The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-29
RET. SgHlRR'S SUICIDE
The Topic Of Conversation i
All Baltimore Circles,
LOVE DROVE HIM INSANE
His Passion For a Woman Much
older Than IIimscIr-The Double
LIro Hc Led-AVerItabIe Dr.
JekyIl and Mr., Hyde,

BALTIMORE, May 9S,-0n the streets,
in the clubs, everywhere the topic oi
conversation has been the cause oil Rev,
Henry schorr's Sunday morning suicide
as published in IN out Of town paper, to
which he had sent both his corresponds
enco and that OF tho woman he loved, as
well as her name. SChorr evldeatly was
a peculiar man, taking his meals at an
expensive hotel and having comfortable
rooms at the st, P4ul's parish house, A
iavorito with the fashionable congrega'
ton Of St. Paul's, whero he was assistant
rector, no constantly refused to talk
about bis parents, who lived in a hum
BILE way in an obscure part OF town,
Having borrowed their savings he was
ashamed Of them, He gave many false
reasons for his periodical gloom, First
friend had committed suicide because
he had urged tho payment Of q debt;
then a mythical sister was seriously III
in Brooklyn, etc. schorr was buried to-
day.
MARYLAND, and Rev. ], s. Il. Hodges,
pastor Of 1t. Paul's church, recited the
ceremony OF the church, and no remarks
were made by either clergyman.
A reporter called this evening at the
Injurious homo OF Mrs. Margaret NJ.
smith, No. 1910 North Charles street,
the woman whom SChorr says ruined his
lie. Her appearance betrayed the fact
that she has suffered a great deal recent
". She Is tall aud slender and has very
dark expressive eyes and black hair.
She looks to be about 40 years OF age.
6The letters as published were true,n
she said, "but Mr.. Sclorr's action, In
sending the love letters was the act OF a
coward and was done because would
never marry him, At the time / wrote
that really did care for him, but told
him could not marry him. was a
woman much older than Mr.. SChorr-
in fact, he was a boy to me, ! 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, l think
he was crazy, and his act in sending my
letters and picture TO q newspaper was
tho act Of u cOward. The last paragraph
In the newspaper Is absolutely false and
was written Ia spirit Of revenge"
She referred TO this rambling letter:
SATURDAY, May %, 1880.
ut is nearly Sunday morning. am
a desperats man, because Mrs. Margaret
NJ. Smith has deceived me. She became
engaged to me, and when l objected to
certain Of her actions with other men
she was mad aud said she was independ.
ont Of Inc. She Is u miserable, deceptive
woman. She treated the Rev. Mr..
Pond, OF Philadelphia, In the same way.
Indeed, claiming that she loved me, she
persuaded me to write letter OF rejec.
ton to him. He considered himself as
her engaged lover for Eve years, and yet
in all that time she has been gay
woman. She will talk about the untruth
told OF Mr.. j. II. Flagler 10 her in
the presence Of O. W. Benedict, but she
made me promise / would lilo to Mr..
Benedict about Mr.. Flagler's relation to
me 80 she could get Benedict in her
power Il expect. Like fool | did.