The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-07
SOUGHT PEACE IN DEATH.
nIsAPPoryTED ~ LOVE-. HERsCHEL
TWIGGs ENDED HIs Own LfFE.

Y old OF H. y II OF WFA@"s
which ue Terminated with a
nuthIess fiHnd-Death Came Ia the
Marshall House In the EariY Morn
fnE-Took Forty Grains 81 Nor
phta-Ietter 60 the Girl Bade Her
and the world Far~~eii-NothinE
Gould ne Done 10 Avert the tSn-
sequence OF Bis Act.
Erouaing over the marriage 70 another
a. tha g.rl he loved rendered desperate
aa8 dsspoudent by me contemplation Of
future unlllumined ~ her presenc@.
and u me III 81 meseD-aoiia, thus pro
f0esa Her-chsl Johuron TWsgEs took an
ovo~1ose Of morphia FRIDAY night ard
liad 81 room o., re Marshall House
yesterday morning
The Incident Is one ~ the sadaest tAas
hss occurred 10 reoent years in savan-
nan Tn hoy. he was but httie more.
was ne youug~s, son Of Judge II d. p
Tw1rF.. one Of the foremost jury lawyers
at the Savannah bar Ills mother rad
recently ~ 10 Gpton ana young
Hersrhel had been there with her since
that tine Before. he had lived IN 6a-
vanuah. ard there Rad grown up In HE
breast the unfortunate attachments tina,
was tho cause u hts untimcly end That
a appointed in tho attainment Of HE
heart desire. he should have ended his
own nfe. seems 81 once TOO ssrange and
TOO sad Tor this prosais end OF the CEN
tury
Friday Afternoon young Twiggs came
down from Guyton % Savannah ana later
In the evening went out 70 Thunderbolt
where had lived. with her mother. the
sirl with whom he rad been IA love There
he received the stroke. The mother told
him that several days ago her daughter
nad been married and had gone away
from savannah with her husband
The news came ike thundcrbolt out
~ clear sky stunned miserable. des-
perafe. scared knowing which way 10 turn
ia hta agony. the boy came back TO the
city sud Tor time wandered about the
streets. hair crazed with grief Always
subject fo SPELLS Of dependency. the slt-
uatlsu maguined itself 10 his mind a thou
sand foid. and the blow that would have
been severe even 10 the most evenly pois-
FL and balanced temperament. fell upon
him with crushing force.
He found "a friend. George DeLtttre. a.
whom he poured ont hts woes. ending ev-
ffy sentence with a Wild expression Of the
love he had horne the girl he had Lost and
or the fond and foolish hopes be had
buiided He would not be- cornforted.
Ia one 81 che intervals ~ the converse
ton with his friend. the boy excused him
SELF for "a moment. saying he wished 10
take some medicine. Later In the evening
" hsu other events had cast an tlumiuat-
riders. it came back 20 De Littre ln an Of
lts horrible signifcance IL was only n
few minutes later that the friends went
10 the Marshall House and registered for
the night being assigned 90 adjoining
rooms on the third floor OF the hotel
BEFORE going up stairs Young Mr. TwiKgs
sat down a. table IN the Office and wrote
a letter. which he directed and placed IN
hts rocket soon after the friends went
up stairs to bed peLattre noticing that
hts companion staggered. and was scarce
able 10 walk Thinking he had possibly
found or attempted TO find forgetfulness
iu drink he dii not attach particular at
tertion 20 the fact hut assisted the boy
90 his room and saw him IN bed. Then he
turned down tho light ana left the room.
This WAS. possibly, half an hour after
midnight
In DeGAttre's mind there was an uncer-
some Of the remarks his friends had made
Young Twiggs had said that IL would not
he nis fault II h. saw the dawn 81 an
other day. but u did not o.cur 10 De-
tatfre that even then the fatal powder
had already been taken Notwifhstand-
INK. bee went several times during the
night and early morning into The other
room attracted by Tho groans 81 HE
friend. The lad seemed however. 80 b~
. .ssaffFFn fsaa4FFffflU and Dol
ed 20 his own bed
At 3an oclock IN the morning DeLittre
made another visit. and found his friend
grooming as though fen paiG. The eN-
precision Of his face seemed 20 be strained
and unnatural and. feeling his heart. De
Littre found is pulsaiiou had become IT,
rrcala~ and uncertain. Frightened, be
knew not why. be rushed down into tho
office and called enc night clerk II the
hotel 10 his assistance Another exami-
nation Satisfied them both that there was
some thing radically wrong. and phyai-
CLANS were hastily summoned
iu the wenutime Defaftre's mind re-
verted 10 tie letter De had seen the un-
fortunate hoy write. aud he looked for IL
in the latters coat. He found BE-. and found
too. evidence more convincing SIN. II was
+ % siNty-grain bottle ~ morphia from
which tWo-ihiris 81 the original contents
had disappeared. Tho letter which had
not been scaled, told its story
it was addressed 20 the girl with whom
the lad had been ia love and was very
short. ID assured her 81 his Affection
un hauEeahie, unhing. 10 terms hinged
with al Of lovers eNtravacancc You
VIII never see me again. b concluded
Gas ] have taken forty grains OF NOR
rh'ue ard. myself shah not see another
sun rise"
pr Kennn ana Dr George NJ. Norton