Wollner:
No.
Bausen:
Everything you say may be used in evidence against you. You have the right to remain silent if you wish. Would you like a solicitor to be present?
Wollner:
No.
Bausen:
Why have you come here?
Wollner:
To confess to the murders.
Bausen:
The murders of Heinz Eggers, Ernst Simmel and Maurice Ruhme?
Wollner:
Yes.
Bausen:
Tell us how you did it.
Wollner:
I killed them with my ax.
Bausen:
What kind of ax was it?
Wollner:
I’ve had it for several years. A butcher’s tool,
I think.
Bausen:
Can you describe it?
Wollner: Sharp. Quite light. The blade went in very easily.
Bausen:
Where did you get hold of it?
Wollner: Bought it when I was abroad four or five years ago.
Bausen:
Where?
Wollner: Italy. I can’t remember what the town was called.
Bausen:
Why did you murder Eggers, Simmel and
Ruhme?
No reply.
Kropke:
Why don’t you answer the question?
No reply.
Bausen:
Can you give us more details of how you went about it?
Wollner: Which one?
Bausen:
Maurice Ruhme, for instance.
Wollner: I rang the bell and he opened the door… I killed him.
Moerk:
Why?
Wollner: That’s why I went there.
Bausen:
Describe exactly what you did.
Wollner: I said I’d hurt my back. Dropped my watch on the floor. As I couldn’t bend down to pick it up, the doctor did it for me… I hit him with the ax on the back of his head.
Kropke:
Were you acquainted with Dr. Ruhme?
Wollner: I was a patient of his.
Moerk:
Did he know you were coming?
Wollner: Yes.
Moerk:
Are you saying that he received patients at his home at that time of night?
Wollner: I had to push.
Bausen:
What was Ruhme wearing?
Wollner: Polo shirt… grayish-green. Black trousers, dark-colored socks…
Bausen:
What time was it?
Wollner: About eleven.
Kropke:
What was Ernst Simmel wearing when you killed him?
Wollner: White shirt and tie. Jacket and trousers.
Brown shoes, I think. It was dark.
Bausen:
That’s right, dammit… What do you think,
Moerk?
Moerk:
I find it difficult to believe you, Mr. Wollner.
Why did you do it?
Wollner: I’m prepared to take my punishment.
Pause. Short break in the tape.
Bausen:
You claim that you killed three people, Mr.
Wollner. Now you’d damn well better tell me why! We have better things to do than sit here listening to self-punishing types who crave a little attention.
Moerk:
But…
Wollner: I killed them because they were evil people.
Bausen:
Evil?
Wollner: Evil people.
Bausen:
Was that the only reason?
Wollner: It’s reason enough.
Kropke:
Why those particular three?
No answer.
Bausen:
What were you wearing that evening when you killed Ernst Simmel?
Wollner:
