Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1883 — SLAIN BY A BOY HUSBAND. [ARTICLE]

SLAIN BY A BOY HUSBAND.

Mrs. Agnes Wynne Foolishly Dares the Kage of Her Drunken Master. [New York Telegram.] Eighteen months ago Agnes Wynne, aged 18, was married to James H. Wynne, aged 17. For some time they had lived unhappily, and Wynne says he had intended separating. He had been drinking heavily and had gone home to-day, when a quarrel took place. He threatened'to shoot her, and she answered: “I dare you to do It ” At the time she was lying on a bed with the baby beside her. The boy husband drew a revolver and fired. The bullet entered his wife’s breast He went for a physician, but subsequently Mrs Wynne was taken to the hospital The wound was pronounced fatal and the young wife died tonight Wynne was arrested. Two playmates of Mrs. Wynne witnessed the crime. A 2-months-old child was orphaned by the drunken father’s shot