St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-27
SHOT HIMSELF DEAD.
A Baltimore Rector Snuffs
Out His Life With a Brit
ish Bulldog.
He Proposed Marriage to a
Young Lady, Who Coldly
Rejected Him.
He Marries a Young Couple
Who Ran Away From Penn
sylvania, However,
And Then Becomes Despond-
ent and Crosses the
River Styx.

BALTIMORE, Md, May 26.-Rev.
Henry Greenfield Schorr, assistant rec.
tor of st. Paul's P. E. church, corner
Charles and Saratoga streets, committed
suicide this morning by blowing his
brains out with pistol. Mr.. Schorr
was twenty-nine years of age and had
been in his present position since last
October. The details of the tragic
event are as follows: Mr.. SchOrr had
his room and study in st. Paul's house.
an offshOot of the church, on Saratoga
street, just above the Hotel Rennert.
About $3.50 this morning, young man
desiring to see Mr.. Schorr at st. Pauls
house, knocked at the young minister's
door. Mr.. Schorr told the caller he
could not see anybody, as he was pre-.
pairing to take bath. Shortly after
this. Miss Hunt, the matron of st.
Pau's house, heard pistol shot. Rev.
j. S. B. Hodges, rector Of st. Paul's
lives close by, and to his home
Miss Hunt ran and informed him
of the shooting. MIR. Hodges rushed
over to the institution and knocked at
the door of his assistants room. Re-
ceiving no response, he had the door
burst open, and lying upon the floor
was the dead body of the young curate.
clad only in night dress. The sui
cide's head was encircled by pool of
blood, and clutched in his right hand
was British
BULL DOG REVOLVER.
When discharged the pistol was held
against the right temple. The right
side of the face was blackened and
burnt by exploded powder and the bull
let sped through the head, emerging be-
hind the left ear and crashing through
the transom over the door. The brain
oozed from the big holes on either side
of the head. Impinging upon the tragedy
and associated with the victim are a
train of circumstances, prosaic as well
as romantic, two of which may be con-
nected with the death of the young di.
vine, that are particularly interesting.
The father of the deceased attributes
his sons act to the suicide of
a friend in McKeesport while he had
charge at that place year ago. Mr..
SchOrr indorsed note of $1,000 for his
friend. At its maturity the drawer OF
the note failed to take it up and the
minister paid it, the friend promising to
reimburse him in monthly installments.
The3debtor, however, shortly afterward
blew his brains out. and young MIR.
SchOrr often bewailed the act, believing
that it was due to the inability of his
friend to cancel the debt of $1,000.
Another possible and more probable
cause for the suicide was discovered to-
night. Mr.. SchorI was deeply enam-
ored of young lady on Charles street,
who did not reciprocate his affection.
Last night he called upon her, proposed
marriage, and was rejected. He was
very much excited and
FRIGHTENED THE LADY
so badly that she sent a note to Rev.
DR.. Hodges about the matter. DR..
Hodges states that he had noticed pc
culiarities in Mr.. Schorr'S manner for
some time past. 1t is also stated that
after the receipt of the note from the
young lady last night DR.. Hodges made
arrangements for the presence of a
policeman in citizens dress at the
church this morning to prevent Mr..
Schorr's entrance into the edifice dur
ing the 6 o'clock service. fearing the
cOmmittal of some indiscretion by the
young man. Yesterday Mr.. Schorr was
a party to a marriage that was not with
out romantic features. There reg
iStered at certain hotel in
the afternoon young man and
a young lady named Oscar Kunert
and Gertrude Braden. both from La
trobe, Westmoreland county, Pa. They
wanted to get married, and it was a
runaway match. Several ministers
were sought to help them, but without
success. Finally Rev. Mr.. Schorr, out
of the goodness of his heart, went to the
hotel and married them, and they went
West at o'clock in the afternoon. Mr..
SchOrr was a native of Baltimore. At
the age of nineteen he went to school at
Meadville, Pa. Later he studied at
Dickinson college, at Carlisle, whence
he went to Johns Hopkins university.
He then went to the Protestant EpiscO-
pal seminary at Philadelphia. His first
charge was at Wilmington, Del, whence
he was transferred to McKeesport. Pa,
from the latter place coming to Balti-
more as DR.. Hodges curate at St.P PaufS.