The morning call., 1893-07-03
FAMILY TROUBLES
Caused the Death of Mrs.
Marie Conradt.
HER MAYNARD DAUGHTER.
Story of Henry WindeI and the Lost
Jewels, Which He had Presented
A.. -. to Martha Conradt.

Mrs. Marie Conradt, wife of DR.. Julius
H: Conradt of 2016 Geary street. COM
mitted suicide on Saturday afternoon. as
announced in The CALL yesterday.
Early in the morning her 15-year- old
daughter had gone 10 her mothers bed
room by chance and discovered the room
to be full of gas. Mrs. Conradt was in
the room, but fully conscious, and when
asked for an explanation passed the whole
thing off as Joke. No further notice was
taken of the circumstance.
But about half-past that same after
moon the girl again missed her mother,
and going to her bedroom attempted 10
open the door. only succeeding sufficiently
10 see that her poor mother was lying
inert upon the floor. Emma. for so was
the. young girl called, rushed screaming
across the street TO a friends house and
: cried out for help, saying that her mother
was dead.
And so it proved. The poor lady lay
strangled on the floor. She had tied a
towel around her neck. and tying 1t TO the
knob of the door had thrown herselt
down. A doctor was summoned, but Mrs
Conradt was beyond all human aid.
Such g.. determined suicide must needs
have had: a cause. DR.. COnradt Is a
man in aff1uent circumstances and is highly
respected in this city. But 1t IS said that
: the unfortunate lady had been suffering
for the past two months with an affiicton
of the brain and that her illness brought
on condition of extreme despOndency.
But perhaps that was not all. Perhaps
there were family troubles which had
weighed heavily upon the poor lady 8
mind. until she had decided TO seek rest
and peace rather than live to endure
them. And the mention of the Copradt
fon ilu hrin mn
capade ofan elder daughter of the family,
Martha, which occurred but few months
ago:
: Martha Conradt had always been way
ward girl. Only 10 now. she had fallen
desperately in love with one Henry King
now her husband-who resided close by.
+ King was but 16, and so Infatuated with
each other were the youthful pair that
DIR. and Mrs. Conradt determined to sepa-
;ratethem. So Martina was sent away TO a
. convent and King banished somewhere up
north.
=. Martha returned from her convent, and,
deciding that her love for the falthless
King had fled, bestowed her new affe ction S
on Morris Hoeflich.. This Irritation had a
sad ending, for Hoeflich committed sui
eide and similar fate befell Louis
:: Rosen berg, on whom the girl had next set
her heart.
: But the worst was to come. Martha
became acquainted with Henry Windel,
~ well-kDown man Of this city, through
: an introduction given by Alice Edith
Blythe, one of the claimants to the
famous Blythe estate. Windel, although
ii: man of So years and oftimes mar
tied and divorced, fell desperately in love
: wi To. the girl and she with him. The two
met constantly and.W indel spent large
sum of money on her.
:: But: when Martha COnradt took fancy
n Ia tlpFH
:-Windel intrusted into her keeping $1,000
worth of. jewels which originally be-
: longed to Alice Blythe. but which Windel
-hels as security for moneys loaned to en-
able her TO prosecute her lawsuit.
:. Martha took the jewels. thanked Win
del, went away and never returned. Win
del was distracted and did ali in his power
. to find the girl, but without avail. Finally
he went to DR.. CODraGt's house and de-
manded an explanation. There were high
words and Windel was assaulted, but he
learned this much, that his tickle Martha
had sailed to Europe on the good ship
Emily TO ''see some friends"
saWindel and DR.. Conradt seem to have
come TO some sort of understanding after
that, for the two Immediately took the
train for the north, expecting 20 interce pt
the Emily as the ship touched at ports on
the coast, and bring the truant girl back
to her family. But in this they TeckOned
without their host.
1t appears that when the good ship En-
lily arrived at Port Townsend Martina, on
going ashore while the ship took in cargo,
20 her great aston ishment ran across her
old lover, Henry King All the old love
3praDg up In the mutual recognition. and
in very short space of time Martha Con-
radt was easily persuaded to give up her
: European trip and accompany King to
Seattle, where they were to marry and
settle down. All happened as arranged,
g. and DR.. Conradt and Windel, hot ON the
trail arrived in Seattle Just in time to
. meet the loving pair safely and bly,
united as man and wife.
+ So the game was up. DR.. Conradt m ade
the best Of bad bargain and departed for
home, invoking the usual blessing on the
welded couple. Windei made up his mind
never to set eyes upon his beloved Jewels
again and accompanied the doctor back to
San Francisco.
=. So ended the wayward adventures of
:COnradts daughter, and as the lonely
widower sits at home he can know that
there is yet one daughter left to him to
bear him comfort. DIR. Conradt is said to
be almo distracted, and the deepest SYM
pathy:is felt for; him.
:.:.:As for Windel. he may or may not have
vanished into the air. For when a CALL
reporter: visited his home last evening, on
Burrit street. he found the following note
posted on his door:
!: Mr.. Windel.-
: /. Removed TO 214 Stockton street.
:. Please do; not: ring The bell as we can give
you no Information: Please leave all letters
for him on top of the fence. -
~ he:~house; 214, Stockton street, proved
be the upho lstering establishment of
Clemens .Haynert. But there were no
apartments there:
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