The Portland daily press., 1896-01-27
FAITHFUL TO DEATH.
Nathan Rosenberg Couldn't Stand His
Mothers Death.

Had Worked in the Day Time and
When She Died He Sent Bullet Into
His Temple-Particulars of the Sad
Case.
New York, January 25.-Grievlng over
the death of his mother, Nathan Rosen
berg, a 17-year old boy living at No. 10
Floyd street, Brooklyn, attempted sui
eide yesterday by shooting himself
through the right temple. For months
Mrs. Rosenberg had suffered from an
Illness that required the constant atten-
tions of several physicians. During this
time young Nathan watched by her bed
side. Both father and son worked dur
ing the day in the leaf tobacco shop on
the ground floor of the house in which
they lived. The boy alternated nights
with his father in keeping watch over
the invalid.
A consultation of physicians had been
held the day previous. The condition
of the mother mad given them no hope
Her strength yesterday in the early MORN
ing seemed better than at any time for
months. IL was the rally that comes
before the death of persons afflicted with
Der trouble, and was mistaken by the
boy as sign of improvement.
The mother called him to her side and
told him that the end was near. What
the doctors had concealed from him,
because they found that he was not
strong enough to stand it, she told him
herself. When she informed him that
her death was only a question of few
hours the lad begged her to live. Tears
ran down HIS face and fell in the pale
hand that he held in his own, and he told
her that she must live. A younger sis
ter, Lena,a year his Junior, and his faith
or, stood by the bedside and wept while
the hoy held the hand of his mother and
prayed God to spare her life.
While they stood about the bedside,
| the father holding the nine months old
baby to be kissed by the mother, she died.
The boy tried to rouse her, and called
to her to speak to him. Then, realizing
that it was all over, he threw himself
across the bed and sobbed.
1t was in that position the neghbors
found him half an hour afterwaId when
they learned that Mrs. Rosenberg was
dead. Friends took him q i'd led him
away His father reasoneu with him
and told him that it was no use to cry,
Of Lena, who, after all, was the worst
off of all. The boy looked out into space
and said "All right" while his father
left TO comfort the daughter, who seemed
dazed. few minutes later the bells OF
the church few blocks away rang the
noon hour. To the young boy they We're
toll1ng the death of his mother. The
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the next room from where the body OF
bis mother lay ana search bureau draw.
Then he entered the room and kissed
the lips OF the corpse. A neighbor Wom-
an Watching In the room heard him say
II WILL soon be with you, mother"
he leIt the room, and in an instant
iater snot was heard. Nobody in the
| house Tor an instant connected the shot
in any way with the boys grief, and
thoughs It was a noise on the outside,
until they reached the front room. Ly-
ing upon the floor, with revolver in his
hand, the boy was found unconscious.
Inc DOCTOR, who had been sent for te
see II anything more could be done fol
the mother when she was found to b,
dying, arrived and did what he could
for the son. The bullet had entered the
right temple and lodged in the brain
Restoratlves brought the boy back ts
CONSCIOUSNESS and he said: 81 want tt
be with mother, no matter where she is
why did you wake me up?''
Then, without expressing a regret fol
his crime, he fell into swoon.
When the ambulance from the Homso
path1e hospital was carrying him to thai
Institution he again regalned conscious
ness and said that it hadn't helped mat
tars any for him to have attempted sui
eide.
At the hospital last night he was I'm
conscious by turns When Corons
Coompes called tostake an ante morton
statement he said; what did you shoe
yourself withp'
with a revolver. Did you suppose il
was knltsF" was the answer of the boy
as the blood oozed from the wound il
his head that the surgeons could no