Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-04
Attempted Suicide by n Despondcnt Lover
How an Indifferent Mistress Became n
BctrOthed Bride.

Attempted Suicide by n DespOndcnt Lover
How an Indifferent Mistress Became n
Bctrothed Bride.
Day before yesterday, young man, not
yettwenty years ofage, named Joseph Rother,
attempted self-destruction by discharging the
contents of pistol into his body, after first
locking himself in his bedroom, at the resi-
dence of his parents, on Elm-street, near Lib
crty. The circumstances, as related to us by
his physician, are rs follows:
AT n masquerade given by the Secilia So
cety, some months ago, he met for the first
time young girl-whose name, from mo-
tives ofdelicacy, we withhold-who impressed
him in such a manner rs to render him almost
wholly unfit for the performance of his laily
duties. The girl was quite young, and seemed
to feel somewhat ilattered by his attentions
and the pair soon became quite intimate
About n week or two ago hemade her apro-
posal of marriage, which was incontinently
and peremptorily refused. The girl stated that
she had always esteemed him very highly as
a friend, and had never regarded him in any
other light; she was quite young and would
not under any circumstances, marry for
some time to come, and would be compelled
to discontinue his acquaintance forever, if
he persisted in his suit rI.
Lover-like, he did persist, and she, true to
her threat, entirely refused to see him. After
gain an interview with her, he wrote her a
note, stating that death was preferable to life
without the privilege of being admitted to
her society; repeating in the most fervid
terms his admiration for her, and bidding her
final farewell.
He did not threaten self-destruction save
in the indirect manner we have stated, and
the girl, unconscious of his intention, paid
no attention to his letter, and believed that
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never cease to regret and q lover whose pas
sion she could never return. The young
man did not seem to be aware that love,
like asun-glass, if fheld steadily for sufficient
length of time, would kindle flame, deter
mined to end his life now that his hopes had
been destroyed, and seek in another the SYM
pathy he failed to find in this.
Accordingly, as we have already said, day
before yesterday be procured pistol, and
after loading it placed the muzzle against his
left breast and discharged the contents into
his bosom; whether fortunately or unfortun
ately we leave the reader, when the sequel
has been made known, to judge. The ball
struck one of the ribs, and passing around his
body lodged near the spine, causing painful
and somewhat severe, although not danger
Gus wound.
When the circumstance was made known
to the girl, partly actuated by remorse, and
partly Dy an lnuerenI Regard lOr tne young
man, in whom now she felt really interested,
| she ran Immediately to his residence, and
hiding her eyes, which were dimmed and
red with the burning tears she had shed, upon
his wounded breast consented to marry him
| if he would only conyalesce. ~.
The young man seemed to receive new
life from this. So great was the effect of the
mental peace caused by the few words she
had uttered upon his physical system, that
all the health and buoyancy of the young
nature of his beloved apparently flowed into
his weak and wounded frame. After kissing
her hand they were left alone, and a long
conversation ensued which concluded to the
entire satisfaction of both the parties.
Next Sunday if the young man is still
alive, the pair will be married, and there
seems to be little doubt that the betrothal
made under such extraordinary circum-
stances will end in an agreeable honey moon
| The heart of the young man, so severely
wounded by the bright eyes of his inamorata
will soon heel under the treatment it is now
receiving, and we earnestly hope he may
never again be wounded by any othel
weapon, or have cause to regret that c
friendly rib not only preserved his life, bu
| gave him new one. ....,.....