The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-27
LOVE AND INSANITY AGAIN.
4 DRUGGIST'S TRTdL FOR KTLLIN0
ms PARTNERS WIFE.
Ima ginning that the Object Of His Haiiucina-
tion had sued for n Divorce from Her Hus-
bRnd-Tben Abandoning His Family.

lima ginning that the Object Of His Haiiucina-
tion had sued for n Divorce from Her Hus-
bRnd-Then Abandoning His Family.
ST. LOUIS Mo-. Dec. A.-Charles +. Kring,
murderer, Ia being defended with tho plea OF
Insanity In case which went to the Jury to-
night. His crime was the shooting OF the wife
OF his partner In the drug business. The testi-
moDy shows that he fell In love with the woman,
Mrs. Bocmser and received from her no en-
couragement; yet he seems to have imagined
that she reciprocatod his passion. Carrying his
phantasy still further, he believed series Of
things that had no existence, except In hts own
added brain. He at first imagined that Mrs.
Boemsor answered the love letters that he
wrote to her, although In reality ahe gave them
TO her husband without responding. Once a
glimmerine Of her indifference penetrated his
understanding, and he wrote to her IA follows
DEAR DonA; shail not anywhere without you. not
Sr You S s sSs Th ySs S 'Rnf Ra a' scse
third one and stay with him. and | viii rest and he
amiahe deccivcr for whom enoher would give his iifc
sen s 9s euS spgSasd WIS WIS When The sa h aeS s
have set ed, cool anu composed 1hink over Il YOUR
very slender thread. You know me ! viii not ltarn
syS o sSq 3S o@ RqS M a. qe 5a 9 % rs OF W oyf MIL
a.d Your confidence shan be the key stone Of INV hipp
yegr huspinc; win me YOU shall then be happy a.
WIN luu ON you Wouu Know thAt You uAGN one
be .p .pg. VT %er nave Sys a r'1s csr' sqac dqr
YOU Then you nave sold my true heart. ana you
belongs to ou Sad come. rom % You Do Won ,on San in o
lcaNc cNcNthingP Your rela Ions who think tut little
40 You prefer the destruction of all Of us? iaye
be yos s y ', & igs w SuI nanus; Lr' NE ne
one Nhich YES riches aud greatest IN tho
on The other hand, poverty hard work, but with you
on would ne coutenttl aud happy, ar would refer
a. latter Oh YOU Know It and are heIiaiiug WY ?
H. mSa & ~ no i'nset, or at least torture me Mt Give
and mine vita yes Nut seal all our ru VITA no. l.
sure 10 come shai iva the iast bo,r ~ n W ,n sn, S
on, then, YOU devils of hon. help me. snail you
Lord. Father, hclp me Hast ihou helprd me / vii
NEE But more drsa@s AIN am asinaed 10 dc;iruciion q
hut mat l. not 90 YOU VIII g0 WIN me. We are bound
Farewell and sleep well, darling. CHARLES.
Krng's wife Joined with Others In expostula-
tion. and he was apparently convinced OF his
delusion but It was not long before he relapse
into belief that Mrs Boemser had sued for
divorce from her husband, and would olope With
him when she had obtained IT, He was Young
and, before this hallucination. OF go d habits,
nd attentive To business Attefward he grew
careless. but eviuced no trace 81 insanity ex-
Cept in the one respect. lie next abandoned
his wife and children, and made preparations to
elope with Mrs. Boemser; und a part Of this
freak was the writing OF an elaborate statement.
"a winch he declared that the eloueiueut WAS
the newt Bile result Of turlr love. and that he
deplored the siu As much ~ anybody else could.
lie REGARDED himself US unconimonv handsome,
and irro-is' iOle with NgMeu, al hough In fact lie
was no. attractive. There seems to have been
no attempt 10 put htm under restraint, his
friends supposing that he could be cured Of bis
iolly 10y argument. They were misiik 20. bow
ever, and krin. made new aud worse fancics
Ho called upon Mrs. BOcmser, 10 the au~en - ~
her husband, and told her that everything WAS
ready tor flight She id that he was a luuatic; /;
that she had not promised or intended to elope.
He went away. bToOting over what he believed
70 be ner uc hdy. He understood that she re-
fused TO 20 with him. buf chung To the old be-
lief that she loved hin,, and nd lroWi-ed ~
leave her husband for him. The mo serious
phase OF his mania Wa thcn developed. lie de-
cldtu 70 klIl MIS- boemser, anu tho action OF his
mind l. show wu In the following statement, after
ward found In his desk, where he had put IT:
nnd q necessary TO develop TO the world INV most
ssci other uut we're pre,enied by stronger tci ro2
eI'tag u & 'nTsSe e. may t.e s,erte Ic IL ~ nsht isl
toe world look upon o. 10 MI iig1t- tho bad world
eoat no unite M. s and g inv W e es bors a G an @ % ae
ney eternity REPLACE that ich was dcqlcd 10 NE by
!he deed for which pernep. may stand nefore iim.
pHia , VA VA ge sgini21,i M - aeg hin ln yer, ,hor'
nent be consigned 20 1t Tor nj, fault on may th-
iimSss her her .aieiiss 10 10 me- o. o. bsaf me- AimisSis
fn'a,i 1esr ny lrt|r' oe; n.~ M. ha's thought 90
me force ahl stieusth u my purp9se' Lrt ne urng
can serve thee. Al uuior,uuat, marriage rcri me
into ruin. Ny wife was good. but a Cstholie she
bad tae lung,noe over me mat re. lirei came TO
tNfs rNur 4 yNuIE man, IN iir NfAf ITO Az my
f,trer's my inward man HAs spoiled. lie Is Moloch
ana tyrsnt IN family Is' may the blessings "
heaven he with my wifi ana poC- 'ti." boy. saw
Dora ana nv heart Nas ever with her ana 80 VII mo
Can the heait obey a~? We enjoyed all ~ Sgre
Capable ~. May destruction come on u w She q..
want but could NOT 1reak the ties which hed her from
me. So viii play the part Of fate prtp4eI pretty
to stand before my Judge. she has dcccyea her
hus nAnd through she shall b- given desruc.
On. to prevent her from Goceying the hearts OF other
men love her 81 70 Insanity Snd cannot brook the
Is good ~ Dad cav the world after us TO Judge. But
Judge mildly know she loves me. FArerell.
krngs idea was that he and Mrs. Doemser
would he united in the other world II he killed
her and him self; for In a letter to his wife he
said Z" You never wanted to make me happy,
but death will unite those whom life could not. -
The murder Of Mrs. Boemser wts the climax.
He shot her, and tried Intellectually to kill him
self
The murderer's defence brought out the facts
as Liyen auOye. The prosecution held that he
resented Mrs. Boemser's rejection OF his suit,
anu Killed her tor revenge, the wOunding Of
himself being done to support simulated in
sanity The jury retired on Christmas eve, and