Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-15
UNREaUIrED Love
"ooy OF Young Bishop OF s.e.,r.n.
Found I'm Liverpool.
The following letter wa, rece;vaa :, :,
Argus Office Monday. '"e

Inc following letter wa. rece;vad =, :,
Argus Office Monday: '
The Cuna,a .. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.
her LeTP oil day. brought news that soon ne,
n ner arrival the dead body OF man evidr, alter
had killed n, WAS fopnd In room in Liverpool He
hand ~ niihseiI oY turning on the Sas In 80
h hano ne held photograph of youne sir, IN one
tbe ho od ~nicn was written the word Sadie - nr
name "Ewo wore 'gaPd card and letter braring the
young man made the passage to IysrnanI :, Inc me
A1rania on her passage over In the
omce Oh Cunart 5. s. Co., New York
inat Is all the information that could he
.aineu monday regarding the fate Of the
Jung man The young woman whose Ara,
oa,. WAS on the picture is probably Mis-
naaie hooper, of Hollis Cester, to whom he
a' eng geo TO be marri-d, but who found
eaif. vas NOT what he had Represented HIM
nis"t he was found insensible on her donr
step, and then threatened tn kin bimseIt e
she Ola no have him. He represented m her
mat he had been elected to the Leoisl.tn,o
aho mat they would reside in Augusta during
'he winter. Orce he made arrangements 70
purchase house in Saccarappa for SO 800
me owner OF the house had the deed
maze out, and Bishop said he
", mpu'u pay the money 10 this citv.
ihey rode IN together, and Bishop went to
.ne oahK, out of course had no money there
ne put the man OF by some excuse and thew
went nome In the evening Bishop sent over
us personal note, with the idea the gentle.
man would accept it. But he didn't Bishop
frequently tried to hire money in the village.
once Offering as high As eighty per cent. He
mas lately been correspondent for one of the
Portland papers, aud succeeded in keepinp in
not water nearly all the time.
Bishop was a good looking and well an
pearlng young man, but in Saccarappa he was
considered N. G.
IL Is stated that minister in the village re-
celved letter from Bishop some time ago,
statlhg ne thought he should commit suicide,
As be WAS discouraged Bishop was for a
time in Mr.. Chambers law office. He once
circulated some scurrilous stories regarding
chandler, but was obliged to make a written
retraction This Chan Tier had printed and
circulated in the village. Bishop repres nt-d
himself as owner III line of Southern steam
boats. and had some envelopes with
4 steamboat printed on them which he used
IN his correspondence. At one time he was
sued on note by Portland lawyer He
told the lawyer he would take up the note
with another with good endorser He sent
In note with a name on it that no one ever
heard of. IL was not accepted, neither was
the original note collected
Bishop belongs to Winthrop He had been
IN Saccarappa about two years. few days
before Thanksgiving day he went home to
Winthrop. saying h. should return in a few
days. He did not return, but the letter re
ferred to above was received. Later he was
heard from through business letter received
from him by Portland lawyer. This letter
was without the name of the place from W hich
it was sent. and the postmark on the envelope
was blurred In come elton with the fact that
Bishops financial standing had been grow
ing more and more embarrassed of late, the
circumstances offer an easy solution to the
mystery of his disappearance and suicide.
But probably his love affairs had much more
to do with it than anything else.