The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-09
SUICIDE IN H0B0KEN
Henry Mann Shot Himself
the Day Before His
Wedding.
HIS SWEETHEART GRIEF sTRIcTEN
No Cause Assigned for the Deed, But
He Evidently Had no Money
and Became Despondent.
HIS SWEETHEART GRIEF STRICTEN

Dependency and trouble in love aus
O Aoboken mau to end his life on Satur-
day Afternoon. His name was Henry
Mann. u he lived at No. 8S Clinton
street, on the top floor with Charles
Woerner and John Quigley. Woener
found the dead body on Saturday after
noon, a few minutes after three O'Clock.
Woerner and Quigley are employed in
business in New York. They left early
in the morning for work, intending to re-
turn about noon. They failed TO make
connections, and Wosrner came back
alone shortly after three O'Clock. Mann
had not been In the best OF spirits during
the previous three days, and
signitsd his intention of remaining
at home on Saturday. He accordingly
| did not go over to work. Hs was EN-
ployed in Hermann IS furniture manu-
factury on Mott street, Nsw York. He
had spoken Of suicide since Frld ".
When Woerner Knocked on tue door OF
the room in which Mann occupied he
received no response. The aoor was
| locked. 1t leads from Wuerner's room
ana was generally lett open. Woerner
thumped some more Tut received
no answer. Fearing that Mann
had been taken suddenly i'll.
he concluded to find a key and open the
door. The landlady had oae that fitted
the door, and with that IL was opened.
Woerner uttered an exclamation of sur
prise at seeing Manu- stretched on the
| floor dead, with a revolver clutched In
MS hand and a small stream OF blood
~surrorndtng MIN m the floor. Woerner
r.n for . p licemau, aud. with
P~vroi..ad G.i4in, began an in>
~vsstigation. Ihe Coroner was sum,
moned. On one Of the tables was found
three letters and some papers OF Maun's.
There was also forly-one cents on the
table. Mann having evidently ernptied
his pockets before shooting himself.
His body was. removed to Cranes
morgue. One OF the letters carried the
Information tina Mann's DO iy would be
found in the bedroom. Tue forEy-one
ceuts he wished expended as Wosuner
thought best. at his own discretion.
Another letter was addressed to Miss
Katie HUM. No. SIS Eidridge street. New
York, u was sealed. Katie is the girl
TO whom Mann Was engaged. ana the
wedding was TO have taken place yes
terday. Inc letter 10 hatle read as Iol-
lows
THE LETTE TO MISS HUM.
DEAR RATIE:-Bear it ike a Christian. My
dear Katie, | am very sorry to write you that !
am going to Kill myself this Afternoon. hops
4 that yVa MOa v y ~ a. L NnA oA
worthy of your love. In my last hour l ask you
to forgive and forget me. 1 send my best THANKS
to your folks for the kindness they have done
me. My best regards to all our friends. l will
close by saying goodbye forever, aud with
many kisses. From your lover,
HENRY PETER MANI
Hoboken, October z. 1898.
From the latter it might appear thu
Mann had determined upon the course
after q lovers spat. Enclosed IN Miss
Huhn's letter was this note:-'Deal
Katie: Please give this to my mother"
This letter was writted to Mann's
MOTHER
DEAR MoTHER-Please forgive me for doing
this, as I am sick and tired Of life. There are
three pawn tickets in my box which l want You
to take. Kiss my brothers and sisters for me,
H. P. MANN
Mann's parents live at No. 346 Easl
Forty-sixth street. New YorK. His father
and Miss HUM came over to Hoboken to-
geJher and saw the body at Crane'i
morgue.
THE GIRL GRIEF STRICKEN.
The girl was grief stricken, and
moaned:
why did you take your life' loved
The father surveyed the remains
mourufuliy. and. turning to NEWS re
porter. said:
"Henry had no reasons for this. Why
could he have done it?n
A third letter was found signed
Johnny" Quigley said he had written
the letter. IL said that the writer had
decided not to bother the person il was
intended for. evidently for Mann
and Woemer, and, that being salts
fed that the two wished him
away ne would 60. Quigley refused Il
say why ne wiote the letter an would
not say II there had been "A trouble be
tween the three. The letter wns nd
dressed 10 whom 1t may concern"
QGigIey said the three had lived to
aeLner on West Thirteenth street, New
York, aud had been In Hoboken only s
few weeks. Th only reason they can us
sign TO Mann's suicide Is a love quar-. ell