Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-01-31
PRIEST AND NUN.
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and tie Couple Prepare fos 10
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BY HIS BRETHREN IN THE CHURCH.

KAxkAKKk, III, January @.-Ths. Rev.
John Kruell, for the last Ave months pastor
Of the German Catholic Church of thtv
city, resigned his charge and received lot
ter OF good character trom the trustees OF
the parish. On Friday OF last week Father
Kruell and Sister Angela, the teacher In
the parish school, came TO the Comnercial
Hotel and engaged rooms, Sister Angola be-
ing accompanied BY young woman. aid
70 be the priests housekespcr.
On Saturday the Rev. NJ. Phil.
lips. rector Of st. Paurs Episcopal
Church, of Kankakec, yeceived call from
Father Erusll, The visitee iDfesOeA Ma.
Phillips that he wished the latter to marry
him and Sister Angela that day. In all
his clerical experience Mr.. Phillips had
never been confronted with such situs
ton, and he begged for tine In which 10
consider the matter. He then held long
conversation With Father Kfuell, Who
gave his reasons for leaving the Church OF
Rome (prominent amoog which was his
love for the womanl and expressed do
sire TO unite with the Episcopal Church.
On Sunday Father krusll and Sister An
gela were both ~ 81 fauls, the former at.
In considering
me Pr~etical Sasstssa
how he was to support himself and wife.
Father Kruell was advised TO advertise
himself rs a teacher Of languages.
In the evening Father Besudoin, Presi.
dent OF the college at Bourbonnais. came
into the room. In few minutes Fathers
Beaudoin and Kruell passed out OF tho
hotel together. Between 9 and o'clock
in the evening Father Beaudoin returned
and paid the bills Of Father kruell and
Sister Angela and asked for the formers
baggage. This the landlord refused to sur.
render except on Father krueils written
order.
About II O'Clock man brought . writ.
ten order from Father kruell, but the bag
gage was then In possession OF Sister
Angela, who had moved into Father
Kruelrs room, and who refused TO give up
the property unless Father kPuell himself
came after Il. During the evening she was
visited by q leading member Of the Germ N
Catholic Church. who gave her $40 with
which 10 buy ticket to Quincy, Illinois,
where her brother lives. Al about one
O'Clock In the morning Father Kruell ap.
peared st the hotel and held
An:asasS lstssvisW.
with his Hancee. On the following forenoon
she was called upon BY NJ. fhillipa. She
was quite reticent. but 10 was oil over b..
tween herself and lover; that they would
never see each other again. He was 70 30
out of the country, and she had decided to
70 to the Bishop OF Milwaukee. She ws
very much broken down and gave vent 10
her grief In the most unmistakable way.
Later In the day she again changed her
mind and declared her intention 70 leave
on the night train for Quincy. Shortly be.
fore supper she and young woman friend
who had been her companion throusheut
all these proceedings, left the hotel, and
not long afterward camo o written order
from the leading church member above al.
luded to, to hold her baggage until further
orders. Up TO this time the lady has not
returned TO the hotel, nor has her trunk
been called for.
Sister Angela 10 about thirty years OF
are, q comely. wholesome looking German
lady. She has been q nun foT fourteen
years, and teacher In the German Catholic
school OF this city for four years. II 10 ev.
ident that she possessed deep affection for
Father Kruell, and was willing 20 desert
the church In which she had been born and
raised in order TO marry him.
II Is said that Archbishop Feehan. Of
Chicago, came down on m early train and
was at Dourbonnais during the day. How
much this had 10 do with the change
in the situation is only q matter OF con.
lecture.