The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-21
LOVE MADE A FOOL OF HIM.
a Frenchman Attempts Suicide After
Rejection By an Atlanta Girl.

a Frenchman Attempts Suicide After
Rejection By an Atlanta Girl.
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 2O.-After crossing
the ocean from sunny Italy to plead for
the hand Of fair Atlanta girl, and being
disappointed, George Chivot, a handsome
young F'renchman, attached to the French
embassy at Rome, made a desperate eff
fort to kill himself in his room at the
kimball house last night. Details of the
affair leaked out tonight The family of
the young lady almost moved heaven and
earth to suppress it, on account
of the unpleasant attention it
would attract, but the love-lorn young
trenchman insisted upon using the tele-
graph wires to reach his minister in
Washington, and in this way the story
was dropped. ChivOt is a veritable
French dandy in appearance, and, as his
Atlanta career shows, is possessed of all
the romantic impetuosity of his country
men. He is the son of a wealthy mer-
chant at Amiens, France, and is highly
educated.
THE MEETING.
Last summer he and the young lady.
who was travelling in Europe with her
mother, met at Rome The lady is one of
the most beautiful women in the state
highly accomplished and with fortune
at her command and family position be-
yOnd question has always been a society
favorite. Her mothers home on Peachtree
street is a mansion. The young French
man fell madly in love with the fair At
lanta girl and devoted himself constantly to
her while she remained in Europe
When she returned to her home, in this
city, a correspondence was kept up
Chivot proposed and was rejected The
young lady had enjoyed his society and
attentions, but begged TO be excused from
taking him as husband. She is thor
Oughly southern girl Georgians suit
her ideas better than F'renchmen or Eng
lishmen.
CHIvOT PERsEvERING.
Chivot, however, would not give up his
suit, and set out to cross the ocean and
plead his cause in person. He arrived here
Thursday and was received at the young
lady's home by her mother and brothers
His reception was polite, but he was
given to understand that he must give up
his suit at once. Before calling the
young Frenchman had taken glass or
two of champagne and this so fired him
up that he and the-6rother had some hot
words during their interview. Finally
he left the house, declaring that he in
tended to kill himself
Fearing that he might do something
rash, a younger brother of the lady.
whom ne mad met IN Europe, accompanied
him to the hotel and notified the watch
man there to keep an eye on him.
TRIES TO CUT HIS THROAT.
True to his word Chivot had hardly en-
tered his room when he grasped a razor
and made q lunge at his throat. The
young man. who was close at his heels,
threw up his arm just in time. The
young F'renchman then sprang toward
the window and was getting over
the ledge to dash himself
to death on the street when he was again
saved by the Waterman of the hotel and
the young man. In the struggle his leg
was hurt pretty badly, and to-day he has
been under the care of a pair of policemen
to prevent another attempt at self de-
struction. Chivot will leave for Washing
ton tomorrow if he is able.
He is in bad spirits about the affair and
expects to lose his position in the French
embassy on account of it.