Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1909 — SHOOTS GIRL WHO JILTS HIM [ARTICLE]

SHOOTS GIRL WHO JILTS HIM

Miss, 17 Years Old, Refused to Return Ring to Youthful Admirer. Portsmouth, ' 0., Aug. 17. —Enraged because he had been jilted, Harry Bliss, eighteen years old, shot and mortally wounded Minnie Clarke, seventeen years old. Bliss met Miss Clarke, stepped up to her and demanded back his ring. When the girl refused, he pulled his revolver and shot her through the back, the right lung being penetrated. He was arrested.