Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-19
LOVERS WHO COULD NOT WED.


A telegram from Chicago, September IA, says:
Two years ago young painter named Schilling
and his wife came here from Vienna. He
heard of an evening school where he could
study the English language free of cost, and he
attended it regularly. There he met girl
from Vienna, named Paula Hills, and invited
her to call upon his wife. She became
favorite guest, and soon made her home with
the young couple. Mrs. schlling adds:
''She was not long in our house before no.
ticed change in Johann. He who had been
always so affectionate to me during the five
years of our married life all at once began to be
cross with me and neglect me, while he seemed
to be most happy in the company of Paula I
charged Paula with trying to get my husband
away from me. and she became indignant, called
me cruel for trying to impeach the honor of
poor helpless girl, and 1. fool that / was. be-
lieved her and pitied Johann for loving q woman
not his wife. who did not want him. Paula
never remained any length of time at service,
and always returned to our shelter when she
had lost a situation.
~ felt all the time that Johann thought more
fher than of me. and that made me nearly fran
tic. He always told Inc how he pitied Paula,
who came from good family, but had fed from
home to escape marriage with an old man whom
she did not love. again spoke to Paula, and
told her that she had destroyed my happiness.
She admitted that Johann thought more of her
than of me. but that was not her fault, nor would
she ever permit Johann to leave me on her &C
count, and as far as she was concerned would
not be disturbed in the possession of my hus-
band. She would leave the house and never
come back.
Johann treated me as cold as ever until
about the middle of last month"; when he all at
once asked me to forgive him, caresSed me and
swOre he would be good husband again. The
same day Paula came to tell US that she was
going to leave Chicago to go to Dakota with
w hor ho fold fQ
be happy with each other and swore she never
had wished us to be otherwise than happy.
This was about noon On August 20. My hus-
band was prOfusa in his love talk4O me. He
trousers and insisted on my taking the work I
had got only saturday back to the shop un-
finished. He pleaded so hard that I went with
him to the factory. He then asked me to re-
turn home, where we had left Paula packing
her trunk, while he went down town. He babe
me an affectionate farewell, and showered me
with kisses.
''He had not done that for years before. /
would not leave him out of my sight, because he
acted so strangely. He succeeded in getting me
again before had gone two blocks, and ran
after my husband as fast as could. did not
overtake him, however, until came to the Madi-
son street bridge. Two men had just f1shed out
a man who, a few minutes before. had jumped
over the railing into the river. This man was
my poor husband. took him home as fast as
could. but when got there Paula was gone, and
the next morning her body was found in the
lake near Hyde Park.
81 found lots Of letters of hers in my room
after she was gone, and among them some that
announced her intention to drown herself. My
husband would not believe that Paula would do
such thing. When we heard of the finding of
the body We went out to Hyde Park and, sure
enough. it was Paula. My poor husbands mind
could no longer bear it. and now he is in the
insane asylum She died because she loved
him and knew she could not have him, and he
went crazy for love of her; and am sure of this,
that their love was pure"
Johann SchilliDg was found insane yesterday
by the county court, and taken to the insane
asylum in Jefferson.