An early December blizzard chilled Iowa to the bone. It still wasn’t as cold as the heart of a father seeking vengeance for his daughter. But did he know the entire story?
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All Iowa is in Grip of Blizzard. The Evening Gazette, 12/5/1925
Winter Holds Entire State in Icy Grasp. Iowa City Press-Citizen, 12/5/1925
Girl Dies in Snow Tragedy. Iowa City Press-Citizen, 12/5/1925
Muscatine Hit by Cold Spell After Blizzard. The Muscatine Journal, 12/5/1925
Jefferson Farmer Murders His Daughter’s Betrayer. Quad City Times, 12/6/1925
Girl’s Father Kills Youth at Fairfield. Des Moines Register, 12/6/1925
Man Who Slew Girl’s Seducer Freed on Bond. Des Moines Tribune, 12/7/1925
Farmer Who Slew to Avenge Family Honor Out on Bond. The Daily Times, 12/7/1925
Killer of Boy at Fairfield Freed on Bail. Des Moines Register, 12/7/1925
Hold Funeral Today of Boy Bruey Killed. Des Moines Register, 12/8/1925
Hold Funeral of Farm Youth Bruey Killed. Des Moines Register, 12/9/1925
M’Neese Youth Was to Marry Seduced Girl. Des Moines Tribune, 12/10/1925
To Hold Bruey Murder Case Hearing Today. Des Moines Tribune, 12/10/1925
To Ask Death for Bruey As Killer of Boy. Des Moines Register, 12/11/1925
Bruey, Remanded to Jail, Without Bond, for Murder. Davenport Democrat and Leader, 12/11/1925
Louis Bruey, Slayer of Boy, Breaks Down in Fairfield Jail. Des Moines Register, 12/12/1925
Bruey’s Elder Daughter Weds. Des Moines Tribune, 12/18/1925
Strain Shows on Bruey. Des Moines Register, 1/25/1926
Bruey Murder Case Goes to the Grand Jury in Fairfield Today. Des Moines Register, 2/23/1926
Bruey Faces State’s Plea for Hanging. Des Moines Register, 2/28/1926
Bruey Hangs Himself in His Cell. Des Moines Register, 3/1/1926
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History of Jefferson County, Iowa – 1912, Volume II, Pages 245-247
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