Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1891 — A Cold-Blooded Husband. [ARTICLE]

A Cold-Blooded Husband.

A coroner sees many curious sights, j Deputy Coroner was telling I of a circumstance that came under his j notice recently that surpassed every- ! thing ever heard of in the way of heartless indifference. He was called to investigate a case where a man’s wife had died very suddenly. It was plainly a case of heart failure, but the husband insisted on an autopsy. He not only wanted the autopsy, but rhe wanted to see it performed. The body was placed on a table and the doctor began work. The husband watched every movement very closely. Finally the liver and heart were,exposed and the heart was found to be greatly en- : larged. The husband, more’ Meekly j interested than ever, stepped forward I and took hold ot the heart with his fingers. “It made my blood run cold,” said the deputy, “and I pushed the man away.” He seemed to resent the coroner’s action very much and insisted i on knowing what caused his wife’s j death. The doctor explained that it • was caused by an enlargement of the I heart. “Wall, by thunder!” mused tire ! man, “I don’t understand that. I • supposed a big heart made folks gen--1 erous like, but that woman was the • dumdest, stingiest critter lever saw." I —St. Louis Star.