Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-07-26
- From !lc MiSseuri Dem ecr.t, July ..
Suicide of II isemorseiui Lover-- ffasic
Results Of Jcst.

/ week. or two ago we Tusf,t!. red th; ct
! cu,ustanccs Of ycmg lads drowu.r55; hei-
ase!f 81 VeD,ce, on :an oFac.i,a Sue OF the
river o.. account 81 .:isappol:tne:i; - = !sTa
"a lair with one, .2dreg FunlSboiser, o.
Saturday morpirg Funkhouser visited thc
scene Of the suicide, ard t;;rrc. IL ii: Of lT.-
! morse, slot. ..ins2f through The heai;.
Funkhouser Was German cisar- maker,
and boarded at Bohn's boarding-hoose, on
Franklin avenue, between; Twenl y-&econd
and Twenty. third streets. lie had room
near by, where he slept and worked Heaad
been soldier in the army, and, soon after
Obtaining his discharge, paid his addresses TO
Miss Elizabeth Lederer. One day, during
stroll on the. bank Of the Mississippi, near
the Yillage of Venice, the lovers sat down un-
der the shade of tree, and there exchanged
their VOWS Of love. They were engaged to
be married, and to them the horizon of the
future was tinged with the roseate hueS of
hopes and undying affection. They met dai,
ly, and We're exceedingly fond Of each other.
But fate, as if envious of their happiness, sent
the. malignant demon of doubt to plant thorns
in their pathway. The course of their true
love did not long run smooth.
One day, about month ago. Andrew, in
the excess of his happiness, remarked play
full to Elizabeth that he did not intend to
marry her, and left her. She,pondersd apon
his parting words; and, thinking lie might: :ke
in earnest, eltgreatly depressed, and became
u prey to harra-sipg doubts aud suspicious.
Filled with ,boding thoughts Of evil she re
visited the trysting tree on the bank frtho
we, car Venice, and, wandering along the.
4 ora. .:;irgled her tears with the flood that
,aowcd at her feet: Seating herself under
III s14e.: She gaye vent to her feelings at her
cru; iaae Sac returned to- the city after
suozi time spent on the opposite shore, but,
failing 10 hear from Andrew, she went back
to Venice, and ia moment OF despair, rush
ed into the water, aud was swallowed up by
the remorselcsS current.
Tie body of Miss LedereT was recovered,
aud her ioveg, 1w7ho wa almost distracted bJ
the Intelligence of her death, took charge OF
the body purchased a lot in cemetery, had!
the remains Inferred, and tombstone placed
over her. He told hisfriends that he wished
to be buried by the, side of lis lost Elizabeth,
and, ,assurad them that-it would not be long
before he would 20 to hisresting place.
funkuOuSer- was q lHaf Oi apout tAliiy y; Duei
after the sad death Of, his betrotiied, he be,
came apparently an old man;fhis hair turned
gray, and his whole aspect was changed. %On
Saturday morning he went over to Venice
with friend torevisit the spotgHhere Ire had
exchanged VOWS with his dead mistress His
friend asked him to take glass Of beer, but
he declined, and said-he had drank oil the
beer he intended. He was seen sitting un-
der the tree on the,bank of the river, with
his breast bare, pistol. lying by his side
and a miniature of Miss Lcderer il his hand.
Not willing to intrude upon his meditations,
his friend turned to leave him, and had gone
short distance when he heard the explosion
of the pistol Running to the spot, ne found
Funkhouser weltering in his .bl''od. He hi
placed the muzzle Of. the pistol IL h!s b@'
and fired. His agony was brill. l. MD
ment be was dead. His reraiu: were hrra..l:
over to the city yes'erday a'5.Ia'.-, az
burie.. iy.t3e sid e i. ba.r 'a': as nr l;l,
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