Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-07-26
eaFron !lo Mi;scuri Dem ,crar, July 3.
Suicidc ct Il isem"rseiui LoNer"- fsasic
Results ei Jest.

week or two ago we msTti.red The cir.
ca,ua5ances Of yc,n1g !a'i3 ,iroyu.,.5 hal-
sseI q Venice. on :ae oi.i.c.i.e sl'ie 9t sha
river o.: account 81 ..isapp1l:.!men; il !p'p
.a!lair with one. .2lrew Funkhonser. Qr
Saturday mornirs Funkhouser v;s':e.! tho
scene Of the suicide; and ti.,rc, il . Il: ci r.
morse, slot. ii imaaIf through the hsa,.
Farkhouser Was a German cisar- iia ker,
ndlboarded ct Bohn's clearinghouse, OH
Franklin avenue, between; Tween " %econd
and Twenty.third streets. lie had room
near by, where he slept and worked. He had
been soldier in the army, and soon after
obtaining his discharge, paid his addresses to
Miss Elizabeth Lederer. One day, during
q stroll on the. bank Of the Mississippi, near
the village 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 uudying affection. They met dai.:
ly, and were exceedingly fond of each other.
But fate, as if enyious 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
fully to Elizabeth that he did not intend to
marry her, and left her. She pondersd apon
his parting words; and, thinking lie might be
il, earnest, felt greatly depressed, and becane
II prey to harra-sftg doubts and suspicious.
Filled with bnding thoughts of evil she re-
visited the trysting tree on the bank fstho
.vcr. car Venice, and, wandering along the.
,r,. .:.irgled her tears with the food that
iaowed at her feet. Seating herself under
liz srce. She gave veat-to her feelings at her
cruz. ,!a.e Sac rct,irnJds to the city after q
enoyi time spent on tho opposite shore, but,
ialillg 10 hear from Andrew, she went back
to Venice, ana ia q moment OF despair, rush
ed into the wafer, aud was swallowed up by
the rem0rselcsS current. =,
Tie body. Of Miss Lederer was recovered,
aud her lover, who wa almost distracted by
the Intelligence Of her death, took charge of
the body, purchased lot in cemetery, had
the remains Inferred, and q tombstone placed
over her. lie told his.friends thathe wished
to be buried by the, side Of lis lost Elizabeth,
end, ASSURED them that~it would not be long
before he would 20 to his-resting place.
Funkhouser, was man of about thirty but,
after the sad death of. his betrotiied, he be-,
came apparently an old man; his hair turned
gray, and his whole aspect was changed. On u
Saturday morning he went over to Venice
with a friend toreyist the spotywhere 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 all 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 miniature Of Miss Lcderer in his hand.
Not willing 10 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, he l"und
Fuukhouser weltering in his .bl''od. He h,
placed the muzzle of the pistol to he's b..
and fired. His agony was brill. l. d MD
mcnt be was dead. His remain: wrr" trrH:,l:
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