was wag as to tl t pay the shi 1 c 7 f P 0 J per p er r month and of the household expenses On the night of or Thursday Thur cay Jan 20 1887 after wt had had hall supper cupper my son Bon Edward who was ass all living with I me mf left home to take tak a walk wali all leaving Bohle in ill th r loin n ith h 0 rn r n nt t L r I bOUt about 30 when Boble Bohle com corn to curse and swear sw r at his hie bard luck I was wae kneeling on the floor in front of the tbt stove raking the fire ft with v th the poker and he was sitting close by He called me a thief I j turned toward him and told him I 1 was no thief at the same e time raising my hand to tu shove him hini away aa He then struck me m on the neck nek with his hi fist knocking me down 1 sprang to my feet and attempted to strike him with the poker which bich up to that time I had bad kept in my band hand He seised seized the poker and pulled it out of my hand and at t the same ame time he grabbed a knife from the time table and ran at me meI I 1 ran into the small bedroom and he h followed me up I picked up a hammer hammel from front a chest that was under the bd He made another lunge at me with the knife and I warded off time the blow and received a slight cut on the right hand handin handIn in doing so 80 I 1 then struck him on the head with the hammer He staggered and I followed him up and struck him with hammer the hammer hamm r going deep into his skull up to the th handle handl He staggered SI red hack back and anit fell feU upon the th sofa dead This ta occurred at about bout 10 io Ung my son back at any ny moment and nd to o avoid having him see Bee what bat had occurred I lifted the body from the Hw sofa fa and dragged it up close IQ to the wall walland Walland walland and then took a cot cut used u rI by Bohle to sleep on turned it over oer on the sid siri in inand and placed it against the wall over op th the body hedy and took the bedclothes and throw threw them over the cot so 50 that the could not be seen een My M son came camf home hine soon eoon afterward and asked m re nw where August was and I 1 told him that he e had bad gone out My son SOil and myself my lf then th n went to bd The confession goes goeR on ott to tu state taie that tast on the following morning as soon as at Ida his son lIOn had bad gone cone to his work linger Unger had gone aone out and purchased pur ba ed porno pome rub ru b her bar cloth in Grand street and had then thin returned and cut ut up Ui his hiM vie vh vi tims body and packed it in the dai nane own onn trunk all but bui t hf h 11 heal head hf Ij As II 5 the head bead would not go 0 Into the th I trunk he h wrapped it up in tn a part pa rt of the clothing lothing of the deceased 1 confession continues t I left the house houlf after cleaning up U I the rooms rut ruta a th u l I a h r 1 11 t I tt tI tIo o c o jP under my arm went to lime the Grand street ferry terry I boarded b the b boat for Williamsburg Willlam and pd td wen wen to the for forward forward ward part of 01 the boat I stood fit fiton on the deck deek at the t bow JM w with the ae t bun baD bundle bundie die dle dl in iny m my hands handa When the boat had alit 1 ut reached midstream am I dropped dI the fhe con COll taming the head of the deceased 4 with the clothing wrapped Jou around it over overboard overboard board hoard When lien the l tile the fer for ferry ferry ry 17 slip on the Brooklyn 1 went i d hore and walked to Henry Hf ty Bigers butcher shop at SOS avenue There I learned that Jie he sick k in jn bed hod and I 1 told t id 1 1 Siegel that Au August Augu August gust gu t Bohle had gone to Chicago the night before beton I 1 then lt to my house h u e and bet between betten 5 a and 8 i in the even evenIng ing lug I 1 got an Italian who Is a stranger to me rue and paid him a a quarter to as assist assist Fist me in carrying the trunk trull around to Grand street to a saloon where I asked the proprietors proprietor permission to leave it until the next day which was waR granted I called for the trunk runk on Saturday and hailing Ii who was wag as passing and W that tb at he was going oin to Brooklyn j I engaged this cart man to take tak the tw to te Brook Brooklyn lyn and arid I 1 paid him im a to take the trunk over overE 1 E brought the trunk trunk to the saloon I I of nf If Henry Heur Rense Kent Keat atiue a u and anti antia andI sited I a ks d permission pt to leave It there tor for torU tori a U short while whilO hUe Then I went welt to the Express oSlo office to in Bedford eUord are aN nue and told them to send to Benses BenIe Be saloon for the trunk The address on the label I had written n F John A AWatson AWatson Watson Baltimore Maryland Maryd To be tailed failed fR lied for I pasted thIs th label JaI t I on the trunk and lift left the th saloon after af request noque requesting t ing tn Ben to MIMi deliver tin to the 1 agent of the express corn com company comI puny pan and take his hi receipt for it and told him that I would can l back bk in the I evening for the receipt I did call on returning and after receiving rec the re rec c came camp home The v iun c 1 I did not mean to kill the deceased He was a quarrelsome man rid I believed that my lay m lit liC was wa In danger when I struck him hill with the The manner in inv v hi h r T I disposed d Of tf the hc bo b body y v was done doneL L L s i 4 t ti Ff lj Y i f and Ii II nd oi hil h i I r ir r i ic c c c Unger was w tried in February id found guilty of ot I ta ill the tIM first degree his hi story atory that he had been attacked at t by BoMe Souls kem accepted by I y the Jury 1 Barrett who tried trie t fhe case him to twenty tw nty years yea to ing C Stag Msg tIan n Justice Barrett laid down the tile law with regard to tofa another In fa The lighted ed said 4 If It between the first fir and anft second ascend blow Mow the defendant was no De longer longor in ID imminent danger dancer he had bad no right Ji to follow up deceased and strike a Mow blow which would have caused caus 4 death A Aman Aman Aman man must avoid killing another In lit every possible way It is i his duty to retreat when attacked rather than Ulan stand Maud and defend himself It to lit only when he Jae is in and must muR de tk decide cide Ide absolutely between the taking of his own n life titE or of immediate Im danger to his h person |