Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1917 — Chicago American Tells of Recent Murder, in Kankakee District. [ARTICLE]

Chicago American Tells of Recent Murder, in Kankakee District.

The following article is taken from the Chicago American of Tuesday and is a true criterion of the way big newspaper writers delight in sensationalizing any occurrence of this Because Mra. Henry Bruns, blind for years, regained her sight and spurned her husband when she saw he was a hunchback, both are dead today in their little farm home in Newton county, Indiana. The story is a strange one and starts when Henry, in a baby ment that 'betokened wealth and refinement, was left on the steps of a Chicago foundling institution. He grew to manhood, a butt for the thoughtless gibes of his youthful companions. He was a hunahbacK. He came to shun society. He sought shelter in books which were never unikind. , ■One day he disappeared. He had Shouldered 'his pack and started bo walk the highways and bywava. perhaps Bruns would liave 'reached . his destination —the old Spanish missions of southern California —had net he happened to pass through (Moline, In. There is an old-fasLlonod inn one night 'he met Gertrude Harkness, a wildflower of loveliness. He heard iier singing as he tramped down the dusty road. He did not learn until later that she was blind, a victim of scarlet fever. But that made no difference to Henry. He decided to stay at the inn. She came to depend upon him. He knew happiness for the first time. Then she confessed to him her ambition that an operation would give her back her sight, and that she could prepare .for a grand opera career. Henry knew she needed money for the operation. He evolved a plan Nearby, was a toadlwuse, popular with wutomobailists. She could sang there. It Was arranged. Henry acted as her -guardian. On a never-to-be-forgotten day Henry announced that she bad accumulated enough for the operation. He deceived lier. Because he had added ali of his money—s4oo—to tiie SIOO sly' had saved. The specialist was a /party to the deception. He told her the operation was to cost but SIOO. It Was a success. They were married sfod they went over to the Nevrton Jaunty farmhouse to spend the honeymoon. It was there the bandages Iwe re removed yesterday. * “Why—why ” cried the girl, in horrpr-stridken tones. “You're a hunchback. Get awajr from me. Henry lost ’ins ronson. The firat charge in the dbotgun went i n mer breast She died instantly. Then Henry lay down beside her, placed a foot on the trigger and pulledit. The buckshot entered his brain. They lay there when the sheriff arrived.