The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-06
Loves Sacrifice.
4 LOVER ELLIS HIMSELF BY THE OPEN GRAVE
OF HIS BETROTHED.

4 LOVER ELLIS HIMSELF BY THE OPEN GRAVE
OF HIS BETROTHED.
The following is narrated in the New
York World of Tuesday morning:
While the sections assistants were cover
ing the coffin of Miss Josephine Brocht at
Greenwood yesterday the mourners were
startled by the report OF q pistol, and JACOB
Lout, the young girls lover, fell MORALLY
wounded only q few PAGES from the half-
filed crave. Miss Brocht, whose parents
live in Fiitv-iourth street between First
and Second avenues, died few days
since after short illness. Her parents
had objected to the attentions OF Lout.
who was butcher in the employ OF
Christian Weiss, doing business in First
avenue near Forty-siXth street, but the
young people were greatly attached TO each
other. and had arranged to be married. Miss
Brocht's death affected him SO deeply that
ne threatened to take his life, but bis friends
did not believe that he would carry out MS
intention. Yesterday morning he Went
about his work as usual, but left the siaush-
tcr-h0u>e little time before the time set for
the funeral. He borrowed five dollars from
his employers wife, and purchased pistol
and ammunition ut q neighborlny shop,
which lie exhibited to 4 friend, but making
40 aiIuSlpn 10 Ills purpose. .s.t.a .,~ss'i.."L.t
Taking seat in one Of the mourners'
carriages. he manifested the most intense
grief all The way to the cemetery, sobDlng
bitterly III times and again breaking out
into uncomfortable laughter; then he would
call upon the name OF the dead girl, crying
to her That they would not long be kept
apart. He was helped out of the carriage
when the grave was reached. and standing.
Al lis brink while the last sad services were
performed, sobbed convulsively until the
coffin WAS covered. "My grave will not be
lar from this" he said to friend near by ).
then h. stepped back few feet, drew the
pistol IRON his pocket and fired, the BAH en-
irTlng the right temple. He fell to1the
ground bleeding and insensible, and 1T
was some moments before the horror
stricken crowd realized what had oc-
CURED. Then o telegram was dispatched
Tor an ambulance, and on its arrival the still
unconscious man was removed to the Long
Island Medical Hospital, where he died q
lew minutes leiore 6 O'Clock, remaining in
a comatose condition until the last. His
body was removed TO the Brooklyn morgue,s
where 1t will remain until the coroner holds
IN inquest - ~. 2
Lout had been in this country about eight
years, and has always. borne a good Cha
racter as sober and steady young man.
MISS Brocht was about twenty-one years
oid, OF prepossessing appearance, and
well educated. Louis body viii be taken.
nome and buried by his uncle, who is in
good circumstances.
Nr. John +. Cleveland, the brothes-in-
law Of Horace Greeley, and for many years
tAe financial editor OF the New York Ii-i-
14ae, is lying at the point Of death at his
residence, in that city. His aiiment is val
'AIaf disease Of the heart. N
, John Murphy, eighteen years old, has
neen arrestedin a house OF i'll fame in Wor-
SSeester, Mass, for the Billiard murder in
shrewsbury. His oyercoat and other
clothing are stained with blood. He de-
fuueS a a u,,s,