Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-23
DRIVEN ASUNDER.
Tragic End of Romance at
Chicago.
THE CURSE OF A DYING SUICIDE

Left for an Unknown FemaIe-A Luckless
Marriage in Which Bride and Groom
Parted at the wife's Residence and
Never Met Again Until the Husband
Was Dead by His Own Hand-A Di-
vorce Case That Will Never Be Tried.
CHICAGO, May %. One year ago Mary
Hermann was employed in the neckwear
factory of J, e G. Scott s. Co, PSI Monroe
street. Harry J. Dean, who committed
suicide at the Sherman house Thursday,
was travelling salesman for Scott s. Co.
Miss Hermann was attractive in appear
ance, and had many admirers. Dean was
dashing fellow, and on his business
trips to the office he noticed the pretty
girl at work. 1t was case of love at first
sight. One evening Dean escorted Miss
Hermann to her home at 1913 West
Twelfth street, and after that he was a
frequent caller.
Married and Driven Apart.
Her family objected to the intimacy
which existed between the young couple
as reports had reached them derogatory
to Deans character. A brother OF the
girl told Dean that his absence was pref
cradle TO his company. But the salesman
decided TO make Miss Hermann his wife.
She loved him passionately. They quietly
stole away and We're married. On their
return to the brides home, however, a
storm burst over their heads and Dean
left the house, never 10 return. For a
short time the young couple correspondent,
but soon this was stopped.
Met Next in a Dead-House.
From the day of the wedding the young
bride had never looked upon the face of
her husband until yesterday, when she
gazad upon him As he lay on a marble
slab at the Monroe street morgue. He
had committed suicide Thursday at the
Sherman house. Out in the rear room
of the dead house the body lay covered
with sheet. The attendant lifted the
cloth from the face of the corpse showing
the features of good-looking man about
% years old. "Oh, Harry, Harry" moaned
the young woman as she gazed upon the
still face, and then, with long, lingering
look, she left the room.
Death Ahead of the Court
A few days ago an application was made
before the clerk OF the circuit court for a
divorce by the young wife, but a higher
power has granted it. Dean registered at
the Sherman house Tuesday morning. He
had been drinking several days, and was
on the verge OF delirium tremeus Wedues-
day night he drove away i'll cab and re-
turned at late hour. Thursday he re-
manned in his room writing letters, and
then he took the morphine which ended
his life. One letter directed to his wife
merely said: My dear little wife, I am
sorry for the trouble have caused you
forgive me. Harry"
Left Her His Dying Curse
The missive to his mother was long
one, consisting OF several pages. In it he
confessed his weaknesses, and begged her
forgiveness for the trouble he had caused
her. The note to his father was an affect
ing one. II read: My dear old iudul-
gent father, give me quarter now for
am dying. Harry" One note addressed
to the care of relative read: mabel, l
damn you with my dying breath. die
hut hate you
An Unfinished Message.
The letters had been left on a chair be-
de the bed In the stiff fingers Of the
corpse was tightly clutched lead pencil.
while one OF the letters was grasped in
the other hand. He had been writing at
tie time of his death, and only stopped
when his faculties left him. The unfin-
isned message read: The last five min
Utes | beg forgiveness. ! am going,
dear Lord, take" The words ended in
a scrawl and mark ran across the envel-
ope as his lifeless hand had dropped to his
side.