Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-11
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me Cold Bioeded Crime Of Lsuis Halti,g a.,
81 Jose5sh.

a. Joseph.
St. Joseph special 10 tho Omaha Bee.
a parallel Of the cold blooded w;fa
murder OF last April in this city. for
which a Bohemian named Hronek Il
now IN the Buchanan county jail under
death sentence, occurred to-day in the
murder Of Mrs. Flora Bulling by her
husband, Louis Bulling.
Bnlling is twenty-five years old and n
son Of one Of st. Josephs most respect
cd German citizens, who conducts a
general store near the foot Of Sixteenth
street. He has always been wild fel.
low and has gained considerable noto-
riety as tough. He has spent his time
IN low dives and saloons and cnrries
upon his person numerous marks Of fs-
TIC encounters. About three years ago
ne was compelled to marry little girl
named Flora Bloom whom he had Sc
duced, the daughter OF respectable
widow A few months afterward she
gave birth To child which is still alive.
30 neglectfuI was her husband that after
putting up with him as long as she
could she left him three weeks ago and
secured employment as a waSter at the
Herbert house at Fourth and Charles
streets.
This afternoon about 2:2O O'Clock her
husband called at the hotel and asked
TO see her. The woman sent word that
she did not care to see him, when Bull
ing insisted that she had some things of
his in her trunk and that he had come
for shem. She told the messenger that
she would get the things and turn them
over To her husband, whom she desired
should wait at the door until she had
doneso. 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
minute before three shots in quick sue
cession wenG heard. The door was at
once broken open and the woman found
lying over the trunk with bullet hole
in her forehead above the right eye.
The brains were oozing out upon the
floor and she was quite dead Only one
shot took effect. Bulling was standing
in the center Of the floor with the smok-
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Dog" in his night hand. He made a
desperate struggle TO escape, but was
captured and taken away by the police.
A bowling mob was soon on their
heels, discovering which the police Sc.
GREETED Bulling.
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
rntiians in the city, and for several
years has terrorized South ST. Joseph.
While engaged in a fight about two
years ago with country fellow Bulling
had his left ear bitten Of. This ear he
carries in his vest pocket as mascot. "
In shaking dice at saloon counters he
frequently pulled the bit of shriveled
flesh out Of 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 representa-
ton that he was policeman, and it
took half dozen men TO remove him.
The family TO which Bulling belongs is
a large and wealthy one. Ii exerts con-
siderable influence politically, and alto
gether 10 one of the most prominent in
this community, and his father and
uncles have held numerous offices in
the city and county.