Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-31
THE LOVE LETTERS.
SOME OF THB CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
RSY Mr.. SCHORR AND MRS SMITH
The Woman Said She Learned To Love Him-Did
She Drive Him to Suicide A Very
Peculiar Case.

The Rev H. Greenfield Schorr, Assistant
Rector Of ST. Paups Church, Baltimore, he
fore committing suicide wrote to the New
York World, saying he did it because Mrs.
NJ. NJ. Smith had Tilted him, and also en-
closing his correspondence with her. One
of his letters to her was % follows:
confess that when first met you ad
mired our devotion to the poor aud your
sympathy for the AID ,cted ones Of the earth
As In course OF time | called egsin, n strong
feeling Of admiration drew me to you.
Eventually we talked plainly and / told
you that l Lowell you, aud yOu said you
could not receive that love, because
of the relations with the Rev. Mr..
Pond You told me all the matters
between yourseli and Mr.. Pond, and
1 advised you, not as one who loved
VOC, but as friend aud a man OF honor.
You believed my sayings and acted sc-
cOrdingly; IN fact, you discontinued all
relations with him. Only a few days ST
ter, like au honorable wOman-yOu were
always That to mC-yOu confessed your
love Tor me in return for the deep love I
hsd FIR Won called
often from that time-yes, daily was at
your house, or al least daily did write to
you, aud you always sent me love mes
s8gss N return. had been a eehbate for
years, and when loved You il was my
first real true love, and | sacrificed my
correspondence, my duties Of church
everything for yOn You
did say you loved ine truly, wholly and
sincerely; and ever since then | have been
the most devoted, self-sacrifcing lover
that man could be. ]
begged of yOu to let me announce our en-
gsgement; You refused, but you did make
private engagement with me. Il three
days from then YOU asked to he
relieved from it for reasons which God and
YOU aud l shall ever know. / called on
you and made you 3 promise and regis
tered a vow in Heaven about q private and
-acIed matter, and yOn then made anew
that private engavement When
I called on Monday evening you said that
Won and Miss Betty were going to the
Academy of Music - hear GilmOre's con
cert on Tuesday ask / you about it snd
YOU ssid tina; you often went 10 the thea
ter sloue without an escort. l
Thought IL peculiar-that the concert was
next week. You said l was wrong, and
yoa eot the EreniRg Nslrs and Iproyed 1t
IN Won You came back and
spolisized for telling yonr tsuce felse-
hood Is as evident as any proof can make
&C. I was indignant and told you so, but
because loved you 30 l forgave AID excused
Won The next day you deliberately
write TO me that am as free as ever; that
ia would he better to wait and see if I'VE
suited each other" My love, my life!
my Office 81 a priest I had given to you
and YOU had pligh,ed me your love, and
vet Won were not sure 1--WE suited each
other. " " leu ny accident l realized you
had not told me the truth the day before.
You pledged that love- and l
continued to call, not caring nor fearing
what might be said, because / loved you
and sacrificed everything for you and your
love, even now in all my pain snd broken
heart woes, YOU tell me your family
would object TO this. You
contradict yourself Let God and man
Judge vour love and mine. You said you
loved me. aud when you, because caught
you in a downright set Of fslsity, tried TO
hide under cover of caresses. demanded
an explanation. The next day you tried
TO break the engagement.
MRS. SMITHS LETTERS.
In this note Mrs. Smith tells the effect
the long letter read her by Schorr had
upon her: 80,
DEAR Mr.. SCHORR-I an still so
wounded at the manner in which you have
written to me yesterday that l do not feel
that can see you just now, for l have
some very bitter feelings about the way
YOU have spoken, or rather written to me.
You could have very little love to have
written ue ss you have and used such
strong expressions as you did. l have
never had such an experience or had such
cruel words said to me 1 have always
been treated in gentle and kind manner
By those around me, and | am, perhaps
little oversensitive. God grant l may
never have a like experienced Your le!-
ters still burn in my brain. Besides,
Betty is here with me, and we are alone,
and do not want her to know how l have
beea treated-hOw insulting your words
seem TO me. would much rather bear II
al alone. Sincerely, Nj. NJ. D
SHE WILL SEE HIM.
The same afternoon this letter was de
liyered to Schorr. indicating that he mad
written apologeiically and patched up the
breach:
DrARY HAIRY. I can see you abont
half after three, II you can come then
am ehskiog like an aspen leaf from ner-
vousness since l saw yOu last night, aud
feel like cheUged creature. What is u
that you threaten me with? Remember, l
have no one to advise me, and l do no.
think vo1 would ever do me harm for the
love Won once bore me- / wish that l had
never been horn to have lived to see tnls
dsv. You friehten me so much that am
afraid 10 gee you, but am still very ionu Of
Won and will try to bear patiently every
thing Won bring upon me. l em almost
crazy TO hesr from you to-day, out !
Thought DR.. Robinson was with you ana
was afraid you we're i'll. Yours,
MARGARET.
Then came a letter from Schorr, kindly
in tone In her reply Mrs. Smith IL glad
he ia himself again and begs him:
Go 10 the seashore and get strong.
conld see son M half after 10 or at IL, OF
AT spv time this afternoon after O'Clock
You are brave man, now, Harry, ue"I'
Ever your true MAKO AE al,
Then Dr. Hodges returned from WASH
ingfop. He had been unsuccessful IN the