Murderer Arrested

BRENJUS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 5/30/2009 at 09:21:54

Sabula Gazette, January 27, 1894, reprinted in the Jackson Sentinel, February 1, 1894.

Murderer Arrested-

Henry Brenjus, who has been wanted for murder at Cedar Rapids for the past month, was arrested in the house of ill repute on the island opposite Clinton, last Thursday. Brenjus was a brutal slugger and brained a companion with a heavy ice pick, at Cedar Rapids, without cause or provocation.