Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — Kiss Seals a Murder. [ARTICLE]

Kiss Seals a Murder.

Before turning a revolver upon himself at Chicago, S. Stepenskl paused to kiss his murdered wife, then sent a bullet into bis own breast He is not expected to live. The tragedy took place in poverty-stricken rooms, where the couple had been living with their three children for the last six months. Despondency because of inability to obtain work was the cause of the deed.