The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-31
LOVE MADE THEM WILD.
FOOLS WHO ATTEMPTED TO KILL
FAIR WOMEN.

Men Propose and Then Di6po6e-Se-
lected Samples of the Way Unre-
quilted Passion Has Affected Lovers
In the Past Twelve Months-A Fear
full and ccentric Record.
From the CHICAGO Herald
Going back over a file OF the Herald for
the past year, some Of the curious things in
connection with the Eighty lover come to
tie surface. 1t is noticeable that the tele-
graph reports two cases in June to one in
any other month in the year. July has the
second largest number, but the facilitating
effect Of warm weather seems mercifuly 70
temper this madness, and the freaks Of a
heart all tattered aud torn are far less
numerous. August sees them increase, and
then September comes with q close ap-
preach TO July. After that they Nitrate
around the record for August till mid
winter, when they fall to the lowest num-
Der in January, and do not seem to thrive
till April again, which may be accounted
for on the ground that there are fewer
chances for young men 70 meet their divini-
ties III the winter than in the summer
months.
The correct thing seems TO be for young
man to ask girl . marry him and then
do her bodily violence when she refuses In
eighty cases reported this year, fifteen OF the
girls relented when they had seen this prof
indisputable of an admirers atfectlOn-a
thing which would seem to indicate that
the first proposal was clumsily done. For
what woman would naturally think more
of a man after he had shot her, or tried TO
cut her throat with a pocket knife, than she
did beforei 1t must be that she liked him
all the time, and meant Yes" when she
said "Non
Thirty Of the eighty who assaulted women
for rejecting them used pistols; sixteen of
the saults " ere accompanied with attacks
on the lives of the aSsailants themselves, and
by their own hends. In twelve cases ths
women were killed, or died from cir
wounds, but fate was not kind enough to
let an equal number Of the assailants expire;
only ten of the would-be suicides we're sue
cessfuL Twenty more of the rejected suit
ors we're more bloodthlrsty, and tried to ED
the lives of their late charmers with knives.
OF the remaining number some began the
attack with revolvers and were disarmed--
some by the young ladies themselves and
some by others who happened to be in tue
neighborhood; some attacked with clubs
and bludgeons, and seven of the number
took their naked hands to the work, and
attempted to throttle all that they once had
held lovely.
In a geographical way the north seems to
be given almost entirely to this sort Of
vengeance work, as only two cases were re-
ported from south of Mason and Dixon's
line, and they were both in Louisville,
and one of them was couple from New
Albany, who had gone across the river for
day of pleasure.
As to age there is more Of a variation. II
appears most of the offenses are by young
men not yet arrived at the age of 25, and
nearly half Of the whole number are under
20. As TO the days chosen for the frightful
deed Sunday seems to have the call
The first man reported in the year in this
class OF lady-killers is the Oldest. He was
Jared Bloom, German, who, on July l.
1857, was walking with the young woman
whom he had been hoping to make his
wife, and when he had her in good place
in one of the parks in the environs of Belle
vile. popped the question, and Immediately
afterward popped a revolver. The girl
didn't come down at the first pop, but she
did at the second. Bloom, seeing the havoc
be bad wrought, turned the pistol on him
self, and In a moment had accounted for
his rash conduct. When the people came
up, attracted by the sound Of firing, Jared
was dead, while his girl was taken up hardly
wounded. Jared was So years old, and had
been married twice before
Willis Dee, of Kosciusko county, Indiana,
after having courted girl for seven years,
asked her to marry him. As she hesitated.
he showed her the marriage license, SO that
there need be no trouble at all and that no
time need be lost As she was not then per-
suaded he drew an itemized account of the
money he had spent on her during that long
wooing, and when that made her mad and
she offered to pay him back if that was all
he wanted. he put away the license and the
itemiZcd bill and drew a revolver from
another pocket. Pointing 1t at hersbreast
he asked her what she had to say now. OF
course she screamed. and then, seeing that
others might not look on this method as in
nocently as be did, Willis fired twice at the
girl and then ran for his life. Curiously
enough, he missed her both shots and after
the scare the girl came up smiling and
married the constable who tried to find her
former lover
Tom Walters took his girl to beer gar
den In San Francisco, and on the way home
asked her to ship with him for life in the
bark matrimony. She refused and he drew
knife and slashed her across the face and
shoulder, only desisting when a policeman
overpowered him and stood upon him.
Then this very eccentric girl rose In her
wrath and demanded that the policeman
let Tom alone, for she wasn't hurt, and be
didn't mean 20 cut her, and it wasn't no
ones business anyway. When the trial
came of the girl didn't appear to prosecute,
ana the assailant was released. AS he left the
door OF the court house he was met by the
same young woman, and the policeman who
mad arrested him two months before walked
up In the hope that she was going to take
the vengeance she did not care to delegate TO
the court. But instead of that she received
Tom In her arms and went straight from
there with him to an officer authorized 10
solemnize marriage, and the twain were
made one flesh
Theodore Hook of Staten Island had
courted young girl by correspond snce,
and was so much in love with her that he
concluded to go over to Jersey, where she
resided. and ask her TO marry him, for UP
TO that time he had not dared, even in Ees--
ter, tell her that he wanted a wife He
didn't tel he was coming, but thought he
would give her a pleasant surprise The
surprise was complete enough. As she had
peeo corresponding with Theodore so had
she with hall dozen ether men. and one of
item had arranged with her TO marry MIN
IN little church that very night. Her
Staten Island lover called at her home. was
apprlsed of the condition Of things. and
went to church to see how the cesern 1ny
looked to an outsider When the young
woman came along TO 90 in, he recognized
her by her picture and Immediately shot
her through the heart
A farmer named Gruber and a shoemaker
named Smith both made violent love to
school teacher at Republic, Ohio Each
was jealous of the other and the girl
couldn't make up her mind till each