Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-02-19

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=, elias Bannerman who finally
@Tn that scientific wizard and
..Domv of mankind, Emil Gluck.
\, confession, before he went to
ssctric chair, threw much light
!, tbs series of mysterious events.
I, apDarently unrelated, that so
',Trbed the world between the years
& and 194l.
nj. tbe deeds of Emil Gluck were
sst was abominable, we cannot
bel to a certain extent, pity foN
Unfortunate, malformed and mall
std genius. This side of his story
rsver been told before, and from
h ,mfession and from the great
.n NJ evidence and the documents
4 rsrOrdS of the time we are able to
mtrct a fairly accurate portrait of
N and to discern the factors and
srsUres that nodded him into the
'tnm Aonster he became and that
ms him onward along the fearful
lh he trod.
Emil Gluck was born in Syracuse,
n.y. in 1895. His father, Josephus
sck was a special policeman and
.ht Waterman who, in the year 1900,
nd suddenly of pneumonia. The
vhr, a pretty, fragile creature, who
|Ere her marriage had been a MILL
NJ gieved herself to death over the
BIS Of her husband. This sensitive
Ha Of the mother was the heritage
ht in the boy became morbid and
brble.
hlSO1 the boy, Emil, then six years
d age went to live with his aunt,
k Ann Bartell. She was a vain,
haloW and heartless woman. In her
hast was no kindly feeling for the
snstiVe, shrinking boy. Also, she was
ISed with poverty and burdened
Ttha husband who was a lazy, cratic
sTdOwell. Young Emil Gluck was
a wanted and Ann Bartell could be
listed to impress this fact sufficient
upon him. AS an illustration of the
atment he received in that early,
inative period, the following In
ince is given:
When he had been living in the
iTell home a little more than a
ar he broke MS leg. He sustained
injury through playing on the for
laen roof-as all boys have done
VIII continue to do to the end Of
la The leg was broken in two
ICES between the knee and thigh.
lll helped by his frightened play
NeS' managed to drag himself to
Hont sidewalk, where he tainted.
: children Of the neighborhood
70 AFRAID of the hard-featured shrew
presided over the Bartell house;
Summoning their resolution, they
Z The bell and told Ann Bartell of
accident. She did not even look
'ue little lad who lay stricken on
SIDEWALK, but slammed the door
went back to her washtub. The
!, passed. A drizzIe came on and
: MUCK out of his faint, lay sob
IL the rain. The leg should have
! sci immediately. As it was, the
rose rapidly and made
.S'y case of it. At the end Of two
- the indignant women of the
protested to Ann Bar
. 4nis time she came out and
80 = at the lad as he lay helpless at
ed him.
vas woman, Elizabeth Shep-
y, VINO came along, learned of the
NIL and had the boy placed on
:. 1t was she who called the
!, ana who, brushing aside AM
= nad the boy carried into the
~ = when the doctor arrived Ann
= promptly warned him that she
:, ~, not pay him for his services.
s,S. months little Emil lay in bed,
80, month on his back without
.o seins turned over; and he lay
,.' 1u and alone, save for the oe-
40, n' visits Of the unremunerated
O'efworked physician.
aOula seem strange that from the
Il u oI Ann Bartell Emil GIuck
h lave received a college educa-
NJ ~ the explanation is simple.
ma ei'uo-well husband. deserving
: a. SIilhe IN the Nevada gold
; n,u u returned to her g many
~, a4''iionaire. Ann BartelI hated
! 81 "a aug Immediately she sent him
arristown academy, a hundred
NJ a!' Shy and sensitive, a lone
M. Misunderstood little soul, he
lonely than ever at Farris-
tioo aS remarkable student. APP
fan a Such as his would have taken
out he did not need applica-
fl. sianee at the text meant mas
n ;I niln' The result was that he
no mnlense amount of collateral
t6. qua acquired more in half a
a S Old the average student in
Con wen years. In 1909, barely
. - years of age. he was ready
"n ready" the headmaster of