The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-09
SHOT ATA BURIAL.
Strange Scene Over a Young
Girls Corpse Sensational
Sequel to a Suicide.

the young girl whose tragic suicid,
on Saturday was reported in las
Sundays Chronicle, took place yester
day, and nearly resulted in a second
tragedy at the grave. Miss. Lsno il
it will be remembered, was en-
amored OF young Brazilian named
Marcos Ferrars Marks, whose &C.
quaintsnce she made while he wa;
rooming at her fathers house. No.
3l5 Suffer street. Some trouble wa.
csuPed in the family ny Marks at.
tentions to the young lady. be him
self giving it out that the parents
opposition to the unlon drove the
unfortunate girl to her death. This
was at first supposed to be toe cor
rect solution of the mystery, but
yesterdays occurrence elected faots
that show Marks fckleness to have
been the cause of the suicides de
spondeney, which LED to bar despair
and death. The faithIess lover was
asked at the inquest (Monday) if
he proposed attending the funeral,
to which query be replied doubt
ingly, stating that be should like
to above all things, but was afraid
to on account of the anger of Al
phonse Lenoir, Hermsnce's father.
This fear, however, he evidently
oVercame, as the cortege had barely
left the Baptist church on Powell
street yesterday afternoon, before q
coupe. containing himself and q
friend, fell into the line within one
or two carriages ct the latter end OF
the procession. Ire funeral moved
slowly over the hills 20 the Odd.
Fellows cemetery, and drew up at
the entrance to the receiving vault
about 3.15 pm, up to which time
Lenoir was unaware of the proximity
of his daughters destroyer, as he
terms Marks, and not without some
show of reason. The father was the
first to alight, and stood intently
watching the removal OF the casket
from the hesrse, when some one
informed him of Marks presence.
Almost at the same instant Grad0n
Mephpetti. friend of the bereaved
family, discovered the unWelcome
mourner as be stepped from his coupe
about thirty yards from the vault,
and started to warn him away.
Marks, apparently unconscious Of
danger, was tripping briskIy toward
the coffin with uncovered head,
when Mephpetti stopped him a few
feet from the door of the carriage
which he had just left. On being
halted he asked Mephpetsi why he
should leave, as the latter advised
him to do.
His counselor turned to poiat out
Lenoir and explain his anger, but
had scarcely done so when both dis
oerned the enraged parent approach
ing at rapid gait. Then, Mephpettl
says, and his as sertion is corroborsted
by others, Marks threw his hand
back to his hip pocket. as if to draw
a weapon, but before his hand again
came to light, Lenoir had covered
him with q revolver and fired, the
distance between the two being less
than a dozen PAGES. At the sound of
the explosion the valiant lover re
linquished all intentions of giving
battle, and. turning fed for his life
toward and cemetery gate. Not
noticing the screams OF the aflrighted
women in attendance, and Wrenchirg
himself from the hands outstretched
to stay his steps, 1enOir started in
pursuit, firing after the fleeing Marks
diminutive form as rapidly as lie
could cock his weapon. The sgile
Marks, however, had a terrible
incentive to fight. and his litne
limbs carried him so much faster
than the more corpulent ones OF M.
Lenoir that at the firing of the fifth
shot, the last of his pursuers ammHni-
ton, he vas nearly fifty yards in adj
vance. Lenoir snapped his empty
weapon once or twice, and then gave
up the pursuit, casting his useless
pistol on the ground.
Just O. he turned around Mephpetti
came up, and OF him Leneir borrowed
another revolver, fully charged, but,
before be could renew the pursuit,
Officer ]. A. Lane, having heard
the firing from 8 passing train, ap.
peared and took him and Mephpetti
into custody. On seeing his assail-
ant in charge Marks ceased running,
and dropping to the ground, rolled
over as though in the sgonies OF
death. His friend, whom he had
left in the coupe, drove up moment
later and asked him if he was hurt.
Marks clasped both hands over the
region of his heart, and groaned out
an affirmative response, upon which
be was lifted into the carriage and
driven rapidly toward the city. The
officer in the meantime had his at
tention occupied with his prisoner,
and was unable to prevent bis de-
parture, or make an examination, so
that the young man departed leaving
behind the impression that he was
not MORALLY wounded.
The scene ct the vault was most
thrilling, and it is doubtful if ever a
like one disgraced the usually quiet
and decorous precincts of San Fran
cisco's cities of the dead at Lone
Mountain. The psll-bearers stood
irresolute with their burden at the
entrance to the vault, gazing at the
desperate attempts of ..Lenoir TO
ayeuee the death OF the girl whose