The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-18
Romantic Story of Kring and His Sister.

Johns Hospital of internal hemorrhage.
Romantic Story of Kring and His Sister.
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch.
In the desperate fight which Charles F.
Kring made before the courts, whole vol
umes of testimony were offered to save the
life which disease has now destroyed The
original plea entered was temporary in-
sanity, and no stone was left unturned to
establish the support of this plea. Even at
the most perilous moments however, it was
always evident that q link in the chain
OF evidence to prove the defendant heredi-
tarily affected was missing. Since the
disposition made by the United States Su-
preme Court the explanation of this fact
has leaked out. One of the many mysteries
OF this case has been that part pertaining to
Emma Kring. Even at times when the ext
gencies of the case seemed to require all the
testimony within reach the defense forbore
introducing this girl. On the first trial the
deposition of physician from Illinois was
read, wherein the first mention of the girl
was made. The defendant swore that the
sister of the girl was hopelessly insane,
There was no opportunity to cross-examine,
and the matter has never since been offered
in evidence. The true story Of this reads
like a romance. Charles Kring, ST., the
father of Charles. F. Kring, was a German
farmers son. When a young man he met,
and, it is said, married young woman. Of
the union, concerning which the sto-
rles OF father and son have since
differed, Charles F. Kring was born.
He remained with his father for sometime,
and was only separated when Charles Kring,
ST., came to this country. After living here
few years he married his present wife, by
whom he has had two boys and three girls.
He laid by comfortable competence, figur-
no hofu
then came to this country was taken to his
fathers house and was represented to be the
nephew of the old man by deceased relative
iii Germany. Whether the young man was
aware of the deception that was practiced
on the family or not is detail that will prob
ably never be known, The intentions, how
ever, were good in the light of the testimony
afterwards given by Kring, sr., in the Crimi-
nal Court on the last trial of his son for the
murder of Dora Broemser. The family lived
in peace for long time. Emma was growing
to womanhood, and was accounted an
exceedingly pretty girl. Her supposed
cousin was a well-built young man of
pleasing manners, and calculated to in
spire tender feelings in the heart of any
young woman. In daily contact the young
pair lived for long time, eating at the same
table and ciscling about the same fresde
The old man kept his secret we'll, but was
blind to what was occurring in his own
house. A tender affection sprang UP in the
young girls heart and was rapidly consuming
her before any of the family or even young
Krng, the object of her love, discovered it.
1t was lightning stroke to the old mans
happiness He saw at once that the secret of
his youthful error must be exposed to his
wife, and worse than that, to his daughter
Her love had become intense, and it was the
last resort to preventa horrible union that
the old man related the story of his early life
and told the girl that the object of all her al
lection was his own son and her own brother
The terrible discovery unhinged the young
girls mind, who lost her reason, and she
has ever since been confined to the solitude
of her own chamber. ~