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BRUNEN ON MURDER
EVE ACCUSED WIFE
Circus Man Wrote Sister He
Expected to lie Slain to
Get His MoneJ.
WAD JFST SOLI) HOME
Declares She Tried to Kill
Him 011 Christmas, but
Dodged Bullets.
fortune ABOUT $100,000
New Light on Tragedy May
Lead Soon to Important Ar
rest, in Riverside.
ApfcUit Dispatch to Tim N*w Trait H??ai.o.
Philadelphia, March 14.?The Dis
trict Attorney's office here made pub
lic to-night a letter written by John
Theodore Brunen, circus man. who
was murdered at Riverside last Fri
day. to his sister. Mrs. Elizabeth
Jsschke of Chicago, In which he warns
her to beware of his wife and declares
that Mi*. Brunen had been planning
to do away with htm. The wording of
tbe letter In this particular is:
1 "In case anything happens to me,
? (deter, I want you to come and take
I full charge of everything. For I think
i Doty la figuring to do away with me.
fihe talks about it all the time. They
give a woman the penalty, and
I besides she fears I'll leave everything
! te you."
Brunen also declares in this letter that
his wife had a gun and had hidden it
about the house, and he tells his sister
that during the quarrel on Christmas
Pay last, when he shot Mrs. Brunen,
i?>he flred at him six times before he
pot the gun away from her and shot
once. The letter was turned over to
Oeorge A. Welsh. Assistant District At
torney here, by Mrs. Jeschke when she
arrived from Chicairo last Monday.
Mr. Welsh sent the letter to County
Prosecutor Jonathan Kelsey at Mount
Holly. N. J., late this afternoon by Jo
,-pph McClean. a detective of the Dis
trict Attorney's office, and he gave it to
County Detective Ellis Parker. After
Mr. Kelsey had read the letter he said:
"There is enough in this letter to war
rant -wearing out a warrant at once for
the arrest of somebody on the charge of
conspiracy and murder." He would not
say what his next step would be In the
effort to solve the mystery of Brunen's
death.
The letter, as made public by the Dis
trict Attorney here, is as follows:
'?Rivr.RSiPB, N. J-, Feb. '20, 1922.
"Mr .Dear Sister anj? Family: Just
a few lines to let you know I am think
ing of you. I hope you are all well ond
happy.
"Well, dear sister, T have sold my
home, and it looks so if I will sell the
show if 1 pet a chance. I almost pave
the home away because it was no home
to me. 1 always tried to be good to
Doty's family and they got. all they
couid out of me. I found that all out.
ller mother is a woman who does not
care what her daughters do. They run
around with men and they have ruined
Hazel. Why, that girl doea not pay
any attention to me.
"1 catch her in lies all the time end
Uniw that Doty tells her to do so. for T j
friunii them out and now T am watching.
When I trusted them T thought every
thing was going on right, and I was
happy, but when Doty goes with men
and lets Hazel marry a tramp from tha.t
time on I am not myself.
"Why, they teach Hazel nothing but a
lot of the fast life of this world.
"Alt her desire is a good time. It slm
ply ki!U me, for I have struggled ao
1 hard tiiat they should have plenty. It
is & shame to give up a home because a
' lot of bad r-eople are butting In. When
' the time cornea so a man thought he
could enjoy a home and the family fire
side he finds out he is surrounded by
nothing but schemers. They do not fear
man or God, only looking for pleasure
and evil.
I "Doty's sister I had to put out by
force, for she le the worst in the bunch.
Doty was all right until she came with
her family. They simply poisoned her
mind, also Hazel's. We all could be
happy and contented. I was always
! good to Doty's people, for I felt so
sorry for them. They had me believe
their father was so bad, but I know dif
ferent. They drove him away from home
after he failed in business, and now
ttiey claim he is dead, but I know he Is
not. They want his insurance.
Says Wife Wants His Money.
