The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-03
TIRED OF LIVING.
Sudden Termination Of the Romantic
Career Of a German Count.

DENVER, April 2.-Yesterday afternoon
man giving his name as George Hartman
walked into Andrew Lang's saloon. He
sat on chair a few minutes and was then
seen to take a revolver from his pocket
and with a flourish and shouting in Ger
man, "Pm tired OF livingp fred it. The
bullet entered his brain an inch above the
right ear and passed through, coming out
on the opposite side of his head. In a mo-
ment he was dead. The body was taken
to the Coroner's Office aud prepared for
burial.
The suicide has romantic history and
one associated with the Pacific Coast. He
was the Oldest son of Baron Won Hartman
and was known as Count Schelmerman
George Won Hartman. 1t appears that he
was always of daring disposition, reck-
less and fond of travel When he arrived
in the United States he found congenial
friends in his travels. From New York he
wandered to Boston, thence to Washington,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Kansas
City and out to San Francisco In each
city he led the dance and made bowling
time for his mutual friends and admirers.
AT San Francisco he held out for some
time, and finally drifted down to Los An
geleS. This was where he met his fate. In
ali his travels he appeared not to have eX-
,
but when lie struck the City of Angels he
became smitten with woman of rather
shady character. She resided on Rose
street, between First and Second, and
owned considerable property in that neigh
bOrhood. She had been married twice be-
fore, and it was mildly limited that her huS-
bands had died by the aid of strychnIne, but
despite all these rumors the conPio were
married.
One night the Count returned home and
rr-aNsa Nj. lAfs,
rarlly patched up. and both retired. Dur
ing the night, however, the husband
broOded over the affair. and the matter so
weighed on his mind that he determined to
kill his wife. She was fast asleep, when he
silently stole out of bed, procured his re-
vOlyer, and then quietly returning he placed
the muZzle within few inches of her head
and fired. The ball whizzed through her
! hair, but luckily inflicted only a scalp
wound. Thinking mis- wife was dead the
dissolute nobleman picked up his clothes
and fled. He was finally run down, and it
was with considerable difficulty that the
Sheriff prevented mob from lynching him.
When the case came to trial the Count
was convicted AID sentenced to the peni-
tentlary at Folsom for the term Of one year.
When lie was liberated a few weeks ago he
wrote to his wife, begging her forgiveness,
and asked her TO come and meet him in
Denver. He arrived here few days ago
and has been enjoying big drunk since.
Yesterday morning he called on Fred Men
del and asked for the loan of So, as he re-
Qulred 1T for very important matter. Men
del refused to give the money to hIm, know
Ing he would squaDder it, but he secured ii
from some other friend. This was the
money he used in purchasing the revolver.
A peculiar fact connected with the suicide
was the place where the bullet entered. Ii
was the exact spot selected by the Count
when he attempted to kill his wife.
The woman Is expected in this city to-day
to take the body back to Los Angeles.