Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1913 — JEALOUS, SLAYS GIRL WIFE [ARTICLE]

JEALOUS, SLAYS GIRL WIFE

“You Beauty,” Man Cries as He Shoots; Fires on Self as Neighbors Come. Chicago.—Rudolph Damm killed his wife because she was a girl of rare beauty and only eighteen years old. Then he killed himself with a rifle, pulling the trigger with bis toe. The two had not been married long. They had a pretty little hoihe In Bellwood. where neighbors have frequently heard them quarreling. The husband, It appeared, was madly Jealous, and his work kept him from home a great deal of the time. t He came home about five Vo’dock, and the neighbors heard the did quarrel re-open. The young wife adopted new tactics, It is said. He laughter was heard. And then came the tragedy. In the midst of the girl’s laughter Damm was heard groaning. Finally he was heard to say: "You —you beauty!” And the first shot was fired an Instant afterward. Otto Harder of Maywood, a cousin of the woman, witnessed her death, and ran out to summon Marshal Joseph H&gemelster. Neighbors rushed

for the door of the Damm home, but he quickly locked the door and prepared for what he had decided to do. He took off hiß shoes first Then he placed the rifle, barrel upward, between his febt, bowed his head over the muzzle, reached up with his foot to the trigger and sent a bullet Into his head.