The sun., 1873-04-30
UNHAPPINESS AND DEATH.
THE TRAOIC RESULT or AN III
ADpISLD MdRRIdGB.



lew his brains out, Lieut. Dennison was
twcnty-seven yc.rs old, was son Of -rost-
ma ter General Dennieon Of Ohio, and brother
| uf Henry NJ Dcnnison, Paymaster United Statcs
| Navy. His terrible end may be attributed to two
caHs rum aud domestic unharI,lness, s..
Naval Academy In tho claes of 1875. lie served
on seyeral yessols Of the navy going up THROUGH
the fall Of 1870 no obtained leav, OF absence for
one year with peruissiop 20 visit Europe. lie
he fei in With ! fasc mating lady from Sen Fran
cisco Mr: rclm r. Woodwork. wife ~ Com.
modoro woudworth, of the navy Hts naval
connection gave him right to be polite to The
tent Commodore Woodworth, who was i'm
mensely rich was Obliged To remain In Califor-
MIA Y l9yk pftcr ~. tnyestments, ,bYt az Als wife
WIS fond OF travel, he permitted her, with the
Children, two \ number, TO travel around Eu-
rope TO her hearts content.
isFATuArIoN.
Mrs. woodworth wos LADY about thirty years
old ~ that tiuo. Shc WIS rich, fascinating, and
very beautiful, ana as consequence, though
knowing that she .was married, Denn.son t,ll
many months before he declared 1t and nnally,
In defiance Of propHety, though perhaps limo
init ed him to be her constant companion-in
TACT, made him, 40 to speak, member OF hcr
Wherever shc travelled Finally, this European
dream of bss was cut short 10y the death of
Commodore WoOdworth Ia this city, about two
years or less ago. Ills widow dt once returned
from Eurupe, young Dcnnisun coming with her
~ lar a. New YORK, and sue coming aorOsr thc
continent
A few weeks after her husbands death and
after set Hing some matters connected with lis
estate, Nr-. WuodwOrtn returned to New York
and tJuN up her residence. SiN months after
ward, ia direct opposition to the " ishes OF her
friends. aud without evinOing muOn respect fIr
her husbands memory, she married young Den
nisun. The affair created considerable stir IN
fashionaiIle circles both .erc and In New York
and excited a world Of unfavorable comment.
About that time, or shortly after tho honey
moon ~ there was such a thing then In their
tasff IN =
Francisco To- look after her pccuniary interests,
and ~ order to have her husband a. near her
the Saranac. The two then came here, and to
all appearances were a. happy rs happy could be.
SHADOWS
Brt there were many little differences between
them, which finally led them both to believe that
they had made mistake. l. was not all cottl.ur
~ rrS', their married life. In the first place,
was somewhat convivial In his habits. lie was
an adept In the performance of that miracle by
which little water was turned into a great dead
oI VINE. ms caused hs wLie many heat
scald, and her great love found itself gradually
regret On her part. Though three or four Wears
older than ne, sho had loved him dearly. aud
sue could not understand why he thought more
OF cohVivtdity than he did OF the Joys OF his
Preside She felt lonely and neglected. Again,
there were peCuniary shadows that were con
-iantly springinR up between them. by the
terms OF her husband Will Mrs. Hcunisun was
made an exocutriX and had full powers. with
ihe other executors, 90 govern the property.
But 10y her marriage with Dennison she threw
away this rignt-a fact Of which she was ,Ni-
dcntly not aware when she put her head inside
the matrimonial moose. Tho knowledge Of the
position She was thus placed in chafed her
spirit. and this fact. together with her young
husbands intemperance and extIayagance, made
her one OF the unhappiest Of women.
az II To crown this edince Of woe. thcr, came
another misery. by her hasty marriage Mrs.
slice of the toiumod res property. The loss "
thu, A. she aftcrward found out, dii not COM
pcnSate for her acquisition Of dominion over
NasH fh.Fa
more unhappy than ever. Besides, -he accused
him of spending her money recklesslv, and, In
Ton Of it. Bc thts a. Il m may as. Dem DennIson
found herself growing poorer every day, and
p9ally felt compelled to lessen the expenses ~
keep up style, and who, 1t l. SAID, only hirflt1
the widow for her money, got Indignant, and
became more reckless than ever.
