Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-14

JULlETTE FOURN1ER. JULIUS DE MARCUS.
self. A German, trying to emulate an
| Englishman who leaped into Vesuvius,
| dived into furnace. A Frenchman, not
| to be outdone by either, tied himself to an
| enormous rocket and blew himself into
blaze of glory.
The double suicide in New York a few
| days ago by those two deluded feather
heads who shot themselves in Central
park was perhaps as ignoble an affair of
the kind as has recently occurred. Julius
| de Marcus was % years old, and Juliette
Fournier was II years old. They went to
| Central park together some time in the
| afternoon, and the next morning their
| bodies were found in the ramble She had
promised to let him kill her, perhaps coax
ed him to die with her, and she faced his
| pistol with barred breast. They were in
love and planned the crimes to make as
big sensation as possible. They left
! are given below.
There was one in French addressed to
the authorities of the city. 1t read:
We die in perfect health and with clear
! minds. Wedie for love. We are happy. 1t is
| our wish that no autopsies be made upon US,
and it is our final request that no knife be
used upon our bodies, and that we be buried
| together in one grave, if possible. We are both
| freethinkers and do not care in what ceme-
terry we are buried. hope that my beloved
| parents will favor me with my last request and
bury Juliette and myself in one grave. die
! for her and she for me. We do not wish to be
| parted in life or in death. We beg all for for
| giveness and are as happy as ever.
JULIUS DE MARCUS.
JULIErTE FOURN1ER.
! Then came letters from the woman.
| There was only a line to the husband who
gave her a name, simply:
Pardon. despair and prefer to die
JULIETTE.
| Another, to her father, J. Fournier:
BROOKLYN, Aug. 20, 1894.
DEAR PAPA-I am bold enough to call you by
this name once more, for this is the last time
you, shall he dead. 1 die happy. 1t is no ones
| fault. Forgive me all the misery have caused
| you; also this last blow. Your little daughter,
| who loves you, JUL1ErTE.
| That to her mother was dated Monday
| night:
MY DARLING MoTHER-1 beg your pardon
| for the pain am about to cause you. When
you receive this shall be dead. Pardon me
and think sometimes of your little girl, who
loves you and regrets all the trouble she has
caused you. Adieu and pardon.
On the man there were nine photo
graphs, clippings from one of the daily
! papers wherein Robert G. Ingersol is said
to favor suicide under certain conditions,
pocket mirror, a little money and gold
ring. Six Of the photographs were of the
dead girl.
Julfette was married about year ago
to Henri Fourier, her fathers brother,
who is 81 years old. In her pocket and on
her person were found pocketbook con-
tanning bunch of keys and black veil
a sword scarfpin, a gold hatpin, we'd
ding ring, small diamond ring, an en-
erald ring, gold band ring, wire
gold ring and a pair of diamond earrings.
These facts recall another case where a
young actress and her artist lover commit
ted suicide together in New York some
three years ago. Gustave Koch was a
bright and handsome Austrian German
who had come to this country and mar
ried woman who proved unfaithful. He
obtained divorce and soon after formed
the acquaintance at his boarding house of
young and handsome girl, Emily Rossi.
Her father was a we'll known singer in
Germany. Her mother is still we'll
known writer of short stories for maya
zines. The girl was educated with view
of making her the wife Of some noble and
well to do German, but she revolted and
became an actress against the angry pro-
tests Of her mother. They were thus hope
lessly estranged, and as far as can be
known this was the exciting cause of her
self destruction. She could not get the
permission of her parents to marry Koch,
and then, as near as can be ascertained,
they decided upon the cowardly act of sui
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