A mystery and a murder in Canada

A while ago I received a question about Gerhardus Warnerus ten Bruggencate (dutch link), because the questioner had a postcard, that GWtB had send from Canada. I knew nothing about      him being in Canada, but I had quite a bit before found a article on a Charles Bruggencate, who was murdered near Prince Albert, SK, and whom I could not place within the family at all.

We compared the vitals for Charles and GW. They were born around the same time, and the postcard placed GW in Canada in 1908. GW was a student teacher between 1888 and 1895, but he was an accountant in 1899 and 1905. He married in 1900, but his wife divorced him in 1906, because he had extra marital affairs. Charles was a farmer, and was beaten to death outside his cabin in 1913.

A Gerhard tB had applied for a homestead at Part: NE  Section: 1  Township: 49  Range: 23  Meridian: W2. His wife Christina, who is remarried in 1917, handled the probate of Gerhard’s estate. The land was worth $800. The death date in Gerhard’s probate file is the same as Charles’ death date, as reported in the papers.

With births and death dates matching, we can assume that GW and Charles are the same person. But why did the papers call him Charles? Why did the paper report:

Deceased is well known in town, and especially well known to the police. He has served terms of imprisonment in the local jail

I need to do more research on this black sheep. I need to get the homestead files, and I need to find him in the 1911 census. But I would really love to find more in the papers.