this question, Both his mother-in-law and his eldest daughter, 10- —
years-old, testified for the prosenntionand he was convicted and sen- _
tenced to die, The case was appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court
which affirmed the conviction, While the scaffold was being built be-
hind a stockade at the north front.door xe of the court house at Ka-
hoka, Bronstine asked to beallowed to inspect it. His request was
granted and he commented that the workmen were "making a rather rough
job of it," He was hanged there on-May 8, 1899, His nerve held-until
about one hour before his execution when fe broke completely, As he
was tottering to the gallows, he fainted and had to be carried there,
tt was necessary for deputies to hold his limp body until the oece
fell while he was moaning prayers. for forgivenesse
KAHOKA GAZETTE=JOURNAL, Kahoka, Missouri, May 12, 1899
Lh7 MISSOURI 520 (19° ‘SOUTHWESTERN eye
this question, Both his mother-in-law and his eldest daughter, 10-
years-old, testified for the prosenutionand he was convicted and sen- _
tenced to die, The case was appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court
which affirmed the conviction, While the scaffold was being built be-
hind a stockade at the north front.door kk of the court house at Ka-
hoka, Bronstine asked to beallowed to inspect it. His request was
granted and he commented that the workmen were "making a rather rough
job of it." He was hanzed there on May 8, 1899, His nerve held until
about one hour before his execution when he broke completely, As he
was tottering to the gallows, he fainted and had to be carried there,
It was necessary for deputies to hold his limp body until the trap
fell while he was moaning prayers for forgiveness.
KAHOKA GAZETTE=JOURNAL, Kahoka, Missouri, May 12, 1899
1h? MISSOURI 520 (h9 SOUTHWESTERN 512)
ee Both his mother-in-law and his eldest suai te 10~
ld, testified for the d_and sen=
anced to dies The case was appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court
which affirmed the conviction, While the scaffold was being built be-
hind a stockade at the north front door iim of the court house at Ka-
hoka, Bronstine asked to beallowed to inspect it. His request was
granted and he commented that the workmen were "making a rather rough
job of it," He-was hanged thereon May 8, 1899, His nerve held until
about one Heir before bis sreaution when fis broke completely, As he
was tottering to the gallows, he fainted and had to be carried there,
It was necessary for deputies to hold his limp body until the trep
fell while he was moaning prayers for forgiveness.
KAHOKA GAZETTE=JOURNAL, Kahoka, Missouri, May 12, 1899
1h? MISSOURI 520 (49 SOUTHWESTERN 512)
i sassunr 520 (lp corres 5:2)
BRONSTINE, Fred
Bronstine, a 47-year-old white farmer, and his wife, Amelia Jane,
lived about four miles south of Williamstown, Lewis Co,, Mo, ‘while
generally considered an industrious, peaceable man, he had certain
marked peculiabities in behavior and would, at times, cruelly mis-
treat his wife and their four living children, Finally, in January,
1898, she took the children and returned to the home of her mother
in Clark County, On the afternoon of March 12, 1898, after borrowing
a revolver and purchasing bullets, he rode to the home of his mother-
in-law. When he arrived, he announced that he had come to see his
children and his wife asked him inside, They stood in the doorway
and he demanded that she return home with him, ‘When she refused, he
held her against the door, drew the revolver and fired at her, She
was able to deflect his aim, was not hit and ran, He fired again
and then pursued her until he caught her, held her firmly against
another door and shot her through the eye in the presence of his
daughters and mother-in-law. Bronstine then announced that he planned
to kill himself and rode back to Lewis County where he was taken into
custody, His defense was one of insanity and persons who had known
him for years testified both for the defense and the prosecution on
BRONSTINE, Fred
Bronstine, a \7-year-old white farmer, and his wife, Amelia Jane,
lived about four miles south of Williamstown, Lewis Co., Mo, While
generally considered an industrious, peaceable man, he had certain
marked peculiabities in behavior and would, at times, cruelly mis-
treat his wife and their four living children, Finally, in January,
1898, she took the children and returned to the home of her mother
in Clark County, On the afternoon of March 12, 1898, after borrowing
a revolver and purchasing bullets, he rode to the home of his mother-
in-law. ‘hen he arrived, he announced that he had come to see his
children and his wife asked him inside, They stood in the doorway
and he demanded that she return home with him, ‘When she refused, he
held her against the door, drew the revolver and fired at her, She
was able to deflect his aim, was not hit and ran, He fired again
and then pursued her until he caught her, held her firmly against
another door and shot her through the eye in the presence of his
daughters and mother-in-law. Bronstine then announced that he planned
to kill himself and rode back to Lewis County where he was taken into
custody. His defense was one of insanity and persons who had known
him for years testified both for the defense and the prosecution on
BRONSTINE, Fred
Bronstine, a 7-year-old white farmer, and his wife, Amelia Jane,
lived about four miles south of Williamstown, Lewis Co,, Mo, While
generally considered an industrious, peaceable man, he had certain
marked peculiabities in behavior and would, at times, cruelly mis-
treat his wife and their four living children, Finally, in January,
1898, she took the children and returned to the home of her mother
in Clark County, On the afternoon of March 12, 1898, after borrowing
chasing bullets, he rode to the home of his mother=
When he arrived, he announced that he had come to see his
children and his wife asked him inside, They stood in the doorway
and he demanded that she return home with him, ‘hen she refused, he
held her against the door, drew the revolver and fired at her, She
was able to deflect his aim, was not hit andran, He fired again
and then pursued her until he caught her, held her firmly against
another door and shot her through the eye in the presence of his
daughters and mother-in-law. Bronstine then announced that he planned|
to kill himself and rode back to Lewis County where he was taken into
custody, His defense was one of insanity and persons who had known
him for years testified both for the defense and the prosecution on
