The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-21
Juliette Eouruler,

married man too old for me. and an
not happy She told me that March,
was an Insurance agent at Utica.
| A park policeman carried the news o
the tragedy to the home OF the d,
Marens family. So East Broadway.
Julius de Marcus supported his aget
father and mother. and contributed t.
the support Of his sister and two younger
brothers we're.
An { . brother. q furrier by trade
lived wiz" them also and paid board.
The old mother was completely pros.
trated when she received the news OF
her sons tragic death. She went into
a stupor. and II was feared by the fam.
lily that she would be stricken seriously
as she suffers from heart disease.
Miss Minnie de Marcus, a sister of Ju-
uus. told a reporter for 1.-THE Evening
Word" that her brother came home
from Utica only last Saturday.
He was a life Insurance agent" she
said. but I don't know Cor what COM
pany. He has been working In Utica
recently. We did not expect him until
We received letter on Friday. saying he
was coming home. He came Saturday
Sthytu Win ub Will ycStGEuhy
ing. He told us that he was making pre-
parations to go IT, London soon on bust.
ness. He was cheerful when he left. and
we expected him home last night"
Miss De Marcus was at first unwilling
to speak about her brothers love
affair with Juliet Fournier. but finally
she told all that she knew about It.
My brother was canvassing In
Brooklyn" she said, when he frs,
met her. She was married woman
She told him that she had been forced
to marry her own uncle. who was much
older than she.
she was very young. and my brother
was q handsome young man. so they
fell in love with each other. She was
an actress and very well educated. and
she would write beautiful letters to
him. He was very much In love with
her and would tell us how well she
played the mandolin and other musical
instruments. l never heard that there
had been any trouble between her and
my brother. but think he came from
Utica on purpose to see her."
Miss de Marcus said that her brother
had had a pistol for several months. He
bought 1t when he was going to the far
West. but he changed his mind and
never made the trip, He had carried the
pistol, however. ever since.
All OF the neighbors speak well of
Julius. They say that he was a Jolly,
handsome young man and a great favor
lite. He mad virtually supported the fam
lily for a long time. The family came
from Russia many years ago, and the
children all received a good educa ton In
t.iis city
Among the effects of the dead man were
a number OF newspaper clippings recount
ing the intentions of julius de Marcus
to tramp around the world.
One OF these Clippings stated that he
had actually started May l last. but
there was nothing TO show how or when
he returned.
According 10 these publications It ap-
peared that De Marcus was going to
tramp with young German named
Louis Shear around tie world. starting
from New York without a cent and re-
turning In two years with $500.
In these clippings De Marcus is de-
scribed as a Russian, and his picture
Ia that OF a smooth-faced youth. II
gives him the credit for having tramped
over q considerable part OF Europe ana
being familiar with the English. Rus
sian. Polish, German and French
tongues.A
An intagiew speaks of him as . young
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