Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1894 — HE RETURNS AFTER THIRTY YEARS. [ARTICLE]

HE RETURNS AFTER THIRTY YEARS.

Emil Freynt, Frightened Away by War It«mors, Trusts Again In America. Emil Frcvnt and his sister once lived neifr Leavenworth, Ind., and one morning, thirty years ago, Emil left home ostensibly on a business trip to that place. His horse and saddle were found at Leavenworth, but nothing was heard of him until a day or two ago, when he returned. It developed that the little Frenchman became excited over the war news and went direct to France, his native hofiae. He was 41 years old at the time of his departure. He is now 72, His sister, Miss Ellis Freynt, is eleven years his senior. She still lives near the old home with a married sister. She ha> always mourned for her brother under the supposition that he enlisted and was killed in battle.