"In case anything happens to me. sis
ter. I want you to come and take charge
of everything, for I think Doty is figur
ing to do away with me. and thinks she
can get free, for she talks about it all
the time. They never give a woman the
death penalty, and besides, she fears I
will leave everything to you. She wants
to get money, for all she cares for Is
a good time.
"She shot at me on Christmas Day,
1 and she would have killed me, but I
j dodged and got my gun and fired, and
I hit her In the stomach, but her corset
saved her. Only fired once. She stole
the gun out of her brother's trunk. Her
brother >s a good fellow and knows T
am right, and he gave her plenty of
calls. She shot six times and I only
; once.
"I am not afraid to die. but I will
not let them drive me away. They
cannot do to nie what they done to
their, father,and husband. T am willing
to die in harness, and I will make out
a will as soon as possible, dear sister,
and sent it to you. Take care of Hazel,
but Doty, my wife, only one dollar, and
no one around the show owns anything
but me.
"If everything goes all right T will be
here for a couple of weeks. Mrs. Fer
rari bough* the home and furniture.
The lady I bought the show oft. I will
write you as soon as T change addresses.
"To-night Doty had a gun put away
somewhere. It is my gun and she has
it. I had words with her this morning
again, for T caught her and Hazel lying
to me again. Just to get money for her
sister. They claim they paid for a watch
?which was broke, and I went to the
store and found out It was not so. I
do not care for the money end of it. It
hurts me greatly how she teaches Hazel
to lie and go wrong. She simply is
ruining the children, the worst crime on
earth.
"I wish you to write her a letter and
tell her what It means to harm little
ones. You're Hazel's godmother and
maybe she listens. Now, sister, should
anything happen to me get an attorney
and show him this letter. Hoping you
are in good health and don't worry over
this. Give my best to Bill and the t>oy?.
I wish BUI was big enough to be around
me, for I a mtoo disgusted to work, for
a man wants some one to work for and I
cannot do it any more. For the ones
supposed to be my family I done my best
and accomplished my end. only to be
disappointed by the ones you think are
dear to you.
"Keep this letter and say nothing to
your family."
Policemen tinder Chief Voehell were
watching the Brunen home to-night.
The funeral of Brunen was held this
afternoon at four o'clock, after the serv
ice had been delayed for t-wo hours be
cause of the great crowds that gathered.
The Prosecutor in Riverside to-night
said that the circus man left an estata
of xpproxlmateljr*$ 100,000, which, in the
absence of a will, goes to his wife and
his daughter Hazel.
TO LIMIT OFFICIALS'
RIGHT TO STRIKE
German Government to Intro
duce Bill in Reichutag.
Spciial Cablr to Thb New York HmutD.
CovrrigM, 19!t. by The New Yock Hehai.d.
New York Herald Bureau. >
Berlin, March 14. f
The right of Government official* to
strike will be limited legally by a Gov
ernment bill to be introduced in the
Reichstag next month. Employees in the
civil service can be discharged for fail
ing to render complete or partial ser
vice, and after discharge cannot bo re
employed for five years, under the
measure's provisions. It provide* for a
hearing before the civil oowrt if such
hearing Is asked within fout* weeks after
dismissal.
The bill I* the result of the recent
railway strike, when the Government
took the stand that lta employees had
no right to strike.
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PERSHING PROTESTS
AGAINST ARMY CUT
Says House Committee Pro
posal Imperils National
Defense System.
CRITICAL HOUR AT HAND
Frequent Slashes Since War
Have Damaged Service,
Asserts General.
"Washington, Majch 14 (Associated
Press).?House Appropriation Commit- j
tee proposals to cut the regular army j
to 116,000 enlisted men and 11,000 of
ficers aroused Gen. Pershing to-day to ;
a renewed declaration that the whole
| national defense project put through In ;
| 1920 would be imperilled if the slash rec- I
ommended was made by Congress. Sue- j
! cesj of that "sound policy and system i
of national defense." he said in a state
ment to the Associated Press, depended |
upon adequate provision for the military j
establishment.
"The fibre of the regular army has
been thoroughly tested," Gen. Pershing I
added, "by the strains placed upon It !
riot only in timo of war, but in time of i
peace, when it has had to withstand the ;
onslaughts made upon it in the name of i
economy or pacifism.
"It appears now. due to the demands j
for economy in our national expendi
tures. another critical hour for the army >
and the national defense is at hand."
Army Morale Affected.
Referring to "the frequent slashes" in ,
army strength made by Congress since j
the war. Oen. Pershing declared that a ;
"vacillating course" with respect to
army personnel discouraged competent
men from entering the service and low
ered morale and efficiency within the
army until it was "difficult if not im
possible to use to advantage the ser
vices of even the best of such person
nel."
"But whatever Congress may see fit
to grant," the Chief of Staff added, "the
army will, as it always has, affply Itself
to giving th.s nation as much national
defense as it can. It will not quit, no
matter how badly crippled.
"It does ask, however, not through
selfish Interest, but. In the Interests of
the country, that its missions, its per
sonnel and Its m^ans of accomplishing
the missions be given some permanency
and that it be permitted, through con
tinuity of effort, to give the country a
full return for its expenditures for na
tional defense."
Main Line of Defense.
Outlining; the disposition now made of
the army under the authorization for
150,000 men and 13,000 officers which
Secretary Weeks has asked for the com
ing year, the Chief of Staff said that
"the organized citizen soldiery is our
main line of national defense."
"In time of war," h^ added, "behind
the thin outpost line or professional sol
diers, the standing army, it must mobil
ize, complete Its training and take the
field."
Plans for this organization and mo
bilization and training had been made.
Gen. Pershing said, based not "upon
our assumption of a saber rattling at
titude, as some would have us believe,
but upon having the means with which
to defend ourselves and meet force with
force if necessary."
The "overhead" organization of the
Regular Army was not only for Its own
administration, but for "the whole mili
tary establishment, regular, reserve and
potential." Gen. Pershing said. Thorough
study of the requirements had fixed the
necessary overhead personnel, he added,
at 2,300 officers and 14,700 men to deal
with "general direction, administration
and supply" for the entire establishment.
Supplementing this was the army
school system designed to provide 1.600
officers for ''high command and staff
duties," which would be the number re
quired, Gen. Pershing ssid. "for the
first mobilization in any national
emergency." The personnel required j
now for the schools, he added, was -'.650
officers and R.800 men. Now assigned
to organized reserve units. Gen. Pershing i
said, were 1,000 officers and 1,800 men. j
and the numbers must be Increased as ,
the system developed to at least 1,560 ;
officers and 9,560 men.
ANCIENT LAW FREES
WIFE'AS COERCED'
Mrs. Violet Pool Benefits by
Justice Darling's Stand in
Turf Betting Case.
WORKED WITH HUSBAND
But Old-Time Rulings Hold a
Woman Dare Not Contra
dict Her Spouse.
Special Cable to Tub Nbw York Hmuld
Copurioht, j'rSI, oy Tun New Yo?k Hwlb.
New York Herald Bureau, J
London, March 14. I
Mrs. Violet Peel, charged with ob
taining: money froSn bookmakers by
means of telogTams timed earlier than
they wero actually sent, thus making
bets on races after the result was known,
was discharged to-day when Justice Dar
ling ruled that "the evidence shows that
she did everything In the presence of
her husband" and that "presumption of
coercion exists."
It hail been previously testified that
she was allowed ?7.000 yearly by her
father. Sir Robert Jardine. She gave
her husband, Capt. Owen Peel. ?200
monthly. Her husband, who pleaded
guilty to a similar charge, was sentenced
to twelve months Imprisonment by the
Second Division Court.
The trial of Mrs. Peel attracted a
laige number of persons prominent In
social and sporting circles, including the
parents of the beatlful defendant, who
was fashionably dressed, adorned with
Jewels and carried a fan instead of smell
ing salts, as on the previous day. Jus
tice Darling, in basing his ruling on the
ancient law, said :
"I should say there is evidence that
f.ho obtained money from bookmakers
in this manner, but It was proved that
the two defendants were husband and
wife, and that raised quite another ques
tion. This is a well established law and
I am perfectly satisfied that it does ap
ply to the offenses which are charged
ngainst the defendant in this Indictment.
It Is founded on the assumption that a
woman would ncv?;r dare to contradict
her husband.
Ancient l.an Invoked.
"Although I am bound to administer
this law. the assumption, whatever it
may have been in Saxon and Norman
times, is no longer in acoordancc with
facts. It Is absurd to say that a woman
does not dare to contradict her husband.
Evidence shows that the defendant did
everything in the presence of her hus
band and one is driven to the conclusion
that the presumption stands, although
there was a prearrangement She was
not in the post office while anything was
done at all. Capt. Peel handed the tele
grams In and kept them back. She had
a suspicious conversation, obviously with
Dow (a clerk in a Dondon stock broker's
office). She afterward paid ?200 to
Dow. He (Peel) was there all the time
and before she left the telephone he
spoke to her.
"I.et us presume that she said: 'Para
gon (the name of the winner of the
race) has won' and he sent tho tele
grams. He was there all the time
when she took part In the fraud. In
all these circumstances I come to tho
conclusion that the doctrine stands. T
am bound to apply the law. although
It is in my judgment a case I should
have been bound to leave to a jury had
she not been the wife of Capt. Peel."
Justice Darling pointed out the laws
relation to coercion which coun
sel had Invoked. He said they went
back to the days of King Ina of the
West Saxons and were incorporated in
tho enactments by King Canute and that
those were the laws affecting the status
of women to-day.
Ootililr the Pale.
In passing sentence Justice Darling
remarked that the acts to which Pee.
had pleaded guilty were quite outside
the pale of that society In which honest
gentlemen would desire to move. He
said that Peel In making the bets had
left nothing to chance and that he had
taken advantage of an old man and *
young girl?the postmaster and his as
sistant through whom he had sent the
telegrams placing the bets. The Justice
added that it was right In his judgment
that the punishment direct and Indirect
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suffered by a gentleman of position whc.
does dishonest things should be heavier
than that placed upon the poor people
who aided him, for there was nothing
that could be called temptation in this
case.
Oapt. Peel is 28 years old. He and
Mrs. Peel were married in 1919. They
have a baby boy. It was made plain In
both the case of the wife and husband
that the charge only referred to forged
telegrams ?nd that no count in the in
dictment alleged that they had knowl
edge of the winner of the race.
Leslie Dow. a stock broker's dark, who
was alleged to have given Mrs. Peel the
name of the winning horse over the 1
telephone before the telegrams were
sent off by Peel, was not called to testify,
the prosecution saying that he could not
be put forward as a truthful witness.
Probably no turf scandal ever at
tracted suoh widespread Interest here,
for it reached the upper circles as well
as the man In the street and the office
stenographers who use the telephone and
telegraph to place bets on horse races.
GHOST HUNTER STILL
BUSY WITH REPORT
Marconi Doesn't Think Fires
Due to Wireless Aerial Play.
Halifax. N. S., March 14.?Dr. Walter
Franklin Prince, the scientific ghost
hunter from New York, announced to
night it would take him another day to
complete his report on the ghost of
Antigonish.
The report, dealing at length with the
mysterious fires and other manifesta
tions that drove Alex Macdonald with
his family from their home In Caledonia
Mills?and with the moot question of
whether Dr. Prince saw or didn't see the
ghost?probably will be made public to
morrow. he said.
The Halifax Herald cabled to William
Marconi asking him whether aerial play
between the radio stations at Glace Bay.
N. S., and Wcllfleet. Mass., could have
caused the blazes, as suggested by some
materialists.
"I don't think so." road a brief an
swer the Herald says the Inventor re
plied.
CALLS ON SPIRITS TO
LOCATE MISSING MAN
Sister of Missing Theatrical
Owner Engages Medium.
Special Dispatch to Tub New Yoiic TTe*am>.
Toronto, Ont, March 14.?Ambrose
Small, Toronto theatrical proprietor,
missing for over two years, may be lo
cated through spiritualism if a medium
at Windsor, Ont., realizes her hopes.
Mrs. Sidney Nunan, who announced re
cently her belief that she could locate
Small, has been engaged by Small's els
ters to attempt to solve this mystery
by an incursion into the spirit world.
"I think he is fetill alive and In some
place not far away." said (Mrs. Nunan,
"but whether dead or alive wo can find
him and can learn step by step what
has happened to him since the day he
disappeared."
BISHOP WALSH SEES POPE.
Presents Number of Sisters of
Philippine Order,
Home, March 14,?The Right Ttev.
Thomas J. Walsh, Bishop of Trenton.
N. J., to-day was received by Pope
Pius. The Bishop said he found the
Pontiff in perfecet health and vigor.
After the audience the Bishop pre
sented to the Pope a number of Sisters
of the Philippine Order, to whom the i
Pontiff spoke paternally and Imparted I
the Apostolio benediction. 1
PRIEST POT ON TRIAL
IN STUDENT MURDER
Abbe Delorme Accused of Kill
ing Stepbrother in Mon
treal.
WILL MADE IN HIS FAVOR >
I Defence Tries to Set Up Plea of
Prisoner's Mental Irre
sponsibility.
I Montreal, March 14.?The prelimin
ary hearing: on the charge that Abbe
Adelarde Delorme murdered his half
brother proceeded to-day despite effort*
of the defenae to show that the priest
wps not In a mental condition to know
what was going on.
The crown called several witnesses In
the Court of Inquiry to testify regard
ing the tiding of the body of Raoul
Delorme, Ottawa college student, on the
outskirts of this city last January, and
evidence tending to link the priest with
the crime. Then, after crow-examina
tion, the hearing was adjourned until
next Tuesday.
First the prosecution concerned Itself
with thj alleged motive?money.
Father Rheaume of Ottawa Coller*
testified to tbs authenticity of a will ;
made by Raoul in February, 1921. in
which he left most of his estate to the
priest. The college official was a wit- j
ness to the document.
Theophils Marcotte, a life insurance j
company agent, was the next witness.
He testified that the abbe brought his
half-brother to his office and said he
wished him to take out a )25,000. policy !
to acquire the habit of saving.
Then Detective George L*joie. as- 1
signed to the case, was called, with ex- j
hlbits that included a revolver, chicken j
feathers, bloodstained automobile seats
and a quilt. Repeating previous testl- !
mony, the detective said the bullets
found in Raoul's head were .25 calibre?
the bore of the abbe's revolver. Lajoie
also asserted that barrel markings made
on bullets which he had fired from the
priest's revolver corresponded to those
on the pieces of lead that had ended the
student's life.
The feathers came next. The detec
tive swore they were similar to thos?
clinging to a cloth found wrapped j
around Raoul's head. He found them. )
he said. In the priest's car, along with
1 the bloodstained cushions.
Then the quilt was exhibited. The
witness pointed to its peculiar design
and asserted that the aforementioned
blood stained cloth wound around thej
dead man's head had been torn from,
the quilt. The quilt, ho added, had been ,
taken from the room of Lilly Delorme, |
Raoul's half-sister.
Efforts to stay the proceedings were
made as eoon as the case was called.
Gustav Monet, defense counsel, assert
ing that his client was not in a fit men
tal condition to assist his lawyers. He
asked Judge Cusson that ?. psychopathic
examination be made before the hear
ing continued. The Judge decided that
the evidence by the prosecution must be
taken now.
THENTOJf MAYOR FOR GOV.
Sprrial Dixpatrh to Thi N?w Yo?k Hbiatp.
Trenton, March 14.?Mayor Freder
ick W. Donnelly of this city became a
receptive candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor next fall at. a
testimonial dinner tendered to him this
evening, at which his boom was for
mally announced. About 600 Democrats '
participated.
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