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THE RiCHMOlNl) ALLAlJil U axsU bUi-ituLJuJttuM. niu.x, iwjv. J, xs)x6. POLK CONFESSES TO MURDER OF GEORGE BUNGER ; Jegro Caught at New Madi- son Makes Statement to I Police Acknowledging Crime. James Polk, negro, 21 years old, ? Seorge Bunger, white, will be ar i "algned In circuit court Monday morn- lig. The graad Jury has been sub ' toenaed for that time to investigate I h case. I Polk was captured at New Madison, i. D., Thursday afternoon and brought lo Richmond where he confessed to . he murder and has been lodged in ? ae city jail. l rie maae me iouowmg Biaiemeni ; Thursday afternoon: "I, James Polk ; nake the following confession in con iectlon with the shooting and the - tllline of George Bunger at his bar- ler shop in Richmond, Ind., on the . l L . a 1... !. OT 1 (11 O - ugui vi v eunesuajr, nui. xia. I went into Bruces' restaurant on - Tort Wayne Avenue about 7 o'clock ind there met Noble Turner. I serv : id Turner's supper to him and after s' sard ate my supper. As soon as I r finished my supper Turner and I Ivent out of the restaurant. Turner luring the past week about, holding ap people and getting money. After ftc IV 1 v , s c jested that we go out and hold up , eop!e for money and we- decided to i to to Harter's barber shop, where 1 bad been working for about two i n-eeks. and get a double barrel shot- run which I knew was there, and use ' It for the purpose of holding up peo ple. The barber shop was closed when we got there which was between and 10 o'clock, and I opened the loor with my key. Describes Hold Ups. "I took the shotgun and we then walked across Main street, north on Tenth and into the alley back of the Westcott hotel. In that alley we met , a white boy. Turner grabbed this : bey and I pointed . the gun at the boy i and Turner took the boy3 overcoat ' and spn-"her1 the pockets, finding a dime which Turner took. Turner and I then went north through alleys to about D street, then west to Eighth street, where we met a man near the hose house. Turner grabbed this vman and searched his clothes but did not get any money. The man broke loose from Turner and ran away. We ; then went around to the front of - Bruces restaurant, turned around and went into Bunger's barber shop. Turn er said Just before I turned around "Come let's go into the barber shop." t said "all Hsht" and followed Turn er into pali baber shoo. As soon as Turner sterped into the barber shop he paid "give ma your money." I stood In the door and pointed the shotgun at the barber. The barber threw a mug or some article at Turn er and then I shot the barber with said pun. I was about five or six rtt a -ay from him at the time. I then ran Into Bruce's restaurant and out through the bak door and over to th barber shop between Tenth ind f.Mventh streets, where Luther (Lu'hT Thornton) has a room. I wen" Info Luther's room and lay down on th bed. Luther cani8 in, shortly snd ordered me out. saying that I had kil'p'l that man. I then went out to-wa-d the Austin and company camp, soins out E street to Thirteenth then north to the railroad and got into a box ra-. a short distance east of the S'lreteenth street viaduct. Early this morning I caught a freight train going east and rode on it several miles un til the brakenian put me off. I then walked on east until I reached New Madison, O.. where two men caught. Ti9 and looked me up in the station fcouse. .Later two policemen took me !n an automobile to Richmond. Ind., ind locked me uu in the city Jail. I loaded the shotgun when I got it at the Hsrter tshep and took with me pocket lu'l of sheila which I found thr if. I am row twenty-one years of age, was born at Clarkesvillp, Tennessee. jw fujir and mother are John and Mattie Pclk who live at Clarkesville. left Clnrkenvllle about, five months ago going to Nnshvillp, Tennessee, where 1 stayed a month. From there I went to Evansville, Indiana, where I stayed about aVook. Thence to Danville, Illi nois, where I stayed about two months ihence.to Chicago where I stayed four days, thence to Clinton. Indiana, where I stayed a week, thence to Terre Haute. Indiana, where I stayed about two clays. At Terre Haute I stayec! at the house of Bessie Fort whem I had known at Clarkesville. From Terre Haute" I came to Richmond, Indiana, where I have been for about three weeks. First I worked at the Austin camp about three days, and since that time I have been working at Harter's Farber shop at porter. The statement was witnessed by Oath Freeman, prosecuting attorney; I. A. Gormen, chief cf police, and Cioorgo Stnubach. Noble Still at Liberty. . Nctle Turner has not yet teen lo cated but he Is being searched for and will p rot ably be found as the police have tome clues. Luther Thornton, colored, is being held as a witness. Polk went o his room after the murder and lay down on the bed. Thornton was not in his room and when he came to his room he ordered Polk out and Polk left im mediately, but left the gun and some shell In the bed. The only eye witness was Elmer Good Hn who was in the barber shop j the time of the murder. Polk fired two shots, the first one going astray and I the other one hitting Bunger in the breast, killing him immediately. Many comments have been made on the quick work of the police in get ting the murderer. There were no clues on the case because both men are strangers here. Polk's name was discovered when his room was search ed and some messages which gave the clue to his having been a, resident in Clinton, Indiana. The overcoat which belonged to him was also found. HOLD UP POOL ROOMS ' PHILADELPHIA. 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