April
17, 1911 – On the way to a dance this evening at St. Mathias,
Bertha Jordan, aged 14, was shot and killed by her jealous lover, Charles
Kunde, aged 21 years.
In the buggy were seated Bertha, her brother Otto Jordon, aged 18, and Kunde. Near the farm of David Wickham, Kunde quarreled with Bertha and threatened to shoot her. The brother attempted to wrest away the revolver and was thrown out of the buggy by the infuriated man. The first shot at the girl missed her. Kunde fired two more and struck her in the temple. The murderer then leaped out and a few minutes later the brother, Otto, who had been injured in the encounter, heard a shot in the bushes and found that Kunde had killed himself, the bodies of the girl and the lover lying 300 feet apart.
The mother of the girl was absent in Brainerd and the father took a lantern and near midnight found his little girl cold in death, her little Easter cloak smeared with her blood. Bertha and Kunde have been keeping company for two years, and it is said she did not care to receive his attentions any longer as he was so jealous. The parents of both are well known farmers.
The Duluth Herald; “Shoots His Sweetheart;
Kills Self. Double Tragedy Occurs on County Road Near Brainerd. Charles Kunde Murders
Bertha Jordan in Fit of Jealousy. Brother Attempts to Protect Her But Is Thrown
From Carriage.”; April 18, 1911; pp. 1 & 6.In the buggy were seated Bertha, her brother Otto Jordon, aged 18, and Kunde. Near the farm of David Wickham, Kunde quarreled with Bertha and threatened to shoot her. The brother attempted to wrest away the revolver and was thrown out of the buggy by the infuriated man. The first shot at the girl missed her. Kunde fired two more and struck her in the temple. The murderer then leaped out and a few minutes later the brother, Otto, who had been injured in the encounter, heard a shot in the bushes and found that Kunde had killed himself, the bodies of the girl and the lover lying 300 feet apart.
The mother of the girl was absent in Brainerd and the father took a lantern and near midnight found his little girl cold in death, her little Easter cloak smeared with her blood. Bertha and Kunde have been keeping company for two years, and it is said she did not care to receive his attentions any longer as he was so jealous. The parents of both are well known farmers.
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