The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
THE STINGS OF REMORSE.
SAM MEYER, HUSBAND OF GRACE
BENJAMIN, TURNS HIS BACK
ON HIS HOME.
HIS RECORD SHOWS THAT He HAS
BEEN A SLAVE TO HIS
PASSIONS.

The tragedy of Grace Benjamin Meyer,
who lost her life by asphyxiation in bath
room at 406 Suffer street, has come to a
close and the curtain of oblivion is slowly
rolling down. The sad tale has been told
and retold, and soon it will be forgotten by
all save one, whose conscience makes a
coward of him and will not be at peace.
That one is Samuel c. Meyer, the lawfully
welded husband of the poor young woman,
whose honor, even in death, he tried to
besmirch by denying the marriage.
Meyer is no longer the debonair and
happy man about town that he was. He
is miserable now because his selfishness
outweighed his manhood and his honor.
He no longer occupies his rooms at 400
Suffer street, although his personal prop
erty is there still. Mr.. Margetson, agent
of the building, yesterday said that Meyer
had not been near his rooms for two days.
Memories of joys that were and maddening
miseries of awakened conscience that
now are haunt the mans mind and make
it impossible for him to abide among the
familiar scenes.
Meyer no longer attempts to offer ex-
cuses for his denial of the marriage. He
freely admits that he did mean and
highly reprehensible act, He now looks
back on his career, on his episodes of pas
sion and reckless qualification of the
senses, and sees the trail of the serpent
behind him. His friends have forsaken
him; his relatives look upon him with
scornfuI contempt.
He has been Lothario, this man Meyer
Somewhere back in the eighties he made
the acquaintance of handsome young
woman of doubtful reputation named
Pearl Wood, who had child, little girl
1 year old, and resided in Quincy place
Meyer fell madly in love with her, and it
is said the woman returned his passion.
But wealthy young San Franciscan was
Pearl.
When the relatives of this young man
learned that the infatuated youth intended
TO marry his charmer, they set their heads
to work, and evolved scheme by which to
save the young man from a disgraceful
mesalliance. They went to Pearl Wood
and bought her off for the sum OF $4,000 on
the agreement that she should leave the
State. She accepted the money and
straightway informed her other lover,
Meyer, of what she had done, and they
quickly came to an understanding. Pear,
with her money, left the city, and Meyer
followed and joined her Immediately after.
They travelled to Omaha, where they were
married. After that they went to the
EdSIeTu CltItS, anu Hdu merry Illne SO
long as Pearls purchase money lasted.
When it was all but gone vicissitudes be-
gan to crowd thick and fast upon Meyer.
He finally made his way back to San
Francisco, was forgiven by his mother and
other relatives, and once more landed on
his feet as good fellow.
But his ruling passion rushed him into
trouble time and again. He was always in
entanglements with some woman with a
pretty face and an attractive figure with
out regard to the moral side of the charm
er's nature. Among those to whom he
paid court-and considerable money-was
q notorious woman named Kate Burke,
who came very near wrecking him ire
trievab1y on the shoals of his unbridled
passion. His best friends finally prevailed
upon him to give her up and take on a
sem blance of decency.
Meyer had many other flames around his
susceptible heart from time to time, but
none of them proved serious until he met
Grace Benjamin, whose sad story has al
ready been told. 1t is not Meyers fault
that this woman does not now sleep in a
dishonored grave.