April 22, 1927
Whittier
The 1924 Rentz-Rentz-Weible love triangle ended as love triangles so often do—with a corpse. When Henry Rentz, 23, got a mysterious call at the Whittier Piggly Wiggly to get himself home, he found Mrs. Rentz, 21, in bed with 18 year-old oil worker Louis Weible. As such, Rentz shot Weible in the stomach. The judge declared that
Rentz “fired to protect the sanctity of his home” and exonerated the murderer. The Rentz’ put the past aside and settled back into domestic bliss.
But Mrs. Rentz’ repentance was short-lived. The Rentz’ were in court again yesterday, this time for divorce proceedings, and for the second time Henry had to relate the story of Louis Weible’s slaying. Seems Myrtle Rentz, the little minx, had had a letter in her apron pocket: “Baby, I’ll see you at noon, bye-bye, love. Your Love Prof.” This was found by and was too much for Henry; he filed for divorce in short order. He got it in shorter order, up to and including custody of their daughter.
