The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-19
A MAIDEN'S LOVE.
Devotion of the Afflanced of Young
Sullivan, Who Fell at the
Hand Of Shook.
Pathetic Scenes Witnessed on the Eve Of
Departure for the Home Of
the Deceased,
Inconsiderate Treatment Of the Young
Woman Whose Love Of Fun
Caused the Tragedy.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March ls.-There was
pathetic little romance connected with
the Shook-Sulliyan murder, which has
hitherto been crowded into the back
ground by the more obtrusive facts of the
stabbing, the death and the Coroner's in
Quest. sullivan was very popular in the
social circle in which he moved, and be-
tween him and demure, bright-eyed little
lady, who occupies position of sales
lady in one of the leading Fourth street
houses, there existed an attachment
which proved its strength during the few
days that elapsed between the wounding
and the death. They had been be-
trothed for several months, and
but for the tragedy the wedding
would probably have occurred
within the present year. The news of the
Stabbing reached the store, where the
Young lady was employed, q couple of
hours after it occurred, and the young
lady, with almost the pallor of death up
. on her, asked for brief leave of absence.
which was granted She hurried at once
TO her lovers side, and through the con-
sidertion of Dr.. Dean was permitted to
enter the hospital with him. She minis
tered to his wants and was overjoycd
when he was so far improved as to speak
to her and tell of his appreciation of the
love which led her 10 DO so much for him,
regardless of the criticism of society When
the relapse came and he died, she was al
l., /; "a; lg,
could be separated from the corpse. The
young mans father arrived here from New
York on the. day of the death, and deter
mined to take the body back to the old
home in the East for intermcnt. This
was sad news for the young lady,wh had
felt that it would at least be her poor
privilege to visit his grave at times. She
arranged, then, that she be permitted To
accompany the oodv 10 New York and to
attend the funeral, which request the old
gentleman very gladly granted, feeling
naturally regard for her because Of her
love for his son. ACcor, mgly she secured =.
anextensiOn Of her leave of absence, which
was willingly granted by hcremplovers in
view Of the circumstances, and early last
evening she arrived at Smither's under
taking establishment equipped for the
trip The holy had been very handsomely
encaSed preparatory to shipment, and was
surrounded by nearly 200 young people, q
majority Of whom were ladies and girls
The scene was most extra ordinary one.
Close 10 the coffin stood Miss Nash. the
young lady whose innocent joke had been
the prime cause Of the tragedy. She has
suffered intensely ever since the stabbing,
realizing as she does that she was the un-
intentional cause Of it all, and she had
wept SO violently and continuously that
her nervous system is greatly strained.
She must have expected thai
in visiting the place where
the body lay and accompanying it
TO the depot, she was exposing herself to
gathered there, but this did not deter her |
The feeling had been quite strong against |
her ever since the ARRAY for friends are |
not always reasonable in such cases, but |
the sentiment Of hostility was grealy in
tenslted by her presence at such a time |
and by the sight Of the suffering Of the
other young lady, in whom, Of course, all |
Interest and sympathy conferred. The eX-
pressions toward her, therefore, were far |
from kindly, and the comments Of SYM
patty for one Of the young ladies' and in |
dignation against the other were most in |
congruous. Shortly afterone O'Clock the !
remains were taken to the depot, followed |
by the large crowd, and there the scenes
OF the undertaking establishment |
were repeated. The mourners |
and their charge went East by |
the Vandalia, and the funeral will !
probably take place on Thursday in
New York.
Inc case against Shook, who COM
mtted the homicide, is a very curl
Gus one, and there is room for great
conjecture as to its outcome. Owing
10 the fact that Coroner Nidelet, con-
lfary to all precedent, and for some in
eAphcable cause, excluded from the con-
slderation of the jury, not only the dying
statement Of Sullivan, but the admis-
SlonS which Shook made to the officers
who arrested him, the jury were bound to
render the verdict that Sullivan received
his fatal injuries at the hands of an I'M
known party. Sullivan shortly before
dying, expressed, it is said, the wish
mat there be no prosecution, and
by the other fact that the young mans
father is disposed to be lenient also,
saying that it would afford him little con-
solation for his sons death to know that
another youth had been hung for it.