Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-29
RECTOR sCHoRN's SUICIDE.
He Killed Himself Because Mrs

He Killed Himself Because Mrs
Smith Deceived Him.
NEW YORK, May 2S. Special Telegram to
THE BEE. THE World prints the corre-
spondence between Mrs. X. S. Smith and H.
Greenfield Schorn, the young Baltimore rec
tor who committed suicide, showing that he
killed himself out of love for her. His last
letter reads.-
SATURDAY, May a5, 1ss9.-It is nearly Sun
day morning. l am a desperate man, because
Mrs. Margaret NJ. Smith, of 1919 North
Charles street, Baltimore, Md, has deceived
me. She became engaged to me, and when
objected to certain liberties she took with
men--not gentlemen-she was mad and said
she was independent Of me. She is miser
able, deceptive woman. She treated Rev.
MIR. Pond, of Philadelphia, in the same way.
Indeed, claiming that she loved me, she per-
suaded me to write a letter of rejection to
him. He considered himself as her engaged
lover for five years. and yet in all that time,
in Westminster, Md, and in Baltimore, Md,
she had been gay woman. H. g. s..
1 am going to commit suicide. An old
mother, dear old father and loving sister
remain to defend my character which has
always been honest for their sakes.
Says She Didn't Deceive Him.
BALTIMORE, May 2S-LSpecial Telegram
to The BEE. l-On the street, in the clubs,
everywhere, the one topic of conversation
has been the cause Of Rev. Henry Greenfield
Schorr's Sunday morning suicide, as pub
lshed in an out-of-town paper, TO which he
had sent both his correspondence and that of
the woman he loved, as well as her name.
Schorr evidently was a peculiar mans
taking his meals at an expensive hotel and
having comfortable rooms at ST. Pauls
parish house. He was favorlte with the
fashiona bic congregation of ST Paul's,
where he was assistant rector. He
constantly ly refused to talk about his
parents, who lived in humble way
in an obscure part Of the town. Having
borrowed their savings ne was ashamed of
them. He gave many false reasons for hls
periodical gloom. First, friend had COM
mitted suicide because he mad urged the pay
ment of debt. Then a mythical sister
was seriously ill in Brooklyn, etc,
Schorr was buried today. A reporter
called this evening at the luxurious home of
Mrs. Margaret Nj. Smith at No. 1919 North
Charles street, the woman whom Schorr
says ruined his life. Her appearance be-
deal recently She is tall and slender and
has very dark, expressive eyes and black
hair. She looked to be about forty years of
age; ,, ,,,,.,,, o -,
said, but Mr. Schorr's act in sending the love
letters was the act of q coward and was done
because / would never marry him.
At the time I wrote them l really
did care for him, but i told him
1 couldn't marry him. / was woman much
older than Mr.. Schorr, in fact, he was boy
to me. l knew nothing of his family and he
would never tell me anything about them.
His continued attentions won my regard and
/ did learn to love him. but always told him
/ could never marry him. / think he was
crazy and his act IN sending my letters and
picture to the newspapers was the act OF
coward. The last paragraph III the paper is
absolutely false and was written iu spirit
of revenge"
She referred to the part of his last letter to
the newspaper in which he charged her with
beng deceitful woman and playing fast
and loose with other men beside himself.