The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-14
Young Man For Months
Determined to Take
His Life.
Had Lost Interest in Business
aud Social Affairs.

Ths mystery connected with the suicide
OF Sidney Samuel, has been cleared up.
There seems to be little doubt that the
young man was greatly Infatuated with
Mrs. Anita Viyanti Chartres, we'll
known authoress and playwright. In
ADDITION to the story published in yester'
day PRESS the following Is part OF q
despatch s1nt out from New York yester-
day:
Mrs. Chartrss obtained a divorce from
her husband, John Charities, q newspaper
cor respondent and playwright, in South
Dakota, two years ago. While In this
city MIR. Chartres had an office at No. IL
West 2Sth street, 1t was said at that ad-
dress today that Charities was now In
Mexico.
The rabbi, Samuel, Sidney's father
went TO England from spain, where ne
was born, ana married an English
woman His sons. Sidney and Lionel,
en,igrated to America and started the ex-
porting firm OF Samuel Bros at NO. "a
Broad street, this city.
Lionel later established himself In the
city OF Mexico. Sidney managed the
New York branch. Another brother,
MontAgu, came from London to assist
Sidney, and fourth brother, the young
est opened branch house in London.
The firm pEospered and came into prom
ipence by financing and engineering the
deal whereby the Osxaca q Monterey
railroad was established In Mexico.
Sidney Samuel was a scholar and must
clan, as well as q keen man of business,
He was familiar with the literature Of a
dozen countries. and could speak seven
languages nuently. He was also
student OF history. Fond OF travel, he
spent considerable portion Of each year
away from New York.
1t was viii 10 in Parts two years ago,
soon after Mrs. Charities had obtained her
divorce. that he met the woman who had
such an influence ON his life. She was
living there with her nve-year-old daugh-
ter. devoting herself to literature. SINH
larity of tastes quickly cemented firm
friendship between Mrs. Charities and
Mr.. Samuel.
The woman, an Italian, possessed all
the traditional beauty OF the intellectual
type of ner racs Mr.. Samuel. short In
stature, but OF athlstic build, and
a mine of inform alton and learning, APP
peared to fascinate her, and they were
soon deeply in love.
W hen Sidney bIoached the subject OF
his love to his family he met with storm
OF protest His father, the rabbi, threat
ened him with mis- curse If he did not
relinquikh his project to marry Mrs.
Chartres. His brothers were equally as
insistent,
faith was brought to bear to induce Sid
ney to give up his sweetheart, but the
young student said he would rather part
with life itself than with the woman
whom he declared he loved beyond all
else in he world His family at last
Induced him to return to his business
In New York.
Here In the rush of work sidney tri ed
to forget the brilliant woman whose soul
he had found to be akin to his. He could
not do so He wrote to her, and she an
swersd. lie did not attempt to- conceal
the fact that they corresponded. He said
simply that he could not forget her,
would not, as long as there was life In
his body and she remained true to him.
He went to arts again and saw her.
1t was late in May OF this year that Mrs.
Chartres visited America again. She had
not been here since she obtained her d.
vorce. She went to the Fifth avenue
hotel, and her suite there cost her $500
a week. During the month OF June
dresses and goods arrived at the hotel ad
dressed to her, the. bills tor which amount
ed to about $500. The bills were paid
by the clerks as fast as presented. The
goods were for her trousseau, for she
and MIR Samuel had at last resolved TO
brave family niger and to wed.
when the rabbi In London, however,
heard of tte determination OF his son he
made such a protest as again to move
Sidney, who told his sweetheart that they
must part. that the wedding could not
take place. But he said to her that she
was entitled to sue for breach of promise
and he offered her large sum OF money.
She spurned his otter, although she did
SO with the greatest Kindness toward him,
for she told him she fully appreciated
his love, and rather than to cause him to
be cast on by his family she preferred
TO leave him forever. But he could not
part with her that way.
The next DAY he went to see her again
az the MOTEL. A man with a gray nous.
tache, said at the hotel to be relative
OF Samuel, followed him. When sidney
left Mrs Chartres In the parlor this man
bitterly upbraidsd him for calling again
on her, aud TO Id him he had been up to
zee the woman before Sidpey's arrival
and had laid before her the wishes OF the
Samuel family.
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