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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Frank Chunn Kills Hortense Roueche, Then Himself, 1912

“Chunn’s Act Deliberate,” from The Mebane Leader, published Thursday, June 20, 1912

Fired Several Bullets in Victim’s Body, Then Reloaded Pistol

Fuller examination of the body of Miss Burnadette Roueche of Salisbury, who was killed last Sunday night by her lover, Frank Chunn, revealed the fact that she was not struck in the head as was first thought by some blunt instrument, but instead three bullets ploughed their way through her head. These three shots, it is thought, were fired in rapid succession, after which he was doing when Mr. Gable and Miss Hortense Roueche ran up to investigate the trouble. After driving the away, Mr. Chunn returned to the prostrate form of his sweetheart and fired one more bullet into her body before blowing his own brains out.

Young Chunn talked to friends Saturday of doing something desperate, but they tried to persuade him out of it.

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