The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-19

on henry Street, DOCK or so away from
her own home, and when both reached
the Sizzling home Miss Minnie refused to
have her friend spend the balance of the
night with her.
When Miss Bentfield departed, Miss
Waackhusen disrobed and, after turning
on the gas Jets in the room, she lay on
the bed to die.
Peter SIZZLING, brother of J. Stelling,
was the only one IN the house and it was
not until early yesterday morning that he
detected the odor of gas emanating from
the girls room. He raped at the door,
and obtaining no response broke it in and
found the girl dead.
Minnie Waackhusen came to this coun-
try eight years ago from Germany with
SIZZLING. She made her home with
the latter, and when J. Stelling and his
| wife left for trip to Germany last April
| they left the girl to take charge of their
home and care for Peter Stelling.
These are the plain facts of the suicide,
and behind them is the story of a broken
heart, to relieve the pain of which poor
Minnie Waackhusen saw no way but
death.
She was very much in love with Fl. F.
Lilkendey. grocer's clerk in the employ
| of Cluff Bros. They met some four years
! ago and both were smitten. They were
| engaged to be married but the ceremony
never took place.
! Miss Bentfeld. the last person to see
] Minnie alive, told the following regarding
their meeting Monday night:
minnie and [ went out walking. She
was very sad and / could not cheer her
up. She cried nearly all the time and
said she did not see why she should care
to live. She spoke of Mr.. Lilkendey and
SAID how much she loved him, but that
he had broken her heart and did not care
| for her any longer.
"Suicide was her hobby. She spoke of
| it all the time as being the right thing in
cases of her sort. No matter how hard
tried to change the subject, she would
always come back to the same subject.
"When we reached her house | asked
her if it would not be better for me to stay
all night with her as / had frequently
| done before, but she said she wished to be
alone.
.'As | babe her goodnight she kissed
me- over and over again. This was rather
unusual with her.
",Will you feel sorry for me if anything
wrong happens will you cry?' she asked
me. / told ner I would. and she seemed
pleased, saying she was glad somebody
cared for her.
"As | was about to leave the house she
kissed me again and said, Come around
in the morning. / told her would, and
added that / would see her and she would
be well and not SO nervous by that time.
Her answer, given in a fearful way, was !:
Il don't know whether you will see me
again.
greatly downcast when she was seen yes
terday beside the casket of her dead one
She could say but little, but that little
was very bitter as she spoke of FL. f.
Lilkendey.
st is all his fault" she declared. He
was to have married my sister in March
last, prior to the departure of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stelling for Germany. He did not do So
and his refusal broke her heart.
1.-The first engagement of marriage they
had made called for a wedding about last
Christmas-time, and he broke that off.
When they ceased seeing each other, some
months ago, Minnie wrote to him repeat
eddy asking him to come back to her. He
either sent the letters back or else an
swered her that their engagement was off,
and that marriage was out of the ques-
tion."
The young man in. question was seen
Yesterday afternoon at Cuff Bros store
on Front street.
at did not know Minnie would be foolish
enough to do such thing" he said when
notified of the suicide.
we Hau separated forever, ana IN one
of her letters 10 ME she stated that no hap
piness could come OF our marriage.
II met her first aG ball over four years
ago, friend of mine escorting her lady
friend home, while paid attention to her.
subsequently was gratified and fattered
when my gentleman friend informed me
that he had learned through his friend
that Miss Waackhusen thought well of
me.
"Our acquaintance lasted a long time
and ripened into love. My mother learned
of my attachment and objected to it be-
cause was only Is years OF age and Min
ME was but two months my junior.
Then again, Minnie and l did not
agree. | never could do anything she
thought was right. Our last quarrel was