FIRST ATTEMPT Al SUICIDE.
About this time the couple lived in rented
hous" on stockton street. Their II . was one Of
exceeding bitterness, each accusing the other
OF being the cause of their mutual misery One
dN last summer Dennisoa went into a neigh
boring drug store and told the druggist To pat
up "a bottle oi the deadliest poison he could
compound. The druggist took a look at the
young man, and, divining that bis purpose was
not good one, nut him up bottle of harmless.
mixture. DennSun pat the bottle in his DO ket
and went home. Thai nignt he and his wife mad
another difference and then he told her he WAS
ruins to XIII himself lie swnllowed about hnif
The contents oi the bottle, bade his wife fare.
well, told pod t. bless her. and laid down ON "A
the bottle, and sent one servant 10 the drug
store TO ind out what ils contents were, and
when the servant Informed him what had hap
pened. and told her to run home and tell her
mistress that her husband was in no danger
About this time the Saranac was ordered ON A
cruise, and for months Mrs pennisun lived m
peace. The sarauac went down on the colst ~
Mexico, ana was gone all OF the past winter.
HOMELESS.
on Thursday the ship returned and anchored
in the my Lieut. pcnn-9n came ashore and
street This was about o'clock in the evening
70 his utter astonshmcnt he found his homo
of the man from whom II was rented Tpon in
quiry he learned that Mrs. Dennison was ihen m
military custody. being under the protection OF
Brg ten. Joh1 Hew-ton, Jr.. commanding the
Second Brigade, National Guard Of California
writ of habeas corpus, but he finally concluded
e. - IN search II Mr.. Deuuispn himself mis-
following letter being placed In his hands;
sAS FRANcIsoo, April H. 1873
Eie6 r. D'Hni'o9, t'GSd SHtc, stelm,r Slr1nac
sni nr nG & &yogT fssnce have long ana peinfuly
T pgrGa,- ee 70 ,nrp5sr to Soa learn 'n.t have
J., any uec,. .,iu ~ mnuncatug Win must bS
" '" ' y ''''1' Ls!sRffrf - -tr'I%2 'BI%p32S,i.oS.
RESOLVED UPoN DEATH
Crushed, heuthrokon, and nllcd with remorse.
D"nuiSon probably at once resolved To die. lie
went to the house of Mrs Mary Pleasants where
he used to live, and there INDUCED m "A strange
nenhNlor' nlahdlSllng pistol, and threatening
To XIII both himself and his WIfe. Finally he he- |
came very much Intoxicated, and in this condi-
ton went To the room OF friend Alexander
taSseli-in the Washington House, in whose
company he passed the night.
To Mr. Cassel he showed ms wIfe's note as alsn |
another he mad received from the Mcssrs Rod |
gers, stating that suit for divorce had been |
brought against him.
tassclt At once volunteered to 90 and see Mrs |
Dennlso3 and iry aud get her to relent. lie did |
20 IN the morning, but the lady was inexoruble |
Chsselli came back at noon and net Dennison |
as he was going out of the house. DenIisun |
asked the result OF the visit, and when told, |
drew two letters from his pocket-one addressed |
20 his father and the other to his wife-and |
handed them To Cassei, with a request that |
they he delivered. lie then stepped into an al |
Joining room, nj without speaking "A word |
drew pistol and placing IL to his right temnle |
nred. Inc bullet crashed clear through the |
Ah w IN uiett ll2e, passing out on the left side
oI the temple, In few moments the woundCd |
man was picked up and tenderly cared for
mere was stl life. but the fatal bullet had dona
lls work well, lie sank rapidly, and in an hour |
INQUEST OVER THK BODY.
Coroner stillman summoned "a Jury and An in
quest was held yesterday afternoon. MIR Cn.cli |
was The INST witness called. He testified a. fuf-
lows: 49,
Lieut. Dennison landed Yesterday from the shin Sara
nae, an ulmellatrly came after When he
showed me poLte note Informing him that lis wife
about to ustltutc pTOcredtngs Tor J,Norcs IL
"a war s.Nl' a -