Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-01
THAT PRIEST AND NUN,
Father Kruell, Of Kankakee, lSkS
to Be Married to q
Nun.
The Parsons Scruples Delay
the Nuptials.
Bsrkis Repente and Goes Back.

Special TO tho Chicago Herald.
KANkAKEE, ILL.,, January 26.-The
special telegraphed to the Herald q
day or two ago about q priest and Q
nun caused so much excitement In and
around this locality that your oorre-
spondent was led to make full investi-
CATION into all the circumstances Of
the case. So far as he has been able
to get he finds that on Sunday, Jan.
uary IA, the Rev. John Kruell, for
the past Eve months pastor of the
German Catholic church Of this city,
resigned his charge and received q let.
ter Of good character from the trus-
tees of the parish. On Friday Of last
week Father Kruell and Sister Angela,
the teacher In the parish school, came
to the Commercial hotel and engaged
rooms, Sister Angela being accom-.
panied by young woman,
said to be the priests housekeeper.
On Saturday the Rev. Mr.. Phillips,
rector of st, Paul's Episcopal church
Of Ksnkakee, received q call from
Father Kruell. The visitor informed
Mr.. Phillips that he wished the latter
TO marry him and Sister Angela that
day. In all his clerical experience
Mr.. Phillips had never been con.
fronted with such . situation, and he
begged for time In which to consider
the matter. He then held . long BON.
v~ersation with Father Kruell, who
gave his reasons for leaving the Church
Of Rome (prominent among which was
his love for this woman), and ex.
pressed Q desire to unite with the
Episcopal Church. On Sunday Father
Kruell and Sister Angela were both at
St. Paul'r, the former attending the
morning and evening services.
On Monday, Father Beaudoin,
president of the college at Bourbon.
nais, visited Father Kruell. In q few
minutes Fathers Beaudoin and Kruell
passed out of the hotel together. Be.
tween 6 and 7 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 surrender, except on Father
Kruell's written order. About II
O'Clock q man brought q written order
from Father Kruell, but the baggag,
was then In possession Of Sister An
CELIA, who had moved into Father
Kruell's room, and who refused t.
give up the property unless Father
kruell himself came after 1t. A
about l O'Clock In the morning Fathel
Kruell appeared at the hotel and helt
an hours interview at the hotel ant
held an hours interview with hi
f~ianoee. On the following forenoo,
she was called upon by MI. Phillips
She was quite retioent, but said 1t wa
all over between herself and lover
that they would never see each othel
again. He was to 90 out Of the ooun
cry, and she had decided Il
go to the bishop Of Milwaukee
She was very much broken down
and gave vent to her grief In tn
m lost u~umistakable way. Later In tn
day she again changed her mind, an,
declared her intention to leave on tn,
night train for Quincy Shortly be
fore supper she and her young NO
man friend, who had been her com
panion throughout all these proceed
ings, left the hotel, and not long after
ward came q written order from tn,
leading church members above alluded
to to hold her baggage until further
orders. The lady has not returned to
the hotel, nor has her trunk beer
called for. Sister Angela is abou'
thirty years of age, a comely, whole
some looking German lady. She haI
been a u for fourteen years, snd
teacher In the German Catholic sohoo
of this city for four years. 1t wa
evident that she possessed a deel
affection for Father Kruell, and wal
willing to desert the church In which
she had been born and raised In ordeI
to marry him. It Is said that Arch
bishop Feehan, of Chicago, cam,
down on Mondays noon train, ant
was at Bourbonnais during the day
How much this had to do with tn,
change In the situation Ia only = mat
ter OF conjecture.