Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-07-04
Suicided for Love.
W. II. SCHROEDER TAKES MORPHINE TO
HEAL 4 SORE nEART.
[Charleston Daily World, Juno goth.

A messenger rang up Deputy
Coroner Rivers OH the telephone
early yesterday morning and in
formed him of the fact that w. III.
Schroeder, wcll-to-do, promising
young man, had committed suicide.
In a short time Captain Rivers was
ut the residence ut the corner of
Meeting street and the city bom-
Diary, in an upper room of which the
dead body Of the young man lay.
He Immediately cmpancllcd a jury
and proceeded to hold an inquest
The residence referred to is a
store and residence, rented by Mrs.
Dunncman, the sister of the de-
ceased. She gave to the coroner the
following note, which threw all the
light on the subject that was needed.
1t was Il case of disappointed love.
People say that love is old fashioned
and nobody does rash things now-a-
days on that account, but the wit
ness of this lay III the upper story
Of that house yesterday morning,
and it spoke in undcniablc terms.
The letter was hastily scrawlcd on
the back of another letter and
thrown at the foot of his bed. The
following is the letter:
wDcar Sisters: When You read
this know you will think strange
of me. have tried hard for the
last months to try and become some
body, bat find can't. know !!
have done wrong, but ! hope God
will forgive me. Tell Louisa she
has had her revenge upon me. !
am sorry that ever caused her to
care for me; it has helped to make
me do this. | ought to have told
her sooner, but it is too late now.
She is a good girl, and am sorry
! that have been the cause Of worry
| ing her. | hope she will live Il
happy life hereafter when ann gone.
Give my rings and lockct and chain
back to her, and tell her to do MS
she likes with them. She has thought
hard of me, but | would never harm
her in any way. Tell her not to
worry after me, but to cheer up and
be happy again. My money | de-
sire you two, Lena and Dorctta, to
divide between each other. You
are both dependent upon yourselves,
and wish you two to have it. Take
it and buy Il home for yourselves and
children. Tell all the rest that |
wish them much happiness. have
had none, but caused it myself.
All my past has been dark, when
look back upon it. Bury me on
your lot in the German ground and
don't fret over me, | beg you.
"Iour brother,
w. ii. SCHROEDER"
\ clerk in the store, who sleeps i'm
the house, heard a suspicious groan-
ing in the room occupied by Mr.
Schroeder about & o'clock, but sup
posed that he was only snoring.
About 7 o'clock it was discovered
that he was dying, and several Of
the family gathered in the room, but
he was even then unconscious. On
a table by his bedside was a vial of
snlphatc of morphine, and Of which
nearly a tablespoonful Of the pow
der had been taken. The vial came
from Philadelphia druggist.
With such facts and the addition
nj one that the young man had for Il
long time been suffering from some
thing like Il mclancholia, the jury
rendered the following verdict:
"Wc find that the deceased, w.
II. Schroeder, came to his death by
taking morphine during temporary
alteration OF the mind, at his resi-
dcncc ut the corner of Meeting
street and the city boundary line Of
Charleston, 5. g., on the 2Sth Of
June, 1889"
1t is learned by inquiry that the
deceased was 26 years old, and that
he came to this city from Walhalla
about four years ago. lie has al
ways been hard working young
man. He has clcrkcd in sc\ cral
corner groceries, and has always
been highly thought of by his en-
ploycrS. lie was about to open
business for himself, something like
five months ago, in q new store
which was built for him on Meeting
street, near the boundary line.
1t is said by a friend of his that
ne was standing by the building one
afternoon just before it was finished,
watching the progress of the work,
when Il mail-carricr handed him a