Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-30
MURDERED HIS YOUNG WIFE.
Cold Blooded Crime Of Louis Bull
ing at st. Joseph.
HER HONOR AND THEN HER LIFE.
A Forced Marriage Ended With a
Pistol Bullet-Indignant Citizens
Determined TO Infict Sum-
mary Punishment.
A SUNDAY Tragedy,


ST JosEPm, Mo-, Jan. 90 Especial Tele-
gram to the BEE. IA parallel of the cold
blooded wife murder of last April in this city,
for which Bohemian named Hronek is now
in the Buchanan county Jail under death sem
tence, occurred to-day IN the murder of Mrs.
Flora Bulling by her husband, Louis Bulling.
Buling is twenty five years old and son
Of one of St. Joseph's most respected Ger
man citizens, who conducts general store
near the foot of Sixteenth street. He has
always been wild fellow and has gained
considerable notoriety as a tough. He has
spent his time in low dives and
saloons and carries upon his person numcr-
Gus marks of istic encounters. About three
years ago he was compelled to marry little
girl of sixteen years of age named Flora
Bloom whom he had seduced, the daughter
of respectable widow. A few months
afterward she gave birth 10 child which is
still alive. So ncglectful was her husband
that after putting up with him as long as she
could she left him three weeks ago and Sc
cured employment as waiter at the Herbert
house at Fourth and Charles street.
This afternoon about 9 30 o'clock her hus-
band called at the hotel and asked to see her.
The woman sent word that she did not care
had some things of his in her trunk and that
he had come for them. She told the messen-
ger that she would get the things and turn
them over to her husband, whom she desired
should wait at the door until she had done so.
When the word was conveyed to Bulling he
pushed his way into the room where his wife
was, closing and locking the door behind
him. The last that was seen of his
wife alive was as the door went
to and she was bending over her open trunk
with her back to the door. The bolt had not
been turned n minute before three shots in
quick succession were heard. The door was
at once broken open and the woman found
lying over the trunk with a bullet hole in her
forehead above the right eye. The brains
were Qpzing out upon the floor and she was
quite dead Only one shot took effect Bull
ing was standing in the center of the floor
with the smoking pistol, IA 3S-calibrc TX. l..
Bull Dog" in his right hand. He made a
desperate struggle to escape but was cap
tured and taken away by the police.
a bowling mob was soon on their heels,
discovering which the police secreted Bull
ing.
There is no question but if he can be found
tonight he will be swung to the nearest lamp
post without ceremony.
Bulling has nothing to say about his crime,
He is one of the most desperate ruftians in
the city, and for several years has terrorized
South st. Joseph. While engaged in a fight
abo1.:. two years ago with IL country fellow
Bulling had his ,sft ear bitten off. This ear
he carries in his vest pocket as mascot"
In shaking dice at saloon cocnters he ire
quently pulled the bit of shriveica flesh
out az his pocket and put it upon
the counter beside him. A couple of weeks
ago he tried to force his way into Tootle's
opera house on the representation that he
was a policeman and it took half dozen men
to remove him. The family to which Bulling
belongs is Il large and wealthy one 1t ex-
erts considerable influence politically and al
together is one of the most prominent in this
community and his father and uncles have
held numerous Offices in the city and county