The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-22
REED OF HER DYING LOVER.

bwful story of the End ola Girls
Love and Devotion.
un, m an, whose frame was wasted
ase, lay dead in a house in Deyoe
bn the Eastern district Of Brooklyn
ay. The day before he reposed
in the parlor of a neat little house
560 South Fifth street. He was alive,
life was .ebbing away. A police
ld three men came to the house at
k in the afternoon, When the door
ened they walked into the pnrlor,
few words to the young man, and
him from the bed to carry him ont.
y were picking him up syoung birl
Bown the stairs. Don't take him
she cried. Cant you see he is
1t will kill him" The policeman
er back. but she cried; "You don't
b 90, do you, johnny" She did not
tbat he said. He was weak, and had
Y strength to reply. He was taken in.
street and placed in the coach. Justa as
or was closed the girl, who had gone
th the parlor when the men were in
yl sprang from the window. The
&C was not great and she did not fall.
IN to the coach, and cried tearfully:
by. Johnny, shall never see you
u The coach drove away so rapidly
be girl could not keep up with it, and
fnHback into the house,
young man was John A. Voorhees,,
Fould have been "a years old the 18Th
h month. He was the son Of Augustus
bees, who lives at No. 81 Clinton
|pi this city. He had not lived at
since his father married his second
hb0ut five years ago, because of his
|e Of his step.mother. Three years
Ehile employed in Brooklyn, he Sc
II room in the house OF Mrs Mary A.
!, a widow. Between Ida NJ. Jones,
ldy's daughter. and young Voorhees,
lection sprang up. They were soon to
hrrled. The Young man was never
by, lie was predisposed to consump-
md had hemorrhages., He continued
e with Mrs, Jones. but, hoping for
health, the wedding was put OFT from
to time He and his father in season
an oyster house in the Eastern dis
Last November serious hemor
occurred, and five weeks ago the
4 man took to his bed. He grew
!, and 1t was apparent the end was ap.
ming. When death was near his Ia
zane, with the two men and the po-
an, and took him away. Eighteen
later he was dead.
Jones is q pretty and understanding
1 u years. She has a slight. graceful
?, dark brown hair, blue ewes, and
'me, refined face. She was in tears
Ileht They would not let me see
HE after he was dead. | worked to
Medicine for him and cared for him,
When he was dying be was taken away.
Id hear the death rattle in his throat
ay night, and ! knew he could not
much longer. When his father came TO
hun he asked him If he wanted togo
), They said he said Yes" He did
now what he was saying. In the car
heard him ask ii he was going to be
to his aunts. His father said he was,
as carried to room ina strange
ana died there. Here is his picture,
haye. Everything else was taken"
'irl buried her face in her hands and
. The picture showed q smooth-iaced,
looking man. Mrs. Jones said the
Z mans father had done little for him
me time. The girl worked in u win
'hade factory in New York to sup
ler mother and provide for the wants
dying youth TO whom she was de-
l. The trouble came first from the
llty between John and his family,
hey took "a dislike to the girl. Two
ago Ida lost her shoes. and Mr.. NOor-
was asked for aid. If the father had
le wanted to take his son away, Mrs
sSald there would have been no oh.
u, hut he gave no warning. He was
house Thursday. The young man
e buried beside his mother in New
swick, n j., Friday, as he had often
lis sweetheart he wanted TO be. He
he must die. The father was in New
'Wick last night arranging for the iu-
The police sergeant of the precinct
he father wanted an officer TO go with
0 the house. He said his father
N 20 take his son home. Officer
ees Munson was sent, but was eau
not to inter ere except to prevent a
nance. The sergeant hoped he had
ssc' eded his bounds. The neighbors,
Ia Jones devotion was almost pathetic
hey spoke well of her and her mother
moer were in the house svmpathiZiug
mem last nicbt.-INew York Times