The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-02-04
HIS SORROWS ENDED.
The PurSer OF the Steamship
Oceanic Kills Himself.

New York, Feb. IA morning paper
has this special from California "Fred
w. Fuhrmann, purser of the steamship
Oceanic, of the Occidental and Oriental
steamship company, committed suicide to-
dsy. Mr.. Fuhrmann expected to meet his
wife upon his arrival in port on January
81, when the steamer came here on her last
"trip with Miss Nellie BLY,, the globe-girdler
He waited patiently for his wife's arrival
until to-day, when he received word from
his friends In the East that his wife had
died. The purser was so overcome with
grief that he committed suicide"
A reporter was sent to talk with Miss
Elizabeth Cochrsne Nellie Bly, about the
dead purser, and this is what she said:
"On, i am SO sorry to hear this. How
could he do such thing? This is dread
full, indeed. Mr.. Fuhrmann was very
nice and gentlemanly and he was we'll
liked by the captain, officers and psssen-
gers. | knew that he was married and
believe that his wife lived somewhere In
the east. / was told that his mother is
uU~ In Albany. He came from Staten
Island, and has brother, Jack Fuhrmann
who is Wall street broker. No, / Dever
heard that his wife expected to go to San
Francisco. He received the appointment
as pnrser of the Ocianic through T.. p.
Huntington, who was said to be his hacker.
81 will tell you story which may throw
some light on this dreadful case. When
the Oceanic was ready to leave San Fran
cisco for Yokohama on her last trip and
the vessels lines were already cast loose
young man namei McCsffrey came racing
down the dock. He got on board the
steamer Just as the plauk was being hauled
ashore. There was no time TO stop the
ship and while the Oceanic was on her way
down the bay McCafrey went to Mr..
Fuhrmann and handed him letter, which
was supposed to have been written by Mr..
Hearst of the San Farancisco Examiner.
la this letter il was stated that McCafrey
had been assigned In a great hurry 10
take passage On board the Oceanic and go
as far as Yokohama, where he was TO meet
rue. The letter was written In lead pencil
on the oEhclal note paper OF
The San Francisco Examiner.
Mr.. Fuhrmann believes this doc
ument to be genuine and as McCafrey
was entirely destitute he provided him
with funds and clothing and allowed him
10 run up wine bill. McCairey seemed
to enjoy his trip very well and more es-
pecially Mr.. Fuhrmanr's hospitality.
When the vessel arrived at Yokohama
McCafirey went ashore, telling the people
on board that he would go to the cable
office, where he expected TO receive al or
DER for money from Hearst or the Exam
liner. He returned to the ship few hours
later and told the purser that he had not
heard from home and that he would have
To 60 to hotel. Fuhrmann took him to 4
hotel and after a consultation with the
captain of the Oceanic cabled Mr.. Hearst
asking him to send passage money for his
correspondent.
"You can imagine everybody's surprise
when q cable from San Francisco, signed
by Mr.. Hearst showed Mccartney in his
true cslors. Mr.. Hearst said that he had
not sent MEG afirey and that he had not
wr item a letter to the captain or purser o.
Oceanic instructiug him to receive an Ex-
aminer correspol dent on board OF the
steamer. Mr.. Fnhrmsun, GLOW. fell
very sick at heart when he learned of how
; be had been deceived and how he had
been swindled out of $500. ] saw Mccall
, frey in Yokohama the day after Christina:
and he looked as If he had been drinking
very heavily. His face was cut and
bruised and he had his little travelling car
pulled down on his forehead. He told me-
! that he did not know what to dc. HI
! said that he was IN destitute circumstances
aud said something about committing sui
, eide.
you ought to be ashamed OF yourself Il
talk that way / said to him. and yol
lad better br. ce up and look about I some
: thing to do He made no reply and wan
dered away. This is the last saw of him
Just before our departure for Yokohama
Mr.. Fuhrmann received a note from Nc
r Caffrey wherein he wrote that by the tim
the letter reached its destination, his bod
, would be at the bottom Of the bay,
don't believe he committed suicide. ii
; looked as though be might do such timing
though.
MIR. Fuhrmann was very quiet durin
/. our trip from Yokohoma to San Fran
, cisco and acted very strangely a
times. / believe he was worryin
considerably about the loss of tn
money which he had advanced to McCaf
frey. He believed that, having received
the man on board when the vessel saile'
from San Francisco he was also RESPONSE
, ole for his passage money, which amounte
20 something like $3.50. i am afraid tn
steamship company decided against Mr.
2 Fuhrmann and threatened to discharg'
him and he was so much upset when tn
news of his wife's death reached him AM
he committed suicide"
Hiss Bly, said that Mr.. Fuhrmann wa
about 80 years old, of medium height.